International Film Series

International Film Series

All films begin at 7:00pm in the Neville Public Museum auditorium and are on the 1st Wednesday of the month.


All films are free and open to the public and are unrated but intended for a mature audience.




 

January 7: Charade (Stanley Donen, USA 1963)

Regina Lampert (Audrey Hepburn) returns from a ski vacation to find her husband murdered and a quarter of a million dollars missing. She is then pursued through Paris by three of her late husband's cronies, who are also looking for the stolen money. She is helped by a mysterious and charming stranger, Peter Joshua (Cary Grant), but their relationship is complicated by shifting identities, suspense, and dark humor, as she cannot be sure if she can trust him.



February 4: Perfect Days (Wim Wenders, Germany 2023)

Hirayama feels content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, reads books and takes photos. The film explores themes of finding beauty in the mundane, and the quiet contentment Hirayama has found by leaving a past life behind.



March 4: Father’s Day (Kivu Ruhorahoza, Rwanda 2022)

Three intertwined narratives deliver stories of liberation and rebirth in which the protagonists are taking a stand against patriarchy head on. Zaninka is a married woman grieving a lost child. Mukobwa is a girl from a wealthy family expected to donate a lung to her sick father. Kadogo is a kid trying to grow up on the streets of Kigali despite his abusive dad. 



April 1: TBA (Italy)

Join us together with the Italo-Americano Club, for a celebration of Italian cinema!



May 6: Dead Pigs (Cathy Yan, China 2018)

A dark comedy that connects the stories of five disparate characters in a modernizing Shanghai, using the real-life 2013 event of thousands of dead pigs floating down the Huangpu River as its backdrop. The plot follows a pig farmer, a stubborn beauty salon owner whose home is being bought by a developer, an American architect working on that development, a sensitive busboy, and a disenchanted rich girl whose lives converge as they navigate personal, financial, and ethical struggles in a rapidly changing China




Sponsors:
Neville Public Museum of Brown County

Brown County Library

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay


Contact Info
(920) 448-4460
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