LCTL FILM SERIES FALL 2013 Children of Heaven Free Pizza & soda Soft drinks!!! a the Greek is a 1964 film based on the novel Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis. An aimless Englishman finds he has a small inheritance on a ser a middle Greek island. His joyless existence is disturbed when he meets Zorba, aged Greek with a real lust for life. As he discovers the earthy pleasures of Greece, the Englishman finds his view of life changing. A film by Majid Majidi NOVEMBER 13 6 pm, FLB 1080 A FILM BY JORDAN RIBER Mohammad Amir Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, & Bahare Seddiqi Spoken Language: Persian English Subtitles LCTL LINGUISTICS UIUC Ali is asked to repair the torn shoes of his sister, Zahra. A garbage man takes them, and a guilt-ridden Ali apologetically offers to share his shoes with her. So Zahra ends up wearing his shoes to morning school, then must race back so that he can put them on to attend afternoon school. With the birth of a third child, the COMPANY family struggles to make ends meet. With the economic situation getting worse, it is only a matter of time when even Ali's shoes will wear out - bringing out the question: what will the children wear to school then? In 1998 the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. www.lctl.linguistics.illinois.edu LCTL.LINGUISTICS.ILLINOIS.EDU
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