Head down to Metro Al Madina every Monday this month for a free film.
Monday, April 7:
– Secrets and Lies (1996): Successful black woman traces her birth mother to a lower-class white woman, who denies it; emotions run high as everyone’s secrets are exposed.
Director: Mike Leigh
Writer: Mike Leigh
Stars: Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan
136 min
Monday, April 14:
– Sex, Lies and Video Tape (1989): A sexually repressed woman’s husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writer: Steven Soderbergh
Stars: James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher
100 min
Monday, April 21:
My Wife and the Dog(1971): Egyptian film directed by Said Marzouk. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 45th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Initial release: 1971
Director: Said Marzouk
Running time: 90 minutes
Cast: Soad Hosny
Monday, April 28:
– Tomboy (2011): A 10-year-old girl, settling into her new neighborhood outside Paris, is mistaken for a boy and has to live up to this new identity since it’s too late for the mistake to be clarified.
Director: Céline Sciamma
Writer: Céline Sciamma (screenplay)
Stars: Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson
82 min
Movies selected by Rania Rafei
With English subtitles
Free Entrance