UG’s Cine Club annual International Film Festival is underway in the small theatre Euquerio Guerrero at the back of the patio between the main UG building and the Compañia church.
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After looking at the program notes online, my top pick is, Ida,
a Polish film shown to a small audience during the Guanajuato
International Film Festival (GIFF) last summer.At the time, I was told the film would start a half hour late; when I
returned in twenty minutes, I had already missed the beginning.
I plan
to go to this powerful movieagain on Sunday, February 1--and not just for the part 1 missed..
As the producer
explained at the Juarez in July, getting the film funded took years; no one
wanted to back a film to be made in black and white. The producer and director
stuck to their guns, resulting in this film with its period feel. It has two
intertwined themes, the decision facing a novice nun who learns her Jewish
family brought her to a convent when she was a baby to shelter her from the
Nazis, and the bitter look backward by her aunt, who took part of the harsh
Communist regime that controlled Poland after the Second World War.
Shooting the film
in black and white (blanco y negro in
Spanish) was an inspired decision. A leading Polish actress plays the aunt. The
young woman playing the nun is on screen for the first time.
The festival ends
February 7, with each film shown for one
night. Showings generally start at 5, 6, & 9.
For a complete
schedule of the festival, go to www.extension.ugto.mx.
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