Parkland Library | Film Discussion

The Kite Runner: SAT June 14th at 1:00 PM

From the best selling novel, after spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: SAT July 12th at 1:00 PM

The script, written by Ron Harwood, was originally in English. Director Julian Schnabel convinced the studio, Pathé, to change the language to French to stay true to Bauby's life and story. Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.

Mistress of Spices: SAT August 9th at 1:00 PM

In India, Tilo has the ability of foreseeing the future. When their parents are killed by bandits, she is kidnapped but escapes and is raised by the First Mother in a sort of traditional cult of spices. She becomes the Mistress of Spices and is sent to the Spice Bazaar in San Francisco, with the mission of following three basic rules: help her clients to accomplish their desires with the spices, but never hers; never leave the store; and never be touched in the skin. When she meets the handsome American architect Doug, she feels a great attraction and desire for him, breaking the first rule and being punished by the spices.

The Year My Parents Left On Vacation: SAT September 13th at 1:00 PM

(In Portuguese) A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil

Starting Out in the Evening: SAT October 11th at 1:00 PM

An ambitious graduate student convinces a writer that her thesis can resurrect his career.

	The Kite Runner: SAT June 14th at 1:00 PM From the best selling novel, after spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: SAT July 12th at 1:00 PM The script, written by Ron Harwood, was originally in English. Director Julian Schnabel convinced the studio, Pathé, to change the language to French to stay true to Bauby's life and story. Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
	Mistress of Spices: SAT August 9th at 1:00 PM In India, Tilo has the ability of foreseeing the future. When their parents are killed by bandits, she is kidnapped but escapes and is raised by the First Mother in a sort of traditional cult of spices. She becomes the Mistress of Spices and is sent to the Spice Bazaar in San Francisco, with the mission of following three basic rules: help her clients to accomplish their desires with the spices, but never hers; never leave the store; and never be touched in the skin. When she meets the handsome American architect Doug, she feels a great attraction and desire for him, breaking the first rule and being punished by the spices.
	The Year My Parents Left On Vacation: SAT September 13th at 1:00 PM (In Portuguese) A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil
	Starting Out in the Evening: SAT October 11th at 1:00 PM An ambitious graduate student convinces a writer that her thesis can resurrect his career.