Bijou Film

Friday, March 30

8:45 pm

Saturday, March 31

6:30 pm

Sunday, April 1

5:15 pm

Wednesday, April 4

6:45 pm

Thursday, April 5

8:30 pm

Directed by Asghar Farhadi
Starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moadi, Shahab Hosseini and Sareh Bayat
123 min, DCP, Farsi w/English subtitles

Academy Award Winner–Best Foreign Language Film

Set in contemporary Iran, A SEPARATION is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents’ home, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader. When Nader hires a young woman to assist with his father in his wife’s absence, he hopes that his life will return to a normal state. However, when he discovers that the new maid has been lying to him, he realizes that there is more on the line than just his marriage.

“The best picture of the year!” -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Trailer: http://www.sonyclassics.com/aseparation/

Friday, March 30

6:30 pm

Saturday, March 31

4:15 pm

9:15 pm

Sunday, April 1

3:00 pm

Tuesday, April 3

9:00 pm

Wednesday, April 4

9:20 pm

A film by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
94 min, DCP

Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite them as they chase their dreams and each other from Havana to New York to Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas. With an original soundtrack by legendary Cuban pianist and five-time Grammy-winning composer Bebo Valdés, CHICO & RITA captures a defining moment in the evolution of history and jazz, and features the music of (and animated cameos by) Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Tito Puente, Chano Pozo, and others.

“Four Stars! A love-story for the ages! By turns wistful, passionate, indignant and melancholy, this is an exquisitely composed piece of storytelling.” -The Independent

Trailer: http://chicoandrita.com/home.html