15th SPANISH LANGUAGE FILM FESTIVAL Announced

Chile, its people, its poets, and its government provide the setting for the films featured in this year's Spanish Language Film Festival with a screening of Il Postino, Tony Manero, and Los 33 on Tuesday, September 26, Monday, October 2, and Tuesday, October 17, respectively, at 7:00 p.m. at Hoffman Auditorium in the Bruyette Athenaeum.

September 26

In Il Postino, Directed by Michael Radford (1994). This delightful romantic biopic tells a fictional story between the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, exiled in Italy, and a simple postman who learns lo love poetry. The film won the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Dramatic Score in 1996. Screening will take place on Tuesday, September 26 at 7:00 p.m.

Remarks, Joshua King, Trinity College, Connecticut.

October 2

Directed by Pablo Larraín (2008) is the festival's second film, Tony Manero. This dark comedy focuses on middle-aged Raul, a man obsessed with John Travolta's disco dancing character named Tony Manero from Saturday Night Fever. At times hilarious and horrifying, this film can also be classified as a satire of 1970s Chilean Pinochet dictatorship. Screening will take place on Monday, October 2 at 7:00 p.m.

Remarks, Roger Zapata, Montclair State University, New Jersey.

October 17

Los 33 (The 33) takes place in Chile's more recent history. In 2010, the eyes of the world turned to Chile, where 33 miners had been buried alive by the catastrophic explosion and collapse of Saint Joseph gold and copper mine in Copiapó, Atacama. Over the next 69 days, an international team worked night and day in a desperate attempt to rescue the trapped men as their families and friends, as well as millions of people globally, waited and watched anxiously for any sign of hope. But 200 stories beneath the surface, in the suffocating heat and with tensions rising, provisions-and time-were quickly running out. Directed by Mexican director Patricia Riggen (2015), this final film screening will take place on Tuesday October 17, at 7:00 p.m.

Remarks, Antonio García-Lozada, Central Connecticut State University.

These programs are partially funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Tickets are $5.00 General Admission. Free for USJ Students with valid ID. Tickets can be purchased at the Frances Driscoll Box Office: 860.231.5555 or online at tickets.usj.edu.