Film Schedule:

Sunday, January 21, 2024, 2 – 4pm

Winter International Film Festival: The Executioner

An old executioner in early-1960s Spain, who is a very gentle, nice, caring man proud of traditions, is approaching retirement age. As his profession isn't the most popular, he worries about who might take his place. He worries about his daughter too; she seems doomed to spinsterhood because as soon as any prospective groom learns what her father's trade is, he flees in terror. Enter the local undertaker, a handsome young man with exactly the same problem: no girl wants him given his profession. So, you have the woman whom almost nobody would marry and the man whom almost nobody would marry. Obviously, they are meant for each other. But here the old executioner has something to say: He does not object to his daughter marrying the young undertaker; he seems a decent man--but he will only agree to the marriage if the prospective groom agrees to take the executioner's job when he retires. Father tells the worried fellow: "Don't worry, they sentence people, but they pardon them at the last moment!"

Directed by Luis Garcia Berlanga.

Sunday, January 28, 2024, 2 – 4pm

Winter International Film Festival: Fellini's Roma

A fluid, unconnected and sometimes chaotic procession of scenes detailing the various people and events of life in Italy's capital, most of it based on director Federico Fellini's life.

Directed by Federico Fellini.

Sunday, February 4, 2024, 2 – 4pm

Winter International Film Festival: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

A young man named Kaspar Hauser suddenly appears in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note.

Directed by Werner Herzog.

Sunday, February 11, 2024, 2 – 4pm

Winter International Film Festival: Bombay Talkie

Lucia Lane, an English writer by way of the US, arrives in Bombay to watch the filming of one of her novels. She's nearing middle age, she's had several husbands, she's lonely and self absorbed. Hari, a screenwriter, offers to show her around. She's interested only in the film's leading man, Vikram, younger than she, married, and building a career as a matinee idol. Lucia takes every opportunity to be near "V," making scenes in front of his wife, demanding his attentions. Hari is long suffering, carrying Lucia's messages to V, helping her out when the affair gets out of hand. Meanwhile, V's career suffers, with unpleasant repercussions. Who will bring things to a halt?

Directed by James Ivory.

Sunday, February 18, 2024, 2 – 4pm

Winter International Film Festival: Borsalino

During the 1930s, in Marseilles, France, two small time crooks work for local crime bosses until they decide to go into business for themselves.

Directed by Jacques Deray.

Fest Date: January 21 - February 18, 2024

Location: Baldwin Family Lecture Room, The East Hampton Library - 159 Main Street East Hampton, NY 11937

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