HILLSDALE, N.J.—The Hillsdale Film Festival Foreign Film Series kicks off its new season with the Spanish film “The Sea Inside” on Monday, Jan. 27 in the meeting room at the Hillsdale Library.
The schedule for the spring season is as follows. All screenings are at 7 p.m.:
‘The Sea Inside’ (Spain) Jan. 27
In this 2004 drama, Javier Bardem plays a Spanish ship mechanic and part-time poet who is left a quadriplegic after a diving accident. This film tells the true story of a 30-year battle for the legal right to end his own life. Rated PG-13. (125 minutes.)
‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ (China) Feb. 24
This 2000 film directed by Ang Lee won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 19th century China, a warrior (Chow Yun-Fat) gives his sword, Green Destiny, to his lover (Michelle Yeoh) to deliver to safe keeping, but it is stolen, and the chase is on to find it. Rated PG-13. (120 minutes.)
‘The Tunnel’ (Germany) March 30
An East German swimmer Harry Melchior escapes to West Berlin in 1961, but is forced to leave his family behind. When he recruits pals to help him dig a tunnel under the wall so he can bring his sister, he discovers that countless others are looking for ways to get relatives out of East Berlin. From 2001. (167 minutes)
‘Ma Vie en Rose’ (Belgium) April 27
Seven-year-old Ludovic announces to her startled parents that she is in fact a girl. Her parents first view her newfound taste for girls’ clothes and toys as a harmless phase, but as other neighborhood parents grow concerned— they take steps to “cure” her. Rated R. (89 minutes.)
‘Tanna’ (Australia) May 18
In this 2015 film, a young woman runs away with the man she loves to avoid an arranged marriage. The villagers wrestle with preserving their traditional culture or adapting it to the increasing outside demands for individual freedom. Unrated. (104 minutes.)
The Hillsdale Foreign Film Series is generally shown on the last Monday evening of every month. A full schedule for the remainder of the year can be picked up at the library and is available on the library website, hfpl.org.
Admission to the Foreign Film Series is free and refreshments will be available for a small donation. The series is sponsored by the Friends of the Hillsdale Library.
The Hillsdale Library is at 509 Hillsdale Ave. For more information, call the Hillsdale Library at (201) 358-5072.