Humor in Recent European Film
Humor in Recent European Film
The Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame is pleased to present its new Film Series for 2007-08. Each film is a pristine 35 mm print presented at the highest possible visual and audio standard.
What do recent European films invite us to laugh about? What purposes do their comedies serve? Are there national types of humor? How are the films situated within or against comic traditions? Inviting us to ask these questions are seven films from across Europe, from Greece to Spain. All are skillfully subtitled in English. Each will be introduced by a speaker and followed by discussion for those interested in hearing more.
Please join us in enjoying these films, and consider whether, as Danish comedian Victor Borge once quipped, “laughter is the closest distance between two people.”
Seres Queridos/Only Human
August 30, 2007
Directed by Dominic Harari and Teresa Pelegri, 2004. Spain. 85 min.
Introduced by Professor Sam Amago.
Directøren for det hele/Boss of It All
September 13, 2007
(Denmark 2006) Directed by Lars von Trier.
35 mm print with English subtitles. 99 min.
Introduced by Professor Christine Becker from the Department of Film, Theatre, and Television.
Karaula/The Border Post
October 11, 2007
(UK / Serbia and Montenegro/Croatia 2006) Directed by Rajko Grlic
35 mm print with English subtitles. 94 min.
Introduced by the director, Rajko Grlic.
A fost sau n-a fost?/12:08 Bucharest
November 8, 2007
(Romania 2006) Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu.
35 mm print with English subtitles. 89 min.
Im Juli/In July
January 31, 2008
(Germany 2000) Directed by Fatih Akin
35 mm print with English subtitles. 99 min.
Tha to metaniossis/Think it Over
February 21, 2008
(Greece 2002) Directed by Katerina Evangelakou
35 mm print with English subtitles. 95 min.
Persepolis
March 13, 2008
(2007) Directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
PG-13, 95 minutes, 35mm Print
French, Persian, and German languages with English subtitles
Mrs. Ratcliffe’s Revolution
April 10, 2007
(UK 2007) Directed by Bille Eltringham
NR, 100 minutes, 35mm print
Introduced by the producer, Leslee Udwin.
Bride and Prejudice
April 17, 2008
(UK 2004) Directed by Gurinder Chadha
PG-13, 111 minutes, 35mm print
Hindi and English languages with English subtitles
Past Film Series
- Power & Fragility (Fall 2012)
- Contemporary European Cinema (Spring 2012)
- Europe Beyond Borders (Fall 2011)
- The Best of Recent European Film (2010-11)
- European Shakespeare (2009-10)
- Contemporary European Animation (2008-09)
- Humor in Recent European Film (2007-08)
- Terrorism: Perspectives from European Cinema (2006-07)
- Diaspora: Integration and Fragmentation (2005-06)
