Friday, June 7, 2013

International Film Festival

At the Teatro Nacional in Casco Viejo:
The International Film Festival Panama




Above: Andrea's Mom, Ilda, Andrea, Isa, Me!




Inside the beautiful, old theater (that reminded me of Merrill Auditorium), we watched movies from all over the world with different and amazing stories.  It cost $10 to see one movie, and we went three times in one week!  First we watched Elefante Blanco, white-elephant, an Argentine film about the priests living and working in the Villa Maria slum of Buenos Aires.  It was very well done, but incredibly emotional and intense.  Next we watched a film by a local Panamanian director called Reinas, majesty, about the beauty queen culture of women in Panama (it was hilarious).  Lastly, an Indian film called English Vinglish, english-vinglish, about a woman from India who visits her family in New York City and attempts to learn how to speak English.  Again, hilarious but also touching.

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