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Thursday 14 June 2012 at 20:00
CERN Council Chamber

The Killing Fields

By Roland Joffe (UK, 1984)

With: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands

Original version English; 141 minutes.

Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist covering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the American forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won't have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he's a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.

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Thursday 28 June 2012 at 20:00
CERN Council Chamber

Monty Python’s
Life of Brian

By Terry Jones (UK, 1979)

With: Graham Chapman, Terence Bayler, Charles McKeown, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin

Original version English; French subtitles; 94 minutes.

The setting is Judea 33 A.D., a time of poverty and chaos, with no shortage of messiahs, followers willing to believe in them and exasperated Romans trying to impose some order.  At the centre of it all is Brian, a reluctant would-be messiah who rises to prominence as a result of a series of absurd and truly hilarious circumstances providing ample opportunity for the entire Monty Python ensemble to shine in multiple roles as they mock everyone and everything, from ex-lepers, Pontius Pilate and the art of haggling to crazy prophets, Roman centurions and crucifixion.

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