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Thursday 24 January 2013 at 20:00
CERN Council Chamber

That Obscure Object of Desire
(Cet obscure objet du desir)

Directed by Luis Buñuel (France/Spain, 1977)

With:  Fernando Rey, Carol Bouquet, Angela Molina
Original version french/spanish; english subtitles; 102 minutes

Just after boarding a train, much to the surprise of his fellow passengers, a man pours a bucket of water over a young girl on the platform. Over the next few hours he explains (and we see in flashback) how he became obsessed by her (so much so that he failed to notice that she was played by two different actresses, representing different sides of her personality), and how she tantalised him, but would never allow him to satisfy his desire for her...

Thursday 31 January 2013 at 20:00
CERN Council Chamber

The Holy Mountain

Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky (Mexico/USA, 1973)

With:  Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders
Original version english/spanish/dutch; 114 minutes

A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful individuals, each representing a planet in the solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and the guide’s assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek out the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal.

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