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Thursday 4 July 2013 at 20:00
CERN Council Chamber

Pi

Directed by Darren Aronofsky (USA, 1998)
Original version English; french subtitles; 83 minutes

First work of director Darren Aronofsky, PI is an intense, hallucinogenic, and an extremely adept exploration into the world of independent science fiction. Depicting one man's obsession to construct a theoretical, numerical order out of chaos in an attempt to decipher a pattern to both the stock market and existence as a whole, he has launched a sense-numbing expedition that simultaneously complies with and defies expectations of science-fiction cinema. Without expensive special effects, Aronofsky uses innovative cinematography and perfectly conceived music to construct both the paranoid world and fanatical fascination of one man’s quest for absolute knowledge. Aronofsky has masterfully fused mathematics and theology to create an eerie sci-fi world lying somewhere between Stanley Kubrick and Rod Serling. Awarded at Sundance Film Festival in 1998.

Thursday 11 July 2013 at 20:00
CERN Council Chamber

Time of the Gypsies

Directed by Emir Kusturica (UK/Italy/Yugoslavia, 1988)
Original version Romany/Serbo-Croatian/Italian/English; english subtitles; 270 minutes

Perhan is a Gypsy teenager with the ability to move objects with his mind. A criminal named Ahmed convinces him to leave his devoted grandmother and loving girlfriend, and to use his powers to make some money illegally. While becoming a man and learning the trade of crime, the boy searches for his sister (who was supposed to have a leg operation) and tries to save money to realize his fantasy of returning home to marry the woman of his dreams. This film won Emir Kusturica an award at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival for his direction and was the first feature to be filmed with its entire dialogue in the Gypsy language, Romany.

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