Cine Club
Wednesday 16 December 2015 at 20:00
CERN Council Chamber
Love Streams
Directed by John Cassavetes
USA, 1984, 141 minutes
The film describes a few days in the life of the writer Robert Harmon and his sister Sarah. The decadent life of Robert is made of alcohol, cigarettes, and short-time relationships with women; women he interviews for a book, he spends a weekend with at a casino or falls in love with for the fun of an evening. Having no constraints, he is unable to be responsible for anything including the care of his son, leaving him alone in a hotel room and teaching the 8-year-old boy how to drink. His life is made of his own phantasms as an artist. His sister is divorcing from her husband because of her exuberant and insane behaviour. She scares her daughter Debbie who prefers to stay with her father, a decision that hurts Sarah very deeply and reinforces her nervous breakdown. Most of the movie takes place in the house of Robert. We watch Robert and Sarah struggling with their own lives. As the movie progresses, the house gets empty little by little...
Original version english; french subtitles
Wednesday 6 January 2016 at 20:00
CERN Council Chamber
Wild Strawberries
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Sweden, 1957, 91 minutes
“Wild Strawberries” explores the disillusionment of an elderly doctor, Professor Isak Borg, as he reflects upon his life and begins to perceive his mortality. As he travels to Lund to receive an honorary award after fifty years of medical practice, he finds himself repeatedly affected by intrusive dreams and hallucinations that expose his darkest fears. He slowly comes to realize that the choices he made in the past have created a cold and empty life, devoid of real meaning or value. Finally, he achieves redemption and reintegration through forgiveness and the love of his family.
Original version swedish; english subtitles
Wednesday 13 January 2016 at 20:00
CERN Council Chamber
The Seventh Seal
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Sweden, 1957, 96 minutes
A Knight and his squire are home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they approach home, Death appears to the knight and tells him it is his time. The knight challenges Death to a chess game for his life. The Knight and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the plague has caused.
Original version swedish; english subtitles
by Cine Club
