This monthly film series at the Allentown Public Library features award-winning foreign films, independent movies, and documentaries. No ticket is required; admission is always free. For viewing audiences ages 17+
October 8 film: "Helena from the Wedding"
In this coming-of-middle-age chamber story, disappointed playwright Alex Javal (Lee Tergesen) puts on a jolly mask to host -- with new wife Alice (Melanie Lynskey) -- a New Year's Eve gathering in the woods, but he can't hide his starry eyes when the alluring Helena (Gillian Jacobs) joins the scene. Confined to a cabin's close quarters, Helena barely notices Alex while Alex ignores Alice, and the tension ratchets up as the minutes wind down.
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November 19 film: "If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle."
Just days before his scheduled release from a reformatory, teenage delinquent Silviu (George Pistereanu) takes a pretty social worker (Ada Condeescu) hostage and threatens to kill her unless his estranged mother (Clara Voda) promises not to separate him from his younger brother. Will Silviu's desperate act to protect his sibling cost him his freedom? Marian Bratu also stars in this engrossing drama from director Florin Serban. Language: Romanian with English subtitles.
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