International Film Series and the Tournees Festival

Presented by the Department of Languages and Culture Studies, UNC Charlotte College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

March 13-25
Free Admission

The UNC Charlotte Department of Languages and Culture Studies presents the International Film Series and the Tournées Festival, March 13 –25, 2013. Admission is free to any of ten film viewings presented in collaboration with the UNC Charlotte’s J. Murrey Atkins Library, French Club, Russian Club, Film Studies Program, and Pfeiffer University with support provided by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the Centre National de la Cinématographie et de l’Image Animée, Alliance Française de Charlotte, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte Film Society, Mosfilm, Piedmont Music Center, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, the J. Murrey Atkins Library and the Office of International Programs. See filmfest.uncc.edu for more information including film summaries, schedule, and locations.

March 16
1:30pm
UNC Charlotte Center City Auditorium

IO SONO LI /  SHUN LI AND THE POET

Andrea Segre, Italy. 2011 / 92 min

Introduction by Director Andrea Segre and Daniela Dal Pra, Lecturer of Italian, UNC Charlotte. Discussion will follow screening.

Set in Chioggia, a traditional small city-island in the Veneto lagoon, this is the story of Chinese girl Shun-Li, the new bartender in the local pub, and the Slavic fisherman Bepi. Their encounter is a poetic escape from solitude, a silent dialogue between cultures and an odyssey into the deep heart of the lagoon.  But their friendship upsets both the Chinese and local communities, who feel threatened by this new voyage.