Category: Art

26/06/2013 Abortion Right | arts | Cinema | education | Entre Nos | Entre Nos Film | human-rights | Justice | society Feitosa-Santana

Entre Nos, the Movie

“Entre Nos is a bio/true story about a woman’s struggle to survive in New York City with her two children after being abandoned by her husband. The main character, Mariana, totes her two children from the country and culture of Colombia to reunite with her husband in Queens, New York. Her life is devastatingly turned around […]

27/01/2013 Alia Shawkat | Amreeka | Hiam Abbass | human-rights | middle-east | Nisreen Faour | Occupied Palestine | politics | Prejudice against Arabs | Prejudice against Muslims | religion Feitosa-Santana

Amreeka

Mother and son, Muna and Fadi, are tired of the bombs and checking points of the occupied Palestine, and they decided to join their relatives in Chicago but they arrived in the US right after the nine-eleven… They are not even Muslims but, for the average American, they are just stupid Muslims or potential terrorists… […]

05/01/2013 Emilien Neron | Mohamed Fellag | Monsieur Lazhar | Monsieur Lazhar Movie 2012 | Philippe Falardeau | Sophie Nelisse Feitosa-Santana

Monsieur Lazhar (2012)

Monsieur Lazhar touches the children world, the death world, the immigrant world, the silent world, the unfair world. In other words, it is about oppression and omission. All a child need is love and safeness to express themselves… Review by Stephen Holden: “”In the indelible opening scene of Philippe Falardeau’s “Monsieur Lazhar,” Simon (Émilien Néron), a sixth grader at […]

05/01/2013 comedy | Coming Out | cote d azur | Cote d'Azur (Crustaces & Coquillages) (2005) | Cote D'Azur Movie | delightful comedy | entertainment | Gilbert Melki | Jacques Martineau | Olivier Ducastel | valeria bruni Feitosa-Santana

Cote d’Azur (Crustaces & Coquillages) (2005)

Cote D’Azur is a delightful comedy that talks about sexuality in a very light way. Maybe too light to be true but there is no doubt that it would be good to be true. This movie is adorable, and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi is gorgeous.