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IN PRAISE OF DANTE
A Public reading of the Divine Comedy
With the participation of Foreign Languages Faculty and Students

Tuesday, April 23 @ 7pm, Burruss 44

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68th Anniversary of the Italian Liberation from Nazi-Fascism on April 25, 1945

Showing of La Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful), 1997

by and with Roberto Benigni
Oscar for Best Actor and Best Foreign Film
Thursday, April 25 @6pm Miller 1101

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Russian Film Festival
Spring 2013

Bummer (Boomer)
February 21

Office Romance (Sluzhebny roman)
March 27 & April 4

Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem)
April 18

Films start at 6:00pm
in Keezell G-3
and have English subtitles

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Italian Film Festival
Spring 2013

Caterina va in città (Caterina in the big city)
Wednesday, January 23
Miller Hall 1101, 6:30PM

Alla luce del sole (Come into the light)
Thursday, February 28
Harrison Hall 2105, 6:30PM

Io non ho paura (I'm not scared)
Monday, March 25
Miller Hall 1101, 6:30PM

La vita è bella (Life is beautiful)
68th Anniversary of the Liberation from Nazi-Fascism
Thursday, April 25
Harrison Hall 2105, 6:30PM

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GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL SPRING 2013
- Psychology in modern German movies- 

Wednesday, February 27: Das Experiment   (The Experiment)
A mind-shattering psychological thriller based on the infamous
“Stanford Prison Experiment” of 1971.

Thursday, March 14:  Jenseits der Stille (Beyond Silence)

An inspirational  drama of a young woman’s battle for
independence and her deaf parents’ struggle to understand her gift for music

Tuesday, March 19: Die Welle  (The Wave)
Based on a true story; a high school teacher in
present-day Germany experiments with the seeds of fascism.

Wednesday, March 27:  Vitus
The story of a highly-gifted boy whose parents have demanding and ambitious plans for him. 

All films will be shown in Burruss Hall 031 at 6:30pm.
All films are in German with English subtitles.  
*SCREENINGS WILL BE CONSIDERED PASSPORT EVENTS* 
For further information please go to: http://jmugermanclub.wordpress.com/

 


 


Dr. Giuliana Fazzion, Department Head
Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures
MSC 1802
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
Phone: 540-568-6128
FAX: 540-568-6904