CF International Film Series Wraps Up

The College of Central Florida’s International Film Series wraps up the 2019-2020 season  with “The Salesman” on Tuesday, Feb. 11, “XXY” on Tuesday, Feb. 25, and “A Man Called Ove” on Tuesday, March 3. Shows start at 2 p.m. at the Appleton Museum of Art and at 7 p.m. at the Ocala Campus in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building 8, Room 110.

• “The Salesman” features a young couple living in Tehran who is forced to move into a new apartment with a violent history. Their lives are dramatically changed. This film is in Persian with English subtitles. It is rated PG-13 and has a total run time of 125 minutes.
• “XXY” is about 15-year old Alex who has had to deal with being born as an intersexed child growing up in a small town in Uruguay. When a plastic surgeon is invited for gender reassignment surgery and brings his son, the sexual attraction of the two teens soon complicates an already tense situation. This film is in Spanish with English subtitles. It is not rated and has a total run time of 90 minutes.
• “A Man Called Ove” is based on Fredrik Backman’s international best-selling novel. Ove is the angry old man next door whom we have all known. An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse, he spends his days visiting his wife’s grave and enforcing block association rules that only he cares about. This film is in Swedish with English subtitles. It is rated PG-13 and has a total run time of 120 minutes.

Films on the CF campus are free. Films at the Appleton are free to members; nonmembers pay the museum admission price to see the films. To become a film series member, pay $15 for individuals, $25 for dual membership at www.CF.edu/MakeaGift. For information about membership, call 352-873-5808.

For more information on the International Film Series, contact Joe Zimmerman at 352-854-2322, ext. 1233, or visit www.CF.edu/filmseries.