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May 15 – 17
Tue 6:00 8:00 Wed 6:00 8:00 Thu 6:00 8:00 (last show)
(Canada / 2011 / dir by Philippe Falardeau)
PG-13 / 94 mins.

Nominated this year for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, this is  a poignant story of a Montreal elementary-school class that is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide, and then is replaced. A charismatic Algerian immigrant, Bachir Lazhar (Mohamed Fellag), reads of the tragedy, meets the principal and offers his services. With no one else looking for the job, he’s hired, and becomes the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children including Alice and Simon, who seem particularly affected. With gentle humor, compassion and an elegant touch, Monsieur Lazhar tells a story about a man who transcends his own grief and tragedy, as well as a cultural gap, to help his young students process death and loss in their lives. All the while, he must keep his personal life hidden. Wonderful performances from the both the young actors as well as their new teacher make this an unusually rewarding film. In English, French, and Arabic with subtitles View Trailer
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May 15 – 17	May 18 – 24
Tue 5:45 8:15 Wed 5:45 8:15 Thu 5:45 8:15	Fri 4:15 6:50 9:15 Sat 1:15 4:15 6:50 9:15 Sun 3:30 6:00 8:30 Mon 5:45 8:15 Tue 5:45 8:15 Wed 5:45 8:15 Thu 5:45 8:15
(UK/2012/dir by John Madden)
PG-13 /120 mins

A group of British retirees get more than they bargained for when they decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. John Madden, director of Shakespeare in Love, concocts this heartwarming comedy starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, and Dev Patel. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. Though the new environment is less luxurious than imagined, their lives are forever altered by their shared experiences as they discover that life and love can only begin again when you let go of the past. . View Trailer Read Reviews ]]> http://upstatefilms.org/now-showing/the-best-exotic-marigold-hotel/feed 0