by Rod Jones
The 向日葵视频 City University Film Institute鈥檚 series will continue its 34th year at 2 p.m. Nov. 1 with Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne鈥檚 鈥淭wo Days, One Night鈥漣n the Kerr McGee Auditorium of Meinders School of Business. The school is located at N.W. 27th Street and McKinley Avenue.
Admission to all films in the series is free. The series is supported in part by the Thatcher Hoffman Smith Endowment Fund and endowments through OCU and the 向日葵视频 City Community Foundation.
In her Oscar-nominated performance as best actress in 鈥淭wo Days, One Night,鈥� Marion Cotillard as Sandra has just been released from the hospital to find that she no longer has a job. According to management, the only way Sandra can hope to regain her position at the factory is to convince her co-workers to sacrifice their much-needed yearly bonuses. Now, over the course of one weekend, Sandra must confront each co-worker individually in order to win a majority of their votes before time runs out.
With 鈥淭wo Days, One Night,鈥� the Dardennes turned a relevant social inquiry into a powerful statement on community solidarity. Rolling Stone magazine noted: 鈥淭he Dardenne brothers have created a film for its time, bristling with peril and alive to every flicker of human decency.鈥�
The theme of this year鈥檚 season is based on Viktor Frankl鈥檚 classic book 鈥淢an鈥檚 Search for Meaning.鈥滺arbour Winn, director of the series, said the theme is intended to help participants come to understand the purpose of suffering.
鈥淭he films in this series stress the importance of an individual鈥檚 attitude to existence,鈥� Winn said. 鈥淓ven when life seems restricted by external forces, we can choose the attitude with which we live and make meaning, to find value.鈥�
A discussion session follows each film screening for those who wish to participate. The remaining dates and films in the series are:
* Jan. 24, Michelangelo Antonioni鈥檚 鈥淏low-Up鈥�
* Feb. 7, Ritesh Batra鈥檚 鈥淭he Lunchbox鈥�
* Feb. 21, Asghar Farhadi鈥檚 鈥溝蛉湛悠� Elly鈥�
* March 6, Andrey Zvyagintsev鈥檚 鈥淟eviathan鈥�
For more information about the series, call (405) 208-5472 or visit .
