World Film Forum to feature international films

The World Film Forum: Viewing and Discussion of Cinematic Landmarks, which is free and open to the public, features three films this fall from France, Spain and Germany, says Jennifer William, assistant professor of German. All the films have English subtitles, and Purdue professors will introduce the films and lead a discussion after them.

All three events will take place at 5:30 p.m. at the West Lafayette Public Library, 208 W. Columbia St. Light refreshments will be provided.

The movies and speakers are:

• Sept. 14 — Paula Leverage, assistant professor of French, will present "Caché" (Hidden, 2005). This film is a critique of France's bourgeoisie and its relations with Algeria, especially the largely forgotten 1961 massacre of the 200 or so Algerians killed by French police during peaceful demonstrations in Paris. This psychological thriller also investigates father-son relationships.

• Oct. 12 — Patricia Hart, professor of Spanish, will present "El Corazón del Guerrero" (Heart of the Warrior, 2000). Spanish director Daniel Monzón debuted with this adventure film about a teenager shifting between grim reality and the much more alluring world of fantasy.

• Nov. 16 — Fritz Cohen, professor emeritus of German, will present "Triumph des Willens" (Triumph of the Will, 1935). This film, by Leni Riefenstahl, is considered the best-known and most controversial propaganda film of Nazi Germany's Third Reich (1933-1945). It documents the September 1934 Nazi Party convention in Nuremberg, with its martial scenes of uniformed cadres who were destined to transform the ideology of National Socialism into its catastrophic realities.

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures is housed in the College of Liberal Arts.

Writer: Amy Patterson Neubert, (765) 494-9723, apatterson@purdue.edu

Source: Jennifer William, (765) 494-3866, jmwilliam@purdue.edu

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