Foreign films continue through spring semester

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 The Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions Series at Western Carolina University continues its 2009-10 Foreign Film Series on Feb. 17 with a 1946 French version of “Beauty and the Beast.”

All films are subtitled and show at 7 p.m. Wednesdays in the theater at the A.K. Hinds University Center. Cost of admission is $1. The complete schedule follows:

• Feb. 24: “Black Orpheus” (Brazil, 1959). A love triangle becomes dangerous in the streets of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival.

• March 10: “Viridiana” (Spain, 1961). A young woman inherits a fortune and learns the responsibilities that come with wealth.

• March 17: “Knife in the Water” (Poland, 1962). After picking up a young hitchhiker, tension rises as a man’s wife gradually becomes more infatuated with the young drifter.

• April 7: “Sisters of Gion” (Japan, 1936). After leaving his wife, losing his job and becoming bankrupt, a businessman is forced to move in with his increasingly disinterested mistress.

• April 1: “Lost Honor of Katarina Blum” (Germany, 1975). After a passionate night with a stranger, a woman is treated as a terrorist because of her lover’s past.

The Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions Series presents performers, speakers and projects to provide quality, challenging entertainment at WCU.  For more information about LCE or the film series, contact Lori Davis at 828-227-7206 or ledavis@wcu.edu.