ARGENTINA / SPAIN • 2008 • 85 MINS. • IN SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES • FILM MOVEMENT

“A certain visual spell makes it a first-rate artistic achievement. So see it.”
- Andrew Sarris, The New York Observer

“CRITICS’ PICK! A moving tale of memory and regret, held together by beautiful performances and delicate direction.”
– New York magazine

“As elegant in its storytelling as in its story, Carlos Sorín’s THE WINDOW is a tale of age and mortality that firmly resists the ‘cute’ tag
reflexively assigned to movies with old people, and mines a rich, deep vein of melancholy and humor. With an almost palpable sense of place…
Sorín has constructed a reflective poem, one that’s never solemn, always insightful and sometimes hilarious.”
– John Anderson, Variety

“Sorín gracefully reflects on late-life recollections and mortality itself in this wry, would-be narrative B-side
to Terrence Davies’s nostalgic cine-essay OF TIME AND THE CITY. Antonio’s memories, his final hours (play) out like delicate, melancholy poetry.”
– Aaron Hillis, Village Voice

“The acting is superb and the pastoral cinematography, by Julián Apezteguia, is breathtaking.”
– V.A. Musetto, New York Post

As a teenager, Argentine director Carlos Sorín was deeply affected by Ingmar Bergman’s WILD STRAWBERRIES, a classic story of an elderly man recalling significant moments in his life. In THE WINDOW, Antonio, an elderly, literary gentleman, is bedridden in his comfortable hacienda, waited upon by family retainers. His long-absent son, a renowned pianist, is expected that evening and preparations (tuning the piano, chilling champagne) are in full swing. When Antonio escapes the constraints of his too-solicitous staff to wander through the adjoining fields, his thoughts wander as well. We are left with the understanding that each of us collects “rosebud” moments — those defining experiences of passion which only become more significant with time as they crystallize a life’s meaning into a few, precious images.

PLUS THE BATHER Directed By George Griffin USA • 2008 • 3 MINS. FILMSOURCE INFORMATION Click here to read The Independent’s interview with George Griffin. “Whimsically clever!” – Aaron Hillis, Village Voice “[A] three-minute gem, which manages to be a beautiful collage of forms, a meditation on love, and a clever deconstruction of narrative all at once.” – Bilge Ebiri, New York magazine online