Six Faces of Love Film Festival

June 20 - June 25, 2011 at the Registry Theatre
July 4 - July 8 at the Waterloo Region Museum

Films are listed in order of screening dates and times.

I Am Love (2009)

June 20, 7pm at the Registry Theatre &
July 4, 7pm at the Waterloo Region Museum

Country of Origin: Italy
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Rating: R
Length: 120 min.

Eduardo Recchi Sr., the family patriarch, names a successor to business, and in so doing, surprises everyone by splitting power between his son Tancredi and grandson Edo. However, Edo dreams of opening a restaurant with his friend Antonio. An adoring and attentive mother, Tancredi’s wife Emma is shocked to the core when she falls deeply in love with Antonio and pursues a passionate love affair that will change his family forever.


Uc Maymun (Three Monkeys) (2008)

June 21, 7pm at the Registry Theatre &
July 5, 7pm at the Waterloo Region Museum

Country of Origin: Turkey
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Rating: PG-13
Length: 109 min.

A family dislocated when small failings blow up into extravagant lies battles against the odds to stay together by covering up the truth... In order to avoid hardship and responsibilities that would otherwise be impossible to endure, the family chooses to ignore the truth, not to see, hear or talk about it. But does playing “Three Monkeys” invalidate the truth of its existence?


Cairo Time (2009)

June 22, 7pm at the Registry Theatre &
July 6, 7pm at the Waterloo Region Museum

Country of Origin: Canada
Director: Ruba Nadda
Rating: PG
Length: 90 min.

In Cairo on her own as she waits for her husband, Juliette finds herself caught in a whirlwind romance with his friend Tareq, a retired cop. As Tareq escorts Juliette around the city, they find themselves in the middle of a brief affair that catches them both unawares.


Cherry Blossoms (2008)

June 23, 7pm at the Registry Theatre;
This film will not be screened at the Waterloo Region Museum

Country of Origin: Germany
Director: Doris Dörrie
Rating: PG-13
Length: 127 min.

When Trudi learns that her husband Rudi is dangerously ill, she suggests visiting their children in Berlin without telling him the truth. As Franzi and Karl don’t care much about their parents, Trudi and Rudi go to the Baltic Sea, where Trudi suddenly dies. Rudi is thrown out of gear, even more when he learns that his wife wanted to live a totally different life in Japan...


Cloud 9 (2008)

June 24, 7pm at the Registry Theatre &
July 7, 7pm at the Waterloo Region Museum

Country of Origin: Germany
Director: Andreas Dresen
Rating: PG-14
Length: 98 min.

Love can sneak up on you at any point. Inge, a married seamstress in her 60s, delivers a pair of trousers to her customer, Karl, himself well into his 70s. Shortly after, the two of them are making passionate love on the floor of his apartment. This is all the more surprising as Inge has been happily married for over 30 years, and suddenly she feels like a young girl again. Whether you are 70 or 17, affairs of the heart can be complicated!


Moscow, Belgium (2008)

June 25, 7pm at the Registry Theatre &
July 8, 7pm at the Waterloo Region Museum

Country of Origin: Belgium
Director: Christophe Van Rompaey
Rating: N/A
Length: 102 min.

Matty is a 41-year old troubled married woman. Or, as she puts it, her husband is going through a midlife crisis, her oldest daughter is in puberty, her youngest daughter thinks she’s in puberty and her son can’t find his way into puberty. And, after an accident when leaving the parking lot of the local supermarket, her car needs a repair. To her surprise and disbelief, the 29-year old driver whose truck she hits takes an interest in her.


The sponsors of this film festival are:

  • The Registry Theatre
  • The Waterloo Region Museum
  • The Waterloo Region Arts Council
  • The City of Kitchener
  • Tapestry

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