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Beat the Heat: KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS

Watch Trailer Director: Michel Ocelot
Writer(s): Michel Ocelot

Sponsored by Ohio Brew Week, The Athena Cinema is proud to present a screening of KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS on Saturday, July 15th at 3pm. Seating begins at 2:30pm at the Ridges Auditorium. Admission is a monetary donation to the Andrew Jackson Davison Club.

About the film

The tiny Kirikou is born into an African village upon which a sorceress called Karaba has cast a terrible spell: the spring has dried up, the villagers are being blackmailed, the men of the village have either been kidnapped or have mysteriously disappeared. He wants to rid the village of the curse so he goes on a voyage to the Forbidden Mountain, where the Wise Man of the Mountain, who knows of Karaba and her secrets, awaits him. The film contains many instances of nudity that reflect the non-sexualized view of the human body in the West African culture depicted.

The screening of KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS will take place at the Ridges Auditorium.

The address for The Ridges Auditorium is 135 Ridges Circle. It is building #223, linked here on the Campus Map.

Parking is free on Saturday’s in all PURPLE and DARK GREEN lots. Any space with a meter must be paid to park.

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Running Time: 86 MIN86 MIN
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Beat the Heat: PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH

Watch Trailer Director: Joel Crawford

Sponsored by OUCU Financial, The Athena Cinema is proud to present a screening of PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH on Saturday, July 29th at 3pm. Seating begins at 2:30pm at the Ridges Auditorium. Admission is a monetary donation to Athens CASA/GAL.

The screening of PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH will take place at the Ridges Auditorium.

The address for The Ridges Auditorium is 135 Ridges Circle. It is building #223, linked here on the Campus Map.

Parking is free on Saturday’s in all PURPLE and DARK GREEN lots. Any space with a meter must be paid to park.

About the film

When Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll and he has burned through eight of his nine lives, he launches an epic journey to restore them by finding the mythical Last Wish.

About CASA/GAL

The Athens CASA/GAL Program is a court-based agency that recruits and trains community volunteers to serve as Court Appointed Special Advocates who represent the best interests of children involved in juvenile court because of abuse and neglect. The agency is governed by Athens County Juvenile Court and is additionally supported by the Friends of Athens CASA non-profit organization.

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Running Time: 112 MIN112 MIN
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CHAMPIONS: Last Day Thursday, April 6th

Watch Trailer Director: Robert Farrelly

Woody Harrelson stars in the hilarious and heartwarming story of a former minor-league basketball coach who, after a series of missteps, is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with intellectual disabilities. He soon realizes that despite his doubts, together, this team can go further than they ever imagined.

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Running Time: 123 minutes123 MIN
PG-13 Rated
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EMILY: Last Day Thursday, March 16th

Watch Trailer Director: Frances O'Connor

EMILY imagines Emily Brontë’s own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, “Wuthering Heights.” Haunted by the death of her mother, Emily struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for artistic and personal freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her creative potential into one of the greatest novels of all time.

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Running Time: 130 MIN130 MIN
R Rated
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A film brimming with warmth, heart and intelligence. Remarkably, it is O’Connor’s directorial debut.

Brian Viner
Daily Mail (UK)
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LIVING: Last Day Thursday, March 9th

Watch Trailer Director: Oliver Hermanus

LIVING is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful.

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Running Time: 102 minutes102 MIN
PG-13 Rated
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BROKER: Last Day Thursday, March 9th

Watch Trailer Director: Hirokazu Koreeda

The film follows two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can’t have children of their own. After an infant’s mother surprises the duo by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a journey to find the right couple, building an unlikely family of their own.

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Running Time: 129 MIN129 MIN
R Rated
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.. A story whose darker themes of social dysfunction and fissure are sublimated into a fable of surprising sweetness.

Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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THE QUIET GIRL: Last Day Thursday, April 6th

Watch Trailer Director: Colm Bairéad
Cast: Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett
Language: Scottish Gaelic

Rural Ireland. 1981. Nine-year-old Cait is sent away from her overcrowded, dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer. Quietly struggling at school and at home, she has learned to hide in plain sight from those around her. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one painful truth.

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Running Time: 94 MIN94 MIN
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ONE FINE MORNING: Last Day Thursday, March 23rd

Watch Trailer Director: Mia Hansen-Løve

Sandra, a young mother who raises her daughter alone, pays regular visits to her sick father. While she and her family fight tooth and nail to get him the care he requires, Sandra reconnects with Clément, a friend she hasn’t seen in a while. Although he is in a relationship, the two begin a passionate affair.

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Running Time: 112 minutes112 MIN
R Rated
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Hansen-Løve’s work is heartfelt yet profound, emotionally and mentally engaging in ways few films dare to balance.

Monica Castillo
RogerEbert.com
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CLOSE: Last Day Thursday, April 6th

Watch Trailer Director: Lukas Dhont
Cast: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne
Language: French

Leo and Remi are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont’s second film is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing.

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Running Time: 105 MIN105 MIN
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Dambrine and De Waele are wonderfully natural, conveying the complexities of youthful experience with impressive directness and poise.

A.O. Scott
New York Times
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