Kurdish, French, Mexican and Hongkonger films to be featured at public library foreign film festival

The Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library recently announced the 11th annual February Foreign Film Festival.

This year, the festival will feature award-winning Kurdish film “Turtles Can Fly,” French film “A Sunday in the Country,” Mexican film “The Noble Family,” and Hongkonger film “Comrades: Almost a Love Story.” Each film will be screened for free one of the four Sundays of February in the following order:

“A Sunday in the Country”
Sunday, February 2nd, 2020

This film is a lyrical portrait of an elderly painter who has no real genius, in pre-WWI France.

Country: France
Genre: Drama
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Release date: April 11th, 1984
Running time: 90 minutes
Rated: G
Subtitles: French, English

“Turtles Can Fly”
Sunday, February 9th, 2020

Country: Iran
Genre: Drama/War
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Release date: September 10th, 2004
Running time: 97 minutes
Rated: PG-13
Subtitles: English

“The Noble Family”
Sunday, February 16th, 2020

Located in modern Mexico City, The Noble Family tells the story of a wealthy Mexican businessman, Germán Noble, and his three grown children, Javier, Bárbara, and Carlos.

Country: Mexico
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gary Alazraki
Release date: March 28th, 2013
Running time: 108 minutes
Rated: PG-13
Subtitles: English

“Comrades: Almost a Love Story”
Sunday, February 23rd, 2020

Two Chinese-mainlanders living in Hong Kong form a close friendship. Over the years this grows into love, but there are obstacles.

Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: Peter Chan
Release date: November 2nd, 1996
Running time: 118 minutes
Rated: Not-rated
Subtitles: English

For more information, the Shrewsbury Post invite you to visit the Shrewsbury Public Library website or call 508-841-8609.