VERO BEACH — The feature films from around the world selected to be shown in the Vero Beach Museum of Art’s next Film Studies Class will test the concept that learning is a lifelong undertaking. The course titled Comrades: Recent Films about Family, Friends and Mentors begins on Tuesday Feb. 14 and continues for five weeks ending on Tuesday, March 13.
Students may sign up for either the afternoon session at 1:30 pm or the evening session at 7 pm as part of the five-week film studies offering.
Tuition for the five-week course is $60 ($50 for museum members). Students may register in person, by phone at (772) 231-0707, ext. 136 or online at www.verobeachmuseum.org.
“Several of our films have been entirely overlooked over the past couple of years, and yet are simply extraordinary,” according to Warren Obluck, the Museum’s film studies coordinator. “They’re all extremely touching films in their own ways, and a couple of them are very moving. One is an under-seen classic that features one of the greatest actors in European cinema in possibly his most charming role.”
The motion pictures come from France, Mexico, Norway, and Sweden. Their stories range from those of Scandinavian slackers coming of age to children coming to grips with the world and Samaritans coming to life-changing decisions.
Viewed in the course from France will be Claude Berri’s The Two of Us and Xavier Beauvois’s Of Gods and Men; from Mexico, Pedro Gonzalez Rubio’s Alamar; from Norway, Morten Tyldum’s Buddy; and from Sweden, Fredrik Edfeldt’s The Girl. Berri’s Academy Award-winning short, The Chicken, will be shown with Alamar.
Films are introduced and discussions are moderated by Obluck, former cultural attaché at the American embassies in Rome, Tokyo, and Manila. He is also a winner of the Indian River County Cultural Councils Laurel Award for cultural/professional achievement.
The Vero Beach Museum of Art is located at 3001 Riverside Park Drive, Vero Beach, Florida. Classes are offered in the Museum’s state-of-the-art Leonhardt Auditorium with its 20 x 30 foot screen and surround-sound audio.
For additional information, call (772) 231-0707.