OXNARD FILM SOCIETY
The Oxnard Film Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3) ARTS organization (#20-5734347).
presents
THE monday night foreign film series
Celebrating Our 15th Year
All dialog in films from non-English speaking countries will be presented in its original language accompanied by English subtitles
All dialog in films from non-English speaking countries will be presented in its original language accompanied by English subtitles
We start our 15th year in downtown Oxnard by presenting Haiffa Al Mansour's feminist drama, THE PERFECT CANDIDATE from Saudi Arabia . Our Summer Film Series will start with two films each month, on the first and third Mondays at 3:30pm and 6:30pm at Plaza Cinemas. We want to protect all our patrons and have a safe, enjoyable experience.
These are our guidelines for returning to the Big Screen:
1. The Oxnard Film Society politely asks all patrons to show proof of vaccination;
2. Masks are required for All but may be removed while actively enjoying food and drinks;
3. Social Distancing Protocols: there is spacing between seats. OxFS Staff will assist in seating;
4. Reduced Auditorium Capacities - 50% capacity means 117 tickets can be sold for the June 7 screening but we will sell 60
tickets and then stop to assess spacing. After examination, if there are seats available then we will continue to sell tickets. Seating is on a first come, first serve basis;
5. Cashless Transactions: Where tickets are sold, credit, debit or gift cards are preferred to reduce contact, but cash is accepted;
6. Cash is not accepted at concessions;
7. Simplified Menu Selections for shorter lines and quicker service;
8. Hand Sanitizer & Disinfecting Wipes available throughout theater;
9. Frequent Hand Washing
10. Enhanced Cleaning: In the auditoriums, extra time has been added between movies so our crew can take extra care disinfecting hard surfaces, including doors, handrails, recliner buttons, and tray tables;
11. Electrostatic Disinfectant Sprayers: Auditoriums are disinfected before each show with new electrostatic disinfectant sprayers. This cutting-edge equipment maximizes surface coverage by using negatively charged ions so that the disinfectant particles wrap around and cling to positively charged surfaces;
12. Employee Health Screenings: Managers and staff members have their temperatures read before starting their shifts.
13. MERV 13 Air Filters: For superior air quality, we’ve verified use of, or upgraded our HVAC systems with MERV 13 filters wherever possible. Fresh air is circulated through the auditoriums as long as proper comfort levels can be maintained.
We will continue our mission of providing the best of world cinema to our film lovers on Mondays and via Virtual Cinema.
Thanks and Be Safe, George J. Sandoval, Executive Director
These are our guidelines for returning to the Big Screen:
1. The Oxnard Film Society politely asks all patrons to show proof of vaccination;
2. Masks are required for All but may be removed while actively enjoying food and drinks;
3. Social Distancing Protocols: there is spacing between seats. OxFS Staff will assist in seating;
4. Reduced Auditorium Capacities - 50% capacity means 117 tickets can be sold for the June 7 screening but we will sell 60
tickets and then stop to assess spacing. After examination, if there are seats available then we will continue to sell tickets. Seating is on a first come, first serve basis;
5. Cashless Transactions: Where tickets are sold, credit, debit or gift cards are preferred to reduce contact, but cash is accepted;
6. Cash is not accepted at concessions;
7. Simplified Menu Selections for shorter lines and quicker service;
8. Hand Sanitizer & Disinfecting Wipes available throughout theater;
9. Frequent Hand Washing
10. Enhanced Cleaning: In the auditoriums, extra time has been added between movies so our crew can take extra care disinfecting hard surfaces, including doors, handrails, recliner buttons, and tray tables;
11. Electrostatic Disinfectant Sprayers: Auditoriums are disinfected before each show with new electrostatic disinfectant sprayers. This cutting-edge equipment maximizes surface coverage by using negatively charged ions so that the disinfectant particles wrap around and cling to positively charged surfaces;
12. Employee Health Screenings: Managers and staff members have their temperatures read before starting their shifts.
13. MERV 13 Air Filters: For superior air quality, we’ve verified use of, or upgraded our HVAC systems with MERV 13 filters wherever possible. Fresh air is circulated through the auditoriums as long as proper comfort levels can be maintained.
We will continue our mission of providing the best of world cinema to our film lovers on Mondays and via Virtual Cinema.
Thanks and Be Safe, George J. Sandoval, Executive Director
Plaza Cinemas 14, 255 West 5th Street, Oxnard CA 93030
General Admission: $10.75
Seniors/Children: 7.50
General Admission: $10.75
Seniors/Children: 7.50
Screening JUNE 7, 2021 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
The Perfect Candidate
2020 Saudi Arabia 1hr 45min
Drama NR
In Arabic with English Subtitles
A revealing look at the changing roles of women in Saudi Arabia from director Haifaa Al Mansour (WADJDA), THE PERFECT CANDIDATE follows Maryam, a determined young doctor who runs for city council after the male incumbent repeatedly ignores her request to fix the muddy road leading to her clinic. Despite her father and her community’s struggle to accept her as their town’s first female candidate, Maryam’s creative and ambitious campaign builds momentum, becoming a symbol for a larger movement.
2020 Saudi Arabia 1hr 45min
Drama NR
In Arabic with English Subtitles
A revealing look at the changing roles of women in Saudi Arabia from director Haifaa Al Mansour (WADJDA), THE PERFECT CANDIDATE follows Maryam, a determined young doctor who runs for city council after the male incumbent repeatedly ignores her request to fix the muddy road leading to her clinic. Despite her father and her community’s struggle to accept her as their town’s first female candidate, Maryam’s creative and ambitious campaign builds momentum, becoming a symbol for a larger movement.
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"Groundbreaking. A Powerful Parable of Feminism."
- Time Out "Mansour gives audiences a candid, often wryly amusing glimpse of life inside the Saudi kingdom, which is so often cloaked in opacity and menace." - Ann Hornaday,Washington Post "It really liked it. It's not a doom and gloom movie -- it's about "how can you use your influence?"- Amy Nicholson, FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) |
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Screening JUNE 21, 2021 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
LIMBO
2020 UK 1hr 43min
Comedy/Drama NR
In Arabic and English with English subtitles
Recently nominated for two BAFTA® awards for Best British Film and Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, LIMBO is a wry and poignant observation of the refugee experience, set on a fictional remote Scottish island where a group of new arrivals await the results of their asylum claims. It centers on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by his grandfather's oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland. Reflecting the complexity of the movement of people across borders has been a long-held passion for director and writer Ben Sharrock, who spent time working for an NGO in refugee camps in southern Algeria and living in Damascus in 2009 shortly before the outbreak of the Syrian civil war. There, he formed a network of friends whose personal stories inspired the film.
2020 UK 1hr 43min
Comedy/Drama NR
In Arabic and English with English subtitles
Recently nominated for two BAFTA® awards for Best British Film and Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, LIMBO is a wry and poignant observation of the refugee experience, set on a fictional remote Scottish island where a group of new arrivals await the results of their asylum claims. It centers on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by his grandfather's oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland. Reflecting the complexity of the movement of people across borders has been a long-held passion for director and writer Ben Sharrock, who spent time working for an NGO in refugee camps in southern Algeria and living in Damascus in 2009 shortly before the outbreak of the Syrian civil war. There, he formed a network of friends whose personal stories inspired the film.
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"I couldn't get facets of this drama out of my head, certain sequences so eloquently masterful it's likely they'll be burned into my brain forever." - Sara Michelle Fetters, MovieFreak.com
"This excellent film uses humor and insightful storytelling to deliver a thought-provoking, unexpected, and deeply human tale that rises above just the issue of immigration to a more universally human place." - Cate Marquis, We Are Movie Geeks |
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Screening JULY 5, 2021 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
LA PISCINE
1969 France 2hr 4min
Drama/Thriller NR
In French with English subtitles
Jean-Paul (Alain Delon) and Marianne (Romy Schneider) indulge in their passion for each other while borrowing a friend's luxurious villa in the south of France. When the friend (Maurice Ronet) and his daughter (Jane Birkin) arrive unexpectedly, rivalries and insecurities surface and events take a sinister turn.
“SEX, SUN, AND SUSPICION.
A STAR-POWERED PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER.”
– Time Out
1969 France 2hr 4min
Drama/Thriller NR
In French with English subtitles
Jean-Paul (Alain Delon) and Marianne (Romy Schneider) indulge in their passion for each other while borrowing a friend's luxurious villa in the south of France. When the friend (Maurice Ronet) and his daughter (Jane Birkin) arrive unexpectedly, rivalries and insecurities surface and events take a sinister turn.
“SEX, SUN, AND SUSPICION.
A STAR-POWERED PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER.”
– Time Out
“ICILY EROTIC! Seething passion and emotional chaos lie beneath the symbolically placid surface of the villa’s swimming pool, which becomes the site for both seduction and violent revenge.” — Dave Kehr, The New York Times
“Erotic languor turns gradually into fear and then horror in this gripping and superbly controlled thriller...
The pool is a primordial swamp of desire, a space in which there is nothing to do but laze around, furtively looking at semi-naked bodies.” — Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
“Erotic languor turns gradually into fear and then horror in this gripping and superbly controlled thriller...
The pool is a primordial swamp of desire, a space in which there is nothing to do but laze around, furtively looking at semi-naked bodies.” — Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
Screening JULY 19, 2021 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm
THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS
2020 Italy 1hr 24min
Documentary PG-13 (strong language)
In Italian with English subtitles
Deep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, a handful of men, seventy or eighty years young, hunt for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle—which to date has resisted all of modern science's efforts at cultivation. They're guided by a secret culture and training passed down through generations, as well as by the noses of their cherished and expertly-trained dogs. They live a simpler, slower way of life, in harmony with their loyal animals and their picture-perfect land, seemingly straight out of a fairy tale. They're untethered to cell phone screens or the Internet, opting instead to make their food and drink by hand and prioritizing in-person connections and community.The demand for white truffles increases year after year, even as the supply decreases. As a result of climate change, deforestation, and the lack of young people taking up the mantle, the truffle hunters' secrets are more coveted than ever. However, as it soon becomes clear, these ageing men may just hold something much more valuable than even this prized delicacy: the secret to a rich and meaningful life.
2020 Italy 1hr 24min
Documentary PG-13 (strong language)
In Italian with English subtitles
Deep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, a handful of men, seventy or eighty years young, hunt for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle—which to date has resisted all of modern science's efforts at cultivation. They're guided by a secret culture and training passed down through generations, as well as by the noses of their cherished and expertly-trained dogs. They live a simpler, slower way of life, in harmony with their loyal animals and their picture-perfect land, seemingly straight out of a fairy tale. They're untethered to cell phone screens or the Internet, opting instead to make their food and drink by hand and prioritizing in-person connections and community.The demand for white truffles increases year after year, even as the supply decreases. As a result of climate change, deforestation, and the lack of young people taking up the mantle, the truffle hunters' secrets are more coveted than ever. However, as it soon becomes clear, these ageing men may just hold something much more valuable than even this prized delicacy: the secret to a rich and meaningful life.
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“A scrumptious cinematic journey. Try not to fall hard for the joy it spreads.” – Tomris Laffly, VARIETY
“Gorgeous. Unique. Delightful. Visual Poetry. A fascinating glimpse inside a world of arcane knowledge and the luxury market that feeds off it. A constant feast for the eyes and a nourishment for the soul, giving the illusion of a journey back in time to a pre-technology age of simpler pleasures.” – David Rooney, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER “An eccentric world that you have never heard of, never seen...” – Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES |
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We'd like to thank the Port of Hueneme for becoming a 2021 Annual Sponsor of the Oxnard Film Society.
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VIRTUAL CINEMA
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Los Hermanos/The Brothers
2020 USA 1hr 24min
Documentary NR
In English and Spanish with English Subtitles
Two Cuban-born brothers, both virtuoso musicians – Aldo and Ilmar López-Gavilán – live on opposite sides of the geopolitical chasm that separates the U.S. and Cuba. But although they lead very different existences, the brothers have an instinctual connection.
Following their parallel lives in New York and Havana, Los Hermanos / The Brothers offers an amazingly heartfelt – though often startling – view of estranged nations through the lens of music and family. In capturing their momentous reunion and electrifying first performances together, the film shows how family bonds can transcend politics.
Featuring an electrifying, genre-bending score composed by Aldo and performed with his brother, Ilmar, and with guest appearances by maestro Joshua Bell and the Harlem Quartet.
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Los Hermanos/The Brothers
2020 USA 1hr 24min
Documentary NR
In English and Spanish with English Subtitles
Two Cuban-born brothers, both virtuoso musicians – Aldo and Ilmar López-Gavilán – live on opposite sides of the geopolitical chasm that separates the U.S. and Cuba. But although they lead very different existences, the brothers have an instinctual connection.
Following their parallel lives in New York and Havana, Los Hermanos / The Brothers offers an amazingly heartfelt – though often startling – view of estranged nations through the lens of music and family. In capturing their momentous reunion and electrifying first performances together, the film shows how family bonds can transcend politics.
Featuring an electrifying, genre-bending score composed by Aldo and performed with his brother, Ilmar, and with guest appearances by maestro Joshua Bell and the Harlem Quartet.
Click on Link: https://watch.firstrunfeatures.com/products/los-hermanos-the-brothers-at-oxnard-film-society
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"This endearing documentary is an Oscar-caliber film for the family and one not to be missed!"
- Jeffrey Lyons, WCBS News Radio "A remarkable film about a family ensnared in geopolitics and two brothers who lead very different lives and yet never lose their instinctual connection." - Allen Johnson, S. F. Chronicle "Six months without live music will be reason enough to see these two gifted musicians reunite across borders to perform publicly for the first time. The film offers a bright take on the endurance of family despite the policies of the day." - WBUR, Boston Public Radio |
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Hope
2020 Norway 2hr 4min
Drama NR
In Norwegian with English Subtitles
Norway’s official selection to the 93rd Academy Awards for the Best International Feature
ANJA lives with TOMAS in a large family of biological children and stepchildren. For a number of years the two adults have grown independent of each other, with creative jobs in parallel worlds. When Anja gets a terminal cancer diagnosis, their modern life breaks down and exposes neglected love. Alone with her grief and her fears, Anja realizes that she needs Tomas' full help and support. It's their only chance. How else will their children find the strength once she is gone, if their parents are unable to weather the storm together? Anja and Tomas are thrown into a crash course in mutual trust, and eventually a joint struggle, to deal with this unexpected and premature death. By getting to know each other anew, they unconsciously become principal characters in a love story, finally learning to truly love each other after a long life spent together.
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Hope
2020 Norway 2hr 4min
Drama NR
In Norwegian with English Subtitles
Norway’s official selection to the 93rd Academy Awards for the Best International Feature
ANJA lives with TOMAS in a large family of biological children and stepchildren. For a number of years the two adults have grown independent of each other, with creative jobs in parallel worlds. When Anja gets a terminal cancer diagnosis, their modern life breaks down and exposes neglected love. Alone with her grief and her fears, Anja realizes that she needs Tomas' full help and support. It's their only chance. How else will their children find the strength once she is gone, if their parents are unable to weather the storm together? Anja and Tomas are thrown into a crash course in mutual trust, and eventually a joint struggle, to deal with this unexpected and premature death. By getting to know each other anew, they unconsciously become principal characters in a love story, finally learning to truly love each other after a long life spent together.
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"Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgard are transcendent."
-Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News "This is a very well-acted, well-written Norwegian drama... Clear-eyed, insightful, and heartfelt." -Claudia Puig, FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) "Intensely moving...highly satisfying adult drama.” —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter |
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My Wonderful Wanda
2020 Switzerland 1hr 51min
Comedy/Drama NR
In German with English Subtitles
Winner of awards at Tribeca and Vancouver, MY WONDERFUL WANDA is a delightful satire of the haves and the have-nots set against the backdrop of a gorgeous lakeside villa in Switzerland. At the story's center is Wanda (Agnieszka Grochowska) a Polish caretaker who has left her own small children in Poland to look after Josef (André Jung) the stroke-ridden patriarch of the wealthy Wegmeister-Gloor dynasty. Wanda is adept in navigating the tricky family dynamics between the two grown (if still childish) offspring and the elegant if controlling matriarch Elsa (an amazing Marthe Keller), along with the sporadic intervention of animals stuffed or alive. But an unexpected turn of events turns everything upside down. While MY WONDERFUL WANDA exposes present-day realities of class injustice, thanks to writer-director Bettina Oberli's empathetic lens, it is never less than a very human comedy.
Click on Link:https://kinomarquee.com/film/my-wonderful-wanda/6058b5c13d945700013d88a2/oxnard-film-society
My Wonderful Wanda
2020 Switzerland 1hr 51min
Comedy/Drama NR
In German with English Subtitles
Winner of awards at Tribeca and Vancouver, MY WONDERFUL WANDA is a delightful satire of the haves and the have-nots set against the backdrop of a gorgeous lakeside villa in Switzerland. At the story's center is Wanda (Agnieszka Grochowska) a Polish caretaker who has left her own small children in Poland to look after Josef (André Jung) the stroke-ridden patriarch of the wealthy Wegmeister-Gloor dynasty. Wanda is adept in navigating the tricky family dynamics between the two grown (if still childish) offspring and the elegant if controlling matriarch Elsa (an amazing Marthe Keller), along with the sporadic intervention of animals stuffed or alive. But an unexpected turn of events turns everything upside down. While MY WONDERFUL WANDA exposes present-day realities of class injustice, thanks to writer-director Bettina Oberli's empathetic lens, it is never less than a very human comedy.
Click on Link:https://kinomarquee.com/film/my-wonderful-wanda/6058b5c13d945700013d88a2/oxnard-film-society
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"Director and co-writer Bettina Oberli crafts a wonderfully fascinating story about a dysfunctional family that brings the tears and the laughs." -Anthony Ray Bench, Film Threat
"Delightful comedy of manners of people living by a Swiss lake." - Harvey S. Karten, Shockya.com |
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Rose Plays Julie
2020 Ireland 1hr 40min
Drama/Thriller NR
In English
Film Sponsor: Paul and Lindy Miller
Rose (Ann Skelly) is at university studying veterinary science. An only child, she has enjoyed a loving relationship with her adoptive parents. However, for as long as Rose can remember she has wanted to know who her biological parents are and the facts of her true identity. After years trying to trace her birth mother, Rose now has a name and a number. All she has to do is pick up the phone and call. When she does it quickly becomes clear that her birth mother has no wish to have any contact. Rose is shattered. A renewed and deepened sense of rejection compels her to keep going. Rose travels from Dublin to London in an effort to confront her birth mother, Ellen (Orla Brady). Ellen is deeply disturbed when Rose turns up unannounced. The very existence of this young woman threatens the stability of the new life Ellen has painstakingly put together. But Rose proves very tenacious and Ellen is forced to reveal a secret she has kept hidden for over 20 years. This shocking revelation forces Rose to accept the violent nature of how she came into existence. Rose believes she has little to lose but much to gain when she sets out to confront her biological father, Peter (Aidan Gillen). What Rose cannot possibly foresee is that she is on a collision course that will prove both violent and unsettling – dark forces gather and threaten to destroy her already fragile sense of her own identity.
Click on link: https://watch.eventive.org/roseplaysjulie/play/60511ca8854c713650641787
Rose Plays Julie
2020 Ireland 1hr 40min
Drama/Thriller NR
In English
Film Sponsor: Paul and Lindy Miller
Rose (Ann Skelly) is at university studying veterinary science. An only child, she has enjoyed a loving relationship with her adoptive parents. However, for as long as Rose can remember she has wanted to know who her biological parents are and the facts of her true identity. After years trying to trace her birth mother, Rose now has a name and a number. All she has to do is pick up the phone and call. When she does it quickly becomes clear that her birth mother has no wish to have any contact. Rose is shattered. A renewed and deepened sense of rejection compels her to keep going. Rose travels from Dublin to London in an effort to confront her birth mother, Ellen (Orla Brady). Ellen is deeply disturbed when Rose turns up unannounced. The very existence of this young woman threatens the stability of the new life Ellen has painstakingly put together. But Rose proves very tenacious and Ellen is forced to reveal a secret she has kept hidden for over 20 years. This shocking revelation forces Rose to accept the violent nature of how she came into existence. Rose believes she has little to lose but much to gain when she sets out to confront her biological father, Peter (Aidan Gillen). What Rose cannot possibly foresee is that she is on a collision course that will prove both violent and unsettling – dark forces gather and threaten to destroy her already fragile sense of her own identity.
Click on link: https://watch.eventive.org/roseplaysjulie/play/60511ca8854c713650641787
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"It is a really powerful film and Brady's final dialogue scene exerts a lethal grip." - Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
"Beneath the eerily calm surfaces of Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor's terrific "Rose Plays Julie," a transgressive story bides its time." - Jessica Kiang, Variety "A deeply aware film, "Rose Plays Julie" allows for the fantastic as a means and space of catharsis." - Sarah-Tai Black, Los Angeles Times |
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Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
2020 Hungary 1hr 35min
Drama NR
In Hungarian with English Subtitles
Hungary's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
After 20 years in the United States, a Hungarian neurosurgeon returns to Budapest for a romantic rendezvous with a fellow doctor she met at a conference. When the love of her life is nowhere to be seen, she tracks him down only to have the bewildered man claim the two have never met. As the brilliant brain surgeon desperately searches for the truth, she fears her own brain may be tricking her into a romantic delusion.
Click on Link:https://watch.eventive.org/preparations/play/60183528f356cd0071e0d07f
Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
2020 Hungary 1hr 35min
Drama NR
In Hungarian with English Subtitles
Hungary's Official Submission to the Academy Awards
After 20 years in the United States, a Hungarian neurosurgeon returns to Budapest for a romantic rendezvous with a fellow doctor she met at a conference. When the love of her life is nowhere to be seen, she tracks him down only to have the bewildered man claim the two have never met. As the brilliant brain surgeon desperately searches for the truth, she fears her own brain may be tricking her into a romantic delusion.
Click on Link:https://watch.eventive.org/preparations/play/60183528f356cd0071e0d07f
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"As its delightfully loquacious title suggests, "Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time" is both methodical and enigmatic. It's a movie that sees no real contradiction between the rational and irrational, only degrees of difference. "
- Justin Chang,, Los Angeles Times "A delightful, mysterious, romantic tease of a movie with Hitchcockian undertones." - Harvey S. Karten, Big Apple Reviews |
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LOCATION
Plaza Cinemas 14 255 West 5th Street Oxnard, CA 93030 |
ADMISSION
Seniors $7.50 Matinee $8.25 Evening $10.75 |
Executive Director: George J. Sandoval Info at: geosand47@gmail.com - 805.798.0830
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