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Under the cloud of a military dictatorship, a young mother and her daughter flee Buenos Aires for the seclusion of a ramshackle cottage along the windy dunes of an Argentine beach. As her mother listens for news from the radio with sad stoicism, restlessly curious seven-year-old Cecilia joins a nearby school overseen by a kindly teacher. A childhood idyll, however, soon becomes contaminated by the general political crisis, as the teacher recruits the class for a patriotic essay contest sponsored by the army\u2014the very people that may have already disappeared Cecilia\u2019s father\u2014in this superbly acted and engrossingly atmospheric drama about innocence in illicit times.<\/p>\n

Director: Paula Markovitch
\nArgentina \u00a0 | \u00a0 2011 \u00a0 | \u00a0 99 minutes
\nSpanish, with subtitles in English<\/div>\n

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All screenings are open to the public and are free.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

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The Bates College Museum of Art\u00a0presents GLOBAL LENS 2012 with support from by Politics, African-American Studies, and American cultural Studies.<\/em> Organized by the Global Film Initiative, the series draws from cinematic talent across the planet, with a focus on Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.\u00a0 Ten feature length films comprise the 2012 series.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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