Showtime: Saturday, January 14 @ 7:00pm
Director(s): Daniel Vega and Diego Vega
Country: Peru, 2010
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Film Length: 83 minutes
In October, a reserved Lima moneylender learns a bit about life as he cares for an infant who's been thrust upon him. The film is precision deadpan in the vein of Bresson, Kaurismaki, and Jarmusch from the preternaturally talented brother team of Daniel and Diego Vega. Known as tough but fair, Clemente sees clients in his living room and regularly visits a local brothel. One day he finds an abandoned infant in his shabby house, probably left by an impregnated prostitute. Enlisting the aid of his devout spinster neighbor Sofia to care for the child, Clemente sets off in search of the mother. Slowly, the mismatched pair begins to resemble a family of sorts. With its name derived from the month in which Sofia's cherished Our Lord of the Miracles religious procession takes place, the taciturn dramedy October has garnered praise at film festivals from Cannes to Palm Springs. —Eddie Cockrell
Being shown with film short, Miracle Lady
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