| This Wednesday in Cafe Amsterdam a Dutch film "Winter in Wartime" and Opening of an Exhibition by Caitroina Ni Threasaigh |
| Cafe Amsterdam English - Cultural Programme |
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Dear all, Tomorrow Wednesday 8 PM we will show in Cafe Amsterdam the recent Dutch film "Winter in Wartime" ("Oorlogswinter" in Dutch) with the original Dutch and partly German dialogue and English subtitles. About the film from the magazine Variety: Dutch film director Martin Koolhoven finds the perfect blend of classical cinema and arthouse sensitivities in WW2 coming-of-ager "Winter in Wartime". Adaptation of a popular novel portrays a 14-years-old boy's brutal loss of innocence during the winter of 1944-45, when circumstances force him to become a one-man resistance movememt. Film has been a huge hit in The Netherlands since its last Christmas release and could be Koolhoven's springboard to international fame (maybe will be nominated for the Oscars). Preceding the start of the film there will be a short introduction of the new Cafe Amsterdam exhibition "My Mongolian Winter Friends" by Caitriona Ni Threaswaigh from Dublin, Ireland. She graduated from the National College of Art, Dublin in 2004, BFA with honours in Painting. The exhibition is work done by her during the past winter. Intertextual in form, the paintings include verbal captions, quotations and titles that serve to highlight the attitude or background information for the characters in question-giving glimpses of context and lived by the characters. In this way the lines between art and story telling become blurred. The imagined landscapes are where some of these characters may reside. Hope to see you all tomorrow night Team Cafe Amsterdam |