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International Lens Film Series: In July (Im Juli)

Presented by Vanderbilt University at Vanderbilt University - Commons Center

November 11, 2009

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Presented by: Zeynep Somer-Topcu, Assistant Professor, Political Science and European Studies; John McCarthy, Professor of German and Comparative Literature. Germany (2000) Dir: Fatih Akin. In this whimsical romantic comedy, a student teacher, Daniel, buys an enchanted ring from Juli, a young woman who has a crush on him. Later that day, he meets Melek, who returns to Istanbul in the evening. Daniel decides to follow Melek and, on the way, picks up a hitchhiker – Juli. This starry-eyed romp, filled with miscalculations, coincidences, and accidents dispenses with linear narration and uses political and cultural divisions as occasions for comedy. In German, English, Turkish, Bulgarian, and Serbo-Croatian with English subtitles. 99 minutes. DVD.

PLEASE NOTE: This film will be screened at 7:00pm in The Commons Multipurpose Room 237.

 

Admission is FREE and open to the public. Presenters will provide an introduction and facilitate post-screening discussion for each film. International Lens, a film series with a global perspective, promotes dialogue among Vanderbilt’s diverse community of students, faculty, and staff. International Lens transcends geographic, ethnic, religious, linguistic, and political boundaries by facilitating conversation and greater cross-culturalunderstanding through cinema. This series is a partnership among the Office ofthe Dean of Students and academic departments, centers, and programs.