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<p class=MsoNormal><a name=8><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:bold'>THE KITE</span></font></b></a></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Randa Chahal-Sabbag</span></font>, France/Lebanon 2003; 80m. 35mm.
drama</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>From acclaimed filmmaker Randa Chahal Sabbag (<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Civilized People/Civilisees</span></i>, winner of the
HRWIFF 2001 Nestor Almendros Award) comes this beautifully rendered drama set
in her native Lebanon. Lebanon's official selection for this year's foreign
Oscar® nomination, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Kite</span></i> tells
the story of 16-year-old Lamia, who, on her wedding day must cross over the
barbed wire barrier that separates her Lebanese village from that of her cousin
and fiancé Samy, whose village has been annexed by Israel. Between the
villages, the border is heavily patrolled. The checkpoint, controlled by both
sides, permits newlyweds and corpses to return to their home villages. Lamia reaches the family of her fiancé, abandoning her younger brother, her school, her
kite, her mother, her past. But she refuses to consummate her marriage; instead
she gradually falls in love with a soldier who has been watching her since the
day she crossed the border for the first time.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>8:00pm Fri 28th Jan at the Museum of Fine Arts</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Copresented by <a
href="http://www.wifvne.org">Women in Film and Video/New England</a></span></font></i></p>
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