From mrdjanm at MIT.EDU Mon Apr 28 00:48:02 2003 From: mrdjanm at MIT.EDU (Mrdjan M Mladjan) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 00:48:02 -0400 Subject: MOST Movie Event: VARIOLA VERA. Message-ID: Dear friends, MOST (MIT Organization of Serbian sTudents) is presenting you with a unique opportunity to see a movie about the last smallpox outbreak in Europe. The movie was specifically subtitled for MOST. TITLE: Variola Vera,(1982) DATE: Wednesday, April 30th, 2003 TIME: 7:30pm PLACE: MIT Room 10-250 RUNTIME: 110 min. LANGUAGE: Serbian with English subtitles GENRE: Drama DIRECTOR: Goran Markovic As the possibility of a smallpox outbreak looms ominously on the American horizon, VARIOLA VERA, a chilling film about a mysterious virus that spreads through Belgrade, serves as a prophetic warning. After visiting a distant land, a pilgrim returns to Yugoslavia with a sweet-sounding flute, and with it a fatal, highly infectious disease smallpox. Nearly comatose, the unfortunate traveler is admitted to Belgrade General Hospital.Word of the plague spreads wildly and the hospital is entirely quarantined. VARIOLA VERA epidemic starts to rage, tempting individuals as well as society. A fascinating film inspired by Albert Camus' The Plague, VARIOLA VERA raises the questions of borders, containment, infection and the way a government makes crucial, life-changing decisions without involving its citizens, a consistent theme running through most of Goran Markovic's work. Questions? Please email Jelena Madic (jmadic at mit.edu).