Dark Night of the Soul: Cinema and Transcendence presented by Suranjan Ganguly: The Child
June 28 @ 2:00 pm
$7 – $14
Desperate for money, a petty criminal sells his infant in an illegal adoption. His distraught girlfriend, the mother of the baby, turns him in while he attempts to recover the child. If salvation is not possible, perhaps awareness will suffice. (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 2005, Belgium, 1:35, R)
This film is part of a six-part European film series, presented by Suranjan Ganguly, focuses on the search for spiritual transcendence by people who struggle with faith, conscience, loss and grief. It seeks to define a cinema of interiority in which the subtle nuances of one’s inner life find poetic expression.
CU Professor Emeritus Suranjan Ganguly of the Cinema Studies Department teaches a wide range of international film courses. Former chair of the department and director of the Stan Brakhage Center for Media Arts, he is the founder and curator of the monthly Brakhage Film Series, Celebrating Stan.