What's on at JiFFest this Saturday
Brief History of Time (TIM 1, 4:55 p.m.)
A film adaptation of Stephen Hawking's book about the origins of the Universe. Morris has woven together graphics, interviews and archival material in a story about both Hawking's life and astrophysics (80 minutes).
Crazy English (TIM 1, 7:05 p.m.) Li Yang, China's most motivational speaker, speaks to crowds of thousands at places like the Forbidden City, Marco Polo Bridge, and the Great Wall (90 minutes)
Bulan Tertusuk Ilalang (TIM 1, 9:15 p.m.)
Ilalang was abused in his childhood by a violent father. This traumatism follows him into adolescence where he studies music under an old musician from the palace (135 minutes).
Story of Flores Contemplacion (TIM 2, 5:35 p.m.)
Based on the tragic tale of the Filipino maid hanged for murder in Singapore in 1995, it is about a poverty-stricken woman who enslaved herself to foreign masters to give her family a better life (120 minutes).
69 (TIM 2, 7:45 p.m.)
Synopsis unavailable.
Farewell, Home Sweet Home (TIM 2, 9:45 p.m.)
Nicholas, the eldest son of a wealthy suburban family, is in love with the daughter of the owner of a Parisian cafe, where he works as a window cleaner and dishwasher.
Virgin Suicides (Jakarta Theater, 5:30 p.m.) The parents of five attractive teenage daughters, carefully screen every boy who shows any sign of attraction toward their delectable-looking daughters, who are beginning to explore the delights of puberty (95 minutes).
O'Brother Where Art Thou (Jakarta Theater, 7:45 p.m.)
Three prisoners escape from a Mississippi prison chain gang. With nothing to lose and still in shackles, they run for their lives and embark on an incredible journey filled with challenging experiences and colorful characters (102 minutes).
Hamlet (Jakarta Theater, 10 p.m.)
Claudius (Kyle MacLachlan) has just assumed control of the Denmark Corporation. His nephew Hamlet (Ethan Hawke) is upset by the fact that his mother Gertrude (Diane Venora) has married her own brother-in-law not two months after the death of her husband (Sam Shepard). (123 minutes)
Pop Corner (Usmar Ismail Film Center, 5 p.m.)
Synopsis unavailable.
Tuvalu (Usmar Ismail Film Center, 7:15 p.m.)
The downtrodden younger son of a dilapidated and deserted swimming pool owner fights to keep the business going, while his unscrupulous elder brother schemes to shut the place down and redevelop it (100 minutes).
Shower (Usmar Ismail Film Center, 9:30 p.m.) Abandoned by his eldest son who left for the Shenzhen economic development region in search of his fortune, the father remains in Beijing raising his retarded son and clinging to his profession as the master of a bath-house (92 minutes).