Film Series June 8 – July 13, 2009
Europe Laughs

What cultural misunderstandings and confusions can result as people from different European cultures come into contact with one another? Almost every European country has produced comedies depicting the possibilities. The diversity within the European Union, including the immigrant groups within each country, comes to the forefront in this series of European comedies screening Mondays June 8 – July 13, 2009 at the Goethe-Institut.

Monday, June 22, 6:30 pm
Born in Absurdistan (Geboren in Absurdistan)
Austria, 1999, 116 min., DVD, German with English subtitles, Director: Houchang Allahyari, Cast: Julia Stemberger, Karl Markovics, Meltem Cumbul

Monday, June 29, 6:30 pm
Flowers from Another World (Flores de otro Mundo)
Spain, 1999, 108 min., DVD, Spanish with English subtitles, Director: Icíar Bollaín, Julio Llamazares,

Monday, July 6, 6:30 pm
Polska Love Serenade
Germany, 2008, 75 min., DVD, German with English subtitles, Director: Monika Anna Wojtyllo,
Just Get Married
Germany/Syria, 2004, 29 min., DVD, German with English subtitles, Director/Screenwriter: Husam Chadat, Cast: Husam Chadat, Mona Wassef, Rudolf Wessely

Monday, July 13, 6:30 pm
Red Colored Grey Truck
Serbia and Montenegro/Slovenia, 2004, 104 min., DVD, Serbian with English subtitles, Director/Screenwriter:  Srdjan Koljevic,

General Admission: $ 6 / $ 4 Members of Friends of the Goethe-Institut, seniors and students
Tickets can be purchased right before the screenings, or during office hours Monday-Thursday 10am-5pm and Friday 10am-3pm, or online at www.boxofficetickets.com/goethe
812 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC - 202-289-1200 - Metro: Gallery Place/ Chinatown www.goethe.de/washington