A maid witnesses a murder at an upscale hotel and a policeman is assigned to the case, but it soon becomes clear that important people don’t want the case solved.
Director: Tarik Saleh
(2017)
Unrated
111 minutes
A maid witnesses a murder at an upscale hotel and a policeman is assigned to the case, but it soon becomes clear that important people don’t want the case solved.
Director: Tarik Saleh
(2017)
Unrated
111 minutes
World Cinema Series
The Institute for Global Understanding (IGU) and the Center for the Arts at Monmouth University invite you to the first of the 2026-2027 Pearson’s World Cinema Series movie and discussion events. We will screen the darkly comedic satire El Conde (2023) directed by Pablo Larraín, followed by a post-screening Q&A session hosted by Chris DeRosa with Dr. Jeffery Jackson as discussant. Light refreshments will be provided. We hope to see you there!
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World Cinema Series
The Institute for Global Understanding (IGU) and the Center for the Arts at Monmouth University invite you to our second Pearson’s World Cinema Series movie and discussion event of the Fall Semester. The featured film will be FUSE, directed by Pjer Zalic. There will be a post screening Q&A hosted by Frank Cipriani with discussant Dr. Marina Vujnovic. Light refreshments will be served. We hope to see you there!
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A film by Nadine Labaki about faith, hope and love. In a remote Lebanese Village women band together and cleverly scheme to prevent their men from killing each other. This comedy drama, with a mix of musical numbers, portrays Muslim and Christian women of a remote mountain community outside Beirut as the leaders keeping their warring Christian and Muslim husbands from engaging in a civil war as tensions in Lebanon mount.
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Xala is a 1975 Senegalese satirical comedy film written and directed by Ousmane Sembene, an adaptation of Sembène’s 1973 novel of the same name. A corrupt politician is cursed with impotence on the night of his third wedding after embezzling 100 tons of rice.
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For 10 idyllic years, young Mija has been caretaker and constant companion to Okja – a massive animal and an even bigger friend – at her home in the mountains of South Korea. But that changes when family-owned, multinational conglomerate Mirando Corporation takes Okja for themselves and transports her to New York, where an image-obsessed & self-promoting CEO has big plans for Mija’s dearest friend. With no particular plan but single-minded in intent, Mija sets out on a rescue mission.
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