3rd Annual Fresno Film Festival
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
April 13-15 2007

El Violin
Sponsored by Radio Bilingue
Saturday, April 14, 2007
1:30pm
The Tower Theatre
815 E. Olive Avenue, Fresno (map)

Tickets:
General Admission – $10
Students and Seniors – $8

“The assured storytelling and impeccable social-realist values are sure to garner further attention”
— Justin Chang, Variety

“Brutal military repression looks the same everywhere and Francisco Vargas' striking and poetic film The Violin offers a plaintive cry on behalf of the oppressed.”
— Ray Bennett, The Hollywood Reporter

Synopsis

Made in the tradition of Buñuel's Los Olvidados, Francisco Vargas Quevedo's poignant debut feature is set in a small Mexican village during the uprisings of the 1970s. Portraying the tensions between the peasants and military in the Guerrero region, the absorbing drama follows aging musician Don Plutarco (Don Ángel Tavira), his son and grandson, who scrape together a living as traveling musicians by day. By night however, they secretly amass resources for the peasant guerrilla movement. Shot in stunning black and white and unfolding with a dreamlike languor, El Violin transcends traditional social commentary. Selected for Un Certain Regard at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and winner for best feature at the 2006 Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival.

Directed by Francisco Vargas Quevedo
Mexico, 2006
Not Rated, 99 min., bw/35mm
In Spanish with English subtitles

Advance tickets may be purchased at the following locations:
• WineStyles in Fig Garden Village Shopping Center
• The Movies, located at 1435 N. Van Ness
• The Tower Theatre Box Office
• all TicketMaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com or at 485-TIXS

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