Friends of Shrewsbury Library to host ninth annual Foreign Film Festival 

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Friends of Shrewsbury Library to host ninth annual Foreign Film Festival Shrewsbury – The Friends of the Shrewsbury Public Library have announced the ninth annual February Foreign Film Festival every Sunday in February at 2 p.m. at the library, 609 Main St.

The events are open and free to all. Popcorn is provided. Bring your own beverage.

The schedule of films is as follows:

Feb. 4 – “The Wedding Plan,” PG, Israel, 2016, 110 minutes.

After her fiancé calls off their wedding a month before the ceremony, a woman decides to keep the reservation and trusts God will provide her with a husband. It received Ophir Awards for Best Actress, Screenplay and Costume Design. In Hebrew with English subtitles.

Feb 11 – “The Deep,” Not Rated, Norway, 2012, 104 minutes.

The film is based on the true story of a fisherman who survived in the freezing ocean after his boat capsized off the south coast of Iceland. The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. In Icelandic with English subtitles.

Feb 18 – “Baran,” PG, Iran, 2001, 94 minutes.

The story of Afghan refugees told through the eyes of an Iranian teenage boy named Lateef. His devotion to a person he barely knows leads him to the choice that will change his life forever. Academy Award-nominated director, Majid Majidi (“Children of Heaven”; “Color of Paradise”), delivers a heartbreaking story of unrequited love. In Persian with English subtitles.

Feb 25 – “The Taste of Others,” R, France, 1999, 113 minutes.

Romantic comedy of manners set in France’s rustic Provence. An unpolished and ultra-pragmatic industrialist reluctantly attends a play in order to see his niece play a bit part. He is taken with the play’s strangely familiar-looking leading lady. He remembers that he once hired and then promptly fired the actress as an English language tutor. He immediately goes out and signs up for language lessons. Thinking that he is nothing but an ill-tempered philistine with bad taste he is rejected, but soon charms her off her feet. In French with English subtitles.

For more information, visit the Shrewsbury Public Library website: https://shrewsburyma.gov/344/Library.

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