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Laemmle Theatres' weekly series of fresh international films, Worldwide Wednesdays! Most are newer obscure films that we want to bring to a broader L.A. audience, screening in multiple venues all over L.A. County so cinephiles will not have to schlep to a single location. The films, however, come from many thousands of miles away!
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Eat the Night
107 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Pablo, a small-time drug dealer, and his teenage sister Apolline have forged an unbreakable bond through their shared obsession with the online video game Darknoon. When Pablo falls for the mysterious Night, he gets swept up in their liaison, abandoning his sister to deal with the impending shutdown of their digital haven alone. As Pablo’s reckless choices provoke the wrath of a dangerous rival gang, the end of their virtual life draws near, upending their reality.
Playing at:
Monica Film Center,
Glendale,
Newhall,
Claremont 5
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Oceans are the Real Continents
120 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Three stories of migration, exile, and memory develop in the Cuban town of San Antonio De Los Baños, a place that time forgot. Alex and Edith, a young couple in their 30s, build their lives upon small gestures, reminisces, and a deep connection amidst the nation's ruins. Milagros survives selling peanut cones on the street, spending her days listening to the radio and reading old letters. Nine-year-old best friends Frank and Alain go to school and dream of emigrating to the U.S. to become baseball players.
Playing at:
Glendale,
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5,
Newhall,
Monica Film Center
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Sujo
125 mins
Synopsis:
After a sicario is murdered, four-year-old Sujo is left orphaned and at risk. With his aunt’s help, he survives in the isolated countryside, facing hardship and danger tied to his identity. As a teenager, he rebels and joins the local cartel. Now a young man, Sujo seeks to escape his violent past, but when his father's legacy resurfaces, he confronts the fate that seems destined for him.
Playing at:
Glendale,
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center,
Claremont 5,
Newhall
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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Ma Mère
110 mins NC-17
Synopsis:
Ma Mère takes place in the Canary Islands, where the film’s family shares a home. The mother Hélène (Isabelle Huppert), cool and in charge, and her teenaged son Pierre (Louis Garrel), a pious Catholic back from boarding school, discuss his father’s infidelity; the next they learn that he has died in a car crash. Hélène launches into a wild series of parties, gradually involving her son in her drugging, drinking and sex-fueled nights out.
Playing at:
Newhall,
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center,
Claremont 5,
Glendale
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025
The Blond Boy from the Casbah
128 mins
Synopsis:
Filmmaker Antoine travels to his birthplace, Algiers, with his young son to present his new film: an account of his childhood in Algeria during the civil war. As he wanders the city, the filmmaker immerses us in the moments of happiness, laughter, and tears of his childhood – spent between school, friends, and his Jewish family. Growing up in the final moments of Algeria’s pre-independence period, the young Antoine discovers his profound fascination with cinema and starts to understand who he truly is.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Monica Film Center,
Glendale,
Newhall,
Town Center 5
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Amal
107 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Amal is a powerful new film by acclaimed Belgian-Moroccan director Jawad Rhalib, is a thought-provoking drama that explores the transformative power of education and self-expression.Amal is a teacher who courageously confronts fundamentalism through literature, offering a moving exploration of courage and compassion.Starring Lubna Azabal, Fabrizio Rongione, and Catherine Salée, Amal tackles urgent themes of identity, tolerance, and acceptance.
Playing at:
Glendale,
Newhall,
Town Center 5,
Claremont 5
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
My Motherland
90 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
The celebrated actress Fanny Ardant plays the role of France, a wealthy Frenchwoman living alone in her Parisian apartment since the death of her husband. When she hears on the radio that the Singa association puts homeless migrants in contact with people who can take them in, she decides, against the advice of her friends and family, to take in Reza, a young Hazara Afghan refugee.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center,
Glendale,
Newhall
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Born For You
113 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Born for You tells the moving true story of Luca, a single gay Catholic man who in 2017 adopted Alba, a child with Down syndrome who was abandoned in the hospital shortly after being born. Thirty heterosexual families rejected her before the court decided to entrust her to him: with him, the legal foster care register for singles was inaugurated in Italy. Luca was, in fact, the first case in Italy of a single, gay person successfully adopting a daughter. But his was not a charitable gesture, nor to fight a system set against him and others like him: he simply wanted a family.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Newhall,
Glendale,
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Love Hotel
88 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
A tale of two broken souls. A call-girl named Yumi, “night-blooming flower,” and Tetsuro, a married man with a debt to the yakuza, have a violent rendezvous in a cheap love hotel. Years later, haunted by the memory of that night, they reconnect and begin a strange love affair. Determined to finish what they started, they return to the scene of their first macabre passion.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Newhall,
Monica Film Center,
Glendale
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Amal
107 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Amal is a powerful new film by acclaimed Belgian-Moroccan director Jawad Rhalib, is a thought-provoking drama that explores the transformative power of education and self-expression.Amal is a teacher who courageously confronts fundamentalism through literature, offering a moving exploration of courage and compassion.Starring Lubna Azabal, Fabrizio Rongione, and Catherine Salée, Amal tackles urgent themes of identity, tolerance, and acceptance.
Playing at:
Town Center 5,
Claremont 5,
Glendale,
Newhall
Dates:
2.26.25
Wed Feb 26, 2025
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The Blond Boy from the Casbah
128 mins
Synopsis:
Filmmaker Antoine travels to his birthplace, Algiers, with his young son to present his new film: an account of his childhood in Algeria during the civil war. As he wanders the city, the filmmaker immerses us in the moments of happiness, laughter, and tears of his childhood – spent between school, friends, and his Jewish family. Growing up in the final moments of Algeria’s pre-independence period, the young Antoine discovers his profound fascination with cinema and starts to understand who he truly is.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Monica Film Center,
Glendale,
Newhall,
Town Center 5
Dates:
2.19.25
Wed Feb 19, 2025
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Born For You
113 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Born for You tells the moving true story of Luca, a single gay Catholic man who in 2017 adopted Alba, a child with Down syndrome who was abandoned in the hospital shortly after being born. Thirty heterosexual families rejected her before the court decided to entrust her to him: with him, the legal foster care register for singles was inaugurated in Italy. Luca was, in fact, the first case in Italy of a single, gay person successfully adopting a daughter. But his was not a charitable gesture, nor to fight a system set against him and others like him: he simply wanted a family.
Playing at:
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center,
Claremont 5,
Newhall,
Glendale
Dates:
3.12.25
Wed Mar 12, 2025
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Eat the Night
107 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Pablo, a small-time drug dealer, and his teenage sister Apolline have forged an unbreakable bond through their shared obsession with the online video game Darknoon. When Pablo falls for the mysterious Night, he gets swept up in their liaison, abandoning his sister to deal with the impending shutdown of their digital haven alone. As Pablo’s reckless choices provoke the wrath of a dangerous rival gang, the end of their virtual life draws near, upending their reality.
Playing at:
Monica Film Center,
Glendale,
Newhall,
Claremont 5
Dates:
1.22.25
Wed Jan 22, 2025
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Love Hotel
88 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
A tale of two broken souls. A call-girl named Yumi, “night-blooming flower,” and Tetsuro, a married man with a debt to the yakuza, have a violent rendezvous in a cheap love hotel. Years later, haunted by the memory of that night, they reconnect and begin a strange love affair. Determined to finish what they started, they return to the scene of their first macabre passion.
Playing at:
Newhall,
Monica Film Center,
Glendale,
Claremont 5
Dates:
4.16.25
Wed Apr 16, 2025
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Ma Mère
110 mins NC-17
Synopsis:
Ma Mère takes place in the Canary Islands, where the film’s family shares a home. The mother Hélène (Isabelle Huppert), cool and in charge, and her teenaged son Pierre (Louis Garrel), a pious Catholic back from boarding school, discuss his father’s infidelity; the next they learn that he has died in a car crash. Hélène launches into a wild series of parties, gradually involving her son in her drugging, drinking and sex-fueled nights out.
Playing at:
Newhall,
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center,
Claremont 5,
Glendale
Dates:
2.12.25
Wed Feb 12, 2025
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My Motherland
90 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
The celebrated actress Fanny Ardant plays the role of France, a wealthy Frenchwoman living alone in her Parisian apartment since the death of her husband. When she hears on the radio that the Singa association puts homeless migrants in contact with people who can take them in, she decides, against the advice of her friends and family, to take in Reza, a young Hazara Afghan refugee.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center,
Glendale,
Newhall
Dates:
3.5.25
Wed Mar 05, 2025
Get Tickets
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Oceans are the Real Continents
120 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Three stories of migration, exile, and memory develop in the Cuban town of San Antonio De Los Baños, a place that time forgot. Alex and Edith, a young couple in their 30s, build their lives upon small gestures, reminisces, and a deep connection amidst the nation's ruins. Milagros survives selling peanut cones on the street, spending her days listening to the radio and reading old letters. Nine-year-old best friends Frank and Alain go to school and dream of emigrating to the U.S. to become baseball players.
Playing at:
Town Center 5,
Newhall,
Monica Film Center,
Glendale,
Claremont 5
Dates:
1.29.25
Wed Jan 29, 2025
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Sujo
125 mins
Synopsis:
After a sicario is murdered, four-year-old Sujo is left orphaned and at risk. With his aunt’s help, he survives in the isolated countryside, facing hardship and danger tied to his identity. As a teenager, he rebels and joins the local cartel. Now a young man, Sujo seeks to escape his violent past, but when his father's legacy resurfaces, he confronts the fate that seems destined for him.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Newhall,
Glendale,
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center
Dates:
2.5.25
Wed Feb 05, 2025
Get Tickets
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