"A bold, blunt, yet clinically intelligent film ... it's all at
once a gripping thriller, an incendiary social critique and a
mordant moral fable." — Jessica Kiang, The Playlist
In a secluded house in a small seaside town live four unrelated
men and the woman who tends to the house and their needs. All
former priests, they have been sent to this quiet exile to purge
the sins of their pasts, the separation from their communities the
worst form of punishment by the Church. They keep to a strict
daily schedule devoid of all temptation and spontaneity, each
moment a deliberate effort to atone for their wrongdoings.
Their fragile stability is disrupted by the arrival of an
emissary from the Vatican who seeks to understand the effects of
their isolation, and a newly-disgraced housemate. Both bring with
them the outside world from which the men have long been removed,
and the secrets they had thought deeply buried. The Club is
acclaimed director Pablo Larraín’s taut, blackly comic commentary
on individual responsibility, organized religion and the
combustible combination of the two.
Awards & Festivals
Chile's Official Selection for the Academy Award for Best
Foreign Language Film, 2016
Special Presentation – Toronto International Film Festival
2015
Official Selection – Berlin International Film Festival 2015
Winner! Berlin Film Festival – Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
2015
Official Selection – Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Official Selection – Fantastic Fest
Winner! Fantastic Fest – Best Film
Official Selection – Chicago International Film Festival
Winner! Chicago Internation Film Festival – Best
Director, Best Ensemble & Best Screenplay
Official Selection – AFI Latin American Film Festival
Official Selection – Mill Valley Film Festival
Official selection – Hamptons International Film Festival
The Club
Sun February 28, 2016, 2:00 & 4:00, Muenzinger Auditorium
10 films for $60 with punch card
$9 general admission.
$7 w/UCB student ID,
$7 for senior citizens
$1 discount to anyone with a bike helmet
Free on your birthday! CU Cinema Studies students get in free.
Parking
Pay lot 360 (now only $1/hour!), across from the buffalo statue and next to the
Duane Physics tower, is closest to Muenzinger. Free parking can be found after 5pm at the meters
along Colorado Ave east of Folsom stadium and along University Ave west of Macky.
RTD Bus
Park elsewhere and catch the HOP to campus
International Film Series
(Originally called The University Film Commission)
Established 1941 by James Sandoe.
First Person Cinema
(Originally called The Experimental Cinema Group)
Established 1955 by Carla Selby, Gladney Oakley, Bruce Conner and Stan Brakhage.
C.U. Film Program
(AKA The Rocky Mountain Film Center)
First offered degrees in filmmaking and critical studies in 1989 under the guidance of Virgil
Grillo.
Celebrating Stan
Created by Suranjan Ganguly in 2003.
C.U. Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts
Established 2017 by Chair Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz.
Thank you, sponsors!
Looking for a gift for a friend?
Buy a Frequent Patron Punch Card for $60 at any IFS show.
With the punch card you can see ten films (a value of $90).