Bleak Week
Milwaukee Film is thrilled to participate in the now international phenomenon, Bleak Week, a film series that originated with the American Cinematheque in LA.
Bleak Week spotlights some of the greatest films from around the world that explore the darkest sides of humanity. This year, we delve into the theme of WORK as one of the foremost sources of bleakness in our daily lives. The series opens with a Father’s Day screening of THE TURIN HORSE to honor the late, great Béla Tarr, an early champion of Bleak Week. Wallow in the rest of the lineup and by the end you may realize you could have it worse!
Presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque.
The Films
The Turin Horse
DCP
Drama
A monumental windstorm and an abused horse's refusal to work or eat signal the beginning of the end for a…
A monumental windstorm and an abused horse's refusal to work or eat signal the beginning of the end for a poor farmer and his daughter.
Sorcerer
DCP
Drama
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town,…
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.
Se7en
DCP
Drama
Crime
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly…
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
Perfect Blue
DCP
Animation
SUBBEDRising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on…
SUBBEDRising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.
Black Girl
DCP
Drama
Accompanied by the short film BOROM SARRET Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to…
Accompanied by the short film BOROM SARRET Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization.
American Job
DCP
Drama
American Job is a narrative film about Randy Scott, a youth caught in the dismal confusion of living and working…
American Job is a narrative film about Randy Scott, a youth caught in the dismal confusion of living and working in the world of minimum wage. The film follows Randy through a number of low-paying, menial jobs including fast food dishwasher, custodian, telemarketer, and factory worker. It highlights the sheer boredom of minimum wage work and is a slightly comical and occasionally depressing look at what life is like in the US minimum wage arena.
Beau Travail
DCP
Drama
Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was…
Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind.
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