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Of Love and Eggs (Rindu Kami Padamu)

Film screening as part of the Visualizing the Sacred: Islam on Film series.

Friday, May 30, 2008
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Billy Wilder Theater
Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd. @ Westwood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA United States

OF LOVE AND EGGS (RINDU KAMI PADAMU)
(2004, Indonesia)
Directed by Garin Nugroho

On the eve of the Lebaran holiday, the residents of a Jakarta marketplace raise money to buy a cupola for their humble mosque while navigating the, by turns, comic and poignant adventures of everyday life. Director Garin Nugroho employs intimate camera work and a richly textured mise-en-scene to craft a warm, colorful portrait of a close-knit Muslim community.

Screenplay: Armantono Ginting, Sakurta Ginting. Cinematographer: Josep Fofid. Editor: Choiril Anam. Cast: Nova Eliza, Sakurta H. Ginting. Presented in Indonesian dialogue with English subtitles. 35mm, 90 min.



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Visualizing the Sacred: Islam on Film

Since September 11, 2001, images of Islam in the mainstream American media have been virtually monolithic in their focus on terrorism and radicalism. At the same time, the on-going Danish cartoon controversy has sparked heated debate about the intersections of free speech and religious tradition, representation and tolerance. The films in this series offer a timely counterpoint to prevailing media trends as well as stirring examples of how filmmakers from around the world have grappled with some of the unique challenges of representing Islamic history, faith and practice on screen.

Whether addressing the contemporary struggle to maintain belief in a rapidly changing world or seeking ways to visualize the ineffable experience of the divine -as well as the divine itself - these recent and classic works, alike, explore the deeply human joys and complexities of Muslim faith and identity as viewed from a diverse range of cultural contexts and genres. Islam is not only the subject of these films, it is their inspiration.

Cost: Advance tickets - $10 at www.cinema.ucla.edu, $9, general admission; $8, Cineclub members, students, seniors and UCLA Alumni Association members with ID

Special Instructions

Parking - After 6 p.m., $3 in the lot under the theater. Enter from Westwood Blvd., just north of Wilshire.

UCLA Film and Television Archive
Tel: 310.206.FILM
www.cinema.ucla.edu