Subject: Film Festival Message: The 49th Chicago International Film Festival takes place October 10-24 in downtown Chicago at the AMC River East 21 Theatre located at 233 E. Illinois Street. Four movies and a short film, produced partly or entirely in Belgium, will be shown. They are described below. Please, check the schedule at chicagofilmfestival/ for last minute changes. The Nun. Forced to join a convent against her will at 16, Suzanne describes, in a series of letters written in secret, her yearnings for freedom and her persecution and mistreatment at the hands of her fellow nuns. French with English Subtitles, 114 min. Tue 10/15 12:40 PM Sun 10/20 1:00 PM Wed 10/23 5:00 PM The Verdict. A successful businessman with a beautiful wife and daughter, Luc Segers leads an idyllic life. It all falls apart when a botched burglary leads to the murder of his wife and the death of his daughter. Luc quickly identifies the killer but a procedural error lets him off scot-free, devastating Luc even further. A taut, award-winning courtroom thriller, The Verdict follows Luc’s obsessive efforts to enact justice. Flemish with English Subtitles, 100 min. Wed 10/16 8:30 PM Thu 10/17 8:15 PM Tue 10/22 3:00 PM The Fifth Estate. A dramatic thriller based on real events, The Fifth Estate follows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. But when they gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society—and what are the costs of exposing them? 123 min. Sun 10/13 5:15 PM Special presentation Borgman. Driven by the authorities from his underground hideout, the enigmatic Camiel Borgman is on the run. Covered in dirt, he arrives at Marina and Richard’s large suburban estate asking to use their shower, thus beginning a game of sly calculation as he insinuates himself into their home. He soon starts to manipulate the family with almost preternatural charisma as his more sinister plans make themselves known in this chilling demonic tale. Dutch with subtitles. 113 min. Sat 10/12 10:00 PM Mon 10/21 3:00 PM Wed 10/23 8:15 PM Perfect Drug. Short film. An attempted burglary doesn’t go as planned with some extraordinary consequences. Part of Shorts 3: Midnight Mayhem. Fri Oct 18, 11:00 pm.
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