The Chicago Latino Film Festival
A middle-aged, out-of-work electrician heads for Madrid, winds up on the street, and becomes friends with a Caribbean hustler in this 1997 black comedy from Spain, directed by Enrique Gabriel. (Water Tower, 5:30)
Video Program 3
A 1997 Brazilian comedy directed by Hugo Carvana. A folklorist from Rio de Janeiro, en route to Sao Paolo, falls in with a group of musicians and the niece of their bandolinista, then wakes up in her bed the following morning. On the same program, the short film The Dreamers. (Facets Multimedia, 7:00)
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The Debt
Lucia Murat’s 1996 Brazilian feature about the love life and professional ethics of a woman who comes to Brasilia during a political campaign as the news director of a TV network. (Water Tower, 8:15)
