Bama Art House film series to feature two award-winning dramas

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The Bama Theatre hosts the Bama Art House film series, designed to bring contemporary indie films to Tuscaloosa. [Staff Photo/Gary Cosby Jr.]
The Bama Theatre hosts the Bama Art House film series, designed to bring contemporary indie films to Tuscaloosa. [Staff Photo/Gary Cosby Jr.]
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A pair of films will play in June at the Bama Theatre as part of the Bama Art House film series, which is designed to bring contemporary indie films to Tuscaloosa.

For both showings, doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the shows begin at 7:30. Tickets are $8 for general admission, $7 for seniors, and $6 for Arts Council members. Those and discount punch-card tickets, $60 for any 10 Bama Art House films, will be available at the box office.

Showing Tuesday will be "Firebird" (2021), winner of awards from film festivals in Cleveland, Austin, San Francisco, Key West and San Diego.

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Rated R, "Firebird" is a drama/romance written by Peeter Rebane, Tom Prior, and Sergey Fetisov, and directed by Rebanne. It stars Tom Prior, Oleg Zagorodnii, Diana Pozharskaya, and is based on a true story from within the Cold War era, set against the backdrop of a Soviet Air Force base during late 1970s Communist rule.

Tom Prior, left, stars as Sergey and Oleg Zagorodnii as Roman in Peeter Rebane’s "Firebird."
Tom Prior, left, stars as Sergey and Oleg Zagorodnii as Roman in Peeter Rebane’s "Firebird."

Showing June 21 will be “Lost Illusions” (2021), winner of seven César Awards including Best Film; and nominated for best film at the Venice Film Festival.

"Lost Illusions" is an unrated drama/history/romance, written by Jacques Fieschi, Xavier Giannoli, and Yves Stavrides, adapted from a Balzac novel, and directed by Giannoli. It stars Benjamin Voisin, Cécile de France, Vincent Lacoste.

In 1821, Lucien de Rubempré (César winner Voisin) arrives in Paris as a sensitive, idealistic young poet determined to write a reputation-making novel. Instead, he finds himself swept into journalism, whose influence and reach is booming with the help of the printing press.

Under the mentorship of cynical editor Étienne Lousteau (César winner Lacoste), Lucien agrees to write rave theater reviews for bribes, achieving material success at the expense of his conscience.

To see more, visit www.tuscarts.org/bama/bama-art-house.

This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Bama Art House film series to feature two award-winning dramas