Fairfield Arts Council Announces Dear Beautiful
from:Fairfield Arts Council category:Arts and Entertainment posted:July 21st, 2008
Screening and Discussion with the Director, Roland Becerra
Fairfield, CT – The Fairfield Arts Council (FAC) announces a special screening of Roland Becerra’s excerpts from Cannes Film Festival feature film Dear Beautiful with a discussion immediately following the viewing. The screening will take place in the FAC gallery at 70 Sanford St. and seating is limited.
Director, Roland Becerra gives a synopsis of his film as follows: “The sudden appearance of exotic flowers in New Haven spawns an unprecedented epidemic that threatens to destroy the city.
Infected people cover themselves maniacally with lotions, creams, and rags, the result of a botched experiment by cosmetics giant, V-Zone. Paul and Lauren, a married couple, are caught between the catastrophe and their own troubled relationship. Paul has grown defeated and depressed from job frustrations and their banal existence taken its toll on Lauren as she becomes more and more isolated and he descends into alcoholism.
On her way out of the house to leave Paul, Lauren encounters one of the flowers and becomes infected. As her symptoms worsen, Paul's denial of Lauren’s illness puts the couple in grave danger as the city is overrun with infected people, media frenzy, National Guard, protestors and a panicked populace.
Paul and his best friend and business partner, Roger, engage in a battle of wills as Paul tries to deny his wife's condition and Roger tries to take matters into his own hands. As the epidemic reaches a climax, Paul must confront the reality of his situation as well as the monster his friend has become.”
Roland Becerra’s short film recently won the Animation Prize in the 2007 Moving Pictures Magazine short film contest and was screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
Fairfield Arts Council (FAC) is a not-for-profit organization established to foster cultural development and increase public support for the arts. FAC programs and services are made possible with support from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Gallery, located at 70 Sanford Street, Fairfield is open 10:00am-4:00pm, Tuesday-Friday and 1:00pm-4:00pm on Saturday. For further information visit our website www.fairfieldartscouncil.org, email info@fairfieldartscouncil.org or call 203-319-1419.
Date: September 5, 2008
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
