Eve (Gabriela Cartol) is the chambermaid of the 16th floor of the luxurious Hotel Presidente in Mexico City. The job requires her to be deferential to guests and to take on endless shifts of folding laundry, scrubbing toilets, and hoovering floors. Although Eve’s working life is contained within the hotel’s hallways, she is resilient, quietly testing the limits of her assigned role. She powers through the daily tasks and ventures into ambiguous relations with colleagues, determined to iron out problems.
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Filmmaker Genya and his cameraman Kyoji seek out reclusive, retired film star Chiyoko to interview her for a documentary. Returning a mysterious key that Chiyoko lost decades ago, Genya prompts the actress to recall her career and the great romance that drove it. As her story unfolds, the lines between cinema and real life begin to merge. Satoshi Kon's exhilarating love letter to cinema is inspired by the lives of Japanese screen legends Setsuko Hara and Hideko Takamine.
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Join us for a free matinee screening of a top secret anime series. This is an extremely rare opportunity to enjoy this program on the big screen. This is part two. Top Secret Anime Matinee (Part One) screens on Sunday, December 9th. Title and description TBA in our newsletter.
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