FREE OUTDOOR FILM @ THE BENTON: "Samson & Delilah: True Love"
Wednesday, September 16, 7:15 pm
Bring your friends and a blanket.
Popcorn is available at the Beanery.
SAMSON & DELILAH: TRUE LOVE is a drama/comedy/love story of two teenagers living in a remote Aboriginal community in the Central Australian desert where nothing changes and no one seems to care. When a tragedy occurs in Delilah's family, Samson steals a car and together they head out to the horizon on a journey of survival. Here's a trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N69RgtW6S8o
If by chance you have a few minutes..., you might enjoy what writer / director Warwick Thornton has to say about his film:
"SAMSON & DELILAH is a love story, but perhaps not in the traditional sense. It is a story that deals with life on a remote Aboriginal community and the ways in which one young couple manage to escape from this mundane existence.
The central theme that I wanted to explore is love, but not in the conventional sense, not a usual sort of love – a love that develops out of survival. Necessary love.
It is a story about the many different ways in which love grows. Samson and Delilah have a very unusual relationship and their love is strong but understated and it develops as their trust develops. But will it save them?
It’s a film about people who are classed not even as people – let alone people who are allowed to love or have emotions. They’re not allowed to be human. They are the untouchables.
I believe that the story of these two young lovers, Samson and Delilah, is an important and unique story to tell – it’s an untold story. In the end, even though life is going to be hard, I want the audience to feel like there are real possibilities of success for them. A new life. Hope."
THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM OF ART
University of Connecticut
The School of Fine Arts
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Storrs, CT
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