Each year, the faculty in each of our five languages selects one exceptional film of recent vintage and provides a pre-screening introduction for the viewing audience at the Movies at Meadville.

All movies begin at 7 pm and admittance is free. Free shuttles will depart campus on N. Main at the top of Brooks Walk at 6 and 6:30 for students.

Arabic- The Perfect Candidate

• Thursday, March 3

• A determined young Saudi doctor's surprise run for office in the local city elections sweeps up her family and community as they struggle to accept their town's first female candidate.

Chinese- Better Days

• Thursday, March 10

• A bullied high school student and a small-time criminal become the prime suspects in the murder of a teenage girl who turns out to be the student's nemesis for the state of Gaokao exam.

French- Les Misérables (2019)

• Thursday, March 17

• A cop from the provinces moves to Paris to join the Anti Crime Brigade of Montfermeil, discovering an underworld where the tensions between the different groups mark the rhythm.

German- Undine

• Thursday, March 31

• Undine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin's urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. Undine had to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water.

Spanish- Parallel Mothers

• Thursday, April 7

• Two single women meet in a hospital room where they are both going to give birth. One is middle-aged and doesn't regret it, while the other is adolescent and scared. The two women form a strong bond with one another as they both confront motherhood.