Join us in celebrating the first event of the Oregon State University International Film Festival, organized and hosted by the School of Language, Culture, and Society in partnership with the School of Writing, Literature, and Film. Founded in 2009, the festival showcases different perspectives in contemporary film making from around the world every year.

Mademoiselle Paradis (Austria, Germany, 2017). In German.

September 24th at 7:00 pm

Cinema 21

616 NW 21st Ave, Portland

Cinema21.com

(503) 223-4515

The first film of the festival, Mademoiselle Paradis, is set in Vienna, 1777. Maria Theresia ("Resi") Paradis, 18 years old, is blind, and a pianist of remarkable talent. Resi lost her eyesight literally overnight when she was three. After countless failed medical experiments, her overprotective parents seek out a controversial "miracle doctor" Franz Anton Mesmer, as their last hope for a cure. Mesmer's treatments seem to have almost immediate success. However, Resi soon notices that as her sight is beginning to return, her musical virtuosity is declining.

Enjoy this film at the classic, independently-owned and locally-operated, Cinema 21 in the heart of Portland.

For more information about the film: http://www.austrianfilms.com/film/licht

This film is free for anyone with an OSU ID.

For more information contact:

Sebastian Heiduschke

sebastian.heiduschke@oregonstate.edu

210 Kidder Hall

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR 97333

541-737-3957