Infinite Football

Event Date as Display String:

Friday, May 10, 2019, 9:30pm - 10:40pm

Location:

Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge

URL:

https://library.harvard.edu/film/films/2019marmay/romanian.html#infinite

Event Description:

Gazette Classification: Film Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film
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Info: bgravely@fas.harvard.edu Link:
https://library.harvard.edu/film/films/2019marmay/romanian.html#infinite
Infinite applies to more than just football in Porumboiu's deceptively
casual documentary portrait of a passionate dreamer in the guise of a
government bureaucrat. Like Porumboiu's features, the film launches a
humorous, compassionate and earnest inquiry into the puzzling motives
and idiosyncrasies of mortals — particularly Romanian ones. And here,
it's as if Porumboiu accidentally stumbles into his subject — a
surprising font of droll profundity — along with a funny string of
incidental occurences and unusual personalities that pop up along the
way. The film's unlikely star is Laurentiu Ginghina, a brother of
Porumboiu's childhood friend, who still lives in Vaslui, the
director's hometown. Injured long ago in a soccer game, Ginghina
became obsessed with a specific, though adaptable, plan to completely
revolutionize the sport, making it less dangerous and more beautiful.
Regardless of the scheme's practicality or feasibility, what is
unquestionably revolutionary here is Porumboiu's ability to see
through the mundane surface to the multifaceted — at times,
metaphysical — treasures just waiting to be recognized and celebrated.

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Event Start Date as Date Type:

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 21:30 to 22:40

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