A Peck on the Cheek
Thursday–Sunday
February 9–12
Davies Theatre
6 + 8:30 pm
Amudha is a refugee child adopted by loving Indian parents, and growing up with the couple’s two sons. She is blissfully unaware of her parentage, until the couple decides to inform her of it on her ninth birthday. At first shocked into disbelief, Amudha then expresses her determination to find her biological mother. The search takes the family to Sri Lanka, ravaged by ongoing civil war, where the young girl comes face-to-face with reality and reconciles herself to it.
“A Peck on the Cheek explores universal themes of displacement, struggle and family — themes that will register whether an audience is in San Francisco or somewhere in
Sri Lanka,” wrote the San Francisco Chronicle.
Sponsored by the UW-Eau Claire International Film Society
Admission is free at the door with a Blugold Card or an International Film Society membership. Community members may buy an individual IFS membership for $4; a family membership costs $10. The annual memberships are available at the Service Center, 715-836-3727, in Davies Center’s east lobby.
FILM INFORMATION
India 2002
136 minutes
Black-and-white + Color
In Tamil + Sinhala subtitled in English
Not rated
Directed by Mani Ratnam
