New directions in Latin American film.

• Author: Conaway, Janelle
• Position: OAS - 2002 Latin American Film Festival, Washington, D.C. - Brief Article

IMMIGRANTS FROM tWO generations forge relationships in a neighborhood restaurant in Buenos Aires ... a Catholic novice in seventeenth-century Peru falls in love with the mestizo son of a conquistador ... a young Paraguayan woman arrives in Asuncion in search of a better life but finds only trouble ... fate brings together a Mexican businessman's wife and mistress.

These are just a few of the stories that filmgoers in Washington, D.C., will be able to see at the 2002 Latin American Film Festival, which runs September 19-29. The festival, now in its fifth consecutive year, will screen some twenty films from eleven countries.

"This year we are showing several films made by young directors, including...