Film screening, discussion: 'California Dreamin'

Join College of Integrative Sciences and arts faculty member Marie-Louise Paulesc, PhD, for a screening and discussion of the 2007 Romanian film 'California Dreamin'.

This culture-clash comedy-drama, set in 1999, is about a U.S. Marine Corps detachment sent to an out-of-the-way Romanian village after some bureaucratic haggling. The film was the directorial debut of Cristian Nemescu, who co-wrote the script with Catherine Linstrum and Tudor Voican. The 27-year-old Nemescu was killed in a car accident weeks after shooting ended.

The cast includes Armand Assante, Jamie Elman, Razvan Vasilescu, Maria Dinulescu and Alex Margineanu.

Run time: 157 minutes

Marie-Louise Paulesc is an associate teaching professor of communication in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts. Paulesc is also a teaching fellow with the Center for Race and Democracy, an affilaite faculty member with The Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies and a member of the Barrett Honors Faculty. She organizes the Phoenix arm of the American Romanian Cultural Society's annual film festival.

The event is part of CISA's annual Humanities Lecture Series at ASU Downtown Phoenix campus, which this spring is focused on the theme "the human condition as seen in film."