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SFIFF Presents: Back to Stay - Milagros Mumenthaler (Argentina / Switzerland / Netherlands, 2011)Post an Event »

Show @ 8:50 (Abrir puertas y ventanas). Marked by a trio of nuanced performances and exquisitely understated storytelling, this top-prizewinner from last year’s Locarno Film Festival portrays three young sisters adjusting to the absence of their recently deceased grandmother. The sisters still occupy the late matriarch’s large house in a quiet Buenos Aires neighborhood, coping with private grief while attempting, often in vain, to reach out to one another. Drawing the viewer deep into a world that exists within four walls, Back to Stay’s strong sense of place and complicated sibling dynamics linger long after the film is over and signal the emergence of the Argentine New Wave’s latest promising filmmaker. Jesse Dubus Written by Mumenthaler. Photographed by Martín Frias. With María Canale, Martina Juncadella, Ailín Salas, Julián Tello. (99 mins) 55th San Francisco International Film Festival @ BAM/PFA BAM/PFA is honored to once again be the exclusive East Bay venue for the San Francisco International Film Festival. Join us for forty-two films—features, shorts, documentaries, experimental films—from over thirty countries. We expect additional filmmakers and other special guests in person: go to bampfa.berkeley.edu for the latest updates. Special Pricing BAM/PFA members, San Francisco Film Society members, UC Berkeley students: $11 General admission: $13 Non-UC Berkeley students, seniors, and disabled persons: $12 Please note that our second-feature discount does not apply to these programs. Tickets are nonrefundable, and may not be exchanged. CineVouchers may not be redeemed in person at the PFA Theater.