Films undergo analysis by the experts

The Canadian Psychoanalytic Society, Quebec English Branch, presents three films followed by a critical presentation from a psychoanalytic perspective.

Each film is screened on a Saturday at 7 p.m., in the DeSève Cinema. They are free for CPS members, candidates, fellows, Concordia University students and staff; others pay $8.

On Oct. 16, the film is All About My Mother (Pablo Almadovar, 1999, Spanish with English subtitles).

Old connections are renewed and new ones made when a Madrid nurse returns to the prostitute and transvestite subculture in Barcelona, where she met the father of her son. The discussants will be Ethel Person, of New York, and Gabriella Legorreta.

On Oct. 23, it’s The Cooler (Wayne Cramer, 2003), a modern film noir about a casino owner and a sad sack who has the uncanny power to cool the winning streaks of gamblers by standing next to them. The discussant will be Steven Rosenbloom.

On Nov. 6, the film is Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2003), a modern fairy tale about a Maori girl trying to be worthy in the eyes of her grandfather, the tribal chief. The discussant will be Karin Holland Biggs.