La Pluma del Arcángel Director: Luis Manzo Venezuela, 2002, 92 min., 35mm Spanish with subtitles Screenings: Saturday, March 13, 11:00 am Monday, March 15, 5:00 pm Sunday, March 21, 5:00 pm A remote Venezuelan mountain village in the 1930s is held in a state of fear as the country’s dictator telegraphs harsh edicts and sentences daily. Each new telegraph brings pain and hopelessness. When the town’s telegrapher dies, a mysterious man in a white suit arrives to take his place. The lives of the villagers change for the better when the new operator alters each telegraph as it comes over the wire. The impossible becomes commonplace in this magical adaptation of a story by the great Venezuelan writer Arturo Uslar Pietri. Starring Ivan Tamayo, Roque Valero, Elba Escobar, Martha Pabón and Alejo Felipe.