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Dot.Com
Directors: Luis Galvao Teles
Showing: Saturday, May 30, 8:00 pm, Matheson Performing Arts Center, $10

In Dot.Com, a Spanish multinational corporation sues a small village in Portugal for inadvertently hosting a website with the same name as an international brand of mineral water. A judicial battle for the website begins and quickly devolves into a media frenzy. In this satirical and thought-provoking film in the tradition of The Coca-Cola Kid, the residents of this small village must defend their website and their honor from the corporate juggernaut (103 minutes, in Portuguese with English subtitles). Audience Award Winner: Caminhos do Cinema Português.

 

 

2009 Mendocino Film Festival