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THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA
CORDIALLY INVITE
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
TO THE LOS ANGELES PREMIERE SCREENING OF
THE ACCLAIMED SHORT DOCUMENTARY
MR. MERGLER'S GIFT
A FILM BY ACADEMY AWARD FILMMAKER BEVERLY
SHAFFER
SCREENING AT
THE LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL CHILDRENS FILM FESTIVAL
SUNDAY, DECMEBER 11, 2005
AT 2PM
GENE AUTRY MUSEUM
WELLS FARGO THEATER
4700 WESTERN HERITAGE WAY
GRIFFITH PARK
LOS ANGELES
RSVP - DAVID MAGDAEL & ASSOCIATES (213) 624-7827, EXT. 4.
SEATS ARE LIMITED - SO PLEASE RSVP EARLY
TICKETS WILL BE HELD FOR YOU AT THE THEATER
OSCAR WINNING DIRECTOR BEVERLY SHAFFER
WILL BE PRESENT FOR Q&A FOLLOWING THE SCREENING
MR. MERGLER'S GIFT
SYNOPSIS
A young girl leans over the keyboard and plays the opening bars of Für Elise. Daniel Mergler has heard the Beethoven bagatelle countless times. But this is different. He listens with surprise and delight in his old man’s eyes.
The young pianist is Xin Ben, the 9-year-old daughter of Chinese immigrants. A fateful encounter in a Montreal park has delivered her into the hands of Mr. Mergler, a local piano teacher nearing the end of his long career. She will be his last and most extraordinary pupil.
Oscar winning filmmaker Beverly Shaffer's short documentary film, "MR.
MERGLER'S GIFT," is their remarkable story — a moving account of a student
and her mentor, and a lyrical reflection on the transcendent power of music.
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