Timor’s story retold in moving film

The screening was postponed from last year following the death of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol.
“Beatriz’s War” captures diverse aspects of a vibrant country since liberation was achieved through a UN-sponsored referendum – its beautiful landscape, testy politics and resilient people – in a story of love, passion, pain and suffering.
The story is based on a real-life massacre in the village of Kraras. The Indonesian army overcame Timorese resistance fighters, killed all the men and left behind a village of widows. 
In the film, Tomas disappears and his wife Beatriz takes to wearing black while rallying other women to move on with their lives in spite of the army’s dark presence. 
When East Timor wins its independence from Indonesia, Thomas suddenly reappears, after 16 years, and she’s disturbed by how much he’s changed. 
The power of the film comes from the spontaneity and spirit of the near non-professional cast, who are, after all, enacting one of the most sordid episodes in their country’s history, which affected them all.
The screening, with English subtitles, is set for Saturday at 4pm at TK Park on the eighth floor of Central World. Admission is Bt20. Snacks will be served afterward. 
You can reserve seats at (02) 257 4300 or visit www.TKPark.or.th.