Film/Video NEW ASIAN CURRENTS U.S. PREMIERE WOMEN'S PARADISE (AYOLLAR SALTANATI) INTRODUCED BY DIRECTOR YUSUP RAZYKOV THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2001, 7:30 PM, AUDITORIUM REPEAT SCREENING: SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2001, 3:30 PM, OAK STREET CINEMA (director present) $7; $6 SENIORS/STUDENTS WITH CURRENT ID; $5 WALKER AND UNIVERSITY FILM SOCIETY (UFS) MEMBERS WITH MEMBERSHIP CARD NEW ASIAN CURRENTS APRIL: 4 | 5 & 7 | 7 & 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 & 14 | 14 & 15 | 18 & 21 | 25 & 26 | 26 | 27 In Women's Paradise, a college professor-writer is separated from his wife after committing adultery and discovers a women's paradise where his lover, a female student, and his wife are living happily together. Could this truly be paradise or just the projection of a male fantasy? Maintaining a realistic and humorous tone, the film gradually departs from reality and shifts between magic realism and the present, bringing the viewer into a mesmerizing state. 2000, Uzbekistan, in Russian with English subtitles, 35mm, color, 74 minutes. NEW ASIAN CURRENTS IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE BUSH FOUNDATION.