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Today’s Program at AFI Festival : <i> Following are reviews for the final day of the American Film Institute Film Festival. All screenings are at the Cineplex Odeon Century Plaza Cinemas unless otherwise indicated. : </i> : TODAY

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‘Kung Fu Master’

France, 1987, 80 minutes, 10:30 p.m. Director Agnes Varda’s view of a genuinely impossible love affair between a 40-year-old divorcee and a 14-year-old boy master of the “Kung Fu” video game. Based upon an idea by lead actress Jane Birkin--and starring Varda’s son as the boy--it initially unfolds as a comedy; the woman tries to convince herself that she’s not acting like a complete fool. However, the jarring, cynical conclusion reveals that the film maker is less than sympathetic to the character’s plight.

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