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Tatiana Maslany, left, and Jake Gyllenhaal in a scene from “Stronger.”

DORIS DUKE THEATRE

Honolulu Museum of Art, 532-6097, honolulumuseum.org; $10-$12 (unless noted)

“Porto”

1 and 7:30 p.m. Friday

Stars Anton Yelchin, son of figure-skating parents and an up-and-coming actor who was tragically killed in 2016 when he was crushed by his car. In this film, he plays an expat who shares a brief, intimate connection with a fellow expat, and their romantic encounter comes to light once again, many years later. (2017, U.S./France/Portugal, 1:16)

“Canaletto & The Art of Venice”

4 p.m. Sunday, 1 p.m. Tuesday and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday

Director David Bickerstaff examines the life of Venice’s famous 18th-century view-painter through an exhibit-on-screen production, which also provides the chance to tour England’s Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. (2017, U.K., 1:25)

“The Square”

7 p.m. Sunday and Tuesday, 1 p.m. Wednesday, and 1 and 7 p.m. Thursday

A Stockholm art museum curator works on his next project that invites passers-by to stand in a square as they reflect on being responsible humans. After his phone gets stolen, his foolish response drags him into shameful situations that send both him and the museum into facing separate crises. (2017, Sweden/Germany/France/Denmark, 2:22)

MOVIE MUSEUM

3566 Harding Ave., 735-8771; $4-$5

“Nais”

11 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. Friday, 6:45 p.m. Sunday, and 1 and 4:45 p.m. Monday

Adaptation of Emile Zola’s short story about a hunchbacked factory worker named Toine who helps a farmer just to get closer to the farmer’s daughter, Nais. Although he is in love with her, Toine helps her gain the attention of a handsome young lawyer. For ages 10 and older. In French with English subtitles. (1945, France, 2:00)

“Finnish Blood Swedish Heart”

1:15 and 7 p.m. Friday

“Mock-umentary” about an ex-musician in his 40s and his father who take a road trip from Finland to their former home in Sweden, and along the way share laughs while having an honest and musical conversation about their personal immigration history. For ages 12 and older. In Swedish and Finnish with English subtitles. (2012, Finland/Sweden, 1:30)

“Anacleto: Agente Secreto”

3 and 8:45 p.m. Friday

Adaptation of Manuel Vazquez Gallego’s serial comic about a security guard who was recently dumped by his fiancee while also learning that his farmer dad is a secret agent whose mortal enemy just escaped from prison. For ages 15 and older. In Spanish with English subtitles. (2015, Spain, 1:33)

“Viceroy’s House”

11 a.m., and 3:15 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; and 1, 5 and 9 p.m. Thursday

In 1947 New Delhi, a newly appointed viceroy of India is determined to return India to independence and self-rule as religious and political forces are tearing India apart. Rated PG. In Punjabi, Hindi and English with subtitles. (2017, U.K./India/Sweden, 1:46)

“A Place in the World” (“Un lugar en el mundo”)

1 and 5:15 p.m. Saturday, and noon and 9 p.m. Sunday

Twelve-year-old Ernesto lives with his leftist parents, who serve the rural poor in a remote Argentine valley. He becomes fascinated by a geologist, a Spaniard his father befriends who is hired to look for oil. Rated PG. In Spanish with English subtitles. (1992, Argentina/Spain/Uruguay, 2:00)

“God Willing”

9:30 p.m. Saturday

In this comedy, an atheist surgeon is stunned when his medical-student son announces his plan to become a priest. For ages 12 and older. In Italian with English subtitles. (2015, Italy, 1:28)

“Only Human”

2:15, 3:45 and 5:15 p.m. Sunday

A Jewish girl brings home her Palestinian fiance and introduces him to her nymphomaniac sister, overbearing mother, blind and batty grandfather, and faux-Orthodox brother. Rattled, he drops something out of the apartment window and hits a man he believes may be her father. Rated R. In Spanish with English subtitles. (2004, Spain/Argentina/Portugal/U.K., 1:25)

“The Near East” (“El proximo oriente”)

11:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday

Romantic comedy about a pudgy man named Cain who desires to start a family but cannot find the right woman. When his married brother impregnates his neighbor, Cain takes matters into his own hands. In Spanish with English subtitles. (2006, Spain, 1:33)

“Ladies Who Do”

3:15 and 8:45 p.m. Monday

A cleaning lady working in the office of a greedy developer wraps a discarded cigar in a telegram from the waste bin and brings it to her other employer, a colonel, who then uses info from the telegram to gain money in the stock market. Shocked, the lady tries to return the money to the developer but is disheartened to overhear his plans of turning her neighborhood into office blocks, causing her to hatch a plan of her own. For ages 8 and older. (1963, U.K., 1:25)

“Stronger”

11 a.m., and 3 and 7 p.m. Thursday

The story of Jeff Bauman, a survivor of the Boston Marathon bombing, is told in this anti-Hollywood vision of a man facing the pain of amputation and recovery, bitterness over his celebrity and family tensions. Rated R. With Jake Gyllenhaal and Miranda Richardson. (2017, 1:59)

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