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1.9 O Email: Announcement: 2011 Tournées French Film Festival!
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Starting September 26, 2011, the French are taking over Gaines Theater ... for the 2011 Edition of the Tournées French Film Festival!
Date
August 17, 2011
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Spalding, Dr. Steven D.
Assistant Professor of French
Dept. of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
Christopher Newport University
Assistant Professor of French
Dept. of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
Christopher Newport University
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1.9 O
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Starting September 26, 2011, THE FRENCH ARE TAKING OVER GAINES THEATER...
For the 2011 Edition of the TOURNEES FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL!
Five Exciting Recent French Films, with a little something for everyone: comedy, espionage, drama and documentary filmmaking!
All screenings are free with CNU ID, begin at 7PM in the new Gaines, and are followed by discussion open to everyone!
See more info and find links to previews at: http://www.cnu.edu/media/Tournees/index.asp
On September 26, Film #1, Potiche, a light comedy starring Catherine DENEUVE, Gérard DEPARDIEU
Based on a French play, Potiche (or "Trophy Wife") is set in 1977. Suzanne Pujol (Catherine Deneuve), a 'trophy housewife', finds out she must step up to manage her tyrannical husband Robert's (Fabrice Luchini) umbrella factory after the workers go on strike and take him hostage. To everyone's surprise, Suzanne proves herself to be a very competent leader of action. Her adult son and daughter also start to take more interest in the workings of the factory. Things get complex, however, when she bumps into her old flame and local politician, Maurice Babin (Gérard Depardieu), and her husband returns to take back his job. A colorful, energetic satire with plenty of twists and surprises, Potiche is directed by François Ozon, one of the top young directors today--best known in the US for Eight Women (2002).
On October 3, Film #2, international spy thriller Farewell, starring Willem DEFOE, Guillaume CANET, Diane KRUGER
In 1985, Sergei Gregoriev, a Soviet colonel, wants to force his nation to reform, so he leaks secret information to the West. He picks an unlikely contact, a Pierre Froment, from the French diplomatic corps. Gregoriev keeps a lot of balls in the air - a marriage, a teen son he's trying to bond with, a mistress who's a colleague at work; his tradecraft is equally reckless. Meanwhile, Froment keeps his spy work secret from his Russian wife, and Mitterrand uses Gregoriev's information to make France indispensable to Reagan and his government. When Gregoriev leaks a list of key Soviet moles and spies, Gorbachev is left without secret intelligence. Will Gregoriev get what he wants?
On October 10, Film #3, Two in the Wave, a documentary on famous French New Wave filmmakers TRUFFAUT & GODARD
Two in the Wave is the story of the friendship between two of the most important figures of French film history--a friendship that would truly change world cinema forever. Jean-Luc Godard was born in 1930; Francois Truffaut two years later. When the younger of the two becomes a filmmaker with The 400 Blows, which triumphs in Cannes in 1959, he helps his older friend shift to directing, offering him a screenplay which already has a title, A bout de souffle, or Breathless. Acclaimed the world over as iconic filmmakers and symbols of the new rebellious generation of the 60s, Truffaut and Godard continue to be of enormous importance, and the story of their rocky friendship--with its ups and deep downs--is emblematic of French cinema as a whole.
On October 19, FIlm #4, Terror's Advocate -- Come meet the man who has served as legal defense for dictators, war criminals and terrorists!
This is a documentary on Jacques Vergès, the former Free French Forces guerrilla who worked as defense lawyer for such hated figures as Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and Carlos the Jackal. Directed by Barbet Schroeder, Terror's Advocate is a revealing portrait of this outspoken and controversial French lawyer, and raises compelling, fundamental questions about modern societies and the rule of law. Does everyone--even the most heinous of criminals--truly have the right to robust legal defense, regardless of the nature of their crimes? Stick around for discussion!
On October 24, our finale, Of Gods and Men, last year's French contender at the Academy Awards, and Grand Prize Winner at the Cannes Film Festival!
This film tells the story of a small group of French monks in a monastery in Algeria. They are clearly different in a cultural sense from the surrounding community; however, their simple life and acts of charity are welcomed and accepted by the Muslims in the adjacent village. The plot revolves around the grave threat from militants in the region. The Algerian revolution has succeeded in forcing out the French colonial forces and the Algerian government and army officials want the monks to return to France for reasons of safety. The monastery is seen as a remnant of colonialism, and is therefore the target of nationalistic and religious violence. Should the monks stay? What will happen if they do? This film is a moving look at the themes of religious belief, faith and service in a climate of danger and political strife.
See more info and find links to previews at: http://www.cnu.edu/media/Tournees/index.asp
The Tournées Festival is made possible by support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture (CNC), sponsored by the Florence Gould Foundation, the Grand Marnier Foundation and Highbrow Entertainment, and brought to you by the Media Center of the Paul and Rosemary Trible Library in collaboration with the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures.
--
Dr. Steven D. Spalding
Assistant Professor of French
Dept. of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
Christopher Newport University
For the 2011 Edition of the TOURNEES FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL!
Five Exciting Recent French Films, with a little something for everyone: comedy, espionage, drama and documentary filmmaking!
All screenings are free with CNU ID, begin at 7PM in the new Gaines, and are followed by discussion open to everyone!
See more info and find links to previews at: http://www.cnu.edu/media/Tournees/index.asp
On September 26, Film #1, Potiche, a light comedy starring Catherine DENEUVE, Gérard DEPARDIEU
Based on a French play, Potiche (or "Trophy Wife") is set in 1977. Suzanne Pujol (Catherine Deneuve), a 'trophy housewife', finds out she must step up to manage her tyrannical husband Robert's (Fabrice Luchini) umbrella factory after the workers go on strike and take him hostage. To everyone's surprise, Suzanne proves herself to be a very competent leader of action. Her adult son and daughter also start to take more interest in the workings of the factory. Things get complex, however, when she bumps into her old flame and local politician, Maurice Babin (Gérard Depardieu), and her husband returns to take back his job. A colorful, energetic satire with plenty of twists and surprises, Potiche is directed by François Ozon, one of the top young directors today--best known in the US for Eight Women (2002).
On October 3, Film #2, international spy thriller Farewell, starring Willem DEFOE, Guillaume CANET, Diane KRUGER
In 1985, Sergei Gregoriev, a Soviet colonel, wants to force his nation to reform, so he leaks secret information to the West. He picks an unlikely contact, a Pierre Froment, from the French diplomatic corps. Gregoriev keeps a lot of balls in the air - a marriage, a teen son he's trying to bond with, a mistress who's a colleague at work; his tradecraft is equally reckless. Meanwhile, Froment keeps his spy work secret from his Russian wife, and Mitterrand uses Gregoriev's information to make France indispensable to Reagan and his government. When Gregoriev leaks a list of key Soviet moles and spies, Gorbachev is left without secret intelligence. Will Gregoriev get what he wants?
On October 10, Film #3, Two in the Wave, a documentary on famous French New Wave filmmakers TRUFFAUT & GODARD
Two in the Wave is the story of the friendship between two of the most important figures of French film history--a friendship that would truly change world cinema forever. Jean-Luc Godard was born in 1930; Francois Truffaut two years later. When the younger of the two becomes a filmmaker with The 400 Blows, which triumphs in Cannes in 1959, he helps his older friend shift to directing, offering him a screenplay which already has a title, A bout de souffle, or Breathless. Acclaimed the world over as iconic filmmakers and symbols of the new rebellious generation of the 60s, Truffaut and Godard continue to be of enormous importance, and the story of their rocky friendship--with its ups and deep downs--is emblematic of French cinema as a whole.
On October 19, FIlm #4, Terror's Advocate -- Come meet the man who has served as legal defense for dictators, war criminals and terrorists!
This is a documentary on Jacques Vergès, the former Free French Forces guerrilla who worked as defense lawyer for such hated figures as Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and Carlos the Jackal. Directed by Barbet Schroeder, Terror's Advocate is a revealing portrait of this outspoken and controversial French lawyer, and raises compelling, fundamental questions about modern societies and the rule of law. Does everyone--even the most heinous of criminals--truly have the right to robust legal defense, regardless of the nature of their crimes? Stick around for discussion!
On October 24, our finale, Of Gods and Men, last year's French contender at the Academy Awards, and Grand Prize Winner at the Cannes Film Festival!
This film tells the story of a small group of French monks in a monastery in Algeria. They are clearly different in a cultural sense from the surrounding community; however, their simple life and acts of charity are welcomed and accepted by the Muslims in the adjacent village. The plot revolves around the grave threat from militants in the region. The Algerian revolution has succeeded in forcing out the French colonial forces and the Algerian government and army officials want the monks to return to France for reasons of safety. The monastery is seen as a remnant of colonialism, and is therefore the target of nationalistic and religious violence. Should the monks stay? What will happen if they do? This film is a moving look at the themes of religious belief, faith and service in a climate of danger and political strife.
See more info and find links to previews at: http://www.cnu.edu/media/Tournees/index.asp
The Tournées Festival is made possible by support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture (CNC), sponsored by the Florence Gould Foundation, the Grand Marnier Foundation and Highbrow Entertainment, and brought to you by the Media Center of the Paul and Rosemary Trible Library in collaboration with the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures.
--
Dr. Steven D. Spalding
Assistant Professor of French
Dept. of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
Christopher Newport University
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