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Film Series - Fall 2007
Movies in this series are screened at 8:00 pm, unless otherwise noted.
All films are screened at the Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center, on the West Campus of Duke University, Durham. 35mm films will be screened in French with English subtitles. All films are open to the public and free, unless otherwise noted.
This program is organized in collaboration with the Film/Video/Digital Program. Very special thanks to Hank Okazaki.
For more on this and other film series, please visit the Screen/Society site.
| Monday, Sept. 3
Paris, je t'aime In "Paris, je t'aime," celebrated directors from around the world, including the Coen Brothers, Gus Van Sant, Gurinder Chadha, Wes Craven, Walter Salles, Alexander Payne and Olivier Assayas, have come together to portray Paris in a way never before imagined. |
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Monday, Sept. 10 L'iceberg Fiona is the manager of a fast-food restaurant. She lives comfortably with her family in the suburbs. In other words, Fiona is happy… until one day she accidentally gets locked into a walk-in fridge. She escapes the next morning, half frozen and barely alive, only to realize that her husband and two children didn't even notice she was missing. But when Fiona develops an obsession for everything cold and icy: snow, polar bears, fridges, icebergs – she drops everything, climbs into a frozen goods delivery truck and leaves home. For a real iceberg. -- Synopsis from firstrunfeatures.com |
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Monday, Sept. 17 Indigènes Director Rachid Bouchareb teams with screenwriter Olivier Morelle to offer a revealing look at the brave contributions made by North African soldiers who fought for France during World War II in this emotionally-charged war drama starring Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Sami Bouajila, and Bernard Blancan. The year was 1943 and France had been bending to the will of Nazi Germany for three long years. In order to break Hitler's powerful grip, the first French Army was recruited in Africa. Comprised of 130,000 North Africans who were willing to put their lives on the line in order to defeat the Nazi death machine, the fearless fighters were contemptuously dubbed indigènes (natives) by many French, despite their remarkable sacrifice. From the noble Abdelkader (Bouajila), who is fighting strictly for the cause; to the money motivated Yassir (Naceri); the impoverished Saïd (Debbouze); and die-hard romantic Messaoud (Roschdy Zem), who longs to finally visit the country he has dreamt about from afar, the selfless efforts of these remarkable men ultimately transcend their superiors' contemptuous disregard for their service by providing invaluable aid during one of the world's darkest hours. -- Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide |
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Monday, Sept. 24 Coeurs(Private Fears in Public Places) (A. Resnais; France, Italy; 2006) Sophie is Thierry's sister and roommate; she spends most of her time trying to find a boyfriend. Thierry is a real estate agent who shows Nicole several apartments. Nicole is looking for a three-bedroom to share with her fiance, Dan, but Dan has little interest in helping her, in fact, his only concern lately is getting drunk and his only acquaintance is the bartender, Lionel. Lionel listens to other people's problems, while his own are enormous. He cares for his sick and hateful father, and when he goes to work at night, Charlotte, a caregiver he has hired, takes over. Charlotte has a few tricks up her sleeve to keep Lionel's cantankerous father in check. The six collide and influence each other's lives in significant ways as they navigate the cold winter months in Paris. -- Synopsis from Yahoo Movies UK |
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Monday, Oct. 1 La moustache Marc (Lindon) and Agnes (Devos) are an attractive, successful Parisian couple, together for years. One evening, before joining friends for dinner, Marc decides on a whim to shave off the mustache he's worn all of his adult life. He waits patiently for his wife's reaction, but she seems not to notice. At dinner, their friends fail to remark upon the change. Stranger still, when he finally tells them, they all insist he never had a mustache. Is Marc going mad? Is he the victim of some elaborate conspiracy? Or has something in the world's order gone terribly awry? Based on Emmanuel Carrère's 1996 novel. -- Synopsis from movieweb.com |
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Third Annual Québec Cinema Week (Nov. 5-9)
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