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Bryant University will host a French Film Festival from February 23 through March 7 on the Bryant campus. All films will be shown in Janikies Theatre, and admission is free and open to the public.
All films are subtitled in English. For complete information on each film,
including ratings, go to http://www.facecouncil.org/tournees/fichesfilms/ and click on the appropriate film.
This event is sponsored by the Department of English and Cultural Studies, Faculty Development Center, Women's Center, Intercultural Center, and Student Affairs.
This event is part of Tournees, a program of FACE (French American Cultural Exchange) designed to help bring contemporary French cinema to colleges and universities. The festival is made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture.
For more information, contact
Professor Terri Hasseler at thassele@bryant.edu or (401) 232-6926 or Enoch Park at epark@bryant.edu or (401) 232-6740.
SCHEDULE OF FILMS
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8 Femmes
(8 Women)
Wednesday,
Feb. 27, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m
Director
Francois Ozon
A murder-mystery musical, Ozon's send-up of '50s melodrama features star turns by three generations of France's finest actresses.
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Bon Voyage
(Bon Voyage)
Thursday
Feb. 28, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Director
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Set in June 1940 when Germany invaded France, cabinet members, journalists, physicists, prisoners, and spies of all persuasions gather at the posh Hotel Splendide in Bordeaux to escape the Nazi occupation of Paris.
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Le Grand Voyage
(Grand Voyage)
Saturday
March 1, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m
Director
Ismael Ferroukhi
A few weeks before his high school final exam, Reda, a young man who lives in the south of France, is chosen to drive his aging father to Mecca for the traditional pilgrimage.
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Viva Laldjerie
Saturday
March 1, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m
Director
Nadir Mokneche
Viva Laldjerie explores the lives of three women in Algiers as they manage to get by despite their daily difficulties.
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Notre Musique
Wednesday
March 5, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Part poetry, part journalism, part philosophy, Jean-Luc Godard's Notre Musique is a timeless meditation on war as seen through the prisms of cinema, text and image.
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