French Film Series
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Posted by , October 24, 2005
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French Film Series
Sponsored by the Modern Language Department
Wednesdays, 7pm
Room C101
FREE and Open to Everyone with English subtitles
Wed., Oct. 26th
Séraphin: un homme et son péché / Séraphin: Heart of Stone
(2002) 128 min., Directed by Charles Binamé
Séraphin unfolds against the severe and achingly beautiful landscape of rural Quebec in 1889, where young lovers are torn from each other when a bankrupt shopkeeper forces his daughter into an arranged marriage to save his business. But true love cannot be denied...
Wed., Nov. 2nd
La Cité des enfants perdus / The City of Lost Children
(1995) 112min., Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The evil Krank and his henchmen have been made by a mad scientist. Krank's problem is that he is tormented by his inability to dream. He finds it necessary to try to steal the dreams of children, but since they fear him, he only gets their nightmares. When a circus strongman's little brother is kidnapped, the strongman (One) tracks him down and, with the help of some other eccentric characters, tries to put an end to the evil reign of Krank and his Cyclops army.
Wed., Nov. 9th
Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement
(2004) 133min., Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
**Room To Be Announced
From the director and star of "Amelie" (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Audrey Tautou) comes a very different love story, "A Very Long Engagement," based on the acclaimed novel by Sebastien Japrisot. The film is set in France near the end of World War I in the deadly trenches of the Somme, in the gilded Parisian halls of power, and in the modest home of an indomitable provincial girl. It tells the story of this young woman's relentless, moving and sometimes comic search for her fiancée, who has disappeared.
For more information, contact Michelle Meehan at meehanm2@simmons.edu or call 617-521-2183
