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Le Sacré et le Profane: the Sacred and Secular in French Cinema Cinestudio / 300 Summit St, Hartford, CT ![]() April
15: The Passion of Joan of Arc, 1928; 2:30 pm
with live organ music to accompany the silent film
April 15: Belle de Jour, 1967; 7:30 April 16: Des hommes et des dieux, 2010; 7:30 + discussion April 17: Un homme qui crie, 2010; 7:30 April 18: Comme un Juif en France, 2007; 7:30 April 19: Lourdes, 2009; 7:30 April 20: Gainsbourg (vie héroique) 2010; 7:30 April 21: Persepolis, 2007' 2:30 April 21 Ma Jeanne d'Arc, 2011; 8 pm film presented by cinéaste Dany Chiasson
Iconic French actress Bernadette Lafont has dazzled audiences throughout her five-decade-long career. Named “the new face of the New Wave” by Les Cahiers du cinéma and hailed by the New York Times as “one of France’s most original actresses,” Lafont comes to FIAF to present a selection of her work, including her films with legendary directors François Truffaut, Jean Eustache, and Claude Chabrol. Bernadette Lafont will introduce The Mischief Makers and Such a Gorgeous Girl Like Me on Tuesday, April 17 at 7pm, and will also present a special reading of letters written by Truffaut on Wednesday, April 18 at 7pm. April 3: The Good Time Girls, 12:30 & 4pm April 3: The Mother and the Whore, 7:30pm April 10: A Very Curious Girl, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm April 17: The Mischief Makers and Such a Gorgeous Girl Like Me, 12:30 & 4pm April 17: Bernadette Lafont presents The Mischief Makers & Such a Gorgeous Girl..., 7pm April 24: Stolen Holidays, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm (cancelled)
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JUDGES ARE NEEDED FOR FRENCH POETRY RECITATIONS! Click to view the slates of poetry. Please contact ML Ennis if you can help!
Please click for program description, menu and RSVP form.
Romy Schneider: Empress of the Screen Born in Austria, Schneider nevertheless became a darling of French cinema, first with her career-making performances in the Sissi films and later through her work with directors like Claude Chabrol, Henri-Georges Clouzot, and Costa-Gavras. The two-month long series, Empress of the Screen, commemorates the 30th anniversary of this mesmerizing actress’s tragic death. May 1: Le combat dans l’île, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm May 8: The Things of Life, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm May 15: Christine, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm May 22: The Grilling, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm May 29: Clouzot’s Inferno, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm June 5: The Swimming Pool, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm June 12: Womanlight, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm June 19: A Woman at Her Window, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm June 26: The Train, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm |
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