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L'Heure d'été / Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas, 2008) Site officiel  The divergent paths of three forty something siblings collide when their mother, heiress to her uncle’s exceptional 19th century art collection, dies suddenly. Left to come to terms with themselves and their differences, Adrienne (Juliette Binoche) a successful New York designer, Frédéric (Charles Berling) an economist and university professor in Paris, and Jérémie (Jérémie Renier) a dynamic businessman in China, confront the end of childhood, their shared memories, background and unique vision of the future Faubourg 36 / Paris 36 (Christophe Barratier, 2008). See trailer  From the director of
Les Choristes comes
this
delightful musical set in 1936. Léon Blum is in power, the
Socialist Party is active, workers are striking and the weight of the
Great Depression is beginning to be felt. When the owner of the local
theatre falls behind on a debt, proprietorship passes to the local mob
boss. For Pigoil (Gérard Jugnot), a stagehand, this is bad news.
His wife has just left him, taking their adorable son Jojo (Maxence
Perrin), so when the gangster closes the failing theatre, Pigoil finds
himself alone and unemployed. Depressed and running out of money,
Pigoil and his friends Milou (Clovis Cornillac), a proud idealist, and
Jacky (Kad Merad), a flawed comedian, decide to stand up to the
mobster, occupy the theatre and return it to its glory days. But their
lineup of amateur cabaret and half-baked comedy looks decidedly
lackluster until Douce (Nora Arnezeder), a beautiful young girl from
the city, walks into the auditions. Cast as the singing “announcer,”
Douce instantly charms the town with her beguiling looks and angelic
voice. The Chansonia soon becomes famous all over Paris, but with love
triangles, ongoing political tensions, the strain of the Depression and
the mob boss's constant swindling, life isn't easy. - from movie-list.com
This
series exists as a small window into the colossal film career of
the radiant French actor Michel Piccoli, a performer in more than 200
films and a collaborator with cinema’s greatest directors.
Click for more info about the following films; all shown at 12:30, 4:00, 7:30 pm June 9 - The Prude La Puritaine June 16 - May Fools Milou en Mai June 23 - I’m Going Home Je rentre à la maison June 30 - The Creatures Les Créatures July 7 - Belle de jour July 14 - The Things of Life Les choses de la vie July 21 - July 21 - The Woman in Blue La femme en bleu July 28 - Everything’s Fine, We’re Leaving Tout va bien, on s’en va
FIAF
Members: Free tickets
are distributed on the day of the
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Present your membership card at the box office. ($2 advance tickets) Non-Members $10; Students w/ ID $7 |
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 Through July
12, 2009
Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford, CT One of the most significant cultural movements of the twentieth century was Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, which flourished from 1909 to 1929. Diaghilev’s genius was his ability to identify talented individuals and get them to collaborate on producing new and exciting theatrical works. In the early years of the company, Russian artists such as León Bakst, Alexandre Benois, and Nikolai Roerich combined their talents with the composer Igor Stravinsky to present some of the landmark ballets of the twentieth century. After the Russian revolution, Diaghilev turned to many of the young international group of artists living in Paris and employed such diverse talents as Picasso, Matisse, Derain, and Leger to design his ballets. A. Everett Austin, Jr. -- future director of the Wadsworth Atheneum -- went every year to see the company, and was able to emulate Diaghilev in bringing artists, mustc, and dance together in Hartford. He also acquired nearly 160 drawings for productions of the Ballets Russes. It is this collection that forms the basis of the present exhibition. Click for more info. |
Calendars are color-coded to
events, and may represent more than one activity
Descriptions of events are found below. June
July
August
 Wadsworth Atheneum
Hartford, CT
At
the beginning
of the twentieth century, Paris ruled the western art
world, but even Paris was amazed when Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
performed in the city in 1909. The designs for the
Ballets’ sets and costumes both shocked and thrilled the arbiters of
fashion....This exhibition explores the influence of the Ballets Russes
on western couture fashion in the second and third decades of the
twentieth century and showcases pieces of the Atheneum’s own
collection. It will also explore couture fashion’s adaptations of
the Ballets Russes’ use of color, historical design, and, especially,
exotic design from the Middle East, called orientalism at the time.
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