L’origine de la tendresse & other tales, Six Short Films by Six French Directors (1999-2006). In French with English subtitles.
|  | | Ciné-club | | Wednesday, September 23, 2009 | | 6:30 p.m. | | Alliance Française | | $5 | | L’origine de la tendresse & other tales, Six Short Films Réalisateur: Six French Directors,(1999-2006), 97 total min. |
| | Part of regular Ciné-club programming exploring popular and entertaining films in French. |
| | Pen-Pusher (2005), dir. Guillaume Martinez: a day like any other in the Parisian metro — or so it seems. A young man and young woman, seemingly with nothing in common will be introduced in an unexpected fashion. Silver Bear, Berlin Film Festival (8 min.) My Mother (2005),Story of an Immigration, dir. Felipe Canales: a story of her mother who left Algeria in 1956 to reunite with her husband in Paris. It also is the story of three generations of women. (15 min.) One Voice, One Vote (2007), dir. Jeanne Paturle & Cecile Rousset: in the run-up to the 2007 presidential elections, a look at the importance of voting.(13 min.) The Last Day (2006), dir. Olivier Bourbeillon: on July the 1st 2005, the 1867 Schneider and Co power hammer N°125 ceased operating at the former smithy of the Brest military harbour. The story of the machine and its workers’last working day. (12 min.) L’origine de la tendresse (1999), dir. Alain-Paul Mallard: Elise is a quiet, solitary woman who works as a museum attendant and leads a mundane existence. In her life in which nothing happens, no moment is devoid of meaning. Montreal Festival of New Cinema, Short Film Award (32 min.)Kitchen (2004), dir. Alice Winocour: a woman, her husband and two lobsters. A recipe that turns sour... Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival (15 min.) Post-film discussion in English.
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| | Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and film presentations at approximately 6:30 p.m. French wine will be served. Pre-Registration optional. | Register for this event! |
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