Cycle
From 16.05. To 30.06.2009.
French night
Films in cycle
American Night
(La nuit américaine, France, Italy, 1973)
Directed by: François Truffaut
PHOTOGRAPHY: Pierre-William Glenn
Synopsis:
We follow a diverse film crew on the set of the melodrama Je Vous Présente Paméla. Here are the former diva Séverine who drinks too much and forgets her lines, legendary film lover Alexandre who keeps running off to the airport in expectation of a certain young man, jealous French actor Alphonse who hires a woman he is in love with, British actress Julie who is recovering from a nervous breakdown and many others… In 1974, the film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film....
color, 116'
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 30.06.2009 AT 20:00
Saturday 16.05.2009 AT 21:00
Nickel and Dime
(A la petite semaine, 2003)
Directed by: Sam Karmann
PHOTOGRAPHY: Matthieu Poirot-Delpech
Synopsis:
Jacques is a fifty year old man getting out of prison after serving a five year sentence. He visits his friends Francis and Didier in the working class part of Montmarte. Francis still lives with her mother and is interested in acting and Didier is a small time crook with a passion for gambling even though his wife is expecting a baby. Marcel, his former gangster boss is offering a new job to Jacques but he does not want to continue living as a criminal.
color, 100 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 16.05.2009 AT 23:00
Le père Noël est une ordure
(1981)
Directed by: Jean-Marie Poiré
PHOTOGRAPHY: Robert Alazraki
Synopsis:
Félix radi kao Djed Mraz dijeleći promotivne letke. Kada mu posao preotme drugi Djed Mraz i sazna da ga djevojka ostavlja, poći se za njom kako bi ispravio bar jednu nepravdu koja mu se dogodila. Slijedeći je dolazi do utočišta koje vode Thérèse i Pierre, socijalni radnici koji u blagdansko vrijeme imaju pune ruke posla.
color, 88 min
PROJECTION:
Sunday 17.05.2009 AT 01:00
Rendez-vous
(1985)
Directed by: André Téchiné
PHOTOGRAPHY: Renato Berta
Synopsis:
Nina is a young girl who comes to Paris from the provinces and wants to become an actress. She is in love with Quentin, self-destructive and egocentric actor who soon dies in an accident. His former mentor, theatre director Scrutzler offers her a job in the production of Romeo and Juliette. She is to play Juliette, the same role that his recently deceased daughter was playing. In 1985, the film won an award for Best Director in Cannes.
color, 82 min
PROJECTION:
Sunday 17.05.2009 AT 03:00
Diva
(1981)
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Beineix
PHOTOGRAPHY: Philippe Rousselot
Synopsis:
Jules is a young postman from Paris obsessed with an opera singer whose performance he recorded secretly. The next day he crosses paths with a woman who is being chased by several armed robbers. Before she gets caught the woman manages to slip a tape into Jules’s bag and thus makes him the next target… In 1982, this film won the French film award César as Best Debut Film.