{"id":13046,"date":"2011-02-01T10:28:20","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T17:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=13046"},"modified":"2013-02-27T11:01:47","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T18:01:47","slug":"5th-annual-tournees-french-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/5th-annual-tournees-french-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"5th annual Tourn\u00e9es French Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fifth and final Tourn\u00e9es French Film Festival\u00a0will premiere the weekend of Feb. 19 and 20 at the Wettaw building, #88, room 130, and will feature five contemporary films selected by cinema and visual culture students at Northern Arizona University.<\/p>\n

The films will be in French with English subtitles and the festival is free and open to the public. Parking is available off-campus and in parking lot P7 near the Wall Aquatic Center.<\/p>\n

The festival is a program overseen by the French American Cultural Exchange, which awards grants to universities across the United States to bring French film festivals to their campuses. This is the final year of the grant.<\/p>\n

Featured films<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Saturday, Feb. 19<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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\"Welcome\"<\/a>
Welcome<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
Noon<\/strong>
\nWelcome<\/strong><\/em>
\nDirected by Philippe Lioret, 2008, 110 min., NRBoth a study of a budding friendship and a compassionate look at the perils faced by illegal immigrants,\u00a0Welcome<\/em>\u00a0centers on Bilal, a 17-year-old Iraqi Kurd who is stuck in Calais, northern France, and Simon, a recently divorced swimming teacher.\u00a0 Acting veteran Lindon and first-time performer Ayverdi beautifully play off each other as Simon and Bilal slowly start to form a tender surrogate father-son connection.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Panique<\/a>
Panique au village<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
3 p.m.<\/strong>
\nPanique au village<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(A Town Called Panic)<\/em>
\nDirected by St\u00e9phane Aubier and Vincent Patar, 2009, 75 min., NRThe giddy, chaotic pace in Aubier and Patar\u2019s first feature, made using meticulously detailed stop-motion animation and a cast of 1,500 plastic-toy figures, never lets up for a second. Gleefully defying all logic,\u00a0A Town Called Panic<\/em>\u00a0finds its heroes Horse, Cowboy and Indian, living together harmoniously, with Horse partial to taking long, soapy hot showers.\u00a0A Town Called Panic<\/em>\u00a0is in a class of its own, its playful, nonstop anarchy bound to appeal to children and adults alike.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Barbe<\/a>
Barbe bleu<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
7 p.m.<\/strong>
\nBarbe bleu\u00a0<\/strong>(Bluebeard)<\/em>
\nDirected by Catherine Breillat, 2008, 80 min., NRDirector Breillat slyly subverts Charles Perrault\u2019s gruesome 1697 fairy tale about a monstrous aristocrat who marries and murders a series of wives. By inserting semiautobiographical scenes of two sisters in the 1950s who are fascinated with this grisly narrative, Breillat creates a clever framing device to explicate a centuries-old story\u2014and tease out its significance in the contemporary world.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sunday, Feb. 20<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"L'ennemi<\/a>
L’ennemi intime<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
Noon<\/strong>
\nL\u2019ennemi intime<\/strong>\u00a0(Intimate Enemies)<\/em>
\nDirected by Florent-Emilio Siri, 2006, 108 min., NRSet in 1959, Siri\u2019s film is a harrowing depiction of Algeria\u2019s war for independence, the contradictory title referring to the fact that less than 10 years after French and Algerian soldiers fought together against the Nazis, they were battling each other. Siri\u2019s filmmaking finesse never detracts from \u201cIntimate Enemies\u2019\u201d deeper significance as an unforgettable statement on the absolute futility of war\u2014a message that powerfully resonates today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Cliente\"<\/a>
Cliente<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
4 p.m.
\nCliente\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(A French Gigolo)<\/em>
\nDirected by Josiane Balasko, 2007, 105 min., NRPoised, confident, attractive 50-ish divorc\u00e9e Judith (Nathalie Baye, in an expert performance) runs a home-shopping TV show with her sister, Ir\u00e8ne. While Ir\u00e8ne dreams of finding Mr. Right, Judith favors the no-strings attachment of paying gigolos for sex. Consistently funny,\u00a0A French Gigolo<\/em>\u00a0is nonetheless seriously committed to exposing sexual double standards.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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