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The French and Francophone Department at Connecticut College presents:

The French and Francophone Film Festival with Albertine Cinémathèque
October 28 - November 1, 2024

All films are subtitled in English. Free and open to the public.
Each screening is followed by a discussion.

OPENING RECEPTION

Monday, October 28, 6:30 PM, outside Blaustein 210. All Warmly Welcome.

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THE TASTE OF THINGS

Monday, October 28

Film screening: 7 p.m. Blaustein 210.
Directed by Trần Anh Hùng, 2023.
Intro. by Julien Néel, Ph.D. candidate, Department of French, Yale University.

Official Trailer

Food and cooking are at the center of life and passion for Eugénie (Juliette Binoche) and Dodin. This lovely film by Trần Anh Hùng (The Scent of Green Papaya) asks what is the essence of good cooking, and who holds that knowledge. In French. 134 min

DISCO BOY

Tuesday, October 29

Film screening: 4:30 p.m. Blaustein 210.
Directed by Giacomo Abbruzzese, 2023.
Intro. by Matt Swagler, Assistant Professor of History.

Official Trailer

After leaving Belarus, Aleksei joins the French Foreign Legion to gain French citizenship. In the Niger Delta, Jomo fights to defend his village against predatory oil companies. With an original score and stunning cinematography, this film explores the intertwined destinies of these two men. In French, Russian, Polish, Igbo and Nigerian English. 91 min.

CONTEMPT

Tuesday, October 29

Film screening: 7 p.m. Blaustein 210.
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, 1963.
Intro. by James Austin, Associate Professor of French.

Official Trailer

Camille (Brigitte Bardot) suspects her screen-writer husband Paul is making her overly available to a brash American film producer. Made in bold color, and set in Italy, Godard’s New Wave film explores the nature of truth and beauty. In French, some dialog in Italian. 101 min.

ANATOMY OF A FALL

Wednesday, October 30

Film screening: 7 p.m. Blaustein 210.
Directed by Justine Triet, 2023.
Intro. by Jacob Levi, Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of French.

Official Trailer

When a man dies falling off a roof, his wife is accused of murder. The only witnesses: their blind son and his guide dog. On trial is the true version of events — was his death murder, suicide, or an accident? Their marriage too is put on trial… In French and English. 151 minutes.

FOUR DAUGHTERS

Thursday, October 31

Film screening: 7 p.m. Blaustein 210.
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, 2023.
Intro. by Sana Abdi, Assistant Professor of French.

Official Trailer

The gripping story of two Tunisian teenage sisters drawn into religious fundamentalism and ISIS. Through the memories of their remaining sisters and mother, this documentary unearths family secrets and traumas during Tunisia’s recent eventful history. In Arabic. 107 min.

MARS EXPRESS

Friday, November 1

Film screening: 7 p.m. Blaustein 210.
Directed by Jérémie Périn, 2023.
Intro. by Alex Gianninas, Assistant Teaching Professor of Astronomy.

Official Trailer

In the year 2200, a detective and her android partner hunt down a notorious hacker. In Noctis, Mars’ sprawling city where humans and androids coexist, they uncover a shadowy network of trafficking, hidden labs, and activist groups fighting for android rights. Fast-paced and full of twists, the film explores the blurred lines between humanity and Artificial Intelligence. Animated. In French. 89 min.

Reception To Follow Screening, To Close The Festival In Style

Supported by Albertine Cinematheque, a program of Albertine Foundation and Villa Albertine, with support from the Centre National du Cinema et de l’Image Animée, and the Fonds Culturel Franco-Americain SACEM, and by the French and Francophone Dept, CISLA, Information Services, Global Islamic Studies, Global Learning Lab / Walter Commons, CCSRE, Anthropology Dept, Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology, Film Studies Dept, Classics, Arabic, and Jewish Studies Dept, Italian Dept. Contact: jfaus@conncoll.edu

French Department

P: 860-439-2175 E: tkydd@conncoll.edu

Mailing Address

Connecticut College
French Department
Box 5631
270 Mohegan Ave.
New London, CT 06320

Campus Location

Blaustein Humanities Building

Department Assistant

Timmie Kydd
tkydd@conncoll.edu

The French and Francophone Department at Connecticut College presents:

The French and Francophone Film Festival with Albertine CinémathèqueOctober 28 - November 1, 2024

OPENING RECEPTION

THE TASTE OF THINGS

DISCO BOY

CONTEMPT

ANATOMY OF A FALL

FOUR DAUGHTERS

MARS EXPRESS

Reception To Follow Screening, To Close The Festival In Style

The French and Francophone Film Festival with Albertine Cinémathèque
October 28 - November 1, 2024