Film Schedule

Happily Ever After…
(Ils se marient et eurent beaucoup d’enfants, Director: Yvan Attal, 2004)
Wednesday, October 12, 7:45pm

Actor-director Yvan Attal takes a look at contemporary love and marriage in this bittersweet comedy.  Starring Attal and his real-life wife, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Happily Ever After is the story of three friends and their attempts to find sex, commitment, and happiness, either in marriage or outside it.

Mooladé
(Director: Ousmane Sembene, 2004)
Wednesday, October 19, 7:45pm

An award-winning film hailed around the world as Sembene’s masterpiece, Mooladé is a provocative yet hopeful film about female circumcision in Africa, focusing on the lives of four young girls who take shelter with an outspoken woman opposed to the practice.  The screening of this film coincides with a visit to the UNCW campus by Samba Gadjigo, Sembene’s biographer.  Gadjigo will also present his documentary, The Making of Mooladé, in the Film Studies Department’s Moviemakers and Scholars series, Thursday October 20th, at 6:30pm in Bryan Auditorium.

Winner, Best Film, Un Certain Regard, 2004 Cannes Film Festival
Winner, Best Foreign Language Film, American National Society of Film Critics, 2005

Our Precious Children
(Nos enfants cheris, Director: Benoît Cohen, 2003)
Sunday, October 23, 7:45pm

***NB Screening in the Randall Library Auditorium, not the Warwick Center***

Martin (Mathieu Demy) meets his ex-lover Constance (Romane Bohringer) in a supermarket one day, and they end up vacationing in the country along with their spouses, children, and friends.  Benoît Cohen’s brilliantly acted farce is by turns wildly funny and unpredictable, exploring the demands of parenthood and the lures of youthful passion.

Sequins
(Brodeuses, Director: Eléonore Faucher, 2004)
Wednesday, October 26, 7:45pm

Stunningly written and directed, Sequins is a lyrical coming-of-age story about Claire, a talented seventeen-year-old seamstress who discovers that she’s pregnant.  After meeting a designer who has recently lost her son in a motorbike accident, the two women form an intimate bond as they embroider together, and come to terms with their lives.

Winner, Critics’ Week Grand Prize, 2004 Cannes Film Festival
Winner, SACD Screenwriting Award, 2004 Cannes Film Festival
Winner, Best First Film, French Syndicate of Film Critics, 2005

Viva Laldjérie
(Director: Nadir Moknèche, 2003)
Wednesday, November 2, 7:45pm

Called “rich and profoundly observant” by Michael Atkinson in The Village Voice, Viva Laldjerie explores the trials and opportunities faced by three women in Algiers.  The trio come from different social backgrounds, but share a need for freedom and escape in an oppressive, chaotic world that is dominated by men.

Right Now
(A tout de suite, Director: Benoît Jacquot, 2004)
Wednesday, November 9, 7:45pm

Celebrated filmmaker Benoit Jacquot’s Right Now is a lovers-on-the-run thriller that recalls the best work of the French New Wave.  Loosely based on a true story, the film stars the renowned actress Isild le Besco as a young art student who abandons her privileged life for her criminal boyfriend.

Last updated: October 12, 2005

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