Schedule - Bucknell University

 Moments d’Histoire… personnelle,
politique, cinématographique…
Moments in History… personal, political,
cinematographic…
ENTRE LES MURS / THE CLASS (France, 2008,
Laurent Cantet, 128 min, Palme d’Or, Cannes Film
Festival) "The Class" is based on an autobiographical
novel by Francois Begaudeau, a drama that follows the
year in the life of a French schoolteacher working at a
high-school in a tough neighborhood of Paris. Francois
insists on an atmosphere of respect and diligence. But
his classroom ethics are put to the test when his
students begin to challenge his methods.
LES TÉMOINS / THE WITNESSES (France, 2007,
André Téchiné, 112 min, Best Supporting Actor (Sami
Bouajila), César Awards) Paris, 1984: A group of friends
contend with the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic.
Featuring
Professor JeanClaude Bonnet
(Université Paris IVSorbonne) Lecture
on “Abel Gance’s
Napoleon: From
Silent Film to
Talkies.” LES AMOURS D’ASTRÉE ET DE CÉLADON / ROMANCE OF ASTREA AND
CELADON (France, 2006, Eric Rohmer, 106 min, Etoile d’Or, Prix de la Presse
Française du Cinéma) In an enchanted forest, back in the time of the Druids, the
shepherd Céladon and the shepherdess Astrée share a pure and chaste love. Fooled by a
suitor, Astrée dismisses Céladon, who throws himself into a river out of despair. She
thinks he's dead, but he's been secretly rescued by some nymphs. A romance filled with
doubt, hazards, and delicious temptations.
LA FILLE DE MONACO / THE GIRL FROM MONACO (France,
2008, Anne Fontaine, 95 min) Edith Lasalle (a powerful, minimalist
turn from Stephane Audran) is accused of murdering her young lover.
She refuses to defend herself or explain her conduct, so her son Louis
(Cohen) hires the best legal mind he can find, Bertrand Beauvais
(Luchini) to come from Paris to Monte Carlo and defend his mother in
court. As the victim was of Russian origins with a whiff of organised
crime about the whole affair, a bodyguard, Christophe (Zem), is hired to
keep the master out of harm’s way.
Schedule
All films screened in
Gallery Theater (LC301)
Friday, February 19
7:30pm Entre Les Murs/The Class
Saturday, February 20
6pm Les Témoins /The Witnesses
8pm Les Amours d’Astrée et de
Céladon / Romance of Astrea and
Celadon
Sunday, February 21
6pm La Fille de Monaco /The Girl
From Monaco
8pm La Graine et Le Mulet / The
Secret of the Grain
Monday, February 22
6pm Entre Les Murs/The Class
8pm Les Témoins /The Witnesses
Tuesday, February 23
7:30pm Professor Jean-Claude Bonnet
(Université Paris IV- Sorbonne)
Lecture on “Abel Gance’s Napoleon:
From Silent Film to Talkies.” LA GRAINE ET LE MULET / THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN (France, 2007,
Abdellatif Kechiche, 151 min, Best Director, Best Film, César Awards, Special Jury Prize,
Venice Film Festival) Slimane is a 60-year-old man who faces a gradual reduction
of hours at the shipyard, and, confronted with a future in which his income
and self-respect will be slowly whittled away to nothing, he opts instead for
voluntary redundancy and plans to use his payoff to open a fish couscous
restaurant on board a specially converted boat. Slowly but surely, he mobilises
a network of extended family and friends to help realise his dream.
NAPOLÉON (France, 1927, Abel Gance, Part II, 117 min) An epic
silent film recounting the life of Napoleon Bonaparte.
COMME UN JUIF EN FRANCE / BEING JEWISH IN FRANCE
(France, 2007, Yves Jeuland, Part II, 112 min, Jewish Experience
Award, Jerusalem International Film Festival) A documentary on the
history of Jewish life in France from Dreyfus (1894) to the present day.
DISTRICT B13 (France, 2006, Pierre Morel, 84 min) The year is
2010, and a massive wall has been erected to keep the violence of the
Paris ghetto confined to District B13. This time the gangs have gone too
far, though, and when the authorities realize that a nuclear weapon has
been smuggled into the district, specially trained policeman and martial
artist Damien is assigned the task of retrieving the weapon of mass
destruction before Paris goes up in flames. He's not going to be able to
do it on his own, though, and when Damien learns that breakaway bad
guy Leïto's sister has been abducted by the very same gang, the pair
soon forges a tentative partnership. Program Coordinator: Philippe C. Dubois Main Sponsor: Bucknell University French &
Francophone Studies Program Additional Sponsors: Department of History, Hilltop Film
Series, Bucknell University French Club, Department of Foreign Language Programs
8:30pm Napoléon: Bonaparte and the
Revolution (part 1) Wednesday, February 24
6pm Napoléon: Bonaparte and the
Revolution (part 2)
8pm Comme un Juif en France
/Being Jewish in France (part 1)
Thursday, February 25
6pm Comme un Juif en France
/Being Jewish in France (part 2)
8pm La Fille de Monaco /The Girl
From Monaco
Friday, February 26
7:30pm District B13