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The Last Mistress

2008-06-12T14:07:35Z

A new French historical film is coming out. The film is very historical, and very, er French
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/thelastmistress/trailer/

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Favorite Actors/Actresses?

2007-11-07T15:02:56Z

Vincent Cassel
Matthieu Kassovitz

Audrey Tautou
Marion Clotillard
Cathrine Frot

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Have you seen Molière?

2007-10-19T06:55:31Z

As a French native I was really really interested in this movie.
I personally really liked it, it's well done, a few things that could have been on a slower pace to develop like the "lust" or love from "Tarftuffe" to Elmire...but overall a very very good movie.
Romain Duris is excellent and of course Fabrice Luchini excels.
Bravo Laurent Tirard.
http://www.sonyclassics.com/moliere/
I cannot afford to go to the movies much but this was a winner and no I do not always opt for French movies.
So, what about you?
Sandrine.

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Godard and Le Petit soldat

2007-07-27T07:41:57Z

I liked this film. At the end I felt like it had seemed too objective and incoherent. But some context by a Godard expert put things in perspective. Godard was working out his personal ambiguities about the French-Algerian war. Also, Godard looked upon his films as attempts at films, as experiments. Why repeat what everyone else had been doing for 40 years. In that light, the film became something different. Once my expectations of how I should *feel* about a film changed, the experience of seeing Godard's film changed.

I like it.

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What about your favorite supporting actors/actresses (second rôles)

2007-07-04T07:48:28Z

Now, sometimes they are not only supporting but I would say:

-Jean Bouise
-Michel Bouquet
-Claude Rich

More to come, but what about you??

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When did the French New Wave begin?

2007-06-26T11:46:07Z

Recently I watched "Hiroshima mon Amour". I was expecting a small film and received a surprisingly large one. Great story and effective cinematography.

Supposedly, this Alain Resnais film was among the first in the French New Wave in 1959. Can this be so?

Also, the screenplay garnered many awards. What do others know about Marguerite Duras?

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La Moustache

2007-06-26T11:22:57Z

I can't get anyone to agree with me that's it's great. Anyone?

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Film title?

2007-06-23T09:46:18Z

In the summer of 2004, I was in LA and happened to see a *small* unpretentious French film about a gay high school student who is outed and the resulting fall out with his girlfriend, friends and family.

This was unpretentious yet very good film-making. Anyone know the title?

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I rented "Breathless" and "Ameile"

2007-06-21T10:48:37Z

What does everyone think of Jean Luc Godard's "Breathless"? I found his "Carmen" so boring and monotonous that it was the *first* movie which I ever walked out on in a movie theater. And this was after 20 minutes.

Is "Breathless", a supposed masterpiece, less monotonous?

And what do people think of "Amelie", which I have read reviews of, and I am unlikely to find "monotonous"?

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Social Sampler - a new social networking event

2007-05-11T08:31:03Z

Social Sampler

we have 4 conversation for talking about movies...

http://www.SocialSampler.com

Try something new... Meet someone new...
28 activities 7 rooms 6 hours 300 chairs 10,000 square feet
6 pm to 12 midnight Saturday May 26
$12 general - $6 Students with ID
each Fourth Saturday of the Month
Oakland Veterans Hall
200 Grand Avenue, Oakland CA 94610
info Scott (650) 326-6265
scottFNW@pway.com
Light refreshments. Large parking lot. Casual comfortable attire. All ages.
Average age 30. Average attendance 150 - 250.
A non alcohol event. Join, watch, or wander activities. several helpful hosts

CONVERSATION TABLES: Movies, Books, Relationships, Culture, Tech, Dining, Humor, Random Chat, Artists, Networking, Writers, Harry Potter, Pets, Weather, Vacations; DANCING: Waltz, Swing, Latin SOCIAL : Board games, Card games, Social games, Sing alongs, Script Read alouds, Costumers club, Toys, Food sampler

Conversation Tables
Each Conversation table has a different theme such as Movies, Books, Relationships, Culture, Tech, Dining, Humor, Random Chat, Artists, Networking, Writers, Harry Potter, Pets, Weather, and Vacations.

Each table has a deck of cards with a different topic on each card. Each card is turned over one at a time. People talk about the topic as they wish until everyone who wants to talk is finished. Then the next card is turned over. For example, for the Movie Table, topic cards include “Your favorite movie?” “Your favorite actor?” “Your worst movie experience?” “Your favorite theatre” “Your favorite movie snack?”. Similar topic cards decks are set on each conversation table. You may participate or just listen. You may join or leave any table at any time. There is a host at each table to answer questions.
Movies Table May 26 -a table each for Spiderman III, Shrek III, Pan's Labyrinth, movies in general.
Books Table Recent book discussion, writing, literature, business of authorship
Relationships Table Romance and Relationships discussion
Culture Table Symphony-dance-opera-ballet-theatre
Technology Table Technology, computers and science fiction
Dining Table cooking, fine dining, restaurant, food, cooking experiences
Humor Table Read Jokes, write cartoon captions
Random Chat Table There are 100 cards: "What was the oddest thing you have ever seen?""What is your worst hair day?" “What was your worst job experience?" "Most embarassing moment?"
Artists Exchange Table Exchange techniques, shows, art
Networking Table Business Networking: startups, marketing strategy, IPO, financing
The Writers Exchange Table mutual help for new writers and authors
Harry Potter Table movies, books and trivia
Pets Table cute pet stories, pet health
Vacations Table favorite vacations, budget vacations, dream vacations
Weather stories Table Everyone has interesting stories about weather. Blizzards, hurricanes, earthquakes, hail

Dancing
Waltz Dancing Dj music for Waltz, Polka, Congress of Vienna, Bohemian National Polka
Swing Dancing Dj music for Lindy, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Shag, Balboa, Blues dances
Latin Dancing Dj music for Salsa, cha cha, samba, mambo, bachata, cumbia dances

Games Room
Social games including charades, acronamatic, the question game, story time, WHAT IF? There are social board games in the room: pick up a social board game, select a table, and invite other to play with you. You may leave any game at any time. All games stop after 30 minutes so that everyone can try other games.

Board games including cranium, outburst, monopoly, Pictionary. There are social board games in the room: pick up a board game, select a table, and invite other to play with you. You may leave any game at any time. All games stop after 30 minutes so that everyone can try other games

Card games including Hearts, Holmes Card Game, Magic: Mamma Mia, other. There are many decks of cards and many specialty card decks. Pick out a game, select a table, invite others to join. You may leave any game at any time. All games stop after 30 minutes so that everyone can try other games.

Social Rooms

Toys
Legos, Tinker Toys, K’nex, Erector sets, modeling clay, group jigsaw puzzles, crossword puzzle. You are welcome to play with the toys and invite others to join you.

Script read-alouds
reading aloud scripts from TV, plays, movies, such as the Simpsons, Seinfeld, Friends, Mash, All in the Family, Hamlet, Shakespeare in Love,Buffy, Coupling, American Beauty. There are many scripts on the table. Pick one that you would like to read aloud. Select a table, invite others to join in. Everyone selects a character, and start reading aloud.

Food Sampler There is a different food sampler each Social Sampler. Some food sampler themes are ice creams, chocolates, coffees, potato chips, cookies. Odd Ice Creams with be sampled for May 26: Avacado, Buko (Baby Coconut), Ginger, Green Tea, Halo Halo (Buko, Langka, Ube, Pineapple, Mongo &Sweet Beans), Langka (also known as Jackfruit, a relative of the Fig), Lychee, Mango, Thai Tea, Sweet Coconut, and Ube (purple Yam).

Costumers Club activities include swap or sell fabric, clothing, or costumes' sewing circle talk; or meet potential new clients about new costumes, tuxes, or gowns; or finish a costume in a 'stitch and bitch' session. This is a group for costumers and seamstresses who make costumes, gowns, wedding dresses, and clothing for such events as Renaissance Faire, Dickens Faire, Science Fiction costume masquerade balls, Halloween balls and events, Sea of Dreams NYE, Anon Salon events, Costume cons, Belly Dancers outfits, Greater Bay Area Costume Group events, Art Deco's Gatsby picnic, Newport Week, San Francisco Waltzing Society, Friday Night Waltz New Year's Eve formal Waltz Balls, Peers and Gaskells formal balls.

Sing alongs
Sea Shanteys are songs traditionally sung by sailors to accompany and set the rhythm for certain kinds of heavy, repetitive work on board ship—raising and trimming the sails, raising the anchor, and working the pumps.

Musicals are the songs from musical plays and movies, such as Sound of Music, Grease, Singing in the Rain, Brigadoon, Hair, My Fair Lady, Oklahoma, Guys and Dolls.

Folk songs are just that: traditional folk songs

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Two free tickets for anti-corporate French film suggestions

2007-04-10T23:30:48Z

Amis,

We're in the process of putting together the program for The 2007 Anti-Corporate Film Festival (Oct. 19-21, www.countercorp.org), and are inviting cinema-savvy folks such as yourselves to recommend French (or Francophone) films that include some elements or themes on how corporations affect our lives.

These can include feature-length and short documentaries and narrative (fictional) film, as well as animation, experimental works, etc. — pretty much anything you can think of with the elements/themes mentioned above. The only caveat is that foreign-language films need to have English subtitles.

If we end up screening a film that you suggest, we'll give you TWO FREE TICKETS to *any* film at this year's festival. (If two people suggest the same film, the first suggestion we receive wins the tickets if we end up screening it.)

The fastest way to send us your suggestions is directly to the festival at submissions@countercorp.org. You can also post your suggestions in reply to this post, but our all-volunteer staff cannot check all of the Tribes we are members of every day (unlike e-mail).

Merci, and look forward to hearing your suggestions!

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Various films

2007-03-21T04:41:50Z

Has anyone seen "Hiroshima Mon Amour"? I read the book, and thought the movie was very very good, just watched it last night. Directed by Alain Resnais, who directed another film I was impressed with - "Nuit et Brouillard", a film about the Auschwitz concentration camp.

On a side note, has anyone seen the film "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not"? Avec Audrey Tatou. Bought it, but haven't watched it yet...

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looking for screenwriting partner

2007-02-11T17:52:54Z

as an agent for film distribution, i have -over the years- accumulated good contacts in the business. Time to use them more... personally (and creatively). I would like to find a screenwriting partner, and get a script ready for Cannes at the earliest, next AFM at the latest. I write about 5 script coverages a week, and my criticism of other people's scenarii has led me to face... continuous writer's block. I REALLY need the stimulation and inspiration a collaboration can provide. My first language is French, so i'm open to a French or English collaboration. We would only be able to meet in person a few days each month, and most of the collaboration would have to happen via phone or i.m. If you're interested, send me some info about yourself, including which movie (precisely or more vaguely) you would like to write, which films/ scripts have inspired you etc. Please do not contact me with an already finished script you're trying to place. Send all info directly to my tribe address (no need to respond to this post)

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Any one have seen "The Closet"

2007-02-06T15:32:09Z

With Daniel Auteuil and Gerard Depardieu????
It is a very sweet comedy and harsh at the same time about homophobia and stupidity...Personally i loved it :) Peace, Vero

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!!!CALL FOR ENTRIES!!!

2006-11-02T21:08:55Z

Entry Deadline: Febuary 1, 2007

The Delta International Film and VIdeo Festival is devoted to showcasing the work of independentt film and video artists. We are looking for work that exibits exceptional artistry, insight, and innovation in all categories and genres. We welcome submissions from established and emerging artists working in the United States and internationally. We also seek work made by students currently wnrolled in college or university. Cash Awards.
We at DIFVF belive that filmmaking is a profoundly unique phenomenon of cultural exploration and selff-expression. We wish to promote and give visibility to the art of filmmaking by celebrating and recognizing the work of outstanding filmmakers and video artists. We look forward to receiving your entry!

Text for Call

The Delta International Film and Video Festival
March 30-31, 2007
Cleveland, Mississippi
Entry Deadline: Febuary 1, 2007
www.difvf.com
662-846-4731----(Robyn Moore)
rmoore@deltastate.edu

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ne t'en fais pas, je vais bien

2006-09-27T13:48:55Z

SOmebody saw this movie???I would like to know if anyone saw it...it seems very emotional but i am not sure if i am ready to watch something where you cry your eyes off the whole time! thank you
Vero

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L'Enfant

2006-09-23T17:24:46Z

I just wrote this up on my film blog. I hope it's ok to re post it here... I loved L'Enfant and highly recommend it. It's subtle, but if you've seen the Dardenne brothers' films, then you know how they work. These guys are 3 for 4 at Cannes, I think.

In L'Enfant, a young couple struggles to keep it together when a newborn enters the picture. Shot, as were the brothers' previous films "Promesse" and "Rosetta" in a French city lost somewhere in the industrial past but home nonetheless to important family and social tradition, the film's genius can easily be overlooked and mistaken for the banal and trivial detail of a realist's take on daily life. A bicycle is ridden, stairs are climbed, a scooter takes a corner, a beer served. Or does or protagonist ride a bike, does he climb the same flight of apartment stairs, again and again, does he bank a scooter into the same street as if it's a street he knows as well as any other he's been confined to, a beer is served or a beer is requested and the bartender pours our customer another round.... French author of the Nouvelle Roman, Robbes-Grillet, created an art form perhaps similar to that of the Dardenne brothers. The films of Cinema Verite and Italian Neorealism were also attempts to approximate the Real while remaining within fiction. "As if" film-making.
But the Dardenne brothers have a take of their own though. It involves the affect and scene upon which the film has been made. L'Enfant was inspired by the sight of a young mother who frequently took her baby on walks near the filming of "The Son." The film-makers and crew noticed this woman, and in particular the troubled and abrupt manner in which she pushed the baby carriage in front of her. This scene, repeated every day, took on significance with each repetition, as if the repeating of it deepened its meaning while making it more obscure at the same time. The brothers decided to turn this into a film.
And so the it is that the kinds of impressions life makes on the these sibling film makers are the kinds of expressions on which their films are constructed. Stairs are not climbed, nor does a protagonist repeatedly climb the same stairs. Rather, the climbing of stairs is repeated. The drinking of beer. The riding of scooter through streets known. The Dardenne brothers had their actors do these things over and over so that they themselves would do them as if they lived in this town, under these circumstances, in this reality. Directing their actors to be present to the context, social and material, spatial and temporal, in color and in temperature, in their own physical experience, strikes me as a masterly approach not just to film making, or to acting, but to narration also. For the actors are now able to narrate the story in gesture, their actions becoming the indicative material of the film's narrative instead of story elements, plot points, and so on. And we from that we get an emotional reality, instead of a narrative reality, or the reality of event, action, situation. Emotional reality -- that is the reality of affect, the movement of feeling, mood, the intensity, pressure, the breaking point, anticipation, the muteness and explosiveness, of human experience. I don't know if these guys are alone in this particular technique. As a viewer I find it incredibly powerful.

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Film Production people in Paris

2006-08-27T15:57:28Z

Hey there, :-)

Are there any film production people in Paris? I am originally from Brooklyn, New York & am considering moving here permanently. I have been here since July 2006 & am here until October 2006.

Would like to connect with others who know how to connect with the labor market here. I am on the 5 line near La Villette & want to work. I have been in film production for 16 years as Production Designer for Rap/R&B music videos, though now I am a Writer-Director and have 2 short films under my belt (19 minutes & 29 minutes), as well as ftr-length scripts.

cypha21@optonline.net

Thanks in advance.... Hiali

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Bastille Day Bacchanal!

2006-06-27T07:16:33Z

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Drink, Dance, and celebrate ALL ZAT EES FRENCH!

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Le Petit Lieutenant

2006-04-06T17:13:52Z

I have an extra ticket ($8) to Le Petit Lieutenant at the SF Int'l Film Festival on 4/22 at 3:30 at the Kabuki.
Send me a pm if you want to buy it. We can meet there or we could meet earlier - I work downtown.

You can read the description of it here:
http://fest06.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=71

Woo hoo Int'l Film Festival! I can't wait. I have tickets to 3 French films.

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Any new film to recomend

2006-04-05T03:56:07Z

What about films that recently came out? What is a must-see?

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The 59th Cannes Film Festival will take place 17 - 28 May 2006.

2006-03-19T10:52:34Z

http://www.cannesguide.com/festival/

Is anybody going there this year.i justthought flying down there and do some photography.

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french film fest 2006 in NY

2006-03-11T15:12:36Z

hello,
the rendez-vous with french film 2006 has started. i'm blogging it on www.abhadawesar.com/blog.html feel free to add your comments

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The image of women

2006-03-10T06:20:41Z

I am currently studying French and have chosen to present an oral topic on the image/representation of women in french film. While I love watching french films I have little real knowledge of the subject. If anyone could give any advice as to specific images of women or particular films of interest I would be most grateful.

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favorite French flicks/directors

2006-02-18T08:25:13Z

Hands down, La Femme Nikita (1990) - the original version directed by Luc Besson.

A few others that trail right behind it are: Amelie, The Party (with Peter Sellers), The Professional (also by L. Besson), L'Ennui.

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Da Vinci Code

2006-01-18T11:28:54Z

do you think Audrey Tautou was a good choice for the role of Sophie?

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gem alert

2006-01-18T05:35:46Z

'Quand La Mer Monte' aka
'When The Sea Rises'
by Gilles Porte and Yolande Moreau.
www.NewYorkerFilms.com

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films set in certain states

2006-01-14T15:39:29Z

Hey Film Buffs,
On the American front, can anyone recommend a site that lists the States and the films that are associated with them? We did a film series on those dealing with New Orleans and I am researching other regions. Thanks.

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11/15 Happy Birthday Ozon

2005-12-01T07:26:02Z

François Ozon (born November 15th, 1967) is a French writer and director whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality.

He has recently achieved international acclaim for his films 8 femmes (2002) and Swimming Pool (2003).

François Ozon is considered to be one of the most important young French fllm directors in the new “New Wave” in French cinema such as Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Philippe Ramos, Yves Caumon.

Having studied directing at the French film school La Femis, Ozon made several short movies like Une robe d'été (1996) and Scènes de lit (1998) that already display his defining style.

His motion picture directing debut was Sitcom (also 1998), which was well-received both critically and by audiences.

After the Fassbinder adaption Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes (2000) came the movie which made him a name outside of France, 8 femmes, starring a dream team of such icons of French cinema as Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant, Isabelle Huppert, and Emmanuelle Béart. With its quirky mix of musical numbers and murder mystery and a production design harkening back to 1950s Hollywood melodramas such as the ones directed by Douglas Sirk, this film became a huge commercial success.

In 2003, Swimming Pool starring Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier was released, considered by Ozon a very personal film that gives insight into the difficult process of writing a novel or screenplay.

François Ozon is not particularly eager to label his sexuality, but he is generally considered to be gay. At any rate, gay or lesbian characters and plot elements are featured frequently in his works.

In 2004, he directed the movie 5x2. In 2005, he debuted his latest film "Le Temps Qui Reste" at various worldwide film festivals.

According to François Ozon himself, he will soon start working on an 'English period film'.

http://www.francois-ozon.com/

http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/04/ozon.html

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654830/

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the films of Catherine Breillat

2005-11-25T21:21:11Z

Hi, I have become fascinated by this film maker and would love to hear how others respond to her films. I find that she is expressing some things about women and women's sexuality that are pretty groundbreaking. "Anatomy of Hell" is right up there with Passolini's "Salo" as one of the edgiest films I ever saw.

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'Une hirondelle a fait le printemps'

2005-11-15T18:11:06Z

aka
'One Swallow Brought Spring'
aka
'The Girl From Paris'.
I've enjoyed this fine film again this time on DVD.
It stars Michel Serrault and Mathilde Sagnier.

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zero budget trash gore film made in France

2005-11-07T07:21:42Z

Last year I made a feature length film for five hundred euros in Lyon. I did as an attempt at self promotion but it really hasn't done to much in that direction yet. It can be downloaded here:
http://www.e-monsite.com/nihilocinoch/
any suggestions as to how to reach a larger audience would be apprieciated.

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God(dard)!

2005-08-12T16:38:24Z

Joined this tribe because I'm a big fan of French New Wave and I've noticed that there's very little (if nothing) about Jean-Luc Goddard. Recently, I viewed "A Band Of Outsiders" (although Tarrantino got the translation correct when he named his production company A Band Apart) and this, his seventh film, still delights and lifts the cinematic spirit high above the clouds of conventional filmmaking.

The scene where the three of them (I love you still, Anna Karina!) suddenly get up and dance The Madison is as cool a moment in motion picture history as when Travolta and Thurman get up and do the twist in "Pulp Fiction."

And the style this Goddard film has marked many an imitator; from Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise" to QT's "Reservoir Dogs." It's also somewhat obvious that in 1964, the year "A Band Apart" was released, The Beatles were also in love with Goddard's work and had Richard Lester emulate his "reporter" style camera work.

I'm interested to hear what Goddard films YOU are particularly fond of?

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Duras at SF Cinemateque

2005-07-27T22:03:17Z

Anyone going to this?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This Thursday marks the commencement of
TO MURDER THE CINEMA: VISIONS OF MARGUERITE DURAS
presented by San Francisco Cinematheque.
This series will screen at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Thursdays May
26, June 2 and June 9. For the complete description of the entire series,
please visit http://www.sfcinematheque.org/programs.shtml#325

A prolific writer, Marguerite Duras (1914-1996) first made her mark in
cinema when she wrote HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (1959) for Alain Resnais. In the
mid 1960s she began to direct due to her dissatisfaction with the cinematic
adaptations others made of her texts. Her films, like her writings, are rent
with the violence of desire and shaped by her critical and innovative
approach to form and voice. Rarely screened in the United States, Duras¹
work hasn¹t shown in the Bay Area since her death. Cinematheque¹s
three-evening series is presented with the generous assistance of the
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères Français and the Consulate General of
France in San Francisco.

TO MURDER THE CINEMA
VISIONS OF MARGUERITE DURAS
program 1:
7:30 pm - NATALIE GRANGER
9:00 pm - MARGUERITE, A RELECTION OF HERSELF
(each program ticketed separately)

NATALIE GRANGER (1972) is a story of two women (Jeanne Moreau and Lucia
Bosé) who worry about a daughter¹s violent behavior at school, listen to
radio accounts of a murderer at large, and are visited by a traveling
washing-machine salesman (Gérard Dépardieu). Less formally experimental than
later works, it refuses conventional narrative payoffs and powerfully evokes
the emotional bonds between the two women and the tensions which pervade
their off-screen world. The hour-long MARGUERITE, A REFLECTION OF HERSELF
(2002) is an eloquent portrait of Duras by her collaborator and editor
Dominique Auvray. It incorporates a rich array of archival materials from
Duras¹ childhood in what is now Vietnam and throughout her long career as
both writer and filmmaker.

WHERE:
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission Street (at Third)

ADMISSION:
$7 general
$4 Cinematheque members, seniolrs, students (w.ID)
advance tickets: 415-978-ARTS
each program ticketed separately
--------------------------------
TO MURDER THE CINEMA: VISIONS OF MARGUERITE DURAS continuesŠ
June 2: INDIA SONG
June 9: LES ENFANTS and shorts
(for advance tickets call 415-978-ARTS)
--------------------------------
www.sfcinematheque.org

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French History through FIlm

2005-07-15T06:28:04Z

So I teach high school French, and this year I decided to show movies in order from pre-history through modern time. So far I showed The Real Eve from Discovery Channel, showing how people migrated, etc, to show the migration of languages. After that I showed a (really boring) documentary about the Caves of Lascaux. With each time period, I have the students make posters illustrating something from that time. Anyway, now we're on the early middle ages, Gaul, Roman Empire, etc, and the only thing I could think of was Gladiator- just so they could get a feel for the time period.

So for Charlamagne or Clovis- can anyone think of any movies I could show? I'd do a movie or a documentary, either one. After Charlamagne I'll show one of the Joan of Arc films, then I was thinking Man int he Iron Mask, Three Musketeers, then something on the Revolution, Les Miserables, something on Napoleon, WWI (VEry klong Engagement should be on DVD by then) WWII (Au Revoir les Enfants) then Indochine and something modern. So any ideas for any of the time periods?

I hope this is coherent. lol

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Anatomie de l'enfer

2005-07-14T03:35:20Z

I am curious about your points of view on that one... I don't quite get C. Breillat's world...

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Ma mère * Spoiler *

2005-07-14T03:29:26Z

It is the first movie by Christophe Honore I get to see but it is not encouraging. Of course there is some fabulous acting by Isabelle Hupert but this movie seems only to exist to shock the audience.
*** spoiler ***

This should be enough to describe the movie:
Masturbation, domestic violence, adultery, female and male full nudity, graphic sex, voyeurism, sadomasochism, suicide, coprophagy, exhibitionism, incest, and some more masturbation.

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The 4th Sacramento French Film Festival is coming soon!

2005-06-21T00:12:29Z

The 4th Sacramento French Film Festival is coming soon!

Location: Crest Theatre in Downtown Sacramento
Dates: July 15-17 & July 23-24, 2005

LES FILMS

Read program details online here: http://afdesacramento.org/filmfest

The exciting film selection will bring you the best of contemporary French cinema with Sacramento premieres of award winning films from the new generation of French filmmakers, including all the major winners of the 2005 César, the French Academy Awards.

Opening Film, Friday July 15

Quand La Mer Monte... (When The Sea Rises...) by Yolande Moreau & Gilles Porte, César 2005 for Best First Feature Film and Best Actress for Yolande Moreau, a wonderful atypical love story.
Closing Film Sunday July 24

De Battre Mon Coeur S'Est Arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) by Jacques Audiard, one of the most critically acclaimed French films of 2005, a memorable character study about a young man torn between a life of crime and classical music.
Midnight Movies

Anatomie de l'Enfer (Anatomy of Hell) by Catherine Breillat (July 16)
Demonlover by Olivier Assayas (July 23)
New Films

L'Esquive (Games of Love & Chance) by Abdel Kechiche (July 16-17), César 2005 for Best Film of the year and Best Screenplay.
A La Petite Semaine (Nickel & Dime) by Sam Karmann (July 16-17), a typically French thriller/comedy.
Rois et Reine (Kings & Queen) by Arnaud Desplechin (July 16-17), César 2005 for Best Actor for Mathieu Amalric.
Clean by Olivier Assayas (July 23-24) with Maggie Cheung (Best actress at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival) and Nick Nolte.
Crustacés et Coquillages (Côte d'Azur) by Olivier Martineau & Jacques Ducastel (July 23-24), a witty gay comedy with musical interludes.
Classic Films of the "policier" genre

The 2005 classic selection will take you on a time travel through the rich history of French film noirs and thrillers.

Police by Maurice Pialat (1985) (July 16-17)
Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (Hands Off The Loot) by Jacques Becker (1947) (July 16-17)
L. 627 by Bertrand Tavernier (1992) (July 23-24)
Quai des Orfèvres by Henri-Georges Clouzot (1946) (July 23-24)

PLEASE NOTE: You received this email because you told us previously that you were interested in information about the Sacramento French Film Festival. We NEVER sell our email lists or information, and only use them to tell you about the Festival. You can change your information by going to the link at the bottom of this email.

LES NOUVELLES (new in 2005)

The Festival is not only about great films, it is also a terrific place to have fun, enjoy excellent food, and drink good French wine and beer!
Our traditional and popular catered Opening Night Reception with open bar and live music will launch the Festival at 6pm on Friday July 15th in the lobby of the Crest.
For the first time this year, the Saturday Midnight Screenings will include an Early Breakfast of coffee and pastries, following the screening.
Another new event will be our Closing Catered Champagne Party on Sunday July 24th in the lobby of the Crest.
For the first time this year, Sacramento artists' short films with a "French flavor" will be shown together with French short films.
And last but not least, the 2005 SFFF will have a special guest, Michel Alexandre, screenwriter of L. 627 and director of the short Midi A Sa Porte both of which will be screened at this year's Festival.

LES BILLETS (tickets)

Single Tickets - $9 / $8 for Alliance Française and French Club Members, Seniors, Students.

Full Pass - (access to all the films and to the Opening Night Reception): $60

Film Pass - (access to all the films): $35

Opening Night Pass - (access to the Opening Night Reception and film Quand La Mer Monte...): $35

Closing Night - (Access to the film De Battre Mon Coeur S'est Arrêté and closing party): $12

Includes 3 hours validated parking at the 10th and L Street garage.

All films are presented in French with English subtitles. Show times will be announced shortly, stay tuned.

For more information about the films, the show times and to buy advance passes: www.afdesacramento.org/filmfest or call the Alliance Française at 916.453.1723.

A Bientot!

Cécile Mouette Downs
Executive & Artistic Director
Sacramento French Film Festival

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Fin août, début septembre

2005-06-14T05:11:48Z

Late August, Early September (1998)

Late August, Early September (1998)

Olivier Assayas created a wonderful movie about emotions about feelings, love friendship and death. How can he develop so many multidimensional characters in just one movie, show such a complexity of emotions? We are far from the mediocre habitual (French) movie that piles up betrayal and flat pretty faces. Maybe because the places, the light are familiar to me, it all feel so real, the situations are realistic and the characters exist outside the field of the camera.
Beautiful music by Ali Farka Touré and amongst an excellent cast, Virginie Ledoyen performs like we could never have suspected from her mediocre acting in 'The Beach' or 'Bon Voyage'
Most people will not like that movie but this is the best I have seen this year.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167925/

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louis malle retrospective in ny

2005-06-08T09:30:04Z

hi all, there's a retrospective of louis malle's films starting later this month in NY. you can find details (including a review) on my blog
www.abhadawesar.com/blog.html

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Ma femme est une actrice

2005-06-06T00:48:57Z

Just saw this film... Yvan Attal and Charlotte Gainsbourg are amazing in it.

Highly recommended! :)

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A. Resnais : Pas sur la bouche

2005-05-25T00:46:39Z

or 'Not on the lips'...

It's funny,silly and theatrical

with Sabine Azema. Pierre Arditi, Audrey Tautou, Lambert Wilson and many more...

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pas_sur_la_bouche/

Enjoy cucu-ism !

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La Petite Voleuse

2005-03-17T06:05:39Z

I saw this many years ago and still remember it well. A young Charlotte Gainsbourg really impressed me, so I plan on seeing it again soon when I buy it on tape or DVD.

Anyone else like this film?

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Cinema Minima is looking for a Cannes Correspondent

2005-03-16T03:02:24Z

Cinema Minima is looking for a Cannes Correspondent

Read all about it: http://www.cinemaminima.com/2005/03/15.php#a5818

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French Cinema 2005 BLOG

2005-03-14T07:06:36Z

Hello, If you're attending the Rendez Vous with French Cinema 2005 going on right now at Lincoln Center then you can post your comments on the films or read about them on my blog
http://www.abhadawesar.com/blog.html

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Love, Math and Sex

2005-03-04T00:03:51Z

Anyone seen 'C'est la tangente que je préfère', a.k.a. 'Love, Math & Sex'? Really good film from '97 starring Julie Delarme. Go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115797/ if you need more info, but it really is a good one.

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Triplets of Belleville

2005-02-06T07:33:34Z

What did you think about this movie?
I haven't seen it yet.
My roommate says it is weird in a French way yet sweet and good.

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Das Rad - Rocks - Animation Short from Germany

2005-01-11T03:03:38Z

An amazing animation short. Arte used to play a lot of stuff like this through SNARK, which lasted for the 2 first years.... :(

Anyways you can find more here:

http://www.dasrad.com/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330801/

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Les Choristes

2005-01-11T01:24:40Z

Don't miss it if you get a chance!
http://www.leschoristes-lefilm.com/

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A Very Long Engagement

2005-01-07T17:22:51Z

(Repost)
Even after more than two hours of busy story telling that never felt long to me, the movie is still an abbreviated version of the book. Jeunet can be forgiven many short cuts required by the medium and the necessity to appeal to his target audience.
Less obvious to explain are the many deviations from the original story. Gone is the snow and the cold, also Mathilde Paintings. Although a romanticized Brittany is a an excellent cinematographical choice, Japrisot warned us against the misunderstanding of ‘Cap Breton ’in his book. Gone are a lot of characters including Mathilde and Manex real and adoptive Parents. Mainy changes includes Mathilde debilitating infirmity, but what is definitely missing from this story is the duration, the long wait and the story feels more like a well ran investigation than a painful and agonizing search.
Like the above mentioned simplifications, Jeunet compromise and attenuate the pain and the suffering, the gore of the original story. The blood and guts have the artistic quality of an A. Kurosawa rather than the shock of a Q. Tarantino or T. Miike. The exaggerated use of sepia with only brief relief of B&W documentary-like scenes is too blunt. With few exceptions the many characters are of single dimension.

Jeunet attention to subtle details will remind you of Amelie. I laughed however when the schoolgirl Mathilde carries a resembling but actually anachronistic school bag. (it is an Italian 'Il Bisonte' brief case). Many actor have brilliant but frustratingly brief performances, to name a few: Gaspard Ulliel/Manex (Strayed) Denis Lavant (Tuvalu/Les amants du pont Neuf) Marion Cotillard -as a convincing Tina- (Jeux d'enfant) and a Jodie Foster more French than any other character.

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Kieslowski

2004-12-01T14:28:44Z

The three colors are now on DVD ---

I find myself watching BLUE over and over again ---Binoche is breathtaking and Kieslowski ... well I can't think of a film i feel is technically better –the simple camera tricks and cool camera moves --- the production design is perfect --- the lighting powerful...

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My Life on Ice (2003) (USA)

2004-11-30T20:55:55Z

Ma vraie vie à Rouen (2002)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304363/
It is a movie you can both love and hate. Definitely not a movie that is not easy to recommend. You have to endure long amateurish scenes as they are too realistically filmed. Like in Gus Van Sant's Elephant you are given the illusion to experience life from the point of view of a teenager.

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Au Revoir Les Enfants

2004-11-18T19:22:14Z

Did anyone else see this one? I saw it in French class many years ago and still remember how much I liked it! :)

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Appartement

2004-11-16T15:42:55Z

Has anyone seen this movie? I was confused by the end, the story wasn't that compliated but somehow in the end I was completely lost...

Vincent Cassel, Monica Belucci, mid 90's film

I IMDB'd it but didn't really help, seems like everyone is a little lost in the end.

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Hansel and Gretel?

2004-11-10T21:06:04Z

Has anyone seen a French film that is sort of a modern version (quite twisted) of Hansel and Gretel (it is not the Dutch film, Grimm). As I recall, Gretel is a cheerleader who gets her football player boyfriend (Hansel) to kill a male classmate and then when they go to bury the body in the woods, they end up at the 'witch's house' - a weird old man. I won't ruin it for those who have not seen it. I can't remember the name of it. Anyone?

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la pianiste

2004-10-17T22:25:37Z

is anyone a FAN of the piano teacher (en anglais)?
It has been called "the new frnech cinema"
i thought it to be extremely wondrously pushing, moving and artsy
it's one of my favorites.
and any other films along the same lines of this risque artistic film?
xo

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Comme Une Image

2004-10-17T19:17:20Z

Great film I just saw... won best scenario at Cannes this year:

Lolita Cassard, vingt ans, en veut au monde entier, parce qu'elle ne ressemble pas aux filles des magazines, et aimerait tellement se trouver belle, au moins dans le regard de son père, trouver son regard tout simplement.

Etienne Cassard regarde peu les autres, parce qu'il se regarde beaucoup lui-même et qu'il se sent vieillir.

Pierre Miller, un écrivain, doute de ne jamais rencontrer le succès, jusqu'au moment où il rencontre Etienne Cassard.

Sylvia Miller, un professeur de chant, croit en son mari, en son talent, mais doute du sien et de celui de son élève Lolita, jusqu'au moment où elle se rend compte qu'elle est la fille d'Etienne Cassard, cet auteur qu'elle admire tant.

C'est l'histoire d'êtres humains qui savent très bien ce qu'ils feraient s'ils étaient à la place des autres mais qui ne se débrouillent pas très bien à la leur, qui la cherchent tout simplement.

***********

Lolita Cassard, 20 years old, is angry at the entire world because she doesn't ressemble the girls in the fashion magazines, would like to be beautiful, beautiful in her father's eyes or atleast get her father's attention.

Etienne Cassard doesn't really pay attention to anyone because he's too busy looking at himself and feeling himself age.

Pierre Miller, a writer, thinks that he will never know what succes feels like until the moment he meets Etienne Cassard.

Sylvia Miller, a voice professor, believes in her husband and his talent but doubts the intentions of her student, Lolita, until the day she finds out she is the daugher of Etienne Cassard, an author she admires.

This is a story about people who know what they would do in someone elses shoes but in their own but they have no idea what they are doing in their own.

*****

Character developement a la francaise. I really enjoyed this movie because it's faithful to human nature.

Enjoy ....

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'Le Cercle Rouge'

2004-10-14T03:46:09Z

just saw the criterion release and this wonderful film for the very first time.
Don't miss it if you haven't had the pleasure.
'Le Cercle Rouge' by Melville and starring Yves Montand and Alain Delon.

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Indochine

2004-10-01T18:19:54Z

Long, but *OH *MON*DIEU* I love this movie. Thoughts?

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Les Valseuses.

2004-09-26T05:38:44Z

I just found out that Bertrand Blier (1974) Les Valseuses / Going Places is on DVD (Region 1 /USA)
I am going to ask Netflix to get it I encourage you to do the same.
Dewaere, Depardieu and of course Jeanne Moreau, to name a few.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072353/

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Intimate Strangers

2004-09-13T23:13:12Z

Just saw this in the theatre, last night--very good film--highly recommend it--mature and sophisticated (i.e. a rather novel film).

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Maurice Pialat retrospective at Lincoln Center's Walter Reede Theatre NYC

2004-09-01T16:08:37Z

For all those who can attend, its certainly worth it. Some of these films are rarely seen or shown and they are all powerful films by an incredibly underappreciated international talent.
For more infor visit the Walter Reede website or visit filmcomment.com

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'Murmer Of The Heart'

2004-08-25T07:25:44Z

An exceptional treatment of that subject matter.

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'Jeanne And The Perfect Guy'

2004-08-25T07:24:05Z

aka as
'Jeanne Et Le Garcon Formidable' is a lovely entertainment.
I especially recommend it to the ladies. Don't even consider missing it.
The creators of 'Jeanne...'
have a new one out on DVD.
Can anyone recommend it?

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American remakes of French movies

2004-08-22T04:46:48Z

Can you name French movies that have been remade Hollywood-style?

A few examples:

- Nikita (don't remember the name of the american version)
- La cage aux folles (The Birdcage)
- Mon pere, ce heros (My father, the hero)
- L'Homme qui aimait les Femmes (Blame it on Rio) (no need to see this one)
- Trois hommes et un couffin (Three men and a baby) (French version is awesome and was a social phenomenon in France)
- La Chevre (Pure Luck) (don't bother)
- Un indien dans la ville (Jungle 2 Jungle) OH, my god!!!

any others come to mind?

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Friday Night

2004-08-22T02:50:06Z

Has anyone seen "Friday Night" yet? I was entranced, but another woman who saw it with me was bored and didn't like it at all. If you saw it, what was your experience like?

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'Intimate Strangers'

2004-08-21T04:47:28Z

Wound up falling in love with 'Intimate Strangers'by Patrice Leconte.
The male lead stole the film.

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check this out

2004-08-04T20:41:41Z

http://www.immortel-lefilm.com

It's based on a triptic graphic novel by Enki Bilal (The Master) called "The Nikopol Trilogy".

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Strayed / Les Égarés

2004-07-01T14:31:52Z

Strayed / Les Égarés(2003) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0329111/
With Emmanuelle Béart, André Téchiné (Director), Philippe Sarde (Music) ,Agnès Godard (Cinematography)
This is another French movie after the forgettable "Bon Voyage" that relates the debacle caused by the invading German troops in 1940 France. This movie is also about the behavior of the displaced rather than the almost invisible Germans. In my humble opinion the value of this movie is in the Cinematography, the Music and an impeccable performance by Emanuelle Beart. She is beautiful Actress no doubt, but I have never seen her realize her potential as in she does here in the character of an overwhelmed mother.
The 20-year-old Gaspard Ulliel (in Brotherwood of the wolf / Le pacte des loups) is an actor we will see again.

Un autre film Francais qui, comme le pietre "Bon Voyage" se situe pendant la debacle de 1940. Ici non plus le centre d'interet est le comportement des deracines et non pas les Allemands quasiment invisible. Pour moi la valeur de ce film se tiens dans la photographie, la musique et l'excellente performance d' Emanuelle Beart. Elle est belle certe, mais jamais n'a porte a fruition son potentiel comme dans ce role d'une mere debordee par les evenements.
Gaspard Ulliel, 20 ans (in Brotherwood of the wolf / Le pacte des loups) est un acteur a suivre.

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Cannes

2004-05-14T06:14:01Z

lots going on this year, anyone going, or at least following the proceedings? with the strikes and Moore's new film, there's already a lot of energy...

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Le Divorce

2004-05-14T06:12:42Z

Has anyone else seen this. It's not a French movie it's American I think. But it is set in France and has a lot of French included. I enojoyed it, don't watch it if you want something upbeat however. It is about a sister (Naomi Watts) who moved to Paris and married her lover. Her sister (Kate Hudson) comes to visit her just in time for her husband to walk out on her and their daughter (who is around 7). The remainder of the story is about French customes, how they veiw Divorce, what the women can't do but the man can in France after a divorcce. I was suprised. They do speak a good amount of French, but there is also a balance of American Humor. Good movie all around.
Anyone else have any thoughts?

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not entirely French but fab

2004-03-03T03:27:36Z

Has anyone else seen The Five Senses??? It's a little older, maybe nineties or eighties... not that that's old but whatever... anyway. One of the characters is French so SOME of the dialogue is in French. There's also a smattering of Italian in it, but none of that is subtitled. In any case it's a truly wonderful film. I got so wrapped up on the characters that I was still kinda worried about one of them when the movie was done. So if you haven't seen it yet, rent it as soon as you can. I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't enjoy it.

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