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BON VOYAGE
Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Director
7:30 PM, Thursday, February 22, 2007, 114 min
Speaker: Dr. Frank Casa
From The Internet Movie Database
Director Jean-Paul Rappeneau is noted for long absences between films. Since 1990's "Cyrano de
Bergerac", he has made only one other film, "The Horseman on the Roof" (1995). His latest, "Bon
Voyage", reflects eight years of meticulous preparation. It is a beautifully crafted film with a
star-studded cast, directed with a lightness of touch.
Reviews:
Chicago Sun-Times
The New York Times
The Rolling Stone
LES POUPEES RUSSES
Cédric Klapisch, Director
7:30 PM, Friday, February 23, 2007, 125 min
Speaker: Dr. John Bruns
From The Internet Movie Database
Xavier is now thirty. No longer a
student, he is not yet a well-balanced, fullfiiled adult either. His career is unsatisfying: far from being
the renowned novelist he aimed to be he must be content with little jobs such as reporter or ghost
writer. His greatest "achievement" in "literature" is his collaboration to the
script of a corny TV soap! His sentimental life is not much better, rhythmed by one night stands and
unfinished romances. It looks as if when he seduces a woman beautiful outside and inside such as
Kassia or Wendy he can't keep them. Will he ever bring his life into focus?
Reviews:
New York Times
Los Angeles Times
The Village Voice
UN LONG DIMANCHE DE FIANÇAILLES
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Director
7:30 PM, Saturday, February 24, 2007, 133 min
Speaker: Julia Burden
From The Internet Movie Database
Five desperate men shoot themselves
in order to be relieved from the horrifying frontline at the Somme, in WWI. A court-martial decides to
punish them by leaving them alone in no-man's land, to be killed in the crossfire. Then all hell breaks
loose and they all die. Or not? One of these men's fiancée, a young girl who can't walk since
age 3, receives information that makes her suspect her boyfriend might have gotten away alive. So
she embarks in a painful, long and often frustrating ordeal to find out the
truth.
Reviews:
Chicago Sun-Times
Los Angeles Times
The Rolling Stone
San Francisco Chronicle
LE GRAND VOYAGE
Ismael Ferroukhi, Director
5:00 PM, Sunday, February 25, 2007, 108 min
From The Internet Movie Database
Reda, summoned to accompany his father on a pilgrimage to Mecca, complies reluctantly - as he
preparing for his baccalaureat and, even more important, has a secret love relationship. The trip
across Europe in a broken-down car is also the departure of his father: upon arrival in Mecca, both
Reda and his father are not the characters they were at the start of the movie. Avoiding the
hackneyed theme of the return to the homeland, the film uses the departure to renew a connection
between two generation.
Reviews:
Guardian/Observer
BBCi-Films
San Francisco Chronicle
LE CHIGNON D'OLGA
Jerôme Bonnell, Director
7:30 PM, Sunday, February 25, 2007, 96 min
From the Guardian
The benign spirit of Eric Rohmer hovers over this charming and sweet-natured debut feature from
26-year-old Jérôme Bonnell. Julien (Hubert Benhamdine) and Emma (Florence Loiret) are
brother and sister, affected in ways they still have not acknowledged by the recent death of their mother.
Reviews:
DVD Times
BBCi-Films
The Guardian
Villiage Voice
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