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From Script to Screen:
Conversations on Contemporary French Cinema

Past Events

Winter 2005

Thursday, November 10
Screening of Holy Lola, a new film by director Bertrand Tavernier
7 p.m., Cubberley Auditorium (School of Education).

Holy Lola is the story of a young couple, Pierre and Geraldine, and their desire for a child. This desire leads them on a journey of initiation to Cambodia, on the other side of the world. A difficult and extraordinary adventure begins for them, one that takes them from orphanage to orphanage, brings them face to face with French and Cambodian authorities and awakens them to the reality of human trafficking. There are also the jealousies and mistrust of a small community of would-be adoptive parents, united by circumstance, to contend with. But these people also help and support each other. The quest leads Pierre and Geraldine to confront their fears and egotism. They break apart, grow close together again and are forever transformed by the experience.

Sponsored by the Film and Media Studies Program in the Department of Art and Art History, the DLCL Research Unit, and the French Ministry. Please contact Kristine Samuelson for more information.

Events 2004-2005

February, 22-March 1, 2005: From Script to Screen II

Read the press release with detailed descriptions of each film.

Part I: France: Myths and Reality – Documentaries by Nicolas Philibert

Tuesday, February 22
Screening of Être et avoir (To Be and To Have), followed by a discussion with director Nicolas Philibert.
Wednesday, February 23
"Visions of Films," an interview of Nicolas Philibert by Kristine Samuelson and Cécile Alduy, followed by a screening and discussion of his film Le Pays des Sourds (Land of the Deaf).

Part II: Conversations on Contemporary French Cinema with Arnaud Desplechin

Monday, February 28

Reception with Arnaud Desplechin.

Screening of Leo en jouant dans la compagnie des hommes (Leo Playing "In the Company of Men") and discussion with director Arnaud Desplechin.
Tuesday, March 1

A Roundtable on Contemporary French Cinema: Seminar with Arnaud Desplechin, followed by "The French Cultural Exception," a lecture by Jean-Michel Frodon, Editor in Chief of the Cahiers du Cinema.

WEST COAST PREMIERE of Rois et reine (Kings and Queen), introduced by Jean-Michel Frodon, Editor in Chief of the Cahiers du Cinema, followed by a discussion with director Arnaud Desplechin.

All films are in French with English subtitles.

Fall Quarter Event

Wednesday, November 3
Screening of Cyrano de Bergerac, followed by a discussion with film director Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 6-9 p.m., Cubberley Auditorium. Co-sponsored by Unifrance and the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, as part of their series “On Set With French Cinema” (http://www.onsetwithfrenchcinema.com); and by the Department of French and Italian.

For more French films in the Bay Area, please visit the Alliance Française.

Events 2003-2004

April 26-30, 2004
From Script to Screen, with special guests Laura Truffaut, Serge Toubiana (director of the Cinémathèque française), and Pascal Bonitzer.
Screenings:
L’Homme qui aimait les femmes, in homage to François Truffaut
Friday night, a film by Claire Denis
WEST COAST PREMIERE of Petites Coupures, with film director Pascal Bonitzer