Events

Thursday, June 10, 2010 (4)

Jun 10, 2010
May 28, 2010
Friday

  • "Mademoiselle Chambon" opens on 05/28 in NY

  • May 28, 2010 at 10:00am to Jun 10, 2010 at 3:00pm
  • Location: Lincoln Plaza Cinemas
  • Description: “An emotionally incandescent love story.” – New York PostFrom director Stéphane Brizé (I Am Not Here To Be Loved, Among Adults), an elegant, moving tale of an unexpected romance between a married man (Vincent Lindon) and his son’s homeroom teacher (Sandrine Kiberlain, Lindon’s real-life ex-wife) — and their attempt to keep their desires from turning into a full-blown affair.Opens May 28 at New York’s Lincoln Plaza Cinemas and Cinema VillageFrance, 2009, 101 minutesIn French with English subtitles
  • Created by: Kino Lorber
June 1, 2010
Tuesday

  • CinemaTuesdays: The Radiance and Wit of Sylvie Testud

  • Jun 1, 2010 at 8:30am to Jun 29, 2010 at 5:30pm
  • Location: Florence Gould Hall
  • Description: FIAF explores the career of Sylvie Testud, one of the most innovative modern French actresses. Best known to American audiences from her roles in La vie en Rose and Murderous Maids, she has twice won the César Award for Best Actress and is a celebrated author and director. FIAF is honored to welcome Testud on June 15 to talk about her film career and present Sagan, directed by Diane Kurys. The film earned Testud unanimous praise for her hauntingly accurate portrayal of writer Françoise Sagan.Screening Schedule12:30, 4 & 7:30pm unless otherwise specifiedJune 1: KarnavalJune 8: Murderous MaidsJune 15: Sagan (12:30 & 4pm)June 15: Actress Sylvie Testud presents Sagan (7pm)June 22: La FranceJune 29: The CaptiveFIAF members free; non-members $10; students $7 w/ IDFor more information: http://www.fiaf.org/french%20film/spring2010/2010-06-ct-sylvie-testud.shtmlSpecial OfferPresent your ticket and receive a 15% discount on your bill at Bistro 60 (37 E 60 St). Valid on date printed on ticket.
  • Created by: Jennifer Kutsher
June 7, 2010
Monday

  • Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless

  • Jun 7, 2010 to Jun 14, 2010
  • Location: Film Forum
  • Description: Showtimes: 1:00, 2:50, 4:40, 6:30, 8:20, 10:10(1960) “To become immortal. And then...die." Lip-stroking pug Jean-Paul Belmondo’s on the run, shooting cops and stealing cars — as well as cash from the handbag of thickly-Iowa-accented, Herald Tribune-hawking girlfriend Jean Seberg; with the typically Gallic undertone of femmes vs. hommes as the couple engage in boudoir philosophy, staring contests, sous blanket tussles, and plenty of le smoking. Erstwhile Cahiers du Cinéma critic Godard’s début feature turned a sketchy outline from critical confrère François Truffaut into one of the benchmarks of the New Wave, seemingly reinventing the cinema itself, and immediately rocketing Belmondo (in his ninth film) and Seberg (here beginning her European eminence following two Preminger flops in a row) to world stardom, and beginning Godard’s decade of supreme hipness, of seemingly compulsive, and often outrageous innovation. The pace is non-stop — a better translation of the title is “out of breat
  • Created by: Quentin Jouberton
June 10, 2010
Thursday

  • French Language Workshop: Fashion Undressed

  • Jun 10, 2010 from 9:00am to 11:00am
  • Location: FIAF Language Center
  • Description: With the new Prêt-à-porter workshop, students are introduced to famous designers and their latest styles while learning key tricks of the trade to optimize the Paris shopping experience. The workshop will provide an in-depth look at fashion vocabulary, the differences between US and French sizes, the best sales and bargain hunting techniques abroad, and the latest trends in French fashion.• June 10 – (conducted in French and English) 1pm–3pm• Price: $50 workshop
  • Created by: Jennifer Kutsher