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French/German Languages Search

New York’s preeminent STEM school wishes to expand its French and German language programs with one person, qualified in both. Teacher certification required. Candidates should email their resumes by May 31 to Ernest Oliveri, Asst. Principal of World Languages, Stuyvesant High School, New York City. Eoliver2@schools.nyc.gov

Music Box Films is proud to announce the release of THE GUARDIANS, the intimate new drama from the Of Gods and Men director Xavier Beauvois, adapted from the acclaimed novel by Ernest Pérochon and nominated for four César awards. Starring Nathalie Baye, Laura Smet and newcomer Iris Bry, THE GUARDIANS depicts the unsung lives of women who are left behind to work a family farm during the Great War.

A selection of The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Rendez Vous with French Cinema and the Toronto International Film Festival, THE GUARDIANS is scheduled to open in New York on Friday, May 4, 2018 followed by a national roll out.

An affecting human drama of love, loss, and resilience unfolds against the backdrop of World War I. The women of the Paridier farm, under the deft hand of Hortense, the family's matriarch (Nathalie Baye,) must grapple with the workload while the men, including two sons, are off at the front. Hortense reluctantly brings on an outsider, the hard-scrabble teenage orphan,

Internationally renowned dramatist, novelist, and director Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt stars in this theatrical adaptation of his beloved novella Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran.

Set in Paris in the 1960s, the play tells the story of Moses, a wayward teen whose distant father is haunted by memories of the Holocaust. When he's caught stealing from Monsieur Ibrahim’s neighborhood shop, Moses develops an unlikely friendship with the Sufi shopkeeper.

As funny as it is poignant, this touching coming-of-age story has been performed in more than twenty-two countries, published in thirty-nine languages, and taught in countless schools. Actor Omar Sharif won a César and a Lion d’Or for his role in the Golden Globe-nominated 2004 film adaptation. For one night only in New York, see the tale brought back to life by its very own author.

“A stylistic gem, sparkling with emotion and humor.”
—Télérama

In French with English supertitles