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Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2009 Cinema French with Rendez-Vous

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The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance

The 14th edition of America’s leading contemporary French film showcase premieresociety intimate of Lincoln new Center works andand IimpressiveFC Center. debuts from the crème de la crème of French directors. Filmmakers and special guests on stage! Screening at The Film S

OPENING NIGHT m | 2008 | 120 b l i c U.S. Premiere e p u a r r a t ie r h R 36 / FaubourgB /Cz e c 36 Ch r is t o p h e e r m a n y érard Jugnot) leads a movement c e /G G Fr a n Encouraged by the electoral victories of The Popular is Front, Pigoil (comedian Paris 36 to turn his threadbare ’30s music hall into a cooperative in - which everyone, from the actors to the stagehands, has a stake. His success hinges on a new act, the velvet-voiced chanteuse Douce (Nora Arnezeder). Filled with stunning$15 m ember camera movements and magnificent sets, public a loving,enoir, knowing Jacques homage Becker, to the and pre-war Marcel cinemaPagnol. ofNew$20 Jean R comer Arnezederony Pictures is surely Classics the Frenchrelease. revelation of the year. A S Alice Tully Hall

Thursday, March 5, 8:00 pm at U.S. Premiere North American Premiere New York Premiere U.S. Premiere North American Premiere North American Premiere 35 Shots of Rum / 35 Rhums Bellamy / Mesrine Part 1 / Stella Villa Amalia Cl a i r e De n i s | Fr a n c e /Ge r m a n y | 2008 | 100m Cl a u d e Ch a b r o l | Fr a n c e | 2009 | 110m La Fille de Monaco Mesrine, L’instinct de mort Sy l v i e Ve r h e y d e | Fr a n c e | 2008 | 103m Be n o î t Ja c q u o t | Fr a n c e | 2009 | 94m ’s delicate and graceful new film Two of the indisputable giants of French cine- An n e Fo n t a i n e | Fr a n c e | 2008 | 95m Je a n -Fr a n ç o i s Ri c h e t With her first filmA Brother, Sylvie Verheyde Ann (Isabelle Huppert) leaves Paris after begins in the territory of Renoir’s La Bête ma—Claude Chabrol and Gérard Depardieu— High-priced Parisian lawyer Bertrand (Fabrice Fr a n c e /Ca n a d a /It a l y | 2008 | 113m estab­lished herself as one of the most distinctive seeing her long-time partner in the arms of humaine and develops into an unlikely and team up for the first time in this wry, engaging Luchini) travels to Monaco to defend a wealthy Jean-François Richet, aided by a sensational filmmakers of her generation. With Stella, shown another woman. She winds up on Ischia, off the ­enchanted evocation of Ozu’s . thriller about police commissioner Paul Bellamy’s woman accused of . He discovers that performance by , spotlights the to great acclaim at this year’s Venice Film Festi- coast of Naples, at an old house known as the Denis regular is Lionel, a Parisian attempts to draw the line between professional his bodyguard, the scowling Christophe life and adventures of post-war ’s most val, she returns to the subject of modern family Villa Amalia, where she is quite literally rescued train driver who lives in peace and contentment instinct and his duty to perennially troubled (Roschdy Zem), can be useful in a variety of notorious criminal, Jacques Mesrine. Part one life: An 11-year-old girl (Léora Barbara) comes by Giulia (Maya Sansa). Rendez-Vous veteran with his “marriageable” daughter Joséphine younger brother Jacques (Clovis Cornillac). ways, but the danger posed by the case is begins in the ’60s, when Mesrine falls in with into her own while coping with her working-class Benoît Jacquot perfectly captures the sparse, (Mati Diop), until she notices the stirrings of ­Chabrol acknowledged his long-time desire nothing to that posed by stunning TV weather­girl petty mobsters led by Guido (Gérard Depardieu). family’s meltdown. Verheyde avoids easy clichés hard-edged feel of Pascal Quignard’s prize- love from the boy across the hall (Grégoire to work with Depardieu by co-writing the Audrey (Louise Bourgoin). Where, exactly, does He quickly moves up the ranks, hooks up with or stark heroes and villains, creating the sense of winning novel. Locations change abruptly, Colin). Shot by frequent Denis collaborator screenplay with Odile Barski for the actor, a bodyguard’s job end? The latest work from the ruthless and cold-blooded Jeanne Schneider a warm, embracing atmosphere for Stella even and characters often embark on unexpected Agnès Godard, with a score by . creating what Chabrol called “a kind of portrait Nathalie director Anne Fontaine confirms her (Cécile de France), and masterminds ever more as she drifts away from her parents’ world. courses of action, creating a portrait of a world WRT Fri Mar 13: 1:30 and 6:15pm of Gérard Depardieu, or at least a vision of role as an intrepid explorer of the seamier side risky jobs. Based on Mesrine’s writings, the film WRT Thu Mar 12: 1:00 and 6:15pm in which nothing is certain and every moment Sun Mar 15: 8:00pm one of his many aspects.” of desire, where nothing is what we had first is a vibrant relay of this extraordinary whirlwind IFC Wed Mar 11: 9:30pm is ripe with possibility. IFC Thu Mar 12: 7:00pm WRT Thu Mar 12: 3:45pm imagined. A Magnolia Pictures release. of a life. A Senator Entertainment release. WRT Fri Mar 13: 8:45pm Sat Mar 14: 9:10pm WRT Fri Mar 6: 1:00pm WRT Tue Mar 10: 6:15pm Sat Mar 14: 6:45pm Sun Mar 15: 1:00pm Sat Mar 7: 6:35pm Sat Mar 14: 1:30pm IFC Thu Mar 12: 9:30pm IFC Fri Mar 6: 9:30pm IFC Sun Mar 8: 1:30pm

New York Premiere North American Premiere Séraphine The Apprentice / L’apprenti Ma r t i n Pr o v o s t | Fr a n c e /Be l g i u m | 2008 | 125m Sa m u e l Co l l a r d e y | Fr a n c e | 2008 | 82m U.S. Premiere Quiet, small-town eccentric Séraphine New York Premiere On the boundary of fiction and documentary, North American Premiere World Premiere Mesrine Part 2 / (Yolande Moreau) pursues her secret passion With a Little Help from Myself / Samuel Collardey’s marvelous The Apprentice, Change of Plans / Le code a changé The Girl on the Train / La Fille du RER Mesrine, L’ennemi public n° 1 for painting by mixing soil, animal blood, and Aide-toi, le ciel t’aidera winner of the prestigious Louis Delluc Prize Da n i è l e Th o m p s o n | Fr a n c e | 2009 | 100m An d r é Té c h i n é | Fr a n c e | 2009 | 110m Je a n -Fr a n ç o i s Ri c h e t | Fr a n c e /Ca n a d a | 2008 | 132m oil into pigments for her lush, sensual canvases Fr a n ç o i s Du p e y r o n | Fr a n c e | 2008 | 94m for best first film, follows 15-year-old student A group of friends and acquaintances gather A young woman, Jeanne (Émilie Dequenne), The second part of Jean-François Richet’s epic of flowers. When a new arrival, German art Sonia (Félicité Wouassi), an African immigrant Mathieu (Mathieu Bulle) as he develops a warm, for dinner, and the atmosphere couldn’t be reports that skinheads attacked her, seemingly study of master criminal Jacques Mesrine critic and collector Wilhelm Uhde (Ulrich Tukur), struggling to get by in a Paris housing project, close relationship with farm owner and mentor friendlier, with great food, wine, and conversation. for being a Jew. The incident becomes a media is a completely separate film and can be arranges an exhibition, Séraphine is ushered conspires with her elderly white neighbor Paul (Paul Barbier) that provides a partial refuge Slowly the masks of civility drop and suspicions, sensation, and attorney Samuel Bleistein ­readily understood and enjoyed without having into a new and unsettling world. Martin Provost Robert (Claude Rich) to hide the body of from the emotional chaos of his parents’ failed jealousies, and fears emerge. Darker in tone than (Michel Blanc), an old friend of Jeanne’s mother seen its predecessor. The story begins where has created a touching portrait of fascinating Sonia’s husband and keep receiving the dead marriage. The Apprentice offers a rich portrait Danièle Thompson’s earlier work, Change of Louise (Catherine Deneuve), takes the case. part one ends: with Mesrine’s escape from a outsider artist Séraphine de Senlis, as well man’s pension. Thus begins an unlikely relation- of a young man facing his own limitations while Plans still features her knowing and generous Based on the play by Jean-Marie Besset, ­Canadian prison and return to France. Already as a provocative reflection on the dichotomy ship between members of two of contemporary discovering new possibilities. wit. As always, she has gathered a first-rate cast: André Téchiné’s new film explores notions of an enigmatic­ media celebrity, Mesrine becomes between art as self-expression and art as France’s most marginalized groups, immigrants WRT Wed Mar 11: 3:45pm Karin Viard, Patrick Bruel, Patrick Chesnais, class, ethnicity, and who’s in and who’s out in a master of disguise, but his increasing daring commodity. A Music Box release. and the elderly, in this dark and pointed social Thu Mar 12: 8:45pm Marina Hands, Dany Boon, Marina Foïs, contemporary France, offering a provocative soon exacts its toll. Part two portrays a man WRT Fri Mar 6: 8:45pm satire. Wouassi, winner of the Best Actress IFC Mon Mar 9: 7:00pm Emmanuelle Seigner, and Pierre Arditi. reflection on the creation of identity at a time whose world is inexorably spinning out of Sun Mar 8: 12:30pm Award at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival, is WRT Fri Mar 6: 6:20pm of ever-increasing social tension. control, and who’s thrilled by every IFC Sat Mar 7: 4:00pm a major discovery. Sun Mar 8: 8:45pm WRT Tue Mar 10: 3:30 and 9:10pm of it. A Senator Entertainment release. WRT Sat Mar 7: 4:10pm Mon Mar 9: 3:30pm IFC Sun Mar 8: 6:45pm WRT Wed Mar 11: 6:00pm Mon Mar 9: 1:00 and 6:15pm IFC Sat Mar 7: 7:00pm Sat Mar 14: 3:50pm IFC Fri Mar 6: 7:00pm

New York Premiere The Beaches of Agnès / New York Premiere Les Plages d’Agnès Versailles Ag n è s Va r d a | Fr a n c e | 2008 | 110m North American Premiere Pi e r r e Sc h o e l l e r | Fr a n c e | 2008 | 102m “If you open people, you’ll find landscapes. If you open North American Premiere The Joy of Singing / Le Plaisir de chanter North American Premiere This impressive debut feature by The Dreamlife TOUT COURT: NEW FRENCH SHORTS me, you’ll find beaches.” ~Agnès Varda Eden is West / Eden à l’ouest Il a n Du r a n Co h e n | Fr a n c e | 2008 | 99m The Other One / L’Autre of Angels screenwriter Pierre Schoeller is a Fr a n c e | 2008 | 90m For her 80th birthday, Agnès Varda offers us a Co s t a -Ga v r a s | Fr a n c e /Gr e e c e /It a l y | 2009 | 110m Secret service agents Muriel (Marina Foïs) and Pa t r i c k Ma r i o Be r n a r d a n d Pi e r r e Trividic subtle, perceptive look at poverty in contem- This new feature of Rendez-Vous offers you gift: this gorgeous, affecting, revealing autobio- Costa-Gavras’s new film is the story of an Philippe (Lorànt Deutsch) form an unlikely couple Fr a n c e | 2008 | 97m porary France, which can be found even in an exclusive introduction to the next generation graphical reflection filtered through the many ­illegal immigrant, Elias (Italian actor Riccardo even before they are assigned to track down When Anne-Marie (Dominique Blanc) discovers­ the shadow of the nation’s grandest symbol of of French cinema with a program of prizewinning beaches that, in their way, have shaped her Scarmarcio), for whom the West will literally be Constance (Jeanne Balibar), widow of a uranium that her one-time lover Alex (Cyril Guei) is opulence. Nina (Judith Chemla) leaves her five- short films:B aby (Bébé, Clément Michel); New life. The cultural explosion that included the Eden, the name of the resort at which he lands. trafficker and star pupil in a class for amateur ­seeing someone else, awkwardness evolves into year-old son Enzo (Max Baissette de Malglaive) Skin (Peau neuve, Clara Elalouf); Good Night French New Wave; her life with her late husband,­ Costa-Gavras never shrinks away from show- opera singers. Muriel and Philippe enroll and ­jealousy and obsession. Based on Annie Ernaux’s with a stranger, Damien (the late Guillaume ­Malik (Bonne nuit Malik, Bruno Danan; pictured); filmmaker Jacques Demy, and children,R osalie ing the almost casual cruelty Elias continually discover their vocal chops, physical attraction, novel L’Occupation, Patrick Mario Bernard and Depardieu), in the woods beside the palace The Fire, The Blood, The Stars (Le feu, le sang, and Mathieu; her long sojourn in the U.S., where experiences. The film also captures the magical and the other students, who are also interested Pierre Trividic’s second film depicts Anne-Marie of Versailles. Schoeller examines the creation les étoiles, Caroline Deruas); My Little Brother she knew everybody from the Black Panthers nature of the world he encounters, in which in what Constance may be concealing. Novelist in constant motion—walking, running, in cars, of a bond between Enzo and Damien, who from the Moon (Mon petit frère est de la lune, to Jim Morrison—all are part of this extraordi- every new experience is full of both promise and filmmaker Ilan Duran Cohen creates a deli- buses, and trains—with no fixed place in her life. discovers in his caring for the boy a possible Frédéric Philibert); and My Name Is Dominic nary voyage through a most remarkable life. A and threat. The sense of social engagement in cious comedy thriller full of surprising characters Part of the greatness of Blanc’s award-winning road back to society. (Tous les enfants s’appellent Dominique, ­Cinema Guild release. Costa-Gavras’s cinema has never been stronger and delightful and delirious plot twists. performance is that she continually pulls herself WRT Fri Mar 6: 3:30pm Nicolas Silhol). WRT Sat Mar 7: 1:30pm or rendered more inventively. WRT Sun Mar 8: 3:30pm and the film back just when it appears that Sun Mar 8: 6:00pm WRT Fri Mar 13: 4:00pm Mon Mar 9: 8:45pm WRT Sat Mar 7: 9:00pm Tue Mar 10: 1:00pm everything has finally gone over the edge. IFC Sat Mar 7: 1:30pm Sun Mar 15: 3:15pm Wed Mar 11: 1:30pm IFC Wed Mar 11: 7:00pm WRT Wed Mar 11: 9:00pm IFC Sun Mar 8: 4:00pm Sun Mar 15: 5:30pm IFC Tue Mar 10: 7:00pm

Walter Reade Theater Mon March 9 Fri March 13 IFC CENTER Sun March 8 Wed March 11 Tickets 165 West 65th St. 1:00 With a Little Help 1:30 35 Shots of Rum 323 Sixth Ave., 1:30 The Girl from Monaco 7:00 The Joy of Singing opening night Alice Tully Hall near Amsterdam Ave. from Myself 4:00 Tout Court: at West Third St. 4:00 eden Is West 9:30 Stella $15 member | $20 public 3:30 Change of Plans New French Shorts 6:45 The Girl on the Train Thu March 5 6:15 With a Little Help 6:15 35 Shots of Rum Fri March 6 9:00 TBA Thu March 12 THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER 8:00 Paris 36 (at Alice Tully Hall) from Myself 8:45 Villa Amalia 7:00 With a Little Help 7:00 35 Shots of Rum $8.50 member/student/child 8:45 The Beaches of Agnès from Myself Mon March 9 9:30 Villa Amalia $9.50 senior | $12.50 public Fri March 6 Sat March 14 9:30 Bellamy 7:00 The Apprentice filmlinc.com 1:00 The Girl from Monaco Tue March 10 9:00 TBA all times p.m. 1:30 Mesrine Part 1 IFC CENTER 3:30 Versailles 1:00 The Joy of Singing Sat March 7 3:50 Mesrine Part 2 $8.50 senior/child 6:20 Change of Plans 3:30 The Girl on the Train 1:30 Versailles Tue March 10 6:45 Villa Amalia $9.50 member | $12.50 public 8:45 Séraphine 6:15 Mesrine Part 1 4:00 Séraphine 7:00 The Other One 9:10 Bellamy ifccenter.com 9:10 The Girl on the Train 7:00 Change of Plans 9:30 TBA Sat March 7 Sun March 15 9:30 TBA 1:30 The Beaches of Agnès Wed March 11 1:00 Bellamy 4:10 With a Little Help 1:30 eden Is West 3:15 Tout Court: from Myself 3:45 The Apprentice New French Shorts The Film Society of Lincoln Center receives major support from: Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2009 is made possible through the generosity of ubiFrance, The Grand Marnier Foundation, Maison de la France, agnès b., LVT Laser Subtitling, and Longboard Vineyards. 6:35 The Girl from Monaco 6:00 Mesrine Part 2 5:30 The Other One 9:00 eden Is West 9:00 The Other One 8:00 35 Shots of Rum

Sun March 8 Thu March 12 all times p.m. VODKA 12:30 Séraphine 1:00 Stella 3:30 The Joy of Singing 3:45 Bellamy 6:00 Versailles 6:15 Stella 8:45 Change of Plans 8:45 The Apprentice