2000 French Film Prog. Update
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VirginiaVCU Commonwealth University 8th Annual french FILM festival Welcomes special guests, French directors, actors and producers Jean-Loup Hubert, Gérard Krawczyk, Didier Martiny, Serge Renko, Alexandra Vandernoot, Olivia Bonamy, Maïdi Roth, Eric Guirado, Jean Stéphane Sauvaire, Pierre Pinaud, Lionel Bailliu, Pierre-Yves Mora, Alexandre Mehring, Jean-Philippe Reza and Emeric Le Maitre. April 1–2, 2000 Sponsor of all films 8th Annual french FILM Contents festival Virginia Commonwealth University Schedule and Event 2 Information 13 Un petit air de fête (short film) 3 Rien dire (short film) La mule/ 14 Gelée précoce (short films) 4 Sale Battars (short film) 17 A deux sur la comète (short film) 5 Rembrandt 18 Microsnake/Duel (short films) 7 Héroïnes 19 Les Cachetonneurs Le pique-nique 9 de Lulu Kreutz 21 Les Enfants du Marais 11 Une pour toutes Sound system for director/actor interviews provided by Director and founder Jean-Loup Hubert Dr. Angelina Overvold River City Cellars “Germinal” Jean Loup Hubert Dr. Peter S. Kirkpatrick Patrick Braoudé Pascale Bagard European Heritage Institute “Le Nombril du Monde” Claude Pinoteau Claude Pinoteau Grazyna Katchinoff AATF-Virginia “La Poudre aux Yeux” Régis Royer Co-director Claude Miller Danielle Catoe European Accent “Génial, Mes Parents Divorcent” Nathan Miller Dr. Françoise Ravaux-Kirkpatrick Jacques Deray Maïte Dané Realtor Maïte Dané “Neuf Mois” Agnès Soral Assistants Eric Walters Stephanie Giegerich Builder Bernard Vianès “Le Bateau de Mariage” Antoine Baladassi Ophélie Adeline Sarah Elizabeth Sterne Patricia Connelly Accueil Français de Richmond (AFR) “Hélas, Pour Moi” Sébastien Grall Farouk Chaâbi Sally Pluot Diana Steele “JLG par JLG” Véra Belmont Lazare Paupert Dawn Adams A partial list of films “Ils ont tué Jaurès” Jean-Paul Lilienfeld Interns Dominique Malicet Christophe Servell featured in past VCU “Le Péril Jeune” Laurent Bénégui Richard Haselwood Jacqueline R. Francis French Film Festivals “Le P’tit Bal” Jean-Luc Gaget Anthony Thomas Patricia Ferguson Festival photographer “Lautrec” “Manivelle” Vincent Mayrand Nirva Vernet Michel Gomez Pierre Courtois “Mère Agitée (Je veux tout)” “Deus ex machina” Daniel Cattan Marie Le Gac “Les Palmes de M. Schutz” “Marielle et Barnabé aimeraient Gérard Depardieu Graphic designer Full sponsor of all films “Marseille sans soleil” Mary Nelson Ellwood Thompson’s Natural Market bien en avoir un” Roger Planchon Gordon Schmidt Rita D. McClenny “Haut Bas Fragile” “Se pendre à son cou” Lambert Wilson Antoine Khalife With the participation of “Classe de neige” “La vie à rebours” Alexandre Jardin Art direction “Je suis vivante et je vous aime” Kevin Schindler Bruno Berthemy VCU’s Division of University Outreach “Cyrano de Bergerac” Ariel Zeitoun Marion Riva VCU’s Department of Foreign “Le Souper” “Les sables mouvants” Maurice Dugowson Event coordinators Dr. Antonio Masullo Languages “Les Milles” “Les aveux de I’Innocent” Jean-Pierre Améris Patricia Worley Mary Kathryn Deal College of Humanities and Sciences “Dames Galantes” “Amour et Confusions” Pamela Soo Kari Grimes Debbie Niemeier Cultural Services of the French “EL Che” “Le rendez-vous des quais” Robert Tregenza Phyllis Kelleher Embassy “Marquise” “Romaine” Jean-Louis Leutrat Business manager Clément Denicourt United Airlines “Tonka” “L’Enfant noir” Suzanne Liandrat-Guigues Brenda Ratcliffe Bernard-Henri Vianès SACD “Les Randonneurs” “Le Bel été de 1914” Philippe Meunier Annette Savage Paul & Marie-Antoinette Elbling Web Site Story “Quatre Garçons Pleins d’Avenir Sylvie Coulomb “Marthe” Participants in past Computer data management Joe Cusumano L’ARP Laurent Chevallier “X,Y” VCU French Film Festivals Edward Howard Julia Battaglini UNIFRANCE Paris Paul Carpita Dr. Richard Priebe Jean-Jacque’s Bakery “Le Zèbre” Thierry Lhermitte Pierre Kalfon Special thanks to Barbara Priebe Chugger’s Old City Pub “Les Misérables” Jean-Hugues Anglade Luc Pagès Vice Provost Sue Ann Messmer Cathy Turner Virginia Film Office “Louis, Enfant Roi” Patrick & Guila Braoudé Gianni Marchesi Dean Stephen D. Gottfredson Amy de Graff La Petite France “Hiver ‘54: Abbé Pierre” Jean-Paul Rappeneau Thierry Lhermitte Françoise Watts Linden Row Inn “Fanfan” Claude Rich 8th Annual french Information FILM Virginia Commonwealth University festival Saturday, April 1, 2000 Theater 9:30 a.m. Introduction by French director Jean-Loup Hubert The Byrd Theatre is located at 2908 W. Cary St. in Richmond. A parking Two Shorts: “Rien dire” directed by Vincent Pérez deck is located directly behind the theater. and presented by producer Emeric Le Maitre “Sale Battars” directed by Delphine Gleize Official Festival Reception Feature Film: “Rembrandt” directed by Charles Matton and written by Sylvie Matton and Dinner 1:30 p.m. Feature Film: “Héroïnes” presented by director Gérard Special events for Friends of the Festival passholders will be held at the Krawczyk and actress/musician Maïdi Roth Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, located at the corner of Grove Avenue and the Boulevard, a short two blocks away from the Byrd Theatre. The 4:15 p.m. Feature Film: “Le pique-nique de Lulu Kreutz” presented museum’s parking entrance is on the Grove Avenue side. by director Didier Martiny and producer Jean-Philippe Reza 7 p.m. Official Festival Reception with French directors, actors Lodging and producers at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Those coming to Richmond for the weekend are encouraged to stay at the historic Linden Row Inn located at the corner of First and Franklin 8:30 p.m. Gala dinner with directors, actors and producers in the streets, a sponsor of the French Film Festival. Members Suite of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Midnight Feature Film: “Une pour toutes” directed by Claude Lelouch and presented by actress Olivia Bonamy Sunday, April 2, 2000 Kick off the 10:45 a.m. Claude Lelouch, director of “Une pour toutes,” Festival at via telephone conference 11:30 a.m. Short Films: Sponsor of all film “Un petit air de fête” presented by director Eric Guirado s “La mule” presented by director Jean Stéphane Sauvaire “Gelée précoce” presented by director Pierre Pinaud “Microsnake” presented by directors Lionel Bailliu and Open House Pierre-Yves Mora and actress Alexandra Vandernoot featuring “A deux sur la comète” presented by French food director Alexandre Mehring and products. All films “Duel” presented by director Jean-Loup Hubert Friday, have English 2 p.m. Feature Film: “Les Cachetonneurs” presented by March 31, 2000 subtitles. actor Serge Renko 5 – 8:30 p.m. 4:15 p.m. Feature Film: “Les Enfants du Marais” directed by Jean Becker Enter the silent auction of two round-trip tickets to Paris. Provided by A special thanks to Dominique Malicet (French Linguistic Attaché of the French Embassy in Washington, D.C.) and to his office for making 20 scholarships available to French High School Teachers in Virginia so they may attend the VCU graduate course associated with See back registration page for details. 2 the VCU French Film Festival. 8th Annual french FILM Rien dire (short film/court métrage) festival Virginia Commonwealth University French producer Emeric Le Maitre presents this North American AVANT-PREMIERE screening of “Rien dire.” English description Louise just received a telephone call from Emmanuelle’s father. She can’t reveal to her what her father has said. Louise is going to spend the afternoon with her best friend, Emmanuelle, and yet she must say nothing. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Emmanuelle and Karine Sylla as Louise French description Un matin, Louise reçoit un appel téléphonique. C’est le père 1990 Cyrano de Bergerac de Jean-Paul Rappeneau d’Emmanuelle, sa meilleure amie. Louise promet de ne pas révéler ce 1988 La maison de Jade de Nadine Trintignant qu’il lui a dit. Cependant elle va passer l’après-midi avec Emmanuelle… 1987 Hôtel de France de Patrice Chéreau sans rien dire. Gardien de nuit de Jean-Pierre Limosin director/actor Vincent Pérez actress Valeria Bruni Tedeschi 2000 I Dreamed of Africa de Hugh Hudson Films since 1997 Le libertin de Gabriel Aghion 1999 Rien à faire de Marion Vernoux Epouse-moi de Harriet Marin La vie ne me fait pas peur de Noëmie Lvovsky Hier tu m’as dit demain La Balia de Marco Bellocchio 1999 Le temps retrouvé de Raúl Ruiz Au coeur du mensonge de Claude Chabrol L’échange 1998 La parola amore esiste de Mimmo Calopresti 1998 Talk of Angels de Nick Hamm Ceux qui m’aiment prendront le train de Patrice Chéreau The Treat de Jonathan Gems On a très peu d’amis de Sylvain Monod Ceux qui m’aiment prendront le train de Patrice Chéreau 1997 J’ai horreur de l’amour de Laurence Ferreira Barbosa 1997 Le bossu de Philippe de Broca A casa de Sharunas Bartas Swept from the Sea de Beeban Kidron Amour et confusions de Patrick Braoudé The Crow: City of Angels de Tim Pope Liniya Zhizni de Pavel Lungin 1996 Les Impressions actress Karine Sylla 1995 Par-delà les nuages de Michelangelo Antonioni et Wim Wanders 1994 La Reine Margot de Patrice Chéreau 2000 Epouse-moi de Harriet Marin 1993 Fanfan de Alexandre Jardin 1997 Amour et confusions de Patrick Braoudé 1992 Indochine de Régis Wargnier “Une femme en blanc” de Aline Issermann (TV series) 1991 La neige et le feu de Claude Pinoteau 1993 “Les Cordier, juge et flic” de Pierre Joassin (TV series) Il viaggio di capitan Fracassa de Ettore Scola réalisateur/director Vincent Pérez produced by Emeric Le Maitre production KER Productions, TPS Cinéma starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Karine Sylla 3 scénario original Karine Sylla 8th Annual Sale Battars french (short film/court métrage) FILM Virginia Commonwealth University festival This North American AVANT-PREMIERE screening of “Sale Battars” is the recent winner of Best Short Film 2000 Césars (French Oscar). English description The day of her sister’s wedding, young Sardine suggests that her eldest brother, Ben Hur, who is mentally and physically handicapped, A stroll beside the school’s playground take the place of their deceased father.