May 5-8, 2010 Free Screenings This festival is organized by the General Consulate of France in the Atlantic Provinces and Alliance Française L’ARMÉE DU CRIME Halifax and presented in partnership with: Wednesday, May 5 , 7pm - CBC Radio Room Movie Night and Linda Joy Media Arts Society Production : France / 2009 / 139 mn Synopsis : Director : Robert Guédiguian In German-occupied Paris, worker and poet Missak Starring: Simon Abkarian, Virginie Ledoyen, Manouchian leads a group of very young Jews, Hungarians, Robinson Stévenin, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Poles, Romanians, Spaniards, Italians and Armenians, who are Jean-Pierre Darroussin all determined to fight for the liberation of their beloved In French with English subtitles France, the France of Human Rights... BEFORE TOMORROW Thursday, May 6 , 7pm - CCGH 201c Avenue du Portage - Dartmouth Le Conseil Communautaire du Grand Havre Production : Canada / Québec / 2008 / 93 mn Synopsis : Directors : Marie-Hélène Cousineau et Made- In 1840, two Inuit families gather to celebrate the arrival of line Ivalu summer. Young Maniq and his grandmother Ningiuq listen Starring: Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Madeline with great interest to the Grandfather of the other family, who Ivalu, Paul-Dylan Ivalu, Mary Qulitalik, Tuma- tells the story of his recent encounter with strange men... sie Sivuarapik Canadian Parents for French will also present a special screening of this In Inuktitut with French subtitles movie for Immersion students at Bayers Lake Empire Theatre the same day. HOME Friday May 7, 7pm - AFH 5509 Young St. - Halifax Alliance Française Halifax Production : Switzerland / 2008 / 97 mn Synopsis : Director : Ursula Meier In the middle of a calm and desert-like countryside, an inactive Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Olivier Gourmet, highway that stretches for miles has been abandoned since its Adélaïde Leroux, Madeleine Budd, Kacey construction. On the side of the road, just a few metres from Mottet the security gates, a family lives in an isolated house. The con- In French with no subtitles struction is to start again... NE ME LIBÉREZ PAS JE M’EN CHARGE Saturday, May 8, 7pm - AFH Alliance Française Halifax 5509 Young st. - Halifax Production : France / 2008 / 107 mn Synopsis : Director : Fabienne Godet Michel Vaujour, former thief and mobster, always chose mak- Starring: Michel Vaujour ing a break for freedom over a life behind bars, adventure over In French with English subtitles a life of submission. He has spent 27 years in prison, 17 of those in solitary confinement. He succeeded in carrying out amazing escapes worthy of a Hollywood script. He was finally released on parole in 2003... .