As a partner of the New Orleans Film Festival for the past 35 years, the French Consulate co-organizes the New Orleans French Film Festival. Six films will be screened on July, 7-10 and August, 4-7 2005 at the Prytania Theater. For more information, call (504) 523-3818.
Friday, july 8 - 7pm |
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Mondovino
Producer : Jonathan Nossiter
Actors : Hubert de Montille, Aime Guibert, Robert Parker, Michel Rolland & Neal Rosenthal
Release date in France : 2004 - Type : Feature film - Genre : Documentary - Duration : 135 mn
Filmed across three continents, in five languages, this epic exploration into the modern world of wine weaves together multiple family sagas, uncovering a complex tapestry of rivalries, alliances and conspiracies -- all stemming from the production, distribution and consumption of one of the oldest, most respected, and still-affordable luxuries remaining. |
| Saturday, july 9 - 1pm |
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Peau d'âne - Donkey Skin
Producer : Jacques Demy
Actors : Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Delphine Seyrig
Release date in France : 1970 - Type : Feature film - Genre : Fiction - Duration : 100 mn
Writer/director Jacques Demy's lavish and delightful fairy tale, adapted from a story by Charles Perrault and originally released in 1970, stars Catherine Deneuve as a princess who escapes the menacing advances of her father by using an enchanted donkey skin. |
Saturday, july 9 - 3pm |
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Feux Rouges - Red Lights
Producer : Cédric Kahn
Actors : Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Carole Bouquet, Vincent Deniard, Charline Paulaitress, Jean-Pierre Gos, Sava Lolov, Igor Skreblin
Release date in France : 2004 - Type : Feature film - Genre : Thriller - Duration : 105 mn
Antoine and Helene drive to South France to return their kids from a holiday camp. The traffic is dense and the atmosphere growingly tense; he is an alcoholic and becomes increasingly drunk the more often they stop. After a fierce discussion they split and both have to face great danger during the night. |
| Saturday, july 9 - 5pm |
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Après vous
Producer : Pierre Salvadori
Actors : Daniel Auteuil, Sandrine Kiberlain, José Garcia
Release date in France : 2003 - Type : Feature film - Genre : Comedy - Duration : 110 mn
Antoine is a maitre d' in a Paris brasserie, Chez Jean, and is so full of being of service to others that he can't say 'no'. Late for dinner with his girlfriend, Christine, he takes a shortcut home through the park but finds a stranger, Louis, in the act of committing suicide by hanging. Louis is distraught by the loss of his girlfriend, Blanche, and is so grateful that he attaches himself to Antoine. Antoine arranges a job for Louis - as a sommelier at Chez Jean and sets about trying to repair Louis' life... |
| Sunday, july 10 - 3pm |
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Laissez-Passer
Producer : Bertrand Tavernier
Scenario : Jean Cosmos, Bertrand Tavernier
Actors : Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydes, Charlotte Kady, Marie Gillain, Marie Desgranges
Photography : Alain Choquart
Release date in France : 2002 - Type : Feature film - Genre : drama - Duration : 170 mn
Paris. March 3 rd 1942. With at its head Doctor Greven, the Continental is a German movie company which has produced French movies ever since 1940. Now it resembles the trap in which the entire country has been ensnared: can people work there as if nothing had happened, “between the teeth of a wolf ready to bite you”? Or should they refuse to collaborate and leave? This movie follows the itinerary of two men whose memories and lives are intertwined. Jean Devaivre, an assistant director, starts working for Continental as part of his strategy to hide his illegal activity. Jean Aurenche, the famous screenwriter, does his best to try and refuse all job offers from the Germans. A dozen characters revolve around them. Some fight, some collaborate, but in an occupied country, they all struggle against starvation, the cold and restrictions to simply survive. |
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Les Enfants du Paradis
Producer : Marcel Carné
Scenario : Jacques Prévert
Actors : Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Marcel Herrand, Maria Casares, Pierre Renoir
Photography : Roger Hubert
Release date in France : 1945 - Type : Feature film - Genre : drama - Duration : 182 mn
The crowd of passers-by who haunt the “boulevard of crime” is the backdrop to the love of Baptiste, the mime, for the beautiful Garance. Around them revolve now legendary characters from all social classes: aristocracy mingles with underworld and artists in a great romantic and desperate ballet. Even if Baptiste ends up marrying Nathalie, the memory of Garance remains immortal. |
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Le Corbeau
Producer : Henri-Georges Clouzot
Scenario : Louis Chavance
Actors : Pierre Fresnay, Ginette Leclerc, Pierre Larquey, Micheline Francey
Photography : Nicolas Hayer
Release date in France : 1943 - Type : Feature film - Genre : drama - Duration : 93 mn
The life in a quiet little town in the French province is disrupted by numerous anonymous letters sent by “the crow” (Le Corbeau). The crow’s first victim is Rémi Germain, the bashful town doctor, badly thought of by the self-righteous villagers: he is accused of practicing abortions and being the lover of Laura Vorzet, the wife of the hospital psychiatrist. The crow then takes on the hospital head and his treasurer. After that, public gossip preys on Marie Larbin, the nurse, whose life has raised many eyebrows… |
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