November 2013 - Americans in Paris
Tuesday 5th - Breathless (À Bout de Souffle)
Jean-Luc Godard
Synopsis:
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Michel is a young petty criminal who models himself on the film persona of Humphrey Bogart. After stealing a car in Marseille, Michel shoots a policeman who has followed him onto a country road. Penniless and on the run from the police, he turns to his American girlfriend Patricia, a student and aspiring journalist, who sells the New York Herald Tribune on the streets of Paris. The ambivalent Patricia unwittingly hides him in her apartment as he simultaneously tries to seduce her and call in a loan to fund their escape to Italy.
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Written by Jean-Luc Godard
Released in 1960
Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg
90 min. | In French with English subtitles
"There is simply no other film which demonstrates so perfectly what it feels like to be young and in love."
The Guardian
Tuesday 12th - The Dreamers (Les Innocents)
Bernardo Bertolucci
Synopsis:
Matthew is an American exchange student who has come to Paris to study French. While at the Cinémathèque Française protesting the firing of Henri Langlois, he meets the free-spirited twins Théo and Isabelle. The three bond over a shared love and knowledge of film.
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Written by Gilbert Adair
Released in 2003
Starring Louis Garrel, Eva Green, Michael Pitt
115 min. | In French with English subtitles
"The Dreamers looks and feels great", The Guardian
Tuesday 19th - Tournée
Mathieu Almaric
Synopsis:
Formerly successful television producer Joachim Zand returns from America to his native France, where he previously has left everything behind, including friends, enemies and his own children. In his company is a burlesque striptease troupe whom he has promised a grand performance in Paris.
Directed and written by Mathieu Almaric
Released in 2010
Starring Miranda Colclasure, Suzanne Ramsey, Dirty Martini
112 min. | In French with English subtitle
"Tournée is funny, intelligent, sad-eyed — just like Amalric himself". - The Telegraph
Tuesday 26th - Two Days in Paris
Julie Delpy
Synopsis:
Marion and Jack try to rekindle their relationship with a visit to Paris, home of Marion's parents -- and several of her ex-boyfriends.
Directed and written by Julie Delpy
Released in 2007
Starring Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg
98 min. | In French with English subtitles
"What an eye-opener the film is. The time has come to stop patronisingly thinking of Julie Delpy as a blonde actress, and start giving her some respect as an auteur." The Guardian
Marion and Jack try to rekindle their relationship with a visit to Paris, home of Marion's parents -- and several of her ex-boyfriends.
Directed and written by Julie Delpy
Released in 2007
Starring Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg
98 min. | In French with English subtitles
"What an eye-opener the film is. The time has come to stop patronisingly thinking of Julie Delpy as a blonde actress, and start giving her some respect as an auteur." The Guardian