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Lakeland's Center for International Education will host the International Issues Forum and the Tournees Film* Festival (Click on the film titles below to view the movie trailers) on the main college campus.
All events are free and open to the public.
For more information, call the Center for International Education at 440-525-7508.
Tournees Film Festival
*Please be advised that all films contain mature themes and may not be suitable for all audiences.
The Tournées Festival is made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture (CNC) and is sponsored by The Florence Gould Foundation, the Grand Marnier Foundation, highbrow entertainment and the Franco-American Cultural Fund.
The TOURNEES Film Festival will feature five French films screened in H-101 beginning at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. every Friday afternoon in October. Please note: the last film screening will be on a Thursday, October 29. Screenings are free and open to the public.
Friday, October 2 • Entre les murs (The Class)
Rated PG-13 (language)
Running time: 128 minutes
The winner of the 2008 Palme d’Or at Cannes was Laurent Cantet’s unsparing, unsentimental film about a teacher and his students at a diverse Parisian junior high school. The film is based on the best-selling book by real-life teacher François Bégaudeau, who also wrote the screenplay and stars in the movie as himself. Working with a cast of non-professional actors, Cantet filmed his “class” for over a year; the result is a hybrid documentary/narrative work that is wholly convincing. “The Class” raises deep, disturbing questions as François attempts to teach the French language to his multi-ethnic students, many of whom hail from former colonized countries. He offers both the opportunity and the threat of modern cultural assimilation.
Friday, October 9 • Il y a longtemps que je t’aime Rated PG-13 (thematic material and smoking)
Running time: 117 minutes
Kristin Scott Thomas plays Juliette Fontaine, a former physician who’s just completed a 15-year jail sentence for murdering her young son. Her younger sister, literature professor Léa, takes her in, anxiously trying not to upend the snug comfort of her middle-class clan with this new addition. As she reacclimates to civilian life, Juliette slowly thaws, becoming closer with her nieces, but her calm is punctuated by believably spiky outbursts.
Friday, October 16 • Roman de Gare (Crossed Tacks) Rated PG-13 (brief language and sexual references)
Running time: 103 minutes
Judith Ralitzer is a successful crime novelist in search of inspiration for her next bestseller. The mysterious disappearance of a university professor coincides with the escape from prison of a notorious serial killer known as the Magician. Deceptively layered and intriguingly misleading, “Roman de gare” is an homage to the French genre of the same name, a genre that refers to popular, easy-to-read novels.
Friday, October 23 • Un conte de Noel (A Christmas Tale) NOT RATED
Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Set in a small city in northern France along the Belgian border, “Un conte de Noel” concerns the Vuillard family, a nominally happy clan that has nonetheless been torn apart by death and the sibling hatred between Elizabeth, the eldest child, and Henri, the middle child. When a family matriarch(Catherine Deneuve) discovers she has a rare type of leukemia, the family’s Christmas gathering is marked by frequent discussions of who will be the most compatible bone-marrow donor for her.
Thursday, October 29 • Comme un juif en France (no trailer available)
NOT RATED
Running time: 3 hours 5 minutes
Yves Jeuland's sweeping documentary explores the rich and complex history of Jews in France - the first country to grant Jews citizenship. The film investigates the multiple ways in which French society has dealt with its Jewish population over the course of history. Beginning with Revolutionary cries of Vive la France in Yiddish, the film explores well-known events, such as the explosive Dreyfus Affair and Vichy's murderous betrayal during WWII. The film is beautifully presented and lushly illustrated with rare photographs, film clips and memorable music.
International Issues Forum The International Issues Forum features noted speakers on a variety of internationally-oriented subjects. Refreshments follow each forum.
• Dr. Timothy Scarnecchia on the Republic of Zimbabwe
Thursday, September 17, 2009
12:30 - 1:30 p.m., Building H, Room 1095
Dr. Scarnecchia will present a briefing on Zimbabwe. A scholar of Zimbabwean history, he travelled to South Africa and Zimbabwe this past summer to conduct further research. He will speak on the trip and the contemporary politics and socioeconomic struggles of the country. Growing inflation continues to contribute to the 68 percent of the Zimbabwean population living below the poverty line and rise in human trafficking.
• Anne L. Lukas, J.D., executive director, Ursuline College Accelerated Program (UCAP), on France and the Holocaust
Thursday, October 29, 2009
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., Building H, Room 1095
As the daughter of Polish Holocaust survivors, Lukas grew up with stories of wartime hardships and family loss from her father. She has been active with organizations for children of Holocaust survivors for the past 24 years, organizing community educational programs. She holds a bachelor of fine arts from Ohio University in Theatre and English Literature, and a law degree from the Cleveland State University Marshall College of law. Lukas will also introduce the evening screening of the “Being Jewish in France,” the last film of the Tournees Film Festival on Thursday October 29, at 7 p.m. in Building H – 101.
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