15th French Film Festival at the UPFI Film Center

15th French Film Festival : ERIC ROHMER

JUNE 22, 23 and 24, 2010
5pm and 7pm
UPFI FILM CENTER
*Free admission*


MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S
JUNE 22 / TUE / 5PM

After spending several years abroad, Jean-Louis, an engineer recently settled in Clermont-Ferrand, longs for some peace and quiet. At the church he attends every Sunday, he notices a young blonde woman he fancied and decides that she will become his wife. Then, while at a local restaurant, he meets Vidal, an old school friend, now a philosophy professor at Clermont-Ferrand University. Vidal invites him to spend Christmas Eve at Maud’s house. A doctor and divorcee, the dark-haired Maud, a beautiful, fascinating and single woman, is not impervious to Jean-Louis’ charms.

CLAIRE'S KNEE
(French: Le genou de Claire)
JUNE 22 / TUE / 7PM

a 1970 film by Éric Rohmer. It is the fifth movie in the series of the Six Moral Tales.
Synopsis:
On the eve of his wedding, on holiday on the Lake Annecy shore, a career diplomat visits an old acquaintance, perhaps a former girlfriend. Through her he meets an intense teenager, Laura, and then lusts after her sister, Claire. Whilst Laura attempts to flirt with him, his fantasy becomes focussed on wanting to caress Claire's knee.-wikipedia

A GOOD MARRIAGE
Le Beau Mariage
JUNE 23 / WED / 5PM

a 1982 French film directed by Éric Rohmer, starring Béatrice Romand, André Dussollier, Féodor Atkine. It is one of Rohmer's "comedies and proverbs" (comédies et proverbes).
Synopsis:
Sabine, a student in art history, is growing tired of the part of the mistress of a painter and family man, Simon. She meets Edmond, beautiful, young, rich and free, and declares that she is going to marry him.

PAULINE AT THE BEACH (1983)
French title: Pauline à la plage
JUNE 23 / WED / 7PM

Synopsis:
Recently divorced, Marion decides to spend the end of summer in the family beach house on the Normandy coast. She takes her young cousin Pauline, who is delighted tho prolong her holidays, along with her. At the beach, they meet up with Pierre, Marion’s ex-lover. He offers to teach them windsurfing and introduces them to Henri who invites them to his place. While at the local casino, Pierre confesses his love to Marion, but she now fancies Henri. Pauline, meanwhile, has met Sylvain…

SHORT FILMS BY ERIC ROHMER
(SUZANNE'S CAREER + THE GIRL AT THE MONCEAU BAKERY + CHARLOTTE AND HER STEAK + NADJA IN PARIS)
JUNE 24 / THU / 5PM

MY GIRLFRIEND'S BOYFRIEND
Boyfriends and Girlfriends (French title:L'Ami de mon amie, also known as My Girlfriend's Boyfriend)
JUNE 24 / THU / 7PM

Synopsis:
Blanche is freshly installed in Cergy-Pontoise, a trendy new town near Paris. She has a new apartment, a new job with no one over and no one under her. She meets Léa at the swimming pool, and soon she meets an acquaintance of Léa, Alexandre of whom she approaches somewhat awkwardly. The movie then follows the time honored plot of exchange of relationships, as Blanche and Lea switch boyfriends. The title of the movie in French is a pun: The boyfriend of my friend (could be my boyfriend).