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Meet the Composer

Alexandre Desplat
presents Read My Lips

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 7pm

As composer for more than seventy films over the past two decades, Alexandre Desplat has built a varied and highly successful body of work for big Hollywood movies (The Painted Veil, The Queen, Syriana, The Beat that My Heart Skipped) as well as indie gems. Equally at home with comedies and costume dramas, Desplat is widely sought after and has won countless awards and nominations both in France and America.

Desplat introduces a special screening of Jacques Audiard’s Read My Lips (for which he received a César nomination) and leads a Q&A afterwards.

Also, on Tuesday, October 2, 2007, Traffic Quintet, of which Desplat is Musical Director, will perform a concert Nouvelles Vagues: From Godard to Audiard as part of Crossing the Line 2007.

Read My Lips
Sur mes lèvres

Dir. Jacques Audiard, 2001. Color. 117 min.
With Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos

Carla is alone and bored with work, but feels limited by her hearing deficiency. Enter Paul, who applies for a job at her company, though unqualified and recently released from prison. Carla is intensely drawn to him, and each soon learns to use the other as a means to an end. Nominated for nine César Awards, and winner of three.

Film in French with English subtitles
Introduction and Q&A in English

Venue
Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th Street

Tickets
FIAF Members Free * ($2 advance tickets)
Non-Members $10
Students w/ ID $7
*Free member tickets are distributed on the day of the event. Please present your membership card at the box office.