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CinémaTuesdays
Florence Gould Hall 20th Anniversary
November 2008

In conjunction with Florence Gould Hall 20th Anniversary, FIAF has created a month-long series throughout November, in honor of CinémaTuesdays. Each film features a well-known French artist who has received a retrospective during this well-known series, including Jeanne Moreau, Raoul Coutard, and Agnès Varda. Dedicated to presenting French culture and artists to New York, Florence Gould Hall has become one of the city’s most celebrated venues.

Serge Bromberg presents
Treasures from a Chest

Saturday, November 1 at 7pm

Serge Bromberg offers a vibrant, euphoric program dedicated to one hundred years of animated films.

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Max My Love

Max mon amour
Tuesday, November 11 at 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm

These screenings will take place in Tinker Auditorium,
55 East 59th Street instead of Florence Gould Hall.

Nagisa Oshima, 1988.
Color. 98 min. In French with English subtitles.
Cinematographer: Raoul Coutard
With Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins

Diplomat Peter Jones suspects his wife is having an affair, even hiring a private investigator to follow her. His outlook on the matter veers sharply when he discovers that her new companion is actually a chimpanzee. A smart, playful satire of middle-class life. Originally screened as part of Homage to Raoul Coutard.

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Mademoiselle

Tuesday, November 18 at 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm

Tony Richardson, 1966.
B&W. 103 min. In French with English subtitles.
With Jeanne Moreau

This grand, smoldering melodrama by renowned director Richardson explores a schoolteacher’s obsession with a logger and the brutal extremes she goes to in order to control him. Her passion for the woodsman is only matched by her repression of that same desire. From a story by Jean Genet. Originally screened as part of Homage to Jeanne Moreau.

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Model Shop

Tuesday, November 25 at 12:30 & 7pm

Jacques Demy, 1969.
Color. 95 min. In English.
With Anouk Aimée, Gary Lockwood, Alexandra Hay, Carol Cole

A young man floats around Los Angeles with little concern for anything besides his imminent deployment to Vietnam. Yet upon spotting a gorgeous model in a shop, he decides to spend his remaining hours with her. A rare screening of Demy’s only American film! Originally screened as part of Homage to Jacques Demy and Agnès Varda.

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One Sings, the Other Doesn’t

L’une chante, l’autre pas
Tuesday, November 25 at 4 & 9pm

Agnès Varda, 1977.
Color. 100 min. In French with English subtitles.
With Valérie Mairesse, Thérèse Liotard, Ali Raffi

Two women, estranged for a decade, reunite at a rally and begin their friendship anew. In reviving their relationship, they also discuss how they discovered themselves over these past electrifying years. A stirring document of 1970s France and the feminist movement that still resonates, and one of Varda’s richest character studies.

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In French with English subtitles unless otherwise noted

Unless otherwise noted above, screenings take place
at Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street.

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

Buy Tickets
Ticketmaster.com
Call 212 307 4100

Fax Order Form (pdf)

Visit Box Office

Special Offer
Present your ticket and receive a 15% discount on your bill at Bistro 60 (37 E 60 St). Valid only on date printed on ticket.

Curated by Marie Losier, with assistance by Serge Bromberg.

FIAF Fall 2008 Sponsors: American Airlines, the official airline of FIAF; Florence Gould Foundation; Fondation Jean-Luc Lagardère

CinémaTuesdays is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency. CinémaTuesdays is also sponsored by the generous support of Lillet.

Special thanks to the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Photos:
Saved from the Flames ©Lobster Films; Max My Love, Mademoiselle, Model Shop, One Sings, the Other Doesn’t ©Courtesy of Photofest