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Cinema According to Jackie Raynal
April 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2009

For decades, Jackie Raynal has been an influential presence in French and independent cinema. In New York, the beloved cinema houses she founded (the Bleecker Street and the Carnegie Hall) provided essential early exposure to filmmakers like Spike Lee, Jim Jarmusch, and Philippe Garrel. With different guests on hand each week, FIAF now celebrates Raynal’s generous gifts to film as an editor, curator, distributor, and director.

Double Screening
Six in Paris

Paris vu par…

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm*

Jean Rouch (segment Gare du Nord)
Editor: Jackie Raynal, 1965. Color. 20 min.
With Nadine Ballot, Marcel Gallon, Jean-Michel Rouzière,
and Barbet Schroeder
In French with English subtitles

Edited by Jackie Raynal, Jean Rouche’s Gare du Nord remains an unflinching document on a disintegrating marriage. Please note that Eric Rohmer's Place de l’Etoile which was to be screened as part of Six in Paris will not be screened anymore.

The Collector

La Collectionneuse

Eric Rohmer, 1967. Color. 89 min.
Editor: Jackie Raynal
With Patrick Bauchau, Haydée Politoff, Daniel Pommereulle,
and Alain Jouffroy
In French with English subtitles

Rohmer’s third moral tale poignantly explores the all-consuming nature of attraction and seduction. Two friends vacationing on the Riviera become rivals in their pursuit of Haydée—a “collector of men”— whose indifference to them enhances her allure.

*7:30pm Screening
Presented by Jackie Raynal and Bruce Goldstein, Repertory Program Director of New York’s Film Forum and founder of Rialto Pictures

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Lacombe Lucien

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 12:30 & 7:30pm*

Louis Malle, 1974. Color. 138 min.
Screenplay: Patrick Modiano and Louis Malle
With Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément, Holger Löwenadler,
and Thérèse Giehse
In French with English subtitles

An indelible portrait of France during the German occupation and one man’s search for power and identity. Lucien’s attraction to the Gestapo and a local Jewish girl pull him in opposite directions in this intensely personal work for Malle.

*7:30pm Screening
Presented by Jackie Raynal and Sam Di Iorio, Associate Professor of French at Hunter College, CUNY

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Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop:
We Cut Heads

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 4pm

Spike Lee, 1983. Color. 60 min.
With Monty Ross, Donna Bailey, Stuart Smith,
and Horace Long
In English

Spike Lee’s debut film examines a Brooklyn barbershop in the hands of a new owner. Customers and neighbors—not to mention a gangster using the store as a front—await the change anxiously. Lee’s unmistakable tone and style is in evidence throughout the film. The film was first presented by Jackie Raynal at Bleecker Street Theater.

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Double Screening

U.S. Premiere
Autour de Jacques Baratier

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm*

Jackie Raynal, 2003. Color. 26 min.
With Jacques Baratier, Jean-Paul Belmondo,
and Bernadette Lafont
In French with English subtitles

Raynal directed this documentary on Jacques Baratier, an underappreciated filmmaker of the New Wave movement. With clips from his films, interviews with actors, and new interview footage of Baratier, Autour emerges as a lovely companion piece to Baratier’s work.

New York Premiere
Sweet and Sour

Dragées au poivre

Jacques Baratier, 1963. B&W. 93 min.
With Simone Signoret, Jean Babilée, Guy Bedos,
Claude Brasseur, and Jean-Paul Belmondo
In French with English subtitles

Flush with inspiration from the New Wave, young filmgoers set out to make their own movies, creating a series of unscripted shorts with immediacy and irreverence in this playful, dizzying film featuring a stunning cast of European stars.

*7:30pm Screening
Presented by Jackie Raynal and Kent Jones, Associate Director of Programming for the Film Society of Lincoln Center and editor-at-large of Film Comment

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Double Screening

Hotel New York
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 12:30 & 7:30pm*

Jackie Raynal, 1984. B&W. 65 min.
With Sid Geffen, Gary Indiana, Jackie Raynal
In French with English subtitles

Working from her own award-winning short, Raynal crafted this whimsical, pointedly funny tale. Inspired by Raynal’s life, Hotel New York depicts the exploits of Loulou, a filmmaker in Manhattan with great aspirations.

World Premiere
Eric Rohmer’s Interview
Entretien avec Eric Rohmer

Jackie Raynal, 2009. Color. 12 min.
With Eric Rohmer
In French with English subtitles

A work in progress by Raynal, this glimpse at her project Paris Vu Par…A Zanzibar features a conversation between the filmmaker and Eric Rohmer, who collaborated on La Collectionneuse and other films. Don’t miss this rare chance to see the notoriously press-shy Rohmer discuss his artistic process.

*7:30pm Screening
Presented by Jackie Raynal and Jonathan Rosenbaum, author and film critic from the Chicago Reader

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Double Screening

Hotel New York
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 4pm

Jackie Raynal, 1984. B&W. 65 min.
With Sid Geffen, Gary Indiana, Jackie Raynal
In French with English subtitles

Working from her own award-winning short, Raynal crafted this whimsical, pointedly funny tale. Inspired by Raynal’s life, Hotel New York depicts the exploits of Loulou, a filmmaker in Manhattan with great aspirations.

U.S. Premiere
Gougnette

Jackie Raynal, 2009. Color. 46 min.
In French with English subtitles

A tribute to Raynal’s parents, who were Resistance fighters and communists in the South of France during World War II. The interviews with those who worked together to save the persecuted are unmistakably moving, at once intimate and sprawling.

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Venue
Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th Street

Ticket Prices
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.

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.

Series curated by Marie Losier and Jackie Raynal

Special thanks to Bruce Golstein, Kent Jones, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Sam Di Iorio, Aurore Clément, Unifrance, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Cinéma at FIAF is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency

The FIAF Spring 2009 Season is made possible by support from American Airlines, the official airline of FIAF; the Cultural Services of the French Embassy; Florence Gould Foundation; and the Herbert J. Seligmann Charitable Trust

Photo Credits:
Jackie Raynal / © Catherine Faux NYC 1977
Haydée Politoff in The Collector / Courtesy of Genius Products
Aurore Clément / Courtesy of Photofest
Horace Long and Monty Ross / Courtesy of First Run Features
Hotel New York / Courtesy of Jackie Raynal
Gougnette / Courtesy of Jackie Raynal