Meet
the Actress and Director
Chiara Mastroianni
and Christophe Honoré
present Love Songs
Sunday, March
21, 2010 at 8pm
Florence Gould Hall
Q&A moderated by Ronnie Scheib,
Variety |
|
 FIAF
and Unifrance are pleased to present, in collaboration with
the 15th Rendez-vous
with French Cinema, acclaimed actress Chiara Mastroianni and
director Christophe Honoré introducing a screening
of their film Love Songs, followed by a Q&A
session with the audience.
Love Songs / Les Chansons d'Amour
Christophe Honoré, 2007. Color. 95 min.
Composer, lyricist, and vocalist Alex Beaupain
With Chiara Mastroianni, Ludivine Sagnier, Clotilde Hesme,
Louis Garrel
In French with English subtitles
 “A
sexy quintessentially French delicacy. A dizzy musical comedy” – Stephen
Holden, New York Times
The exuberant and tender Love Songs (Les Chansons
d’Amour) further cements Christophe Honoré as one of
the most exciting filmmakers of our generation. A modern-day
musical told through unforgettable songs sung entirely
by the cast and scored by Alex Beaupain. In the hope of
sparking their stalled relationship, Ismael (Louis Garrel)
and Julie (Ludivine Sagnier) enter a playful yet emotionally
laced threesome with Alice (Clotilde Hesme). When tragedy
strikes, these young Parisians are forced to deal with
the fragility of life and love. For Ismael, this means
negotiating the advances of Julie's sister (Chiara Mastroianni)
and a young college student (Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet);
one of which may offer him redemption.
Moderator: Ronni Scheib
For the past eight years Ronnie Scheib has been the New York
film reviewer for Variety. She received a PhD in French
Literature from Yale and taught for several years. While
on a Fulbright to Paris, she discovered the Cinématheque
where her fascination with film became a full-blown addiction.
Subsequently, she wrote film criticism for various journals,
including Film Comment, American Film, Framework,
and Metro, and for film anthologies like American
Directors, The American Animated Cartoon, and Ida
Lupino, Queen of the B’s. Ms. Scheib has also written
dialogue for Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, co-produced an
Ida Lupino video series for Kino International and appeared
in a recent documentary on the roots of animation. |
A very special thanks to Unifrance,
Chiara Mastroianni, and Christophe Honoré. |
Cinéma at FIAF is made possible
with public funds from the New York State Council on the
Arts, a State Agency |
FIAF's
Winter 2010 Season Sponsors: American Airlines, the official
airline of FIAF; the Cultural Services of the French Embassy;
Culturesfrance; and the Florence Gould Foundation
Images
Love Songs / © IST Films;
Mastroianni & Honoré /
courtesy of Unifrance
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