Calendar - Spring 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
7:00PM - Hyppodrome State Theatre, 25 SE 2nd Place, Gainesville
"Bled Number One" by Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche, 2006 (97 min)
Barely released from prison in France, Kamel is deported to his birthplace, a small village in Algeria stuck between mountains and the sea. This enforced exile obliges him to lucidly observe a country undergoing change, split between a desire for modernity and the weight of ancient traditions…
This program is free and open to public.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
7:00PM - Hyppodrome State Theatre, 25 SE 2nd Place, Gainesville
"Les Bureaux de Dieu" by Claire Simon, 2008 (115 min)
Women of all ages, ethnicities, religions, and backgrounds meet in the waiting room of a busy family planning clinic in Paris. They’ve come in search of information, advice, birth control, abortion, or just someone to talk to as they figure out what their sexual activity means for themselves, their partners, and their families.With Nicole Garcia, Nathalie Baye, Isabelle Carré, Béatrice Dalle…
This program is free and open to the public.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
6 - 9PM - Harn Museum of Art
Edouard Glissant : Un monde en relation / One world in relation
Hommage a Edouard Glissant: Video film by Manthia Diawara (with subtitles). 2009 (60 min).
Before the screening, a selection of poems will be read by Dr. Bernadette Cailler.
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This event is sponsored by France-Florida Research Institute and the Harn Museum.
This program is free and open to the public.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
7:00PM - Hyppodrome State Theatre, 25 SE 2nd Place, Gainesville
10:00 am - 4:30 pm, Dauer Hall, Rooms 215 and 219
"La France" by Serge Bozon, 2007 (102 min)
In France in the darkest days of the Great War Camille receives an alarming letter from her soldier boyfriend. Disguising herself as a man she sets off to try and find him. As she lives near the Western Fromt she joins a group of French soldiers without too much trouble. But there's something a bit odd about these stragglers, and it's not just their habit of bursting into song at every opportunity.
This program is free and open to the public.
It is organized by Dr. Sylvie Blum-Reid, Associate Professor of French and Film in the Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Department.
