April: Retrospective on French f lmmaker Olivier Assayas &Filming urbanity

French fi lms with Chinese (and sometimes English) subtitlesRMB 20 (Students: RMB 10)Fidelity card: RMB 100 /5 fi lms + 1 free (Students: RMB 50)Free entrance on MondayCinema Theater， French Cultural CenterMore information: www.ccfpekin.org/www.faguowenhua.comFrom April 1st to April 15th， the French cultural centre presents a retrospective of the famous French filmmaker Olivier Assayas: well known for his scandalous movies， he was also the fi rst to introduce Hong-Kongeese and Taiwanese cinema in France. Five movies of his will be screened， including Irma Vep(1996， with the beautiful Maggie Cheung)， Hou Hsiao-Hsien(1997)， Les destinées (2000)， Clean (2003)， and Summer Hours(2006).From April 16th to April 30th， the French cultural centre presents urbanity: from the classic “Zazie dans le metro” from Louis Malle to a very modern web-documentary (“Brèves de trottoir”， Olivier Lambert) portraying marginal Parisians， all the different aspects and spaces of urban life will be questioned… A source of inspiration for those interested in urban life and Chinese growing urbanization! Movies in French with Chinese and English subtitles (check out the websites).Les DestinnéesFriday 4/8 – 19:30Sunday 4/10 – 19:30Wednesday 4/13 – 19:302000， 180 min， DramaDirector: Olivier AssayasWith: Charles Berling， Emmanuelle Béart， Isabelle HuppertPauline is twenty-years-old when she meets Jean at a ball in the Charente. Jean， a minister， who has resigned himself to the failure of his marriage. In a tragic aftermath of the 1914-18 war and a restricting Protestant society， Jean and Pauline’s destinies will meet passionately.“Love… there is nothing else in life… nothing.”Summer hoursSunday 4/10 – 15:00Friday 4/15 – 19:302006， 100 min， DramaDirector: Olivier AssayasWith: Juliette Binoche， Charles Berling， Jérémie RénierTwo brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother’s succession.Back to NormandieSunday 4/17 – 15:00Saturday 4/23 – 17:00Friday 4/29 – 17:002007， 113min， DocumentaryDirector: Nicolas PhilibertThis fi lm’s origin stems from another fi lm. The one by René Allio， shot in Normandy in 1975， and based on a crime story: Moi， Pierre Rivière， ayant égorgé ma mère， ma soeur et mon frère… At that time， Nicolas Philibert was a young assistant director. Shot a few miles from the place where the triple murder took place 140 years earlier， this fi lm would owe a great deal of its singularity to the fact that most of the roles were played by local farmers. “Back to Normandie” is the story of the reunion with these ephemeral actors， and the opportunity to show their actual everyday life， thirty years later. A fascinating and moving mix of stories and times.Games of love and chanceSaturday 4/23 – 19:30Sunday 4/24 – 17:00Saturday 4/30 – 17:002004， 117 min， Comedy dramaDirector: Abdellatif KechicheWith: Osman Elkharraz， Sara Forestier， Sabrina OuazaniAn angel passes through the high-rise housing projects on the outskirts of Paris， enthusiastically reciting dialog from Marivaux. Her name is Lydia and she’s rehearsing “The Game of Love and Chance，” her class show for the school festival. Abdelkrim， 15-years strong， falls for his classmate. He’s used to hanging out in the maze of the projects， loitering with his buddies， when suddenly he’s in love. But Krimo isn’t one for talk: how is he going to declare his love to Lydia without losing face? Without the characters knowing it， a whole game of love and chance is actually happening in the remote Parisian suburbs…Brèves de trottoirSunday 4/24 – 19:30Wednesday 4/27 – 19:30Saturday 4/30 – 19:302009， 130min， WebdocumentaryDirectors: Olivier Lambert and Thomas SalvaAccording to Olivier Lambert and Thomas Salva， webdocumentary – as a new artistic media – should allow us to see urban space from a different perspective. It should be a way of getting to know the stories of all these anonymous characters that we see everyday without knowing their stories. “Brèves de trottoirs” is a moving journey in a Paris’ map， which allows us to discover the fascinating spaces of Parisian marginality.The grocer’s sonSaturday 4/23 – 15:002007， 97min， Comedy dramaDirectors: Eric GuiradoWith: Nicolas Cazalé， Clotilde Hesme， Daniel DuvalWhen Antoine offered to lend his friend Clair esome money， he never could have imagined where his promise would lead. Antoine doesn’t have a penny. Thirty years old， his existence is full of minor jobs and major trouble. To keep his promise， he has no other choice than to accept to take his father’s place and become a travelling grocer when the elderly man is hospitalized after suffering a heart attack. The movie is the moving story of this return to the hometown and the rediscovery and one’s own history.