{"id":19818,"date":"2015-02-06T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T18:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=19818"},"modified":"2015-02-06T01:23:58","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T07:23:58","slug":"apsu-a-hosting-site-for-spring-2015-international-francophone-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2015\/02\/06\/apsu-a-hosting-site-for-spring-2015-international-francophone-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU a hosting site for Spring 2015 International Francophone Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Throughout the months of February and March, Austin Peay State University will be hosting the Spring 2015 International Francophone Film Festival. A part of the 2015 Tourn\u00e9es Film Festival, six internationally acclaimed French films will be screened on campus, beginning February 25th.<\/p>\n

The Tourn\u00e9es Festival is a program of FACE (French American Cultural Exchange), in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, which aims to bring contemporary French cinema to American college and university campuses.<\/p>\n

The films that will be screened at APSU include:<\/h4>\n

Wednesday, February 25th at 5:00pm<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe Past\u201d (Le pass\u00e9) by Asghar Farhadi<\/strong>
\nIn a working-class suburb of Paris, Marie (B\u00e9r\u00e9nice Bejo) lives with her two daughters and the young son of her boyfriend Samir, whom she hopes to marry soon. But before the couple can even consider wedding plans, Marie must finalize her divorce from her estranged husband Ahmad, who flies into Paris from Tehran for the court procedure.
\n(Room: Clement Auditorium)<\/p>\n

Friday, February 27th at 5:00pm<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe Attack\u201d (L’attentat) by Ziad Doueiri<\/strong>
\nThe film tracks the growing disillusion of Amin Jaafari, a highly successful Palestinian surgeon who lives and works in Tel Aviv. After a suicide bombing which leaves the physician valiantly struggling to save lives at the hospital where he works, Israeli police tell Amin that his wife was likely the jihadist responsible for the carnage.
\n(Room: UC 307)<\/p>\n

Wednesday, March 4th at 5:00pm<\/h3>\n

\u201cBastards\u201d (Les salauds) by Claire Denis<\/strong>
\nThis scalding examination of the abuse of power and the sin of looking the other way is inspired by William Faulkner\u2019s 1931 novel \u201cSanctuary\u201d and the Sadean sex parties attended by Dominique Strauss-Kahn and other French higher-ups. Bastards centers on a revenge plot that begins tenuously but grows only more inexorable.
\n(Room: UC 303)<\/p>\n

Wednesday, March 18th at 5:00pm<\/h3>\n

\u201cGrisgris\u201d by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun<\/strong>
\nIn a disco in N\u2019Djamena, the capital of Chad, Souleymane, a man with a paralyzed leg nicknamed \u201cGrigris\u201d dazzles the crowd with his spectacular dance moves.
\n(Room: Clement Auditorium)<\/p>\n

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Friday, March 20th at 5:00pm<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe Missing Picture\u201d (L’image manquante) by Rithy Panh<\/strong>
\nOn April 17th, 1975, the Khmer Rouge seized Cambodia\u2019s capital city and Pol Pot began his genocidal regime. Ingeniously using carved and painted figures to represent himself and his family, Rithy Pang recounts the story of legions of Cambodians and their relentless suffering during the Khmer Rouge\u2019s horrific four-year reign.
\n(Room: UC 307)<\/p>\n

Wednesday, March 25th at 5:00pm<\/h3>\n

\u201cGrande illusion\u201d (La grande illusion) by Jean Renoir<\/strong>
\nThis masterwork by Jean Renoir, shot just three years before the beginning of World War II, examines the relationships that form among a group of French officers held in a German prisoner of war camp.
\n(Room: WND Afriacan American Cultural Center)<\/p>\n

For more information, please contact Dr. Christophe Konkobo at konkoboc@apsu.edu<\/a> or Dr. Karen Sorenson at atsorensonk@apsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Tourn\u00e9es Festival was made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the US, the Centre National de la Cin\u00e9matographie et de l’Image Anim\u00e9e and the Franco-American Cultural Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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