La Cinémathèque @ NYU

If any of you out there are 'fanatiques' of French films, there will be a FREE mini-festival at the Kimmel Center on Thursday, October 13th.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 4:00-10:00pm
LOCATION - THE KIMMEL CENTER, ROOM 908


4:00pm - Les 400 Coups (400 Blows) - A Classic drama directed by François Truffaut. Antoine Doinel is a 14 year old Parisian. His parents do not show much interest in him. He skips school to go to the movies and play with his friends. He discovers his mother has a lover. Antoine steals a typewriter, which leads to his suspension from school. (1h 34mins - 1959)


6:00pm - Le Dîner de Cons (The Dinner Game) - A comedy directed by Francis Veber. Each week, Pierre and his friends organize what is called "un dîner de cons". Everyone brings the dumbest guy he could find as a guest. Pierre thinks his champ -François Pignon- will steal the show. (1h20mins - 1998)

8:00pm - La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher) - directed by Michael Haneke. How far is a man willing to go to be with the woman he wants? Erika is a veteran piano instructor at a famous music conservatory in Vienna. Erika discovers she has attracted the attentions of one of her students, Walter, a gifted and good-looking young man who does not seem at all put off by her icy personality. Erika abruptly approaches Walter in a rough sexual fashion, but refuses to fully satisfy him until he is willing to allow her to control the relationship. When Walter becomes aware of just how much pain and humiliation is involved in Erika's erotic bill of fare, he refuses to participate, but in time his attraction to her causes him to weaken, and he begins to accede to her sexual demands. Winner of the Jury's Grand Prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. (2h 10mins - 2001). *** Starring Isabelle Huppert who will be speaking at La Maison Française on October 24th. More details can be found on www.nyu.edu/maisonfrancaise ***

Food and Drinks will be served. Stay for as many films as you like.