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8
avril | april
Mercredi | Wednesday
MUSIQUE
| MUSIC
8
pm
•Katia & Marielle Labèque and Mayte
Martin
De Fuego y de Agua
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U.S. Premiere
The refined elegance of the classical piano meets the sensual magic
of the flamenco in this passionate evening of Spanish music featuring
three of the world’s most intrepid and charismatic female artists.
Hailed by The New York Times as “the best piano duet in front
of an audience today,” France’s Katia and Marielle Labèque
dazzle crowds with their wide emotional range, technical fireworks
and exquisite lyricism.
They will be joined by the premier female flamenco vocalist of her
generation, Catalonian singer Mayte Martin, whose stunning voice,
powerful range and inventive phrasing “transcends flamboyant
theatrics to go straight to the heart of the art form” [The Boston
Globe].
Their program includes works from their new collaborative recording
De Fuego y de Agua, featuring soulful renditions of Spanish classics. |
Price: $66, 52, 40, 28
($15 UCLA students)
UCLA
Royce Hall
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10-11
avril | april
Vendredi-Samedi | Friday-Saturday
CINEMA
7:30
pm
•Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
1975/color/201 min. | Scr/dir: Chantal Akerman, w/
Delphine Seyrig.
A groundbreaking work of art cinema, Chantal Akerman’s
sharply observed and compellingly restrained masterpiece recounts the
seemingly innocuous household chores of single-mother Jeanne Dielman (Seyrig).
But beneath the surface of her modest Belgian petit bourgeois behavior,
recorded in real time by cinematographer Babette Mangolte, Akerman uncovers
a feminist tragedy.
”A majestic movie! Akerman fills her movies with patterns and textures
of ordinary life, the stuff other films never even notice. Today the film’s
observational strategies—its long takes and scrupulous framing—practically
amount to a lingua franca of international art film.”—Dennis
Lim, The New York Times.
New 35mm print!
LACMA - Leo S. Bing Theater
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles
lacma.org
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12
avril | april
Dimanche | Sunday
ARTS
1:00
pm - TOUR (20 min)
•A Family of 18th Century French Sculptors
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles
lacma.org
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16
avril | april
Jeudi | Thursday
CINEMA
7:30
pm
•The French Music Composers Go to Hollywood
Georges Delerue and Alexandre Desplat Double Feature:
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WOMAN NEXT DOOR (LA FEMME D’Á
CÔTÉ)
1981, Janus Films, 106 min. Dir. François Truffaut.
Bernard (Gerard Depardieu) was living happily with his wife Arlette
and his son Thomas. One day, a couple, Philippe and Mathilde Bauchard
(Fanny Ardant), moves into the next house. This is the accidental
reunion of Bernard and Mathilde, who had a passionate love affair
years ago. The relationship revives... A somber study of human feelings.
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READ MY LIPS
2001, Magnolia Pictures, 115 min. Dir. Jacques Audiard.
Carla (Emmanuelle Devos, winner of the Cesar 2001 Award for Best Actress
for her performance here) is an intelligent but lonely and sexually
frustrated secretary who suffers from loss of hearing. She hires unsophisticated
ex-con Paul (Vincent Cassel) as her assistant, and soon the two start
using each other’s particular talents for much more dangerous
and criminal enterprises. A splendid thriller of passion and double-crossing
that revives the noir spirit of Jacques Becker and Jean-Pierre Melville! |
American Cinematheque
at the Aero Theatre
Montana Avenue
in Santa Monica
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17
avril | april
Vendredi | Friday
CINEMA
7:30
pm
•The French Music Composers Go to Hollywood
Michel Legrand and Michel Colombier Double Feature:
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THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR
1968, 102 min. MGM Repertory, Dir. Norman
Jewison.
One of our favorite guilty pleasures from the 1960s: Steve McQueen
stars as bachelor supremo Thomas Crown, who’s just pulled off
the perfect multi-million-dollar bank heist -- until he runs into
mondo-chic insurance investigator Faye Dunaway, who can’t decide
whether she wants to make love to him or throw him in the slammer!
Features some of the grooviest split-screen images ever, courtesy
of director Jewison and co-editor Hal Ashby, with beautiful cinematography
by Haskell Wexler.
Academy Award winner for Best Song, the haunting "The Windmills
of Your Mind," by Michel Legrand and Alan & Marilyn
Bergman. |
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AGAINST ALL ODDS
1984, Sony Repertory, 128 min.
Director Taylor Hackford reinvents film noir by taking it out of
the shadows and setting it in the blinding Southern California sun
in this sexy riff on OUT OF THE PAST. Jeff Bridges is a washed-up
pro football star who gets in over his head after he takes a job
going after James Woods’ fugitive girlfriend. When Bridges
finds the woman -- the beautiful Rachel Ward -- sparks fly, and
the ex-athlete’s desire quickly leads him into a complicated
web of lies, betrayal, and murder.
Michel Colombier’s innovative score was one of the first
to employ synthesizers extensively and effectively, a technique
that would influence many 1980s movies to follow.
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American Cinematheque
at the Aero Theatre
Montana Avenue
in Santa Monica
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18
avril | april
Samedi | Saturday
THEATRE
7
pm
•Moliere's "The Imaginary Invalid"
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A reading by the professional, stellar, forgiving,
Parson's Nose
acting company of Lance Davis' one hour
translation/adaptation of Moliere's 17th Century comedy.
"At these prices, who can afford to be sick?!"
Free, but seating is limited. Please RSVP to Allison
by April 12, 626-403-7667
Note: "Imaginary Invalid" is an informal,
intimate, professional reading, not performance.
We encourage ages 12 and older.
Wine and coffee served
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Jameson Brown Coffee Roasters
260 North Allen (1 block N. of Walnut)
Pasadena, CA 91106
CINEMA
7:30
pm
•The French Music Composers Go to Hollywood
Maurice Jarre Double Feature:
WITNESS
1985, Paramount, 112 min. Dir. Peter Weir. Harrison Ford shines in one
of his best dramatic roles as a Philadelphia cop who hides out in an Amish
community – and finds himself falling in love with widow Kelly McGillis.
The film also sports the feature film debut of actor Viggo Mortensen in
a small supporting role. "The visual look [of WITNESS] comes very
much from Flemish and German painting." – Peter Weir.
THE MOSQUITO COAST
1986, Warner Bros., 117 min.
Working from a Paul Schrader script adapted from the Paul Theroux novel,
Peter Weir directs an uncompromising, complex character study of spiritual
crisis teetering over the brink into madness.
Harrison Ford gives one of his finest performances as an egocentric inventor
determined to realize his utopian ideal in the backwaters of Central America,
even if it destroys his family (Helen Mirren is his wife, River Phoenix
his eldest son). A harrowing journey into a modern heart of darkness.
American Cinematheque
at the Aero Theatre
Montana Avenue
in Santa Monica
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19
avril | april
Dimanche | Sunday
SPORTS
 •Pétanque
Panache Doublette
Rancho Park courts
West Los Angeles
Pour plus d'info concernant tarif et horaires,
consulter l'association Los
Angeles Pétanque
CINEMA
7:30
pm
The French Music Composers Go to Hollywood
Georges Delerue and Gabriel Yared Double Feature:
JULIA
1977, 20th Century Fox, 117 min.
Dir. Fred Zinnemann. Jane Fonda plays Lillian Hellman in this autobiographical
tale of Hellman’s friendship with Julia (Vanessa Redgrave), a radiant
woman who indoctrinates Hellman into the 1930s European resistance movement.
Jason Robards is superb in an Oscar-winning performance as Dashiell Hammett,
as are Maxmillian Schell, Hal Holbrook and Meryl Streep in her feature
film debut.
Georges Delerue’s lyrical score was nominated for an Academy
Award.
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THE ENGLISH PATIENT
1996, Miramax, 162 min. Dir. Anthony Minghella.
Ralph Fiennes is badly burned in a WWII plane crash and wakes up in
a monastery, where he claims to have no memory of who he is. As nurse
Juliette Binoche tends to him, his story emerges in flashbacks, and
his passionate affair with Kristin Scott Thomas forms the basis of
one of the most beloved romances in movie history.
Gabriel Yared’s Oscar-winning score anchors a richly layered,
novelistic epic that recalls the best films of David Lean and David
O. Selznick. |
American Cinematheque
at the Aero Theatre
Montana Avenue
in Santa Monica
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21
avril | april
Mardi | Tuesday
CONFERENCE
| LECTURE
11:30 am
•"Rousseau,
Tocqueville and American Populism"
The Alliance Française de Pasadena presents a lunchtime lecture
on the history and dynamics of American campaign rhetoric as seen through
the eyes of notable contemporary and historical French commentators.
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Written and delivered by Pasadena resident
Dr. Michael McLendon, the lecture analyses the language and thought
that underlies American political discourse.
In the 19th Century, French social commentator Alexis de Tocqueville
noted the young nation’s infatuation with egalitarianism and
its flip side, the electorate’s disdain for sophisticated and
cultured leaders. Eight generations later, why do we continue to respond
to this theme? Why as a nation, are we suspicious of those who are
more qualified than we are to run the country? If we understood the
hidden assumptions behind these enduring ideas, would we still continue
to be swayed by them? |
Dr. Michael McLendon has been teaching political theory
as Assistant Professor at California State University, Los Angeles since
2003 and has published scholarly articles on Jean-Jacques Rousseau
and Tocqueville. He is currently writing a book on “amour-propre”
and modern liberalism.
A light lunch will be served following the presentation.
The lecture is free for Alliance Française de Pasadena members,
$10:00 for non members.
afdepasadena.org
Event held at:
Court of Appeals
125 South Grand Avenue
Pasadena
ARTS
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1:00
pm -
TOUR (20 min)
•The Art of Picasso
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles
lacma.org
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24avril
| april
Vendredi
| Friday
 6
pm
•Jessica
Fichot
Featuring French singer
Jessica Fichot
@ Soho
1221 State St., Suite 205
in Santa Barbara, CA
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25avril
| april
Samedi
| Saturday
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6 pm
•Djangofest L.A.
Featuring French singer
Jessica Fichot
Laguna Beach Festival of Arts (Forum Theater)
650 Laguna Canyon Rd.
Laguna Beach, CA 92651 |
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28
avril | april
Mardi | Tuesday
ARTS
1:00
pm - TOUR
(20 min)
•The Barbizon Painters:
The Road to Realism
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles
lacma.org
FESTIVAL
•10th
annual French Spotlight Event at the Newport Beach Film Festival
 Come
and celebrate the 7 time César awarded film «Séraphine»!
Join us for the 10th annual French Spotlight Event at the Newport Beach
Film Festival.
The film will be shown at the Island Cinema Theater located at Fashion
Island in beautiful Newport Beach.
After the film, head to French 75 and Ligne Roset for an entertaining
post party with light hors d'oeuvres, desserts, and refreshments.
 Assistez
à la projection du film «Séraphine», grand gagnant
des César 2009!
Rejoignez-nous à l'occasion de la 10e édition de la soirée
culturelle française du Newport Beach Film Festival.
Le film sera projeté au Island Cinema Theater, à Fashion
Island, à Newport Beach.
En deuxième partie de soirée, nous vous invitons à
apprécier un buffet français et quelques rafraîchissements
chez French 75 et Ligne Roset à l'occasion d'une post-party.
Tickets on sale starting on April
1rst on the website/ Billets en vente dès le 1er avril sur le site:
www.newportbeachfilmfest.com
Price/ Prix: $30
This event is a 21+ party.
Cette soirée est réservée aux plus de 21 ans.
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et aussi...
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Jusqu'au 24 mai 2009
(Ends May 24)
The Rehearsal
Jean Anouilh
A Noise Within
Production
Dir. Julia Rodriguez-Elliott
234 South Brand Blvd
Glendale
Tel. 818.240.0910
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Jusqu'au 31 mai 2009
(Ends May 31)
The School for Wives
+
The Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Molière
City Garage
Production
Dir. Frederique Michel
1340 1/2 4th St. (alley)
Santa Monica
Tel. 310.319.9939
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Jusqu'au 8 june 2009
(Ends June 8)
Matisse’s Amours: Illustrations of Pierre de Ronsard’s
Love Poems
Norton
Simon Museum
Pasadena
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Ends December 2009
Cinderella: The Musical
Family Matinée
Santa
Monica Playhouse
1211 Fourth Street
310.394.9779
$10 to $12.50
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FILMS
A l'affiche:
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20 - 26 Avril 2009
COL
COA Film Festival
A week of
french movies
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Entre les murs
(The
class)
Dir. Laurent Cantet
Palme d'Or Cannes Festival
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Shall
We Kiss?
(Un Baiser s'il vous plait)
2007 | 102 Minutes
CFrench w/English Subtitles
Director : Emmanuel Mouret
Cast : Virginie Ledoyen Emmanuel Mouret Julie Gayet Michaël
Cohen Frédérique Bel
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Paris
36
French w/English Subtitles
Director : Christophe Barratier
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In English
Taken
Dir. Pierre Morel
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