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FEBRUARY 2013
 
16th Annual European Union Film Festival in Chicago
 
March 1-28, 2013
Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago (IL)

The Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago welcomes you to the 16th Annual European Union Film Festival, the largest showcase in North America for the cinema of the European Union nations. This year’s festival presents the Chicago premieres of 61 new feature films, providing a broad picture of the creativity of Europe’s most adventurous filmmakers including nine French and French-speaking films.

Supported by the Cultural Service at the Consulate General of France in Chicago.

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FRENCH FILMS
Sun, Mar 3rd | 3:00 pm
Thu, Mar 7th | 6:00 pm
Directed by Jennifer Devoldère (2011, France)
with Mélanie Laurent and Michel Blanc

This touching and funny film centers on father-daughter conflicts in a Parisian Jewish family.

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Sat, Mar 9th | 3:00 pm
Wed, Mar 13th | 6:00 pm
Directed by Gilles Bourdos (2012, France)
with Michel Bouquet and Christa Théret

Director Gilles Bourdos takes an appreciative look at the final muse to painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and the first one to filmmaker Jean Renoir.

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Sun, Mar 10th | 3:00 pm
Thu, Mar 14th | 6:00 pm
Directed by Sophie Lellouche (2012, France)
with Alice Taglioni, Patrick Bruel and Woody Allen

Following Woody Allen’s valentine to Paris in Midnight in Paris, this breezy romantic comedy returns the favor, including a substantial guest appearance by the Woodman himself.

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Sat, Mar 16th | 8:15 pm
Mon, Mar 18th | 6:00 pm
Thu, Mar 28th | 8:15 pm
Directed by Anne Fontaine
(2011, France, 103 min.)
with Isabelle Huppert and Benoît Poelvoorde

In this often uproarious culture-clash comedy, an upscale, uptight Parisian family gets a badly needed dose of defrosting when their lives are invaded by a rude-and-crude plumber/construction-worker.

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Sun, Mar 17th | 3:00 pm
Thu, Mar 21st | 6:00 pm
Directed by Alain Resnais
(2012, France, 115 min.)
with Michel Piccoli and Sabine Azéma

Announced by Resnais as his last film, this sprightly swansong brings together the great director’s central themes of memory, self-reflexivity, and theatricality for a final bow.

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Sat, Mar 23rd | 3:00 pm
Wed, Mar 27th | 6:00 pm
Directed by Philippe Béziat
(2012, France, 108 min.)
with Natalie Dessay and Jean-François Sivadier

Director Béziat, known for his innovative documentaries on classical music, trains his cameras on a 2011 production of Verdi's La Traviata helmed by celebrated stage director Jean-François Sivadier with the charismatic soprano Natalie Dessay.

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Sun, Mar 24th | 3:00 pm
Mon, Mar 25th | 6:00 pm
Directed by Elie Wajeman
(2012, France, 90 min.)
with Pio Marmaï and Cédric Kahn

Reminiscent of the early films of James Gray, this subtly effective drama-cum-thriller is a well-realized feature debut for writer-director Elie Wajeman and an impressive turn as an actor by French director Cedric Kahn.

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FRENCH-SPEAKING FILMS
Sun, Mar 3rd | 7:15 pm
Wed, Mar 6th | 8:15 pm
Directed by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth
(2012, Belgium/Netherlands/France, 94 min.)
with Aurélia Poirier and Django Schrevens

This dramatic feature from former documakers Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth is a surreal meditation on nature in revolt against man.

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Sat, Mar 23rd | 9:00 pm
Mon, Mar 25th | 7:45 pm
Directed by David Lambert
(2012, Belgium/Canada/France, 98 min.)
with Matila Malliarakis and Guillaume Gouix

A lucid portrait of the rapid ignition and painful burnout of a gay relationship from Belgian screenwriter-turned-director David Lambert.

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