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 Feb 8-Mar 6, 2014
The Gene Siskel Film Center, in partnership with the Institut Français
and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York and Chicago, proudly present an 8-film tribute to French cinema master Jacques Demy (1931-1990). Often associated with the French New Wave of the 1960's, Demy stood out among his contemporary filmmakers with his distinctive style and intuitive knowledge about the trials of the human heart. His first film, Lola (1961), garnered considerable praise and attention, but it was his Umbrellas of Cherbourg
(1964), that took his career to new heights on an international scale. Following the success of Umbrellas, and the later hit The Young Girls of Rochefort, Demy's career took an interesting turn. He began to experiment with topics and settings, while still holding true to his own distinctive style of bittersweet melancholy. In 1962, Demy wed the equally acclaimed director Agnès Varda. She has been pivotal to the preservation of her late husband's legacy, through her film contributions about his life and work (Jacquot de Nantes, 1991) and through her supervision in the restoration of his timeless films.
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Feb 8 & Feb 13, 2014
1964, France, 91 min.
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo
In the coastal town of Cherbourg, the daughter of an umbrella-shop owner falls in love with an automechanic. The Algerian War intervenes. A winner of the 1964 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and a receiver of numerous accolades including 4 Academy Award nominations, this film shines as one of Demy's most internationally adored contributions to French cinema.
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Feb 8 & Feb 10, 2014
1961, France, 90 min.
Starring: Anouk Aimée and Marc Michel
A Monroesque dance-hall girl dates three different men as she faithfully awaits the return of a sailor who left her pregnant 7 years ago. FOR MORE INFORMATION |
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Feb 15 & Feb 20, 2014
1967, France, 125 min.
Starring : Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac
Two beautiful, musically-inclined twins eagerly yearn for love and escape from their port-city hometown. FOR MORE INFORMATION |
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Feb 15 & Feb 17, 2014
1963, France, 79 min.
Starring: Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann
A Parisian bank clerk is enchanted by a glamorous compulsive gambler while on holiday in the French Riviera in this tale of obsession and self-destruction. FOR MORE INFORMATION |
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Feb 22 & Feb 27, 2014
1982, France, 90 min.
Starring: Dominique Sanda and Danielle Darrieux
This all-sung film is set in strike-torn Nantes in 1955. A steelworker striker rents a room in an upper class widow's boarding house. After abandoning his pregnant girlfriend, he falls in love with a part-time prostitute, who unbeknownst to him is the widow's daughter. FOR MORE INFORMATION |
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Feb 22 & Feb 24, 2014
1969, USA, 95 min.
Starring: Gary Lockwood and Anouk Aimée
A soon-to-be-drafted young architect follows a mysterious woman in a white dress. The woman is Lola from Demy's earlier film, who is now working in Los Angeles as a cheesecake model. Lola's aftermath and story unfolds in the dreamlike setting of LA at the end of the 20th century. FOR MORE INFORMATION |
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Mar 1 & Mar 6, 2014
1970, France, 90 min.
Starring : Catherine Deneuve and Jean Marais
The wife of the king of the blue kingdom makes him promise to only marry a woman whose beauty equals hers before she dies. In the wake of her death, the king discovers the only woman who would fit the promise is his own daughter. FOR MORE INFORMATION |
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Mar 1 & Mar 3, 2014
1973, France, 92 min.
Starring : Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni
In this outlandish comedy a Parisian driving-school instructor is informed that he is pregnant. The media frenzy that follows raises larger questions about gender stereotypes and adds tension to the expectant father's relationship with his wife. FOR MORE INFORMATION |
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Apr 11 - May 2, 2014
Madison Cinematheque
This four-film series will begin during the 2014 Wisconsin Film Festival, with screenings of new restorations of Lola, the Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and even Agnes Varda's documentary and love letter to her late spouse about his life and work. Supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the Institut Français.
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Feb 13 - 14, 2014
Cleveland Cinematheque
In a special, Valentines Day presentation, the Cleveland Cinematheque will present Demy's most adored film about love and loss. Supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and L'Institut Français. FOR MORE INFORMATION |
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