French Film, “Notre Musique” Is Next, Three More to Come
– The second of five films in Florida Tech’s French Film Festival, Jean-Luc Godard’s Notre Musique, will be shown on Sunday, April 16 at 4
p.m. Winner for Best Film at the 2004 San Sebastian International Film Festival, Notre Musique has been called “part poetry, part journalism, part
philosophy” and a “timeless meditation on war as seen through the prisms of cinema, text and image.”
All films are free to all. They are shown in Florida Tech’s Gleason Performing Arts Center on University Blvd.
The Tournées Festival is sponsored by FACE (French American Cultural Exchange). The festival was made possible with the support of the Cultural
Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture (CNC).
Notre
Musique
4 p.m., Sunday, April 16, 2006
Part poetry, part journalism, part philosophy, Jean-Luc Godard’s Notre Musique is a timeless meditation on war as seen through the prisms of
cinema, text and image. Godard works from Dante’s template and splits his vision into three panels: “Hell,” “Purgatory” and “Heaven.” Through
evocative language and images, Godard explores a series of conflicting forces. These opposing movements are eternal. They are the two faces of truth.
They are our music.
(Language: French with English subtitles)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Awards: Best Film, San Sebastian International Film Festival
(2004) Rating: Not rated
Running Time: 80
minutes
Production: France-Switzerland, 2004
Fear and Trembling
7:30 p.m., Friday, April 21, 2006
Amélie has returned to Japan where she secured a job as an interpreter with the Yumimoto corporation. It is a dream come true. She grew up there and has
since dreamt of coming back to become “a true Japanese woman.” She soon learns, the hard way, of the importance of protocol, hierarchy and the intricate
codes unique to the Japanese corporate world.
(Language: French and Japanese with English subtitles)
Director: Alain Corneau
Awards: Best Actress (Sylvie Testud), César Awards (2004)
Rating: Not rated (general public) Running Time: 102 minutes
Production: France-Japan, 2003
Le Grand
voyage
4 p.m., Sunday, April 23, 2006
A few weeks before his high school final exam, Réda, a young man who lives in the south of France, is chosen to drive his aging father to Mecca for the
traditional pilgrimage. From France, through Italy, Serbia, Turkey, Syria, Jordan to Saudi Arabia- the two will embark on a road trip to Mecca that
will change their lives. (Language: French and Arabic with English subtitles)
Director: Ismaël
Ferroukhi
Awards: Award for First Feature Film,
Venice Film Festival (2004)
Rating: Not rated (general public) Running Time: 108 minutes
Production: France-Morocco, 2004
À tout de
suite
7:30 p.m., Friday, April 28, 2006
A stylish thriller, À tout de suite tells the story of sexy, free-spirited Lili, a Parisian art student who falls for a charismatic bank robber
and joins him on the run, a dizzying cross-continent escape through Spain, Morocco and Greece, when a sudden betrayal leaves her stranded in the middle of
nowhere. Shot in black and white, À tout de suite presents a visually stunning journey of self-discovery.
(Language: French with English subtitles)
Director: Benoit
Jacquot
Rating: Not rated
Running Time: 95 minutes
Production: France, 2004
FREE ADMISSION
The festival is sponsored by President and Mrs. Anthony James Catanese.
The Tournées Festival is sponsored by FACE (French American Cultural Exchange). The festival was made possible with the support of the Cultural
Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture (CNC).
For more information contact Carla Funk at (321) 674-6129 or cfunk@fit.edu
