FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN: Conversations on Contemporary French Cinema

Monday, April 26 - An Homage to Fran?ois Truffaut - L'Homme qui aimait

4-6 p.m.          Opening

reception, Oregon patio (between Bldg 250-260)

6-9 p.m.          Screening

and Discussion of LHomme qui aimait les femmes (The man

who loved women), Cubberley Auditorium

Chaired by Laura Truffaut and presented by Serge Toubiana, director

of the Cinematheque francaise (Paris) and former director of the mythic Cahiers

Tuesday, April 27  - Vendredi Soir

6-9 p.m.          

Screening and Discussion of Vendredi Soir, Jordan Hall, Bldg

420, room 40

A film by Claire Denis, starring Vincent Lindon and Valerie Lemercier, based

on the original novel by Emmanuelle Bernheim

Followed by a discussion with Emmanuelle Bernheim, novelist, Prix Femina,

co-screenwriter of Friday Night, Swimming Pool, and Under

Wednesday, April 28

12-1 p.m.          

Bldg 260-Room 216, Lunch seminar with Emmanuelle Bernheim

Contact Cecile Alduy at alduy@stanford.edu

Friday, April 30 - WEST COAST PREMIERE of Petites Coupures

6-9 p.m.          

Screening and Discussion of Petites Coupures, Cubberley Auditorium

A film by Pascal Bonitzer, starring Kristin Scott-Thomas and Daniel Auteuil

Discussion with the author Pascal Bonitzer