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French Film Festival
French Film Festival
Media Manipulations: Three Centuries of Sensationalism & Scandal in New French Film,
this year's Williams French Film Festival. The festival features recent films from France that focus on sensationalism and scandal in the media. From nineteenth-century Parisian journalists in Xavier Giannoli's Lost Illusions
(2021), to twentieth-century criminality in François Ozon's The Crime is Mine
(2023), to twentieth-first-century news media in Bruno Dumont's France
(2021), these films examine the scandalous, criminal, and comical effects of charlatan reporters, tabloid sensationalism, social media, and so-called fake news
Each film will be introduced by French Professors Brian Martin and Preea Leelah.
This festival is made possible with the generous support of the Williams Class of 1960 Scholars Program, the Williams Department of Romance Languages and the Williams Center for Global Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. All films are in French with English subtitles, and are free and open to the public.
Tuesday, February 13 at 7pm: Lost Illusions
Lucien de Rubempré (Benjamin Voisin) is an ambitious and unknown aspiring poet in 19th century France. He leaves his provincial town and makes a new friend in another young writer, Etienne Lousteau (Vincent Lacoste), who introduces him to the business of journalism where a salon of wordsmiths and wunderkinds make or break the reputations of actors and artists with insouciant impunity. Lucien agrees to write rave reviews for bribes, achieving material success at the expense of his conscience and soon discovers that the written word can be an instrument of both beauty and deceit. Xavier Giannoli’s sumptuous adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s epic novel, Lost Illusions is a ravishing vision of the birth of modern media.
Tuesday, February 20 at 7pm: The Crime is Mine
In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless and talentless actress, is accused of murdering a famous producer. Helped by her best friend Pauline, a young unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. A new life of fame and success begins, until the truth comes out.
Tuesday, February 27 at 7pm: France
A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.
Each film will be introduced by French Professors Brian Martin and Preea Leelah.
This festival is made possible with the generous support of the Williams Class of 1960 Scholars Program, the Williams Department of Romance Languages and the Williams Center for Global Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. All films are in French with English subtitles, and are free and open to the public.
Tuesday, February 13 at 7pm: Lost Illusions
Lucien de Rubempré (Benjamin Voisin) is an ambitious and unknown aspiring poet in 19th century France. He leaves his provincial town and makes a new friend in another young writer, Etienne Lousteau (Vincent Lacoste), who introduces him to the business of journalism where a salon of wordsmiths and wunderkinds make or break the reputations of actors and artists with insouciant impunity. Lucien agrees to write rave reviews for bribes, achieving material success at the expense of his conscience and soon discovers that the written word can be an instrument of both beauty and deceit. Xavier Giannoli’s sumptuous adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s epic novel, Lost Illusions is a ravishing vision of the birth of modern media.
Tuesday, February 20 at 7pm: The Crime is Mine
In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless and talentless actress, is accused of murdering a famous producer. Helped by her best friend Pauline, a young unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. A new life of fame and success begins, until the truth comes out.
Tuesday, February 27 at 7pm: France
A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.
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