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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).
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LA MOME (LA VIE EN ROSE)
Friday, April 10 • 7 p.m.
A swirling, impressionistic portrait of
the legendary French chanteuse, Edith
Piaf. In an Oscar-winning performance,
Marion Cotillard depicts Piaf's rise to the
dazzling limelight of New York's most
famous concert halls. Piaf's life was a
constant battle and her voice remains
one of the indelible signatures of the
20th century.
Director: Olivier Dahan | Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 140 minutes | Production: France, 2007
Genre: Drama | Screenplay: Olivier Dahan, Isabelle
Sobelman | Awards: Best Actress, BAFTA Film Awards
(2008) Oscars Awards (2008), César Awards (2008)
NE LE DIS A PERSONNE
(TELL NO ONE)
Friday, April 17 • 7 p.m.
Eight years after the savage murder of his
wife, Dr. Alex Beck receives an ominous
e-mail from an unknown source along
with video evidence that his wife is still
alive. As Alex becomes implicated in
murder, he unravels a sordid story that
will incriminate unscrupulous family
members and ultimately reunite him
with his wife.
Director: Guillaume Canet | Rating: Not rated
Running time: 125 minutes | Production: France, 2006
Genre: Thriller | Screenplay: Guillaume Canet & Philippe
Lefebvre. Based on Harlan Coben's novel Tell No One.
Awards: Best Director, Best Actor (François Cluzet), Best
Editing, Best Music (Matthieu Chedid), César Awards
(2007) Best Film and World Audience Award, Lumière
Awards (2007)
LE VOYAGE DU BALLON ROUGE
(FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON)
Sunday, April 19 • 4 p.m.
A mysterious red balloon affectionately
follows Simon, a precocious, wide-eyed
7-year-old boy, around Paris. Inspired
by Albert Lamorisse's classic 1956 short
"The Red Balloon," the fluid, unparalleled
elegance of Hou's first French-language
film finds grace in the simplest details,
and gently discovers a Paris previously
unseen.
Director : Hou Hsiao-hsien | Rating: Not rated
Running time: 113 minutes | Production: France, 2007
Genre: Drama | Screenplay: Hou Hsiao-hsien
NE TOUCHEZ PAS LA HACHE
(THE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS)
Friday, April 24 • 7 p.m.
Based on Balzac's 1834 novella and set
against the French Restoration, this
exquisite costume drama traces how a
passionate affair of the heart curdles into
cruelty and obsession.
Director : Jacques Rivette | Rating: Not rated
Running time: 137 minutes | Production: France / Italy,
2007 | Genre: Drama | Screenplay: Pascal Bonitzer,
Christine Laurent and Jacques Rivette. Based on Honoré
de Balzac's novella La duchesse de Langeais
LE SCAPHANDRE ET LE PAPILLON
(THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY)
Sunday, April 26 • 4 p.m.
Award-winning biopic about Jean-
Dominique Bauby, the world-renowned
editor of French ELLE magazine, who
suffered a stroke and was paralyzed by
the inexplicable "locked in" syndrome
at the age of 43. Directed by painter
and filmmaker, Julian Schnabel, the
film conveys Bauby's internal life
with remarkable clarity, employing
first-person perspective, striking
cinematography and life-affirming
monologues. The result is a wholly
original experience, a painful and
tender portrait of a life that is made
all the more exhilarating because
of its close proximity to death.
Director: Julian Schnabel | Rating: PG-13
Running time: 112 minutes | Production: France/USA,
2007 | Genre: Drama | Screenplay: Ronald Harwood
Based on Jean-Dominique Bauby's novel Le Scaphandre
et le Papillon | Awards: Best Director, Technical Grand
Prize, Cannes Film Festival (2007), Best Director,
Independent Spirit Awards (2008)