PATER, MOON CHILD, et al. Play in 'Rendez-Vous With French Cinema' 3/06-27

The Bijou Theatre Joins Film Society of Lincoln Center, Unifrance Films & Emerging Pictures in presenting "RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA". 7 French films will screen in Bridgeport, CT and 50 other US cities during March. Bridgeport, CT audiences will be able to see the films between March 6 - March 27.

This year marks the first collaboration with Emerging Pictures and the "Rendez-Vous with French Cinema" series, and the first time that audiences in cities across the country will have the opportunity to see these films in local theaters via Emerging Pictures's digital delivery technology. Emerging Pictures is the largest all-digital specialty film and alternate content theater network in the U.S., delivering independent films, cultural programs and special events to 300 American and Canadian venues.

"Rendez-Vous with French Cinema" series offerings will be shown as follows:

Tue, 3/13 9:00 pm and Sun, 3/18 8:00 pm
PATER, Directed by Alain Cavalier, Starring Vincent Lindon and Alain Cavalier, running time: 105 min. In PATER, France's most unpredictable filmmaker, Alain Cavalier, teams up with actor Vincent Lindon for a witty, semi-improvised look at men, power and politics, starring Cavalier himself as a fictional French President and Lindon as his newly appointed Prime Minister.

Tue, 3/6 6:30 pm, Sun, 3/11 5:30 pm
17 GIRLS (17 FILLES) Directed by Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin, running time: 90 min. Based on a headline-grabbing incident in the U.S., sisters Delphine and Muriel Coulin's provocative debut feature follows the fallout in a sleepy French coastal town when a group of teenage girls all decide to become pregnant at the same time.

Tues, 3/13 6:30pm, Sun, 3/18 5:30 pm
MOON CHILD (LA PERMISSION DE MINUIT) Directed by Crystel Fournier, Starring Vincent Lindon, Emmanuelle Devos, Quentin Challal. Running time: 110 min. Romain is a "moon child," afflicted since birth by a rare genetic deficiency that makes him unable to stand exposure to daylight. Since infancy he has been cared for by David, a consultant dermatologist who is fascinated with his case and with whom he has developed an unusually close relationship. Now David has to leave, and doesn't know how to tell Romain. The day of the separation draws near... a new ordeal for them both.

Tue, 3/20, 6:30 pm, Sun, 3/25 5:30 pm
THE SCREEN ILLUSION (L'ILLUSION COMIQUE), Directed by and starring: Mathieu Amalric running time: 77 min. Commissioned by La Comédie-Française, actor-director Mathieu Amalric's wildly inventive update of Corneille's popular 17th century tragicomedy follows a hotel concierge on the trail of a missing young man who seems to have left many a young female heart aflutter.Tue, 3/6 8:30 pm, Sun, 3/11, 7:30 pm
THE LAST SCREENING (LA DERNIÈRE SÉANCE), Directed by: Laurent Achard, Starring Pascal Cervo, Charlotte van Kemmel, Karole Rocher, Brigitte Sy, running time: 81 min. CINEMA PARADISO meets PSYCHO in a provocative genre film about the dutiful manager/projectionist of a repertory cinema in the French provinces...and the many secrets he holds.

Tue, 3/27, 630 pm, Tue, 3/27, 9:00 pm
SMUGGLERS' SONGS (LES CHANTS DE MANDRIN), Directed by: Rabah Ameur-ZaÏmeche, running time: 97 min. The 18th century folk hero and bandit Louis Mandrin is the inspiration for this strikingly relevant period tale, tracing the efforts of Mandrin's followers to distribute his songs and stories in the build-up to the French Revolution.

Tue, 3/20 8:30 pm, Sun, 3/25, 7:30 pm
THE WELL-DIGGER'S DAUGHTER (LA FILLE DU PUISATIER) Directed by Daniel Auteuil, starring Daniel Auteuil, Jane-Pierre Daroussin, Sabine Azema, and Kad Merad, running time: 107 min. Daniel Auteuil, veteran of Marcel Pagnol adaptations JEAN DE FLORETTE and MANON DES SOURCES, returns to Pagnol for his first work as a director, telling moving story of a hardscrabble well digger, his eldest daughter and her passion for the son of a local shopkeeper.

Tickets are: General Admission $10, Senior Citizen (62+) $8, Student (ID Required) $8, Children (12 and under) $8.

For ticket information, visit www.thebijoutheatre.com or call: 203-332-3228. The Bijou Theatre is located at 275 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604.

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