newportFILM Announces Salve Regina's 6th Annual French Film Festival

After five successful years, Salve Regina's French Film Festival has evolved into a cultural highlight of Newport's spring season, attracting an audience of more than 2,000 spectators from the University and local community last year. Six new, important and diverse French films, all with English subtitles, will be screened during the sixth annual French Film Festival.

For Tickets and Information:

http://www.salve.edu/frenchfilm/

Welcome (drama)
Date and Time: 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 29
Location: O'Hare Academic Center, Salve Regina campus

Stirring and beautifully acted film that is a compassionate look at the perils faced by illegal immigrants. The film centers on Bilal, a 17-year-old Iraqi Kurd who is stuck in Calais in Northern France, and Simon, a recently divorced swimming teacher. Desperate to join his girlfriend in London, Bilal vows to swim across the English Channel. Winner of six best film awards, plus 10 César nominations.

Army of Crime/ L'Armée du Crime (historical drama and thriller)
Date and Time: 7 p.m. Thursday, March 31
Location: O'Hare Academic Center, Salve Regina campus

This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, poet and political activist, who led a group of young immigrant "resistants" in 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded the group an Army of Crime, in a campaign aimed at characterizing the group as a "foreign and Jewish conspiracy" that backfired as the group became martyrs for the Resistance.

The Concert/Le Concert (uplifting comedy)
Date and Time: 2 p.m. Sunday, April 3
Location: O'Hare Academic Center, Salve Regina campus

Winner of two César Awards and a Golden Globe nominee, this unlikely success story focuses on Andrei Filipov, a Russian conductor whose music career was cut short by politics and is now a mere cleaning man at the Bolshoi. When he learns by accident that the Châtelet Theatre in Paris has invited the Bolshoi orchestra, Andrei decides to gather together his old Jewish and Gypsy musicians and a French violinist to realize his long-cherished dream. Reception following the film sponsored by Alliance Française of Newport.

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno/L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot (documentary merging fiction and non-fiction)
Date and Time: 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 5
Location: O'Hare Academic Center, Salve Regina campus

A film "like nothing you've seen before." L'Enfer, a story of sexual jealousy and psychological instability, was supposed to revolutionize the art form in the early 1960s. But after just three weeks of production, this sultry, experimental film was mysteriously aborted. Working hand in hand with Clouzot's widow, 85 cans of film, interviews and Clouzot's own notes and storyboards, the filmmakers reconstruct Clouzot's original vision and shed light on the director's creative turmoil that precipitated the debacle. This film garnered César, Étoile d'Or, and São Paulo International Film Festival best documentary awards.

Father of My Children/Le Père de Mes Enfants (critically acclaimed drama)
Date and Time: 7 p.m. Thursday, April 7
Location: O'Hare Academic Center, Salve Regina campus

Grégoire, a Parisian film producer, has it all - a beautiful wife, three adorable daughters, wealth and a buzzing career. On the surface he seems invincible, maintaining humor and charm as he tirelessly juggles the demands of his Production Company with his family's needs. But when Grégoire's reserves - both financial and emotional - reach a dramatic breaking point, his family's love and resilience is tested. This film received the Un Certain Regard award at Cannes and a Lumière Best Screenplay. (Description adapted from IFC Films.

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