Festival «Fire Installation» by Carabosse Compagny at WinterCity Festival

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1 Is it Alice in Wonderland or the Cheshire Cat dream list? February offers a lot of enjoyable events : street performance, classical music, playwright in French, exhibitions and films. Go and warm yourself up at the Carabosse lighted «Fire» in front of the Toronto City Hall. For the Company it is also their initiation to snow! «Aimez-vous Brahms?» was a Françoise Sagan s popular novel; Duo Brothers Capuçon is worth to go and listen (again) TSO s Brahms with conductor Charles Dutoit! Or would you rather stop by the «Théâtre Français» which proposes two different playwrights in French this month with English subtitles? In an extravagance of gorgeous colours, all the body of works by filmmaker Jacques Demy is on screen at the ; on top of glamourous French stars, young Donovan as «The Piper»! The Black History Month also celebrates with music, films and food Joel Savary, Attaché Culturel Festival «Fire Installation» by Carabosse Compagny at WinterCity Festival Nathan Phillips Square /City Hall Exhibitions Lectures Music Theatre Cinema Television «What we bring to the Table?» Group Exhibition with French Artist Patrick Faigenbaum «High Altitudes» Anna Katharina Scheidegger s Exhibition «Exiles and Identities» AFT Jeudis Littéraires «From the frying pan into the fire» Société d Histoire de Toronto «Symphonie Fantastique» Berlioz / Charles Dutoit «With French Flair» Ravel/Debussy/Jolivet / Glenn Gould School «Creoles and Cajuns : Roots and branches of the musics of Louisiana» Cabaret-Concert «Les Fraises en janvier» by Evelyne de la Chenelière «Le Fantôme de Canterville» from Oscar Wilde «Persépolis» by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud «Prête-moi ta main» at Ciné-Jeudi «La prophétie de grenouilles» at Ciné-Samedi «Petites Coupures» at Universciné «Muriel ou le temps d un retour» at «Bul Déconné!» and «Tribute to Thomas Sankara» Black Month History «Rétrospective Jacques Demy» at «Abloni ou l export de la surconsommation» Documentary Programmation TFO February Oakville Galleries Alliance Française Alliance Française Alliance Française T.S.O RCM Concert Hall Alliance Française TFT TFT in Theatres NFB NFB Alliance Française AGO NFB AGO Alliance Française Toronto 1

2 FEBRUARY 2008 CALENDAR MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY :00 pm Exhibition Opening Anna Katharina Scheidegger 6:00 pm Show Carabosse 8:00 pm Concert Glenn Gould School 8 6:00 pm Show Carabosse 8:00 pm Concert TSO Charles Dutoit 9 10 Ciné-Jeudi Prête-moi ta main 8:30 pm Exhibition Opening Patrick Faigenbaum Muriel :00 pm Théâtre Français de Toronto Les Fraises en janvier 20 Saint-Valentin 21 Lola 6:30 pm Cabaret-Concert Creoles and Cajuns 22 9:00 pm La Baie des Anges 23 3:00 pm Cinema theque «Les Parapluies de Cherbourg» 24 «Les Demoiselles de Rochefort» Universciné Petites Coupures 7:00 pm Lecture Société d Histoire Toronto From the frying pan into the fire Model Shop La France 2:00 pm Ciné-Samedi La Prophétie des Grenouilles 4:00 pm Black History Month Cinema 3:00 pm Cinema theque «Le Joueur de Flûte» 25 Les Demoiselles ont eu 25 ans «Peau d Ane» «L événement... lune» 7:00 pm Documentary Abloni ou l export de la surconsommation 7:00 pm Théatre Français de Toronto Le Fantôme de Canterville 6:30 pm Lecture Exiles and Identities 2

3 FESTIVAL WINTERCITY FESTIVAL «Fire Installation» : Street Show by the French Company Carabosse Now in its fifth year, the award-winning WinterCity festival offers a 14-day, city-wide celebration of Toronto's incomparable diversity of spirit bursting with delicious culinary experiences, a hot blaze of unique free entertainment and a showcase of our vibrant arts scene. For two weeks the spotlight is focused on Toronto's incredible wealth of creative and talented performers, this city's diverse hospitality industry and fantastic world-class attractions. Created in 1988, the Company Carabosse (an artistic collective of 12 people) undertakes a work of collective creation around the flame. The approach consists of the poetic transformation of public spaces while playing with architecture, scales, prospects, sonorities, routes. Fire in various forms, staged on various rubiginous metal inventions. From Moscow to Villeurbanne, from the Malian Desert to Rochefort, from Tirana, Antwerp or Australia, each project is unique and results from the "reading" of a site with its human, architectural, sociological and environmental components. Beyond its technical and plastic qualities, an "Installation of Fire", it is a meeting of people, the discovery of a place. There exist all kinds of places; some are magic without us, others will become so. One tries not to waste the first, to upset the second. Others vanish in smoke before one arrives. Meeting people, is what makes us advance. First, we can show our work, and it is very pleasant. And then one spends 3, 4, 9, days, on the spot, that creates bonds of vicinity, curiosity, discussions. The levels of exchanges are varied, but all are marked by sincerity. The evenings of lighting are a discovery for the one-night visitors, a final realization for the locals... The eyes sparkle, the questions fuse, the minds open, let in the images, the emotions, and express the feelings, the poetry, the unvoiced comments. It was necessary to brew ideas, as flowers pots, papers, pencils, challenges, keyboards of computer with keys way to small, meetings, kilometers... of cables, so that these photographs can exist, reflecting the so particular atmospheres of the "Installations of Fire". Each "Installation of Fire" is the result of a specific writing. An original artistic proposal. For more informations about the Company Carabosse : http :// For the full schedule of the WinterCity Festival : Nathan Phillips Square, City Hall Shows on February 1-2 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm 3

4 EXPMJYUEXHIBITIONSOSIMTION Exhibition «What we bring to the Table» Including French Artist Patrick Faigenbaum s work The artists in the exhibit What We Bring to the Table (Patrick Faigenbaum, Betttina Hoffmann, Instant Coffee, Laura Letinsky) explore the mnemonic power of food in everyday family life. Through their photographic, video and installation work, they consider the table as a locus for the everyday exchange of emotion, where stories of family and fellowship unfold. Born in 1954, Patrick Faigenbaum lives and works in Paris. After a training as a painter, he begins photography and, of 1985 to 1987, gets fellowship at the «Académie de France à Rome» where he carries out his portraits of Roman emperors. Fascinated by individuals who know their genealogy over several centuries, he photographs the Italian aristocracy of Florence, Rome and Naples; since then, his work integrates a documentary dimension and is more turned towards his own history and intimacy. Patrick Faigenbaum was always and still remains a portraitist. But thanks partly to the revival of the photographic demand in France and Europe since a couple of years, associated with the artist-in-residence programs, his initial interest for the human figure and the family genealogies widened to the portrait of a city. Exhibition Opening on Friday, February 8 at 8:30 pm Exhibition until June 6, 2008 Oakville Galleries / Gairloch Gardens 1306 Lakeshore Road East / Oakville / tel (905) Exhibition of Photographic works by Anna Katharina Scheidegger from Studio Le Fresnoy «High Altitudes» As part of the Toronto/Montreal/Lille conference held at Ryerson University, the Alliance française, the Swiss Consulate, the Swiss cultural foundation Pro-Helvetia, Ryerson University, Studio Le Fresnoy and the French Consulate are pleased to invite you to the opening of High Altitudes, an exhibition of photographic works by Anna- Katharina Scheidegger. The theme of this exhibition is inspired by the high altitudes found in mountainous regions, symbolizing strength, resistance, materiality, and apparent unchangeability. Human activity and its footprints take their place in this setting. Structures are incorporated into it, dividing, separating, orchestrating. Struggles, heartbreak, hardness are depicted. Concrete and stone challenge each other. We are in the presence of hierarchy, dissension, questions of proportion and degrees of strength, transcribing a feeling of violence tinged with a strange harmony. Galerie de Alliance Française / 24, Spadina Road Exhibition Opening Thursday, January 31 at 6:00 pm Exhibition until Sunday, March 2 Information : (416) x 35 4

5 LECTURES Les Jeudis Littéraires de l Alliance Française de Toronto «Exiles and Identities» Round-Table with Antonio d Alfonso, Aristote Kavungu and Daniel Soha These Thursday evenings, known as Les jeudis littéraires, are held once a month at the Alliance Française of Toronto and provide opportunities to meet francophone writers living in Toronto. For the fourth evening in our cycle, the Alliance Française and the Association des Auteures et Auteurs de l Ontario-Français, or AAOF (Association of Franco-Ontarian Authors) will host an encounter with three authors: Daniel Soha, Antonio d Alfonso and Aristote Kavungu. All exiles and immigrants, regardless of their personal stories and motivations, ask themselves questions about their relationship with their native and host countries, and go through phases of rejection and assimilation. As they do so, they examine various subjects ranging from quantitative and qualitative comparisons of their two countries to the idea of anchoring themselves in their new land, and passing on their heritage and preserving their identities. Many allophone authors (e.g., Kundera) choose to write in French. Immigration is an increasingly important phenomenon in all Western countries. We may ask whether it gives rise to an original form of literature and, if so, how can it be characterized? Moreover, is it possible to isolate oneself in a foreign country and still create one s own literature (Solzhenitsyn)? Three authors from outside Canada who now live here and write in French will discuss these issues, reading relevant passages from their works and engaging a discussion with the audience. In Association with AAOF Thurday, February 28 at 6:30 pm at Alliance Française de Toronto (Spadina) Free admission La Société d'histoire de Toronto presents a lecture by Paul Leclerc, Canadian-French Genealogy s specialist «From the frying pan into the fire» At the time of historical legacy week, the «Société d Histoire de Toronto» in partnership with the Societé franco-ontarian of History and Genealogy of Toronto offers a talk on a forgotten French-speaking colony of Ontario. In the mid 1800 s, lumberjacks came to work at clearing the land in Upper Canada. On their return to Lower Canada, they told families and friends they had seen inexpensive plentiful fertile land, a favourable climate for agriculture, and lot of fish in the lake. A few years later, believing it would be possible to subsist on their own means, these families left an overcrowded area in the rural East Canada to settle in a pioneer front in West Canada. Victims of political circumstances, they found themselves alone, without tools, supplies, assistance, in a wilderness area. They had to start from scratch. This settlement survived as a French Settlement for one hundred and thirty years before being assimilated. Wedneday, February 20 at 7:00 pm at Alliance Française de Toronto (Spadina) 5

6 MUSIC The Toronto Symphony Orchestra presents the «Symphonie fantastique» by Berlioz conducted by Charles Dutoit Charles Dutoit, today's pre-eminent master of French repertoire, returns to the TSO to guide you through the vibrant dreamscapes of the Symphonie fantastique by Berlioz. Soloists in the double concerto for violin and cello by Brahms are French brothers Renaud and Gautier Capuçon. The Strad magazine has praised them for playing "with a grace, charm, stylistic sensitivity and a beguiling sensuality." Program : Berlioz : Beatrice and Benedict Overture Brahms : Concerto for Violin and Cello Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique Charles Dutoit, conductor / Renaud Capuçon, violin Gautier Capuçon, cello Saturday, February 2 at 8:00 pm at T.S.O / 212 King Street West Customer Service : or Concert at Glenn Gould School «With French Flair» Part of the Great Artist Series, delightful chamber music performances by superb faculty and alumni of The Glenn Gould School and special guests. Kathleen Rudolph is joined by special guest Stephan Sylvestre (piano) and fellow faculty member John Rudolph (percussion) for an evening of French music by Ravel, Debussy, and Jolivet. Friday, February, 1 at 8:00 pm / RCM Concert Hall, 90 Croatia Street Free admission (donations gratefully accepted) Infos : Cabaret-Concert at Alliance Française de Toronto «Creoles and Cajuns: Roots and branches of the musics of Louisiana» The History fully did not do justice to the contributions of the Creoles of New-Orleans to the birth of the jazz. These Creoles were, before the American Civil War, free men and women, a kind of half-breed elite of European culture, especially French. But the creole slaves contributed also to the genesis of the jazz. As their French or Spanish masters allowed them to play their music, they could preserve the African rhythms. The rhythmic richness of the jazz comes mainly from them. During this show in two parts, Benoît LeBlanc first proposes songs in Creole inherited from these two repertories. Often satirical and merry, sometimes sad, they bring us back to the sharp source of this music that is called jazz. After the interval, Benoît will team with Peter Jellard and Soozi Schlanger, of the Swamperella group, to propose songs drawn - or inspired by creole and cajun repertories from the southwest of Louisiana. Friday, February 15 at 6:30 pm at Alliance Française de Toronto (Spadina) Admission : 5 $ / Free for AFT members and students 6

7 THEATRE «Des fraises en janvier» by Evelyne de la Chenelière by Théâtre Français de Toronto Love is like strawberries in January! With charm and warmth, Des fraises en janvier (Strawberries in January) follows the pursuits of four singles as they stumble through chance meetings and poetic encounters in the hopes of one day finding love. «A warm and delightful tonic for our frosty souls in these dragging days of winter» : The Montreal Mirror «A wonderfully witty and unquestionably lovely piece of theatre» : Calgary Sun With : Djennie Laguerre, Patricia Marceau, Michel Séguin and Manuel Verreydt Staging by Jean-Stéphane Roy From Wednesday, February 13 to Sunday, February 2008 Théâtre Français de Toronto Théâtre Berkeley / 26, Berkeley Street Informations (416) or Subtitles in english on February, 14, 20 & 22 at 8:00 pm and February, 23 at 3:30 pm «Le Fantôme de Canterville» from Oscar Wilde by Théâtre Français de Toronto «One is all afraid of the phantoms, why not laugh at them?» An American family, the Otises, has settled in England in a manor bought for a ridiculous price because a ghost has been making trouble for 300 years. Sir Simon de Canterville might have assassinated his wife and disappeared the following day. Since then, his tomb is empty and Sir Simon wanders in the manor where he has terrified generations of residents. However, despite all his attemps to be frightening, the Americans, who do not believe in ghosts, refuse to take him seriously. Pushed to despair by this derisive attitude from people from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, Sir Simon decides to leave the ancestral residence. Then, Virginia Otis puts an old legend to test according to which the love of a girl will free the phantom. Wednesday, February 27 at 7:00 pm Théâtre Français de Toronto Théâtre Berkeley / 26, Berkeley Street Informations (416) ou 7

8 CINEMA Black History Month! Bul Déconné! by Massaër Dieng and Marc Picavez Sénégal/France (2007) 104 mn Bul Déconné! invests contemporary Africa to expose the trajectory of a young Senegalese, Sogui. At the time of his presentation to the exam of the Ecole Supérieure d Administration, Sogui crashes against the visions of the world of his inspectors. Strongly affected, he comes out from this particular experiment combative and impetuous and thus crosses the permeable border of illegality, when he joins his friend Max and the underworld of crime. But he also finds Samba, his childhood friend who carries out the simple and fragile life of an itinerant salesman... Hommage à Thomas Sanakra, un homme intègre by Robin Shuffield (with Eglish subtitles, documentary followed by a discussion) France (2006) 52 mn This film recalls the four years Presidency of this unusual Head of State called the " African Che" and known by all in Africa for his innovative ideas, his outspokenness, devastating humour, courage and altruism... Saturday, February 23 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at NFB : 150 John Street (corner Richmond Street West) / Tel : (416) Still playing in Toronto Theatres! Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud France (2007) - Animated film 1h35 Téhéran 1978 : Persepolis is the portrait of an unusual girlhood. Marjane grew up in a progressive ruling class family in Teheran. As a little girl she picked up the radicalism, and had some of her grandmother's genes for outspokenness. She soon gave up supporting the Shah and walked around the house calling for revolution. She tried on ideas constantly, posing as a prophet, then a dictator. God and Karl Marx vied for her affections. Her communist uncle was hopeful that the revolution would grow democratic; but while he was imprisoned under the Shah, he was executed under the mullahs. The war with Iraq caused terrible disruption. For her safety in this desperate moment for the country, Marji's parents send her to Vienna 2007 Cannes Festival Jury Prize 2008 Oscars Nomination for «Best animated film» With the voices of Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni and Danielle Darrieux The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel France/United States (2007) 1h52 The Diving Bell and The Butterfly is the remarkable true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric), a successful and charismatic editor-in-chief of French ELLE, who believes he is living his life to its absolute fullest when a sudden stroke leaves him in a life-altered state. Refusing to accept his fate, Bauby determines to escape the paralysis of his diving bell and free the butterflies of his dreams and imagination. The only way he can express his frustration, however, is by moving his left eye. These movements and blinking a code representing letters of the alphabet become his sole means of communication. Slowly -painstakingly- words, sentences, paragraphs and finally an affecting and life-affirming memoir emerges Cannes Festival - Best Director Prize 2008 Golden Globes Best Director Prize and Best Foreign Film Prize 2008 Oscars Nomination for Best Director and Best adaptation With : Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner 8

9 Short Films Festival Les Lutins du court-métrage has been actively promoting the public distribution of short films since It has participated in the emergence of such directors and actors as François Ozon, Jérémie Rénier, Ludivine Sagnier, Sylvie Testud and many others, thereby playing a vital role in the discovery of new cinematic talents of tomorrow. The organization s objective is to bring the short film out into the open through a variety of initiatives; these include a festival and a tour of several French cities as well as overseas initiatives. Among the latter are the upcoming co-screening by the Alliance Française of Toronto and the National Film Board of a selection of the best short films featured in the 2007 festival in two evenings in February.. Tuesday & Wednesday, February 12 & 13 at NFB / 150 John Street Tickets : $4 Free for the AFT and NFB students and members NFB Mediatheque and the Consulate General of France are glad to present you every month Ciné-Thrusday Featuring the best in French Films, the first Thursday of every month! I Do : How to get married and stay single/prête-moi ta main by Eric Lartigau France (2006) 90 mn A successful perfume designer living a charmed life is threatened when his overbearing mother and five interfering sisters decide it s time for him to marry. With Alain Chabat, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Bernadette Lafont César Awards Nominations for «Best Actor», Best Actress» and «Best Supporting Actress». In French with English Subtitles Thursday, February 7 at at NFB Admissions : 6 $ - Special rates for Seniors and AFT members Ciné-Saturday Featuring a French Film for Children, and their parents on a Saturday afternoon every month! Raining Cats and Frogs by Jacques-Rémy Girerd France (2003) Animated film - 1h10 At the end of the world, far away from everything, a family lives peacefully on a cosy farm perched at the top of he hill. But at the bottom of the hill, the frogs are very agitated. there is no longer any doubt: all predictions match, a huge flood is about to inundate the earth. Faced with this catastrophe, the frogs agree to communicate - just this once - with human beings. And so a great adventure begins in which animals and humans must learn to live together. It's easier said than done... Saturday, February 23 at 2:00 pm at NFB In French with English subtitles Admission : 5 $ - Free admission for Children Médiathèque ONF : 150 John Street (angle Richmond Street West) / Tél : (416)

10 Ciné-Jeunesse Every month, a movie for teachers and students! The National Film Board of Canada Mediatheque, in partnership with the Consulate General of France in Toronto, proudly introduces Ciné-jeunesse, an educational program offering private daytime screenings of contemporary French-language films. Specially selected for Francophone and French-language secondary school students, but appealing to diverse audiences, these criticallyacclaimed films offer an important window on French culture. As all films are presented in French with English subtitles, the series also allows intermediate learners to improve language comprehension while being entertained. These thoughtfully-selected films explore a range of issues and experiences relevant to young audiences, said Peggy Fothergill, NFB Mediatheque Manager. The Ciné-jeunesse program nicely complements our established media literacy and film education programming, which has continually demonstrated the importance of the cinematic experience to students development. Ciné-jeunesse offers educators an innovative way to engage their students to deepen their knowledge of our French culture and language, said Madeleine Meilleur, Minister of Culture and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs. This project demonstrates the National Film Board of Canada s dedication to distinctive, innovative programming in both official languages. The program includes a choice of eight compelling films, including Nicolas Philibert s touching documentary Être et avoir (a César Award winner) and Christophe Barratier s Oscar-nominated feature Les Choristes. Bookings begin at just $50 for a group of 25 ($2 per participant), to a maximum audience of 80. Informations : Kirsty Evans (ONF) k.evans@onf.ca, Tél. : Film Screening Discussion of the documentary Abloni ou l export de la surconsommation presented by Médiatique Abloni ou l export de la surconsommation by Alexandre Oktan (with English subtitles) (50 mn) What do we do when we want to get rid of used but still wearable clothes? We donate them to Goodwill, Renaissance, the Salvation Army or to other similar charities, of course. We don t realize, however, that such an action leads to all sorts of totally unforeseen consequences. Abloni is a documentary that tells the story of one such item of clothing, an ordinary shirt that takes an extraordinary journey from Quebec City to West Africa. As we follow the shirt s travels, we also set out on a fascinating exploration of the world of second-hand clothes shops. Dynamic, occasionally amusing and often paradoxical, Abloni takes us to the heart of a largely unknown industry that is part of the global economy. Enviro Award, Portneuf Environment Film Festival Tuesday, February 26 at l Alliance Française de Toronto (Spadina) à 7:00 pm 10

11 Universciné à l Alliance Française Petites Coupures by Pascal Bonitzer France (2002) - 1h35 In full winter, Bruno, a communist journalist whose convictions waver, is divided between his partner Gaëlle and his young mistress Nathalie. Two other women will enter his life: Beatrice and Mathilde. Beatrice is a complex stranger to which he will be attracted for one night. As for Mathilde, she is the one he will turn to when he feels abandoned by the first one... With : Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas Supported by the Audiovisual Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France. Tuesday, February 19 at at Spadina Wednesday, February 20 at at Mississauga Wednesday, February 27 at at North-York Free Admission Cinémathèque Ontario Muriel ou le temps d un retour by Alain Resnais (35 mm) France/Italy (1963) 116 mn A middle-aged widow living in an antique-stuffed apartment in Boulogne summons her ex-lover from Paris. As she attempts to recapture the (illusory) happiness of their past, her stepson is driven to violence in a futile attempt to extinguish the memory of his role as a soldier in the Algerian War. Mostra de Venise 1963 Delphine Seyrig «Best Actress» and «Prix International des critiques» With : Delphine Seyrig and Jean-Pierre Kérien Friday, February 8, Saturday, February 9, Monday, February 11 and Tuesday, February 12 at La France by Serge Bozon (35 mm) France (2007) 102 mn Camille is a cross-dressing wife desperate to be reunited with her husband, lost to the battlefields of the Great War. Hair chopped and chest wrapped, Camille falls in with a cadre of soldiers led by a benevolent lieutenant who harbours a secret of his own. As the war rages on - rendered as a poignant poetic abstraction - so do the soldiers, with sinking spirits. Their highs and lows, their dreams and their despair, their fantasies and their fate find a collective expression that will surprise, delight, and affect. With : Sylvie Testud and Pascal Greggory Friday, February 22 at, Sunday, February 24 at 4:45 pm Films in French with English subtitles 11

12 Rétrospective Jacques DEMY Lola by Jacques Demy (preceded by the short film Lust/La Luxure) France/Italy (1961) 91 mn In Nantes, a bored young man named Roland is letting life pass him by when he has a chance meeting with a woman he knew in his teens: she's Lola, now a cabaret dancer. She's also the devoted single mother of a young son, and she harbors the hope that his father, who deserted her during pregnancy, will return. Roland realizes he's in love with Lola, and this gives sudden purpose to his life. But how does she feel? Woven into the story are an American sailor who likes Lola and is kind to her son; a girl on the eve of her 14th birthday, when all things seem romantic; the girl's mother, a lonely widow; and, an aging woman who misses her son. And who's the rich guy in the Cadillac? With : Anouk Aimée and Marc Michel / Friday, February 15 at Bay Of Angels/La Baie des Anges by Jacques Demy France (1963) 90 mn Jean is a clerk in a bank. His colleague Caron is a gambler and gives him the virus. In the casinos, Jean meets Jackie. Their love affair will follow their luck at the roulette. With : Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann / Saturday, February 16 at 9:00 pm The Umbrellas of Cherbourg/Les Parapluies de Cherbourg by Jacques Demy France (1964) 90 mn Geneviève, 17, lives with her widowed mother, who owns an umbrella shop in Cherbourg. She and Guy, a twenty-year-old auto mechanic, are secretly in love and want to marry, but when she reveals it to her mother, her mother objects on the grounds that Geneviève is too young and Guy is not mature or well-established enough, particularly since he has not yet done his required military service With : Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac et Nino Castelnuovo Sunday, February 17 at 3:00 pm Les Demoiselles de Rochefort by Jacques Demy France (1967) 126 mn Delphine and Solange are two sisters living in Rochefort. Delphine is a dancing teacher and Solange composes and teaches the piano. Maxence is a poet and a painter. He is doing his military service. Simon owns a music shop, he left Paris once month ago to come back where he fell in love 10 years ago. They are looking for love, looking for each other, without being aware that their ideal partner is very close... A film which scenario is much less important than its feeling of euphory, according to the director Jacques Demy. With : Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac and Gene Kelly Monday, February 18 at Les Demoiselles ont eu 25 ans by Agnès Varda (documentary) (followed by two short films by Jacques Demy : Le Sabotier du Val de Marne et Ars) France (1993) 66 mn A thrilling accompaniment to Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, Varda's joyful documentary revisits that classic on its twenty-fifth anniversary. Returning to Demy's film and its setting, reuniting some of its stars, and considering (in very Demy-like fashion) what changes time has wrought in the meantime, the documentary is far more than an update. With : Catherine Deneuve and Jacques Demy Tuesday, February 19 at 7 :30 pm 12

13 Model Shop by Jacques Demy France/United States (1969) 92 mn George Matthews is a young man who is having a bittersweet affair with a French divorcée in Los Angeles. Waiting to be drafted, he is unable to commit himself to anything or anybody, including his girlfriend Georgia. While trying to raise money to prevent his car from being repossessed, George is attracted to Lola, a Frenchwoman who works in a "model shop" (an establishment which rents out beautiful pin-up models to photographers). George spends his last twelve dollars to photograph her, and discovers that she is as unhappy as himself. Although Lola is unwilling to respond to George, their brief night of lovemaking gives both the will to deal with their respective problems With : Anouk Aimée and Gary Lockwood / Thrusday, February 21 at Donky Skin/Peau d Ane by Jacques Demy France (1970) 90 mn A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry a man she doesn't love. With : Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais and Delphine Seyrig Saturda, February 23 at The Pied Piper of Hamelin/Le joueur de flûte by Jacques Demy United Kingdom/United States (1972) 90 mn The Pied Piper is a fairy tale but also probably Demy s darkest work ever. The story of the Pied Piper who gets rid of the town of Hamelin s rats, reveals a gripping story of evil in the Middle-Ages, a time when millions of people across Europe died from the plague. With : Donovan and Donald Pleasence / Sunday, February 24 at 3:00 pm A Slightly Pregnant Man/L événement le plus important depuis que l homme a marché sur la lune by Jacques Demy France/Italy (1973) 93 mn A male Parisian driving school owner who goes to see his doctor and complains of feeling run down is pronounced four months pregnant. When the diagnosis is confirmed by a specialist, the result is an international media frenzy With : Marcello Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve Monday, February 25 at Films in French with English subtitles Information: Jackman Hall/Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas St. West (entrance on McCaul Street) 13

14 TELEVISION The Consulate General of France in Toronto presents the February program of the educative and cultural television for the French speakers of Ontario : TFO Rome, Ville Ouverte Italy (1945) Friday February 1 Un moment d égarement (à 21h30) France (1977) Saturday February 2 Une semaine de vacances France (1980) Monday February 4 Orfeu Negro Brazil/France/Italy (1959) Tuesday February 5 Le passage du milieu France/Martinique (1999) Wednesday February 6 Les Misérables (Part 1) France (1933) Thrusday February 7 Jean de Florette France (1986) Saturday February 9 L 627 France (1992) Monday February 11 Marquise France (1997) Tuesday February 12 L exil du Roi Béhanzin France/Martinique (1994) Wednesday February 13 Les Misérables (Part 2) France (1933) Thrusday February 14 Allemagne, année zéro France/Italy (1948) Friday February 15 Manon des Sources France (1986) Saturday February 16 L Appât France (1995) Monday February 18 La Dame aux Camélias Italy/France (1980) Tuesday February 19 Le silence de la forêt France/Cameroon/Gabon (2003) Wednesday February 20 Les Misérables (Part 3) France (1933) Thrusday February 21 Le Mâle du Siècle France (1974) Saturday February 23 Capitaine Conan France (1996) Monday 25 February Fatma Tunisia/France (2000) Wednesday 27 February Eaux Profondes France (1981) Tuesday February 26 Le Petit Chose France (1938) Thrusday February 28 All movies are broadcasted at 9 pm - Movies are prone to modifications without advance warning - Schedules : 14

15 AND IN MARCH Join Us : Ciné-Jeudi will present «Comme une image» by Agnès Jaoui Ciné-Samedi et Ciné-Jeunesse will go on And playing in theatres, «L âge des Ténèbres/Days of Darkness» by Denys Arcand «La semaine de la Francophonie» And the «Jacques Demy Retrospective» continues with «Jacquot de Nantes» at Ontario And many other Cultural Events! To contact us or unsubscribe, send a message to : culturel@consulfrance-toronto.org or call (416)