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A Meeting with Ariane Mnouchkine

World-famous stage director, founder and head of the Théâtre du Soleil, Ariane MNOUCHKINE, will discuss her very special relationship with India, a land and a culture that has never ceased to nurture her inspiration. http://www.theatre-du-soleil.fr/thsol/index.php For AF annual members and students only. The number of seats being strictly limited, RSVP is compulsory on [email protected] or on  222-31-81.    

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35 Rhums

35 Shots of Rum directed by Claire Denis, 2008 – French with English subtitles – 100 min.   Lionel is a train driver on Paris’ rapid –transit rail network. He has been raising his daughter Joséphine alone ever since she was a little girl. She has now grown into a young woman. They live side by side, a little bit …

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Ca brûle

It burns directed by Claire Simon, 2006 – French with English subtitles – 111 min. She lives in Var, has a horse, and is angry. This the story about an exciting love affair between a fifteen-year-old teenager and a local man : Jean , a thirty-seven-year old primary school teacher, volunteer fireman, and married with two children. It is the …

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