French Film Series


 European Languages and Studies     May 10 2017 - May 24 2017 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM HG 1070 (McCormick Screening Room)

French Film Series

Enjeux contemporains: Environnement et migrations / Contemporary Challenges: The environment and Migrations

Presented by the French Language Program and the International Studies Program

Admission is free

Wednesday, May 10
5:30-6:00pm: Social hour (food and refreshments provided)
6:00pm: Demain (2016) followed by Q & A
A documentary by Cyril Dion et Mélanie Laurent
Demain provides a comprehensive look at ways in which activists, organizers and everyday citizens are trying to make the world a better, greener, more sustainable place. Co-directed by ecological rights advocate Cyril Dion and actress-filmmaker Melanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds, Now You See Me).

Thursday, May 18
6:00pm: Samba (2014)
A romantic comedy by Olivier Nakache
Samba migrated to France ten years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive. Both struggle to get out of their dead-end lives. Samba is willing to do whatever it takes to get working papers, while Alice tries to get her life back on track until fate draws them together.

Wednesday, May 24
6:00pm: Welcome (2009)
A drama by Philippe Lioret
Bilal is 17 years old, a Kurdish boy from Iraq. He sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe. He wants to get to England to see his love who lives there. Bilal finally reaches Calais, but how do you cover 32 kilometers of the English Channel when you can't swim? The boy soon discovers that his trip won't be as easy as he imagined. The community of struggling illegal aliens in Calais is captured with authenticity, from the point of view of people who arrived there knowing nothing about France.

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