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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Dear Film Fans,<br>
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<font size=4>WE SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST.<br>
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For the conclusion of the Francophone film festival we have chosen an
award winning film that rocked France. Moreover, as a Thank You to you
and your loyal presence at the festival, the last feature is FREE. If you
have students, please encourage them to attend this unique event.<br>
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Please join us for the Grand Finale featuring<br>
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</font><font face="comic sans ms">"L'Esquive/ Games of Love &
Chance" (2003) by Tunisian born Abdellatif Kechiche. It is a film
that will not disappoint you. It is a story about love, friendship and
coming-of-age with an insight in French culture, language and society and
the lives of those "living in the projects outside Paris and
surviving in a world marginalized by society."<br>
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"Games of Love & Chance" won four CESARS AWARDS (the French
Oscars) for: <br>
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Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Promising Actress.<br>
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On Tuesday February February 27<sup>th<br>
</sup>At 7:30 PM <br>
</font>At the University Village Cinemas<br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times">FREE FREE FREE <br>
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About his film, Abdellatif Kechiche said:<br>
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"I wanted to show a different way of looking at kids in the
projects. Everybody talks about violence in the suburbs, and it's
humiliating to be perceived as the source of problems. I wanted to show
them in their daily lives."<br>
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"I wanted to talk about the theater, and to make a love story,
to talk of the suburbs in a different way, without the stories of forced
marriages or the headscarf debate. If I had wanted to make that kind of
trendy movie, I would have talked about the headscarf debate, and won a
bigger public. But I'm not at all sorry that I made the movie I
made." <br>
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"I wanted to make a movie that would open up another world, the
world of art, and something peaceful. There's been violence in the
suburbs since the '60s. There may even be less today, but the media focus
on violence. These young people have been demonized. I wanted to make a
movie with them, and not betray them."<br>
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A summary of the film:<br>
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"Set in a bleak suburban housing project, Games of Love and Chance
follows a group of teenagers, poor and immigrant for the most part. Many
are involved in a class production of Marivaux's 18th-century classic
"Les jeux de l'amour et du hasard." The rehearsals, both in and
out of the classroom, are often the stage for their daily interactions.
Krimo, whose dad is in prison, leaves his long-time girlfriend to pursue
Lydia, a petulant girl who plays the lead role. Although he has no
theater experience and the performance is days away, his infatuation
leads him to take the part of Arlequin to play opposite Lydia – making a
fool of himself in the process. Arguments among the group quickly surface
as Krimo's sudden love interest turns into a source of gossip and
tension. His ex-girlfriend accuses Lydia of luring him away while Krimo's
friend begs Lydia to tell Krimo if she is interested in him. Although
Games of Love and Chance reveals a lot about France 's multiethnic youth
culture, the film is almost more about the French language than anything
else with the juxtaposition between the teenagers' multi-ethnic slang and
the polished rhetoric of the 18th century."
(<a href="http://www.facecouncil.org/tournees/fichesfilms/lesquive.html">
http://www.facecouncil.org/tournees/fichesfilms/lesquive.html
</a>)</blockquote>
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John <br>
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