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Now that we have finished up with the Tournees Film Festival, we will be
back to having French films at the Coffee Depot! A big thanks to all of
you who supported Tournees! It was a success and we hope to be able to
bring it to you again next year! This month's film at Coffee Depot will
be taking place on <b><u>Wednesday, June 11th @ 7:30 pm at the Coffee
Depot in Downtown Riverside.</u></b> The film is Julian Schnabel's
<b><i>Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the
Butterfly)</i></b>. This is an excellent film that is actually on the
list of possible choices for the Tournees Festival next year. Below you
will find a brief summary. I hope to see you all there! Thanks! And
remember, it's free so bring your friends!<br><br>
"<i>As the editor of French magazine ELLE, Jean-Dominique Bauby was
a key player in Parisian social and cultural circles before suffering a
massive stroke at the age of 43. He developped what doctors called a
locked-in syndrome: he lost all muscle control, save his left eyelid.
Blinking one letter at a time, he composed a book describing his new
life. As soon as it was published the book became an international
best-seller; Jean-Dominique Bauby died shortly after. This is the basis
of Julian Schnabel's enthralling film in which Jean-Dominique Bauby
summons enormous courage, determination and his soaring imagination to
escape from his trap. Tapping into the limitlessness of his memories,
fantasies, wit, and desires, he finds a way to race through experiences
of wonder and grief, sex and love, fatherhood and childhood, faith and
questioning, ecstasy and absurdity - and touches the very essence of what
it is to be human. Along the way he is buoyed by five remarkable women:
Céline, the mother of his children who remains devoted to him despite his
betrayal; Inés, the girlfriend who still haunts him; Henriette and Marie,
who give him the power to re-connect with the world and his loved ones;
and Claude, who becomes his literary assistant."
</i><b>--<a href="mailto:tourneesfestival@facecouncil.org">
tourneesfestival@facecouncil.org</a><br>
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</b>Best, <br>
Anna Gutierrez<br><br>
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