[Englecturers] FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL FINALE: L'ESQUIVE - 2/28 @ 7:30 UV THEATERS -- FREE ADMISSION!

[John Ganim]

>
>Dear Film Fans,
>
>WE SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST.
>
>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.
>
>Please join us for the Grand Finale featuring
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>"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."
>
>"Games of Love & Chance" won four CESARS AWARDS (the French Oscars) for:
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>Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Promising Actress.
>
>
>On Tuesday February February 27th
>At 7:30 PM
>At the University Village Cinemas
>FREE FREE FREE
>
>About his film, Abdellatif Kechiche said:
>
>"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."
>
>  "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."
>
>"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."
>
>A summary of the film:
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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." 
>(<http://www.facecouncil.org/tournees/fichesfilms/lesquive.html>http://www.facecouncil.org/tournees/fichesfilms/lesquive.html 
>)

John
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