[Englecturers] French Films @ Coffee Depot- June!

[John Ganim]

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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 Wednesday, June 11th @ 
>7:30 pm at the Coffee Depot in Downtown 
>Riverside. The film is Julian Schnabel's Le 
>Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and 
>the Butterfly). 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!
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>"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." 
>--<mailto:tourneesfestival at facecouncil.org>tourneesfestival at facecouncil.org
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>Best,
>Anna Gutierrez
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