[Englecturers] WED OCT 1 FRENCH FILM COFFEE DEPOT 7:30PM
John Ganim
john.ganim at ucr.edu
Wed Sep 24 09:43:46 PDT 2008
>PLEASE COME TO THE FIRST FRENCH FILM OF LA
>RENTREE 2008... BEFORE YOU GET REALLY BUSY...
>VENEZ NOMBREUX! PLEASE TELL YOUR STUDENTS AND FRIENDS!
> Water Lilies (Naissance des pieuvres, 2008) at
> COFFEE DEPOT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1 7:30 PM -
> FREE ADMISSION! ARRIVE EARLY FOR SEATS AND EATS
>
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>Reviewed by
><http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/gateways/author/russelljamie/>Jamie Russell
>Updated 05 March 2008
>Contains moderate sex and nudity
>from
><http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2008/03/10/water_lilies_2008_review.shtml>http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2008/03/10/water_lilies_2008_review.shtml
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>"Sapphic love and synchronised swimming make
>unlikely but surprisingly sweet bedfellows in
>Water Lilies, the first feature from
>writer-director Céline Sciamma. Set in a bland
>Parisian suburb during a sultry summer it stars
>newcomer Pauline Acquart as Marie, a gangly teen
>who's desperate to join the synchronised swim
>team. Or is she? Perhaps she's just desperate to
>kiss slutty bad girl Floriane (Adèle Haenel)...
>Unfolding with a slow, steady certainty, this
>touching tale dives headfirst into the deep end of hormonal angst.
>
>Straight out of film school, debut
>writer-director Céline Sciamma offers a
>sympathetic, though sometimes ironic, take on
>these girls' desires. Playing up the perpetual
>threat of embarrassment, she captures the
>uncomfortable awkwardness of adolescence
>perfectly: Marie is concerned she has one arm
>longer than the other; meanwhile her ugly
>duckling friend Anne (Louise Blachère) strips
>off at inappropriate moments in a tragically
>desperate attempt to woo the school's swim jock
>(Warren Jacquin). With no parents around, these
>girls are forced to make their own way. As we
>watch their ungainly flailing, the film's
>cryptic French title ("Birth Of Octopuses") suddenly makes sense."
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