You are all invited to the fourth annual Tournées Festival of French Cinema at Johns Hopkins University. All films are free and open to the public. Please pass the word to anyone who might be interested. Saturday, February 23 at 3:00 pm features a special matinée screening of the gorgeous animated Tales of the Night by Michel Ocelot, director of the acclaimed Kirikou. Appropriate for children of all ages and adults alike, this visually stunning film compiles six tales from all over the world, ranging from Africa and Tibet to the Caribbean and the kingdom of the Aztecs. Award-winning director of animated films Karen Yasinsky of the JHU Program in Film & Media Studies will explain how color animators work their magic in a special post-screening Q&A.
This Sunday, February 24 features a screening of Le Havre, a wry contemporary parable about the power of community. With characteristic deadpan wit, director Aki Kaurismäki tells the story of an elderly man who befriends and protects a young undocumented immigrant from Africa. Presented by Linda Delibero, Associate Director of the Program in Film and Media Studies Week two of the Tournées festival begins Tuesday, February 26 with House of Pleasures, a hypnotic, sumptuous evocation of the final months of a luxurious brothel at the dawn of the 20th century that explores the personal bonds between the women who inhabit this insular, claustrophobic world. Presented by Todd Shepard (JHU History), a specialist on the history of sexuality in France, and social historian Laura Mason (JHU History and Film and Media Studies). Wednesday, February 27 features As a Young Girl of 13 (Moi, petite fille de 13 ans). This documentary on the indomitable resistance of Simone Lagrange, deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau at the age of thirteen, explains how Lagrange survived and, in 1987, became one of the major witnesses to testify against Klaus Barbie in his trial for crimes against humanity. Presented by Marc Caplan from the JHU Program in Jewish Studies and Department of German and Romance Languages and Literatures. On Thursday, February 28, presented in conjunction with the Tournées Festival, is Canadian director Denis Villeneuve’s powerful Incendies. This story of twins who fulfill their mother’s dying wish by investigating the mystery of the father and the brother they never knew in an unidentified, war-torn country in the Middle East brings to the screen shocking revelations about hatred, religion, and vengeance. Presented by Flora Champy (Dept. of German and Romance Languages and Literature). For more details see the festival website: https://sites.google.com/site/jhutournees/ Also look for us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/318047334981548/?fref=ts Festival Schedule with screening rooms All screenings are to be held on the Homewood Campus of the Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore. Saturday, February 23 at 3:00 pm (Hodson 110). Tales of the Night (Les Contes de la nuit). In English. 94 minutes. Sunday, February 24 at 3:00 pm (Gilman 50). Le Havre. In French with English subtitles. 93 minutes. Tuesday, February 26 at 7:30 pm (Gilman 50). House of Pleasures (L'Apollonide [Souvenirs de la maison close].) In French with English subtitles. 125 minutes. Wednesday, February 27 at 7:30 pm (Gilman 50). As a Young Girl of 13 (Moi, petite fille de 13 ans). In French with English subtitles. 88 minutes. And in conjunction with the Tournées festival: Thursday, February 28, at 7:30 pm (Mudd 26). Incendies. In French with English subtitles. 130 minutes. All my best wishes, Suzanne Suzanne Roos Department of German and Romance Languages & Literatures Johns Hopkins University Gilman 446 3400 N. Charles St. Baltimore MD 21218 (410) 243-4623
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