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L'enfant
SHOW DATE: 5/21
SPEAKER(S): Larry Raifman
Here's some information about the film:
(The ‘T’ is silent as in ‘TOAST’) Written and directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Starring Jeremie Renier, Deborah Francois, Jeremie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione. 2005 Belgium/France. Running time 100 minutes. Rated R!
French with English Subtitles
Here is the official Site complete with trailer.
http://www.sonyclassics.com/thechild/
Description
Dispossessed twenty-year old Bruno (Jérémie Renier) lives with his eighteen-year-old girlfriend Sonia (Déborah François) in Seraing, an eastern Belgian steel town. They live off Sonia's unemployment benefits and the panhandling and petty theft committed by Bruno and his gang. Their lives change forever when Sonia gives birth to their child, Jimmy. She returns home after Jimmy's birth to find that Bruno has sublet their apartment to total strangers. After an initial and promising change of heart about becoming a father and changing his ways, Jimmy becomes little more to Bruno than a new source of wealth. Desperate for money and unable to face his parental responsibilities, Bruno sells Jimmy to a black market connection, who promises to find the child an adoptive home. Realizing the error in his actions Bruno sets out to try and undo his callous deed, leading him to a powerful personal transformation.
I am very excited about this film not because it won the Palm D’or at Cannes not because it won six other European film awards. I am thrilled because we have a gritty film about domestic misery! Just the stuff the CSC audience loves! WooHoo. L’enfant (the T is silent as in ‘Touche’) should deliver the goods in spades.
Our speaker this week is our favorite combination lawyer and psychologist Dr. Larry Raifman. Larry did such a fabulous job with The Squid and the Whale, it’s a pleasure to welcome him back for such an interesting film. I also want to thank Raul Middleman for his erudite work on Art School Confidential. What a fabulous combination of wit, tremendous knowledge and vocabulary. I myself have bought a thesaurus this week. In fact it was a Roget’s Thesaurus (the t is silent as in Ptarmigan).
ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
SHOW DATE: 5/7
SPEAKER(S): Raoul Middleman
Here's some information about the film:
Directed by Terry Zwigoff and written by Daniel Clowes. Starring Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Angelica Huston. 2005 USA. Running time 102 minutes. Rated R!
Here is the official Site complete with trailer.
http://www.sonyclassics.com/artschoolconfidential/
Description
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.
This dark comedy from the director of Ghost World and Crumb should prove interesting. Max Minghella who made his debut in Bee Season returns to the screen in this controversial work joined by an impressive cast. Check out the official site for a full synopsis and it's lots of fun!
Our speaker this week is Artist Raoul Middleman from the Maryland Institute College of Art. What a coup! It's a pleasure to welcome him back to Cinema Sundays. I also want to thank Mike Giuliano for doing his usual amazing job last week with Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont.
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