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ADMISSION
$5 for each film
AFTERNOON PASS
From Wednesday to Friday, enjoy a full afternoon at COL•COA with a Classics film, a 6:00 pm comedy in Theater 1 and a Happy Hour Talk panel followed by a complimentary wine & cheese reception for $10 only
Wednesday, April 22 to Friday, April 24
Lounge open from 1:00pm to 1:30pm
Before attending one of the Classics, come by the COL•COA lounge and have some coffee and chocolate to start your day.
Reserved to audience attending the COL•COA Classics.
Wednesday, April 22
Theatre 2 – 1:30pm
A film already shown at COL•COA chosen by visitors of www.colcoa.org
BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES (Se souvenir des belles choses)
Drama/Romance
France, 2002
Directed by: Zabou Breitman
Written by: Zabou Breitman, Jean-Claude Deret
Love is confounded by illness in Beautiful Memories, a tragic love story between Claire (Isabelle Carré), a young woman suffering from memory loss and Philippe (Bernard Campan), a wine expert unable to deal with the recent death of his wife and child in a car accident. They meet in the mental institution where they have been placed and fall madly in love. While Philippe’s condition improves with their relationship, Claire’s memory loss and onset of Alzheimer’s worsens. Although they move in together after their release from the hospital, her illness becomes a critical issue in their relationship. Screened at COL•COA in 2003, Beautiful Memories is the film chosen by the COL•COA audience to be rerun in 2009.
ABOUT ZABOU BREITMAN
Zabou Breitman started acting at age four and has appeared in many films, plays and TV movies, including: La Boum 2, C’est La Vie, Cuisine et Dépendances, My Little Business. In 2001, she made her directorial debut with Beautiful Memories (co-written with her father), and was awarded a César for Best First Film. While writing and directing short films, she returned to acting in more dramatic roles in Almost Peaceful (COL•COA 2003), and The Perfume of the Lady in Black (2005). Her critically-acclaimed second feature film, The Man of My Life (2006) was released in the U.S. by Strand Releasing. Someone I Loved (COL•COA 2009) is her third film and first novel adaptation. She successfully continues her parallel careers, and also acts in The First Day of the Rest of Your life (COL•COA 2009).
Thursday, April 23
Theatre 2 – 2:00pm
A first film by one of the filmmakers in the COL•COA delegation, part of the FOCUS ON A FILMMAKER.
This year COL•COA honors writer-director Costa-Gavras.
THE SLEEPING CAR MURDERS (Compartiment tueurs)
Thriller
France, 1965
Written and Directed by: Costa-Gavras
Based on a novel by: Sébastien Japrisot
Strongly reminiscent of American film noir and adapted from a detective novel written by Sébastien Japrisot (also the author of A Very Long Engagement ), The Sleeping Car Murders is Costa-Gavras’ first film. In charge of investigating the murder of a young girl in a night-train from Marseilles to Paris, Inspector Grazzi (Yves Montand) gathers the five passengers who shared the same compartment. As he interviews them, they are murdered one by one. Costa-Gavras assembled an impressive cast for this successful first film, with some of the greatest actors of the time: Yves Montand (Wages of Fear, Z, Jean de Florette), Simone Signoret (Diabolique, Army of Shadows, Is Paris Burning? ) Michel Piccoli (Contempt, Belle de Jour) and Jean-Louis Trintignant (And God Created Woman, The Conformist, A Man and a Woman).
ABOUT COSTA-GAVRAS
After studying at the IDHEC film school, Costa-Gavras worked with Henri Verneuil, René Clément, Jacques Demy and Jean Becker as an assistant before writing and directing The Sleeping Car Murders in 1965. He quickly established a personal style with his trilogy Z (1969), The Confession (1971) and State of Siege (1973), winning two Oscars® (Best Film Editing and Best Foreign Language Film), as well as a Best Actor and Jury Prize at Cannes for Z. Confirming this success with Missing (Palme d’Or at Cannes and Oscar® for Best Screenplay), Music Box (1989), Amen (2002) or The Ax (COL•COA 2005), Costa-Gavras has become a household name in politically engaged cinema. Through genres as varied as thrillers, war films or dark comedies, he has produced an impressive body of work exploring History, politics and social issues. Costa-Gavras is currently President of the Cinémathèque Française and Honorary President of the Franco-American Cultural Fund.
Friday, April 24
Theatre 2 – 1:30pm
A film shown in homage to the late writer/director/producer Claude Berri
TCHAO PANTIN
Drama/Film Noir
France, 1983
Directed by: Claude Berri
Screenplay by: Claude Berri, Alain Page
Based on the novel by: Alain Page
Starring famous stand-up comedian Coluche in an unlikely dramatic role, Tchao Pantin has become a classic example of post-noir 1980s French cinema. Coluche is Lambert, a middle-aged alcoholic who works nights in a Parisian gas station. He has no friends or family and lives alone. One night, he meets small time criminal and drug dealer Bensoussan (Richard Anconina), who becomes his only friend. When Bensoussan is killed in front of him, Lambert goes on a rampage to avenge his friend, assisted by young delinquent Lola, an acquaintance of Bensoussan. This murdering rage brings his tragic past to the surface and forces him to deal with his old demons.
ABOUT CLAUDE BERRI (1934 – 2009)
Claude Berri was a writer, director, producer, actor, and one of the most prominent figures of French cinema. He adapted various French novels, turning them into widely popular films: Germinal (1993), Jean de Florette (1986) and Manon of the Spring (1986). His work as a writer-director is very eclectic and ranges from film noir to more personal films about love and relationships like One Stays, the Other Leaves (2005). Claude Berri was one of France’s most successful producers. In addition to his own films, he produced Tess (1979), Valmont (1989), The Bear (1998) and adaptations of the comic book Astérix. In 2007, his film Hunting and Gathering, based on a novel by Anna Gavalda, won the Audience award at COL•COA. In 2008, both the COL•COA Audience award (Welcome to the Sticks) and COL•COA Critics award (The Secret of the Grain) were films produced by Claude Berri. Highly respected in the film industry, Claude Berri managed to produce both mainstream films and art house cinema.
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