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FOCUS ON A FILMMAKER: COL•COA honors BERTRAND BLIER
April 14
presented in association with
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Rare screening of
COLD CUTS (Buffet froid)
2:00 PM
Truffaut Theatre
HAPPY HOUR TALK discussion with Bertrand Blier, moderated by Wade Major (Boxoffice).
Followed by a wine and cheese reception in the COL•COA lounge
4:00 PM - Truffaut Theatre
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Wine offered by
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Evening premiere of Bertrand Blier’s latest feature,
THE CLINK OF ICE
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Bertrand Blier after the film, moderated by director Jon Amiel.
One of France’s most celebrated iconoclasts, writer-director BERTRAND BLIER directed his first film in 1963, a documentary entitled HITLER – NEVER HEARD OF HIM. After a first feature in 1967 starring his father Bernard Blier (IF I WERE A SPY), he wrote and directed the box-office hit Going Places (1974), a subversive buddy movie that defined his signature acerbic wit, sharp social criticism and penchant for erotic themes. Confirming this success with GET OUT YOUR HANDKERCHIEFS, which won the 1978 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, Blier continued to venture into risky territory with provocative films like COLD CUTS (1980 Cesar Award for Best Screenplay – screening at COL•COA 2011), BEAU-PÈRE (1981) or MÉNAGE (1986). Gaining a wider audience with TOO BEAUTIFUL FOR YOU, (1989 Grand Prize of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival and 1990 Cesar Award for Best Director, Best Film and Best Screenplay), he later gave women a more central role in his films, crafting strong female characters in films like MERCI LA VIE (1991), MON HOMME (1996) and HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE ME? (COL•COA 2006).
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