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May 18th, 2008
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From Teatro alla Scala,
Milan. The three one-acts are staged in honor of the 150th
anniversary of Puccini's birth.
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“Anyone susceptible to literary costume drama at its most
intellectually substantial will be bowled over by it.” –Screen International
Jacques Rivette. 2008. France/Italy. 137 min. Color.
Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardeiu. In 1820’s Restoration Paris, a handsome
general falls instantly in love with a married coquette after their first. She leads
him on only to repeatedly refuse him. Surprisingly, she falls in love with him,
but it may be too late. Based on a novel by Balzac.
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“Intensely personal. Poetic. Each scene’s beauty is a deliberate
testimony to the ephemerality of life.” –The
Forward
Etgar Keret & Shira Geffen. 2007. Israel/France.
78 min. The tale of three women whose stories weave a portrait of modern
Israeli life: a catering waitress who finds an abandoned child, a bride who
breaks her leg escaping a locked toilet stall and a domestic worker who has
guiltily left her son behind in her native Philippines. Cannes: Best First Feature.
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