Festival du film juif Français à San Francisco
Deux bons films français récents sont présentés dans le cadre d’un festival du film juif passent à San Francisco en ce moment. Qu’ils soient juifs ou pas n’est pas la question pour moi, ils sont français, ce qui est suffisemment rare, et ils sont bons!
Descriptif en anglais de l’Alliance Française ( eh oui, elle s’adresse au plus grand nombre)
- Mauvaise foi (Bad Faith)
- Screenings:
Directed by: Roschdy Zem
Language: French, English subtitles
Clara and Ishmael are gorgeous, happy, in love and in Paris.
How nice is that? Like many cosmopolitan Parisian couples, the fact that she is Jewish and he is Muslim barely crosses the minds of these oh-so-secular lovebirds…until Clara announces that she’s pregnant.
That’s when the troubles start in this charming and timely romantic comedy whose title could have been “Guess Who’s Coming to Shabbos Dinner?”
- > For full schedule and prices, go to:
http://sfjff.org/festival_2007/film/472/
Co-presented by the Alliance Française de San Francisco.
> Castro Theatre: July 22 2007 5:00pm
> The Roda Theatre: July 29 2007 6:45pm
> Aquarius Theatre: July 31 2007 6:15pm
> Smith Rafael Film Center: August 4 2007 6:30pm
- Comme t’y es belle! (Gorgeous!)
Directed by: Lisa Azuelos
Language: French, English and Hebrew subtitles
“Gorgeous!” really earns that exclamation point. In this tale set in the City of Lights, director Lisa Azuelos and her co-writers have crafted an inviting comic drama that celebrates the au courant Parisian woman. They’ve whipped up a coterie of breathtaking Sephardic femmes whose witty, rat-a-tat-tat dialogue crackles with energy.
The entire film vibrates with their smarts, charm, guile and not an insignificant amount of sex. Isa (Michele Laroque), Lea (Aure Atika), Alice (Valerie Benguigui) and Nina (Geraldine Nakache) are nobody’s fools as they stare down traditional gender roles, the tax system, the beauty business and the institution of marriage - such as it is in France.
- > Mon commentaire: très drole et piquant.
- > For full schedule and prices, go to:
http://sfjff.org/festival_2007/film/484/
Co-presented by the Alliance Francaise de San Francisco.
