In celebration of Vassar College’s sesquicentennial year, the Department of French and Francophone Studies invites you to a series of five recent French films.

All films have English subtitles and, unless noted, will be screened at the Rosenwald Film Theater at 6 p.m. (room 109 Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film) and will be followed by a post-screening discussion.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Le Silence de Lorna/Lorna’s Silence (2007)
by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Opening Reception

Friday, February 11, 2011
La Belle Personne/The Beautiful Person (2008)
by Christophe Honoré

Saturday, February 12, 2011
La Danse: Le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris/The Dance: The Paris Opera Ballet (2009)
by Frederick Wiseman

Friday, February 18, 2011
Welcome/Welcome (2008)
by Philippe Lioret

Friday, February 25, 2011
35 Rhums/35 Shots of Rum (2008)
by Claire Denis
Closing Reception

This festival is co-sponsored by the Departments of Drama and Film, and Dance, Programs of International Studies and Women’s Studies at Vassar College, and  is free and open to the public.  Seats will be available on a first-come basis. For more information, please contact Mary Lou Keenan by email at makeenan@vassar.edu or by telephone at 845-437-5720.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations or information on accessibility are requested to contact the Campus Activities Office at 845 437-5370.

The Tournées Festival is made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture (CNC), The Florence Gould Foundation, the Grand Marnier Foundation and highbrow entertainment, and has been also generously underwritten at Vassar College by the Office of the Dean of Faculty.