International
Film Series
Spring 2006
All
films show in the Vahlkamp Theater in the basement of Crounse and are
FREE for the Centre College community.
7:00 pm on Tuesday, April 11
Vahlkamp Theater
Directed
by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Rated R; 133 minutes; 2004
French with English subtitles
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth,
and André Dussollier
A group of five desperate men were rumored to have shot themselves to be relieved from the horrifying frontlines during WWI. A court-martial chose to put them in harms way of the enemies cross-fire as punishment. They are all declared dead but one of men's young fiancé receives information that makes her think otherwise and she embarks on a long painful journey to discover the truth.
“Jeunet
brings a fresh brain and a wisdom about digital effects to his Great War battlefields,
respects Sébastien Japrisot's rich and rambling story . . . and musters dozens
of unforgettable images. A sense of magical thinking pervades the film, but
it nevertheless remains harrowingly faithful to the verities of early-century
warfare.”
-Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
view
trailer
Email Ian Wilson or Rubén Dupertuis for more information.
The
showing of A Very Long Engagement is sponsored by the Film Society,
the French Society, and
and
the Student Activities Council.