New York Rendez-Vous with French Cinema special events

Isabelle Huppert, Julie Delpy and more to give free talks.

by Anne-Katrin Titze

Guillaume Nicloux's Valley Of Love star Isabelle Huppert
Guillaume Nicloux's Valley Of Love star Isabelle Huppert Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

The Film Society of Lincoln Center and uniFrance have announced for the 21st edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in New York, a series of free talks starting with Isabelle Huppert, who co-stars with Gérard Depardieu in the opening night film Valley Of Love. It's followed by Melvil Poupaud starring with André Dussollier and Clémence Poésy in Nicolas Pariser's The Great Game (Le Grand Jeu) and a discussion with Lolo director Julie Delpy and Stephanie Zacharek.

Composers Grégoire Hetzel (Catherine Corsini's Summertime - La Belle Saison and Arnaud Desplechin's My Golden Days - Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse), Mark Snow (Alain Resnais' Wild Grass and Life Of Riley) and Mathieu Lamboley (Lolo) will take part in French Touch Composers, moderated by Elsa Keslassy.

Isabelle Huppert - Friday, March 4, 5:00pm

Melvil Poupaud - Saturday, March 5, 5:00pm

French Touch Composers - Monday, March 7, 7:30pm

French Comedy with Julie Delpy - Tuesday, March 8, 5:00pm

All of the talks will be held at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, Amphitheater, 144 West 65th Street.

Free tickets will be distributed at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center box office on a first-come, first-served basis starting one hour prior to each talk.

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema runs from March 3 through March 13.

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