French film season set for CinéSalon, New York

Melvil Poupaud to appear in Q&A

by Anne-Katrin Titze

Melvil Poupaud: "They are doing a little retrospective of my work at the FI:AF, French Institute, and I have a masterclass at NYU."
Melvil Poupaud: "They are doing a little retrospective of my work at the FI:AF, French Institute, and I have a masterclass at NYU." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Nicolas Pariser’s The Great Game (Le Grand Jeu); Éric Rohmer’s A Tale Of Summer (Conte d'été); François Ozon’s By The Grace Of God (Grâce à Dieu); Charles de Meaux’s The Lady In The Portrait (Le Portrait Interdit); two from Raúl Ruiz, Genealogies Of A Crime (Généalogies d'Un Crime) and Treasure Island (L'Île Au Trésor); Zoe R Cassavetes’ Broken English, and Xavier Dolan’s Laurence Anyways will all be screened in Magnetic Melvil Poupaud.

François Ozon's By the Grace of God in Magnetic Melvil Poupaud
François Ozon's By the Grace of God in Magnetic Melvil Poupaud Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

The CinéSalon series opens on Tuesday, March 7 with Carine Tardieu’s The Young Lovers (Les Jeunes Amants) at 7:30pm followed by a Q&A with Melvil Poupaud inside Florence Gould Hall of the French Institute Alliance Française in New York with the support of Unifrance and in partnership with Rendez-Vous with French Cinema.

Read what Melvil Poupaud had to say on the dark side of Arnaud Desplechin, Mathieu Amalric in A Christmas Tale and Kings And Queen, Mia Hansen-Løve’s One Fine Morning, a touch of François Ozon’s By The Grace Of God, James Joyce’s The Dead, Eric Rohmer’s A Summer’s Tale, and Woody Allen’s Coup De Chance with Lou de Laâge, Niels Schneider, and Valérie Lemercier.

Read what Melvil Poupaud had to say on Arnaud Desplechin’s Brother And Sister, inspiration from Forest Whitaker in Clint Eastwood’s Bird and Jack Nicholson In Bob Rafelson’s Five Easy Pieces, Grégoire Hetzel’s score, a cowboy movie showdown in the supermarket, contradictions, hungry ghosts, and a very particular smile shared by him and Marion Cotillard.

I Love French Cinema tote bag
I Love French Cinema tote bag Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Brother And Sister screens on Sunday, March 5 at 3:30pm, followed by a Q&A with Melvil Poupaud and on Tuesday, March 7 at 6:00pm at the Walter Reade Theater.

Unifrance and Film at Lincoln Center’s 28th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in New York, organized by Florence Almozini and Madeline Whittle, in collaboration with Unifrance, runs from Thursday, March 2 through Sunday, March 12. Rendez-Vous with French Cinema is sponsored by Villa Albertine, TV5 Monde, Maison Occitanie, FI:AF, and Benefit Cosmetics.

Magnetic Melvil Poupaud inside Florence Gould Hall of the French Institute Alliance Française CinéSalon in New York opens on Tuesday, March 7 and runs through April 25.

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