L'origine de la Tendresse and Other Tales

Tuesday, September 16 at 7:00 p.m. (Shown in Boyd Hall 144)poster

France, 2008 (limited USA release), 95 min.
Director: Various
French with English subtitles
Pen-Pusher, dir. Guillaume Martinez, 8 min.
A day like any other in the Parisian metro - or so it seems. A young man reads. A young woman is seated next to him. They will be introduced in an unexpected fashion.
Silver Bear, Berlin Film Festival

My Mother, Story of an Immigration, dir. Felipe Canales, 15 min.
This is a story of her mother who left Algeria in 1956 to reunite with her husband in Paris. The story of an immigrant mother. It also is the story of three generations of women: her mother, Zehira's; her daughters'; her granddaughters'.

One Voice, One Vote, dir. Jeanne Paturle & Cecile Rousset, 13 min.
In the run-up to the 2007 presidential elections, a look at the importance of voting.

The Last Day, dir. Olivier Bourbeillon, 12 min.
On July the 1st 2005, the 1867 Schneider and Co power hammer N°125 ceased operating at the former smithy of the Brest military harbour. This is the story of the machine and its workers' last working day.

L’origine de la tendresse, dir. Alain-Paul Mallard, 32 min.
Elise is a quiet, solitary woman who works as a museum attendant. Nothing really happens in her life. And in a life in which nothing happens, no moment is devoid of meaning.
Montreal Festival of New Cinema, Short Film Award

Kitchen, dir. Alice Winocour, 15 min.
A woman, her husband and two lobsters. A recipe that turns sour...
Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival

Reference: www.worldaccordingtoshorts.com

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