Georgia Perimeter College will host the 2010 CERCLE FRANCOPHONE MARDI GRAS FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL beginning Monday, Feb. 15 through Friday, Feb .19 on the Clarkston Campus in the Jim Cherry Learning Resource Center Auditorium, 555 North Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston.
This multicultural assortment of English-subtitled films include many Cannes Film Festival award-winners and Oscar-nominees. The screenings are free and open to the public. All films start at 5 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 15: La Vie en Rose is a film about the legendary French singer, Edith Piaf, and named after one of her most famous songs. It explores the bends and twists of Piaf's life, including her unstable childhood and her gradual climb to stardom.
Tuesday, Feb. 16: Entre Les Murs (The Class) Based on a semi-autobiographical novel by a French language and literature teacher, the story focuses on tension and eventual respect that develops between the main character and his students whose families have migrated from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.
Wednesday, Feb. 17: Un Conte de Noel (A Christmas Tree) is a dramatic tale of how a family navigates one loss after another and the messy business of life.
Thursday , Feb. 18: Reves de Poussiere (Dreams of Dust) set on the African continent, the alternate American title of this film is Buried Dreams. It tells the story of a Nigerian peasant who seeks to unburden himself of memories of the past by migrating to a gold-mining town in Burkina Faso.
Friday, Feb. 19: La Graine et le Mulet (The Secret of Grain) centers on a Franco-Arabic family and their determination to adapt to life on the southern coast of France and in the process open a restaurant serving comfort food from their native country of Tunisia.
The event is sponsored by GPC Student Life, the Alliance Française d’Atlanta, the Consulat de France d’Atlanta and the GPC Center for International Education. For information contact Genette Ashby-Beach at 678-891-2385.
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