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Bulletin CulturelJanuary 2009
During Holidays, with relatives and friends, you enjoy toshare meals surrounded by friendship. Just like in « theGrain » film, in this small town of South of France,different communities gather around immigrants opening anew restaurant and celebrate the country’s wealth build ontheir labor. Thanks to Mongrel Media contest, win the DVDfor free! For our pleasure, we will go to theaters to attendCannes Golden Palm awarded « The Class ». AnthonyGonzalez was born on the French Riviera; he leads his M83band which plays before « the Killers »: buy your ticketASAP! Anthony « likes melancholy…looking back to the past», he recreates a ’80s vibe with electro sounds. Femin Kutiplays afro-beat with mixed jazz and soul. For great pop, goand listen to Marianne Dissard, her videos are also screenedin many museums and galleries.Seasons’s Greetings!
Joël Savary, Attaché Culturel
Editorial
Contents
Music - PAGE 3
Conference - PAGE 4
Exhibitions - PAGE 6
DVD releases - PAGE 6
Cinema - PAGE 9
Television - PAGE 11
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M83 in concert(as an opening concert)
Cultural calendar - January 2009Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
1TelevisionThe Kingis Dancing
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Television
Les
destinéessentimen-tales
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Dvds
La ReineSoleil
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Secret ofthe grain
7Cinema
Lapaix
muscléedeCarolynMcAskie
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Television
Casqued’Or
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Conference
Memoryintwosteps
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Music
Femi Kuti
Conference
Translatinginharmony
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Cinema
The Class
Exhibition
Memoria
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Television
Coup deTorchon
Cinema
TeasuredIsland
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Music
Marianne
Dissand
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Le
NouveauProtocole
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Cinema
A boire
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Television
Hôtel duNord
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Music
Openingconcert of:
M83
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Television
Un
dimancheà la cam-pagne
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Cinema
A boire
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TelevisionJe rentreà la
maisonConferenceLa saleaffaire
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Television
CapitaineConan
A lyricist, poet and activist, docu-mentary filmmaker and multimediaperformance artist, singer MarianneDissard was born within sight of thePyrénées mountains in the South ofFrance but has lived in the Ameri-can West since the age of 16.Calexico fans will recognize Mari-anne as Madame to Joey Burns'lovestruck gold digger on Calexico'shit single, "Ballad of Cable Hogue”,
but for others, she’s one of the"Filles Fragiles", right beside JaneBirkin and Françoiz Breut, amongmany others…Her lyrics are sung by Françoiz
Breut, Howe Gelb and Naïm Amor.As a multimedia performance artist,she was exhibited at the Muséed'Art Moderne, Paris (Hiver deL'Amour), then got subsequently in-
vited to the Musée D'Art Contempo-rain de Marseille (Walker Art Cen-ter) and to Foundation Cartier inParis.
Marianne, no longer hiding behinda camera or her words, will presenther own texts in front of theToronto audience…
Marianne Dissard January 18th
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MARIANNE DISSARD
Sunday, January 18At 7:00 pm
At the Dakota Tavern249 Ossington Avenue
Toronto
4 years after the DVD Live atShrine, Femi Kuti returns with agenerous, powerful and timelessnew album, continuing to exploreand push back the frontiers ofAfrobeat, an exploding mixture ofjazz, funk, and traditional Africanmusic, invented by his famous fa-ther: Fela Kuti.
From the ghettos of Lagos to thepalaces of corrupt politicians, Dayby Day takes us through the wind-ing roads of African paradox, in 13titles that grab your belly, your feet,your heart and your head.Whilst always respecting his musi-cal heritage, Femi has refined overmore than twenty years, anafrobeat with soul-jazz nuancesthat is entirely his own. If he accompanied Fela’s musicians
during his youth, he decided asearly as 1986 to free himself upand create his own band.Treading in the footsteps of his fa-mous father, Femi has shown astrong commitment to social andpolitical causes throughout his ca-reer.Femi is now the standard bearer forNigeria's funky, feisty Afrobeatsound.His unique concert in Toronto cancertainly be considered as themust-see event of this winter.
Femi Kuti January 15th
FEMI KUTI
Thursday January 15thDoors at 8:00 pm
Opera House735 Queen St. East
Toronto
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Extremely popular in the USA, M83is an electronic-rock music groupconsisting initially of Anthony Gon-zalez and Nicolas Fromageau, andwas formed in Antibes, France in2001. After their second album re-leaser in 2003, Fromageau decidedto quit the band, and so Gonzalesrecord mainly on his own, with thehelp of a few other musicians, threeothers albums.
The latest, entitled “Saturdays =Youth”, took M83 on an Americantour, and they will open “TheKillers” concert in Toronto inJanuary.
M83 Opening concert of ‘The Killers”, January 23
As the opening concert of‘The Killers” show in
Toronto:
M83Friday, January 23
At 7: 30 pm
At the Air Canada Centre40 Bay St.
Toronto, OntarioM5J 2X2
Memory in two steps With Danièle Caloz
Step II: Memory and History -Is memory enough for the histo-rian? -What does one mean by “devoir demémoire”?-History: a problematic and incom-plete reconstruction.-Some beautiful lies of HistoryNew looking glasses for our His-tory…
History is a succession of lies onwhich everybody is in agreement.- Napoleon Bonaparte
Please, note that Step I : OurMemory, will be presented on Jan-uary 5th during a special event or-ganized by the Société d’Histoire deToronto.Please contact Danièle Caloz : [email protected] for the lo-cation.
Memory in two steps Wednesday, January 14
As part of the monthly lec-ture series organized bythe Société d’Histoire de
Toronto:
Memory in two steps
Wednesday, January 146:30 pm
AFT Spadina24 Spadina Road
Free admission
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With Claude Tatilon, Christine Klein-Lataud and Ray Ellenwood.
Translation is always a dangeroustight rope walk between sound andsense, especially with poetic trans-lation. And what about when thingsbecome even more complicated bythe demands of melody as in thetranslation of songs?
Three translators invite you to dis-cuss poetic translation, focusing onthe songs of George Brassens. Notin ears or dimwits need apply. Theaudience will be invited to partici-pate…
“Just between us, let’s agree,Ladies n’gents :For us to know we’re not, we’d haveto beIntelligent.”
Georges Brassens (translation: RayEllenwood)
Translating In Harmony, Poetry and Song Thursday, January 15
Thursday, January 156:30 pm
Pierre-Léon GalleryAFT Spadina
24 Spadina Road
Free admission
In French.
Collaboration, Resistance andthe Georges Boudarel Affair.With Katie Edwards
On February 13th, 1991, just as hewas about to present his paper fora conference on Vietnamese cur-rent affairs at the Sénat in Paris,Professor Georges Boudarel was in-terrupted by a small group of vet-erans, who accused him of havingbeen a ‘political commissar’ in VietMinh Camp 113 during the In-dochina war, and for therefore hav-ing “blood on his hands” given thehigh mortality rate. The “BoudarelAffair” had broken, provoking an in-tense public debate centred notonly on Boudarel’s actions (whichhe qualified as anticolonial resist-ance), but on the nature of the In-dochina war and the relative merits
of the colonial project. This discus-sion analyses the debates sur-rounding the affair, its implicationsfor the “memory” of the Indochinawar, and its place within thebroader memorial context.
Katie Edwards is a PhD candidate inHistory at the University of Torontounder the supervision of ProfessorEric Jennings. She is currently writ-ing her dissertation, which ad-dresses the public memory of theIndochina war in France.
La sale affaire Friday, January 30
La sale affaireCollaboration, Resistanceand the Georges Boudarel
Affair.
Friday, January 303:30 pm
Room 303 AFT Spadina
24 Spadina Road
Free admission
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DDVVDD rreelleeaasseessDDVVDD rreelleeaasseessPrincess of the SunA film by Philippe LeclercWith Coralie Vanderlinden, DavidScarpuzza, Arnaud LéonardAnimationRunning time: 77 min. 2005
Set in ancient Egypt during the18th dynasty, follows Akhesa, aravishing 14-year-old princess, whodoesn't have the slightest notionthat she will one day rule Egypt. When this adventure begins, theimpetuous young girl rebels againsther father, Pharaoh Akhenaton. Sherefuses to live confined within theroyal palace's walls and wants todiscover why her mother, QueenNefertiti, has been exiled to Ele-
phantine Island. With the help ofPrince Tut, Akhesa runs away, hop-ing to find her mother. In defianceof danger, the two teenagers traveldown the Nile, cheat death amongthe burning desert dunes, andbravely confront the fearsome mer-cenary Zannanza and the priestswho conspire to overthrow thepharaoh. With innocence their onlyweapon, Akhesa and Tutankhamunovercome all kinds of tests and or-deals, and encounter an extraordi-nary destiny that will unite themforever.
La Reine Soleil In stores January 6th
La Reine SoleilA film by Philippe Leclerc
In stores January 6th
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EExxhhiibbiittiioonnssEExxhhiibbiittiioonnss“Memoria serves as an archive oftangible remembrances of a placethat will eventually fade in mymemory. These images have an in-tentional silence to them, as if onemust tip toe through the house.Emphasizing their fragility, the sub-jects are photographed in a way todemonstrate the feeling of a pas-sing glance. These photographs at-tempt to capture both fleetingmoments come and gone, and con-templative moments that becomesignificant in the passing of time.
When people pass away, all that re-mains are their possessions, thethings they leave behind.
The physical being may be gonebut their memories linger in theremnants of their lives. With thisproject, I have collected images ofan era. With this project I have col-lected memories of my grandpar-ents’ home, against the inevitablemarch of time.”
Sabrina Maltese received her B.F.A.from Ryerson University in June2008. She currently lives and worksin Toronto.
Memoria From January 16 to Feburary 7
MemoriaAn exhibition of photo-
graphs by Sabrina Maltese
From January 16 toFebruary 7
Pierre-Léon GalleryAFT Spadina
24 Spadina Road
Free admission
The New ProtocolA film by Thomas VincentWith Clovis Cornillac, Marie-JoséeCroze, Dominique Reymond ThrillerRunning time: 90 min. 2007
The peaceful world of Vosgesforester Raoul Kraft is shatteredwhen he learns that his 18-year-old son has just died in a car ac-cident. The police are certainthere are no suspicious circum-stances, but a short while laterRaoul receives a visit from astrange young woman, Diane,who gives him some disturbinginformation. Before his death,Raoul’s son was taking part inearly trials of a new drug for alarge pharmaceutical company.Diane’s theory is that the side-effects of the drug may have re-sulted in the death of the youngman. Unsure whether to takeDiane seriously, Raoul agrees toaccompany her to Paris toinvestigate the matter further.
The events that follow merelyconfirm Diane’s suspicions...
Le nouveau protocole In stores January 20th
LE NOUVEAU PROTOCOLE
A film by Thomas Vincent
In stores January 20th
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La Graine et le MuletA film by Abdellatif KechicheWith Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi,Faridah BenkhetacheComedy dramaRunning time: 151 min.
At the port of Sete Mr. Slimani, atired sixty year old, drags himselftowards a shipyard job which hasbecome more and more difficult tocope with as the years go by. He isa divorced father who forces him-self to stay close to his family de-spite the scissions and tensionswhich are easily sparked off andwhich financial difficulties makeeven more intense. He is goingthrough a delicate period in his lifeand recently, everything seems tomake him feel useless; a failure. Hewants to escape from it all and setup his own restaurant. However itappears to be an unreachabledream given his meagre, irregularsalary which is not anywhere nearenough to supply what he needs torealise his ambition. But he can stilldream and talk about it with hisfamily in particular. A family whichgradually recompacts around thisproject which comes to symbolisethe means to a better life. Thanksto their ingeniousness and hard
work this dream soon becomes areality... Or almost...
César Award 2008: Best FilmCésar Award 2008: Best Director
Secret of the Grain In stores January 6th
La Graine et le MuletA film by Abdellatif
Kechiche
In stores January 6th
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“I’ve beenwaiting so long”
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by CatherineBreillat
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The Class (Entre les murs)A film by Laurent CantetWith François Bégaudeau,Franck Keita, Esmeralda Ouer-tani, Rachel Régulier... Comedy dramaYear : 2008Running time : 128 min.
François and his fellow teachersprepare for a new year at a highschool in a tough neighborhood.Armed with the best intentions,they brace themselves to not letdiscouragement stop them fromtrying to give the best educationto their students. Cultures andattitudes often clash in theclassroom, a microcosm of con-temporary France…
“Entre les murs” won theGolden Palm Award at the2008 Cannes Film Festival.
The Class Since Friday, January 16th
THE CLASSA film by Laurent Cantet
In theatre sinceJanuary 16
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La paix musclée de CarolynMcAskieA documentary by Joseph Bita-mba (for SRC-RDI)
Who today would want to be atthe head of a United NationsMission? To disembark oneself inthe eye of a cyclone without lug-gage or family only to find one-self the target of all gunshotstrying to construct peaceamongst rifles. When CarolynMcAskie arrives in Burundi, fewobservers thought her capableof bearing the weight and ef-fecting positive change.
Nevertheless, when the UnitedNations asks McAskie to lead a
peace mission in Burundi in2003, this bilingual Canadian'senthusiasm that breaks off in-ternational negotiations. Themuscular peace of CarolynMcAskie tells the story of thisdangerous and onus mission.
In three years, Carolyn McAskierestablishes peace. Contrary toGeneral Dallaire in Rwanda, shebenefits from the power, ade-quate funding and constant sup-
port of the United Nations.Since the release of this docu-
mentary, Burundi maintains afragile state of peace.
La paix musclée de Carolyn McAskie Wednesday, January 7
La paix musclée de Carolyn McAskie
A documentary byJoseph Bitamba
Wednesday January 76:30
Free admissionIn French
AFT Spadina24 Spadina Road
Treasured Island (L’Ile aux Trésors)A film by Alain BerbérianWith Gérard Jugnot, Alice Taglioni,Jean-Paul RouveRunning time: 100 min.2006
There is… A buried treasure on anisland in the West Indies. A piratemissing his right leg, without aboat, a bloodthirsty traitor withouta treasure map. An unscrupulous,big-time gambling baroness, apraying mantis without a dime, butwith a boat. A fearless, brainlessyoung man with the treasure maplocked somewhere in his failingmemory. A drunkard doctor, fortu-nately a specialist of failing mem-ory and other atypical forms ofamnesia.
This dream team weighs anchorone morning in the year of graceseventeen hundred and something,its sights set on Treasure Island andits inlets of rosy sands.
Treasured Island Saturday, January 17
CINESAMEDI COMESBACK:
Treasured IslandA film by Alain Berbérian
Adapted from RobertLouis Stevenson’s novel.
Saturday, January 17th
At the NFB Cinema150 John Street
Free for childrenAdults: 5$
A boireA film by Marion VernouxWith Emmanuelle Béart, AtmenKélif, Edouard BaerComedy2004Runnig time: 90 min
Inès Larue could really use a drink:her lover has just left, leaving hera 12000 € hotel bill as a parting
gift. Pierre-Marie Archambaultcould really use a drink: he hasreached the end of a grueling pe-riod of abstinence imposed by hiswife; this alcoholic doctor is at hiswits end. Seb Abd Al Abbas couldreally use a drink: no sooner has hestarted his ski vacation, his arm isbroken, his vacation a bust, and inaddition, his religion forbids theconsumption of alcohol.
Because no one awaits them, be-cause they are as frozen as thesnow that surrounds them, thesethree orphans will seek a stiff drink
to get over the hump. What a mix:alcohol, love, mutual support…
A boire January 21 and 28
A boire
A film by Marion Vernoux
At 7:30 pm
Wednesday, January 21AFT North York
95 Sheppard Avenue W.
Wednesday, January 21AFT Mississauga
4261 SherwoodtowneBlvd Mississauga
Wednesday, January 28AFT Spadina
24 Spadina Road
Free admission
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PROGRAM of TFOwww.tfo.org
Thursday, January 1st, at 9:00 pm
The King is Dancing2000By Gérard CorbiauWith Benoit Magimel, BorisTerral, Tchéky KaryoRunning time: 108 min.
Set in 17th Century France, “TheKing Is Dancing” depicts the life ofJean-Baptiste Lully and his rela-tionship with King Louis XIV ofFrance. The rise of King Louis andhis growing influence in the courtare shown through the elaboratedance routines and the maturing ofLouis from a pawn of his mother tothe full glory of the Sun King.
Monday, Januray 5, at 9:00 pm
Les destinées sentimentales2000By Olivier AssayasWith Charles Berling, Em-manuelle Béart, Isabelle Hup-pertRunning time: 180 min.
Jean Barnery is the pastor of asmall village in Charente.Shortly after separating from hiswife Nathalie, he meets Pauline.Jean and Pauline marry and re-treat to an alpine village wherethey live happily for a fewyears. But the world is chan-ging fast, with war and eco-nomic disaster just around thecorner...
Tuesday, January 6, at 9:00pm
Le Chat1971By Pierre Granier-DeferreWith Jean Gabin, Simone Si-gnoret, Annie CordyRunning time:86 min.
Courbevoie, 1971. Julien Bouin, aformer typographist, and his wifeClemence, who used to performin a circus, hardly talk to eachother in their small house, soonto be demolished. His cat Greffierbeing the only one he still givesaffection to, he becomes the ob-ject of Clemence's anger.
Jeudi 8 Janvier 2009, à 21h
Casque d’Or1952Un film de Jacques BeckerAvec Simone Signoret, SergeReggiani et Claude DauphinDurée: 96 min.
In an open-air dance hall, themembers of Leca's gang are re-laxing with their ladies. One ofthem, Marie, aka "Casque d'Or"(Golden Helmet) meets Manda, acarpenter. Her man Roland be-longs to the jealous kind, andLeca himself has his eye on her.A story of love, death, friendshipand jealousy during the BelleEpoque.
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Thursday, January 15, at 9:00 pm
Le Quai des Brumes1938By Marcel CarnéWith Jean Gabin , Michèle Mor-gan, Michel SimonRunning time: 87 min.
Jean, a deserter from the Frencharmy arrives in the port of LeHavre where, he meets and fallsin love with a young woman,Nelly. Jean's fortunes take a turnfor the worse when he makes astand to protect Nelly from herguardian, Zabel, and a former ad-mirer, both of whom are ruthlesscrooks.
Saturday, January 17, at 9:00 pm
Coup de Torchon1981By Bernard TarvernierWith Philippe Noiret, IsabelleHuppert and Jean-Pierre MarielleRunning time: 128 min.
French West Africa, 1938. LucienCordier (Philippe Noiret) is thepoliceman in charge of the small,mostly native-inhabited villageof Bourkassa. He is put upon byeveryone, not least his wifeHuguette (Stéphane Audran),and by everyone else in town.Then one day, the worm turns.
Thursday, January 22, at 9:00 pm
Hôtel du Nord1938By Marcel CarnéWith Louis Jouvet, Arletty etAnnabellaRunning time: 105 min.
Two young lovers Renée andPierre check into the Hôtel duNord in Paris, near to the canalSaint-Martin, with the intention ofcommitting suicide together.Pierre cannot bring himself to gothrough with it and, havingwounded Renée, he flees...
Saturday, January 24, at 9:00 pm
Un dimanche à la campagneBy Bernard Tavernier With Sabine Azéma, LouisDucreux, Michel AumontRunning time: 90 min.
Monsieur Ladmiral is an ageingpainter who lives alone in hiscountry house. Every so often, hisson Gonzague comes to visit himwith his young family. One latesummer Sunday in 1912, the cus-tomary visit is disturbed by theunexpected arrival of Ladmiral’sunpredictable daughter, Irène...
Friday, January 30, at 9:00 pm
Je rentre à la maison2001By Manoel De Oliveira With Catherine Deneuve, MichelPiccoliRunning time: 90 min.
After delivering the final speech ofthe dying monarch in Ionesco's"Exit the King," a French theateractor learns that his wife, daugh-ter, and son-in-law have beenkilled in a car accident.
Saturday, January 31, at 9:00 pm
Capitaine Conan1996By Bernard TavernierWith Philippe Torreton, SamuelLe Bihan, Bernard le CoqRunning time: 126 min.
In an era of increasingly mecha-nized warfare, battle-bred Frenchcommander Conan and his troopscontinue to fight as warriors, bat-tering their opponents on theBalkan Front with all the savageryand terror of hand-to-hand combatwhile contemptuously flouting or-ders from their superiors. 12