“Music, Maestro!” at The American French Film Festival!
Festival
The Marching Band by Emmanuel Courcol.
The Directors Guild of America Theatre Complex
7920 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90046
October 30-November 03, 2024
Music is everywhere in TAFFF’s selection this year (Oct. 29- Nov. 3)! Focus on three movies curated around this theme by Villa Albertine Los Angeles.
Boléro, un film d’Anne Fontaine, avec Raphaël Personnaz (Ravel), Dora Tillier (Misia), Jeanne Balibar (Ida Rubinstein), Emmanuelle Devos (Marguerite Long), Vincent Pérez (CIPA), Anne Alvaro (la mère de Ravel), Sophie Guillemin (Mme Revelot), Alexandre Tharaud (Lalo) – Christophe Beaucarne DOP
Bolero by Anne Fontaine
U.S Premiere on Wednesday, October 30 at 8:25 PM.
Followed by a conversation with writer/director Anne Fontaine.
Set in the dazzling 1920s, Boléro by Anne Fontaine offers a mesmerizing look into the genius of composer Maurice Ravel, blending passion, creativity and drama in a visually stunning biopic that will captivate lovers of cinema and music alike.
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The Marching Band by Emmanuel Courcol
U.S premiere on Saturday, November 2 at 2:00 PM.
Thibaut, a renowned orchestra conductor, is diagnosed with leukemia and desperately in need of a bone marrow transplant. His search for a donor leads him to discover, at 37, that he was, in fact, adopted… and actually has a biological brother somewhere in France. Their lives may be worlds apart but it turns out that, each in his own way, they share a profound connection to music.
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Once upon a time Michel Legrand by David Hertzog Dessites
U.S Premiere on Sunday, November 3 at 11:00 PM.
Followed by a conversation with writer/director David Hertzog Dessite & Producer Thierry de Clermont-Tonnerre.
The indomitable presence of the great Michel Legrand fills every frame of this freewheeling portrait of the legendary 20th century musician and film composer. From The Umbrellas of Cherbourg to The Thomas Crown Affair to Yentl, from French New Wave composer to the toast of Hollywood with three Oscars to his name, the film charts the course of a brilliant career and of an extraordinary artist.
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