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From the massage tables to the umpires\u2019 chairs, Klein captures the details of one of the greatest events in tennis history, the locker room gossip, the splattering of clay and sweat, the rapt audiences, and of course, the masterful tennis plays.<\/p>\n<p>More information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americancinematheque.com\/series\/the-french-limited-engagement\/?mc_cid=f3c8197035&amp;mc_eid=f2551373fe\u00a0\u00a0\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>June 23 at 7:30pm at the <strong><u>Aero Theatre<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n1328 Montana Ave Santa Monica, CA 90403<\/p>\n<p>June 24 at 4:00pm at <strong>Los Feliz 3 Theatre\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n1822 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027<\/p>\n<p>June 25 at 7:00pm at <strong>Los Feliz 3 Theatre\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n1822 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":59169,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[219],"app_city_tax":[220],"app_event_type":[239],"class_list":["post-59171","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-cinema","app_city_tax-la","app_event_type-film"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The American Cinematheque Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of William Klein\u2019s The French - Villa Albertine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/american-cinematheque-celebrates-40th-anniversary-william-kleins-french\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The American Cinematheque Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of William Klein\u2019s The French - Villa Albertine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For two weeks a year, the world looks to Paris as the titans of tennis come together to play at the Roland Garros Tournament, better known as The French Open or simply, The French. 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