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– Opening Night, Thursday, March 16th, 2023 –<\/strong><\/p>\n 4:00 – 4:30 pm: Welcome by\u00a0Jason Cifra, Vice-President for Student Services and\u00a0Beno\u00eet Labat, Higher Education and Language Attach\u00e9 of the Consulate General of France\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Opening Reception (Pascal P\u00e2tisserie & Caf\u00e9)<\/strong><\/p>\n 4:30 – 7:00 pm:\u00a0Aline<\/strong><\/u><\/em> \u00a0– Monday, March 20th, 2023 –<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n –\u00a0Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 –<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n – Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 –<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n – Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 –<\/strong> **4:00 – 5:00 pm: Closing Reception (Pascal P\u00e2tisserie & Caf\u00e9) with French Songs by Guys and Doll featuring Dominique Merrill\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n – Multicultural Day: Thursday,\u00a0<\/strong>April 20, 2023 –<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n For more information:\u00a0Albertine Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que<\/a>\u00a0Festival at Los Angeles Pierce College<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":59934,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[219],"app_city_tax":[220],"app_event_type":[237],"class_list":["post-59936","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-cinema","app_city_tax-la","app_event_type-festival"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
With the support of her family and the man she loves, the 14th child of a modest family will become the most famous singer in the world.<\/em>
\nDirected by Val\u00e9rie Lemercier
\nComedy and Drama, 2020, 128 mins., France, Canada, and Belgium
Followed by a Q&A with Prof. Garineh Avakian, Department of Music<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n4:00 – 6:30 pm:\u00a0\u00a0Slalom<\/u><\/strong><\/em>
Under the guidance of a strict ex champion, a promising 15 year old girl trains as a professional skiing star. Will she be able to endure the physical and emotional pressures?<\/em>
\nDirected by Charl\u00e8ne Favier
\nDrama, 2020, 92 mins., France and Belgium
Followed by a Q&A with Prof. Deborah Hefter & Prof. Susan Armenta, Department of Physical Education<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n4:00 – 6:30 pm:\u00a0Lingui<\/strong><\/u><\/em>
Amina, a practicing Muslim, lives with her daughter, 15-year-old Maria. When Amina learns
\nMaria is pregnant and wants to abort the child, they face an impossible situation in a country where abortion is legally and morally condemned.<\/em>
\nDirected by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
\nDrama, 2021, 87 mins., Chad, France, Germany, and Belgium
Followed by a Q&A with Prof. Sheryl Nomelli, Department of History<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n4:00 – 6:30 pm:\u00a0Les 400 Coups \/ The 400 Blows<\/u><\/strong><\/em>
A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.<\/em>
\nDirected by Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut
\nDrama, 1959, 99 mins., France
Followed by a Q&A with Prof. Donna Accardo, Department of English & Prof. Denis Pra, Department of Modern Languages<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n5:00 – 7:30 pm:\u00a0Lost Illusions<\/strong><\/u><\/em>
Story of the rise and the fall of a young man in Paris who dreamed to be a writer and became a journalist.<\/em>
\nDirected by Xavier Giannoli
\nDrama and Romance, 2021, 150 mins., France and Belgium
Followed by a Q& A with Prof. Yeprem Davoodian & Prof. Jennifer Rosenberg,
\nDepartment of Communication<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n2:30 – 4:30 pm:\u00a0Gagarine<\/strong><\/u><\/em>
Yuri fights to save his hometown\u00a0– which he shares with his namesake, Yuri Gagarin – from
\ndemolition.<\/em>
\nDirected by Fanny Liatard and J\u00e9r\u00e9my Trouilh
\nDrama and Fantasy, 2021, 95 mins., France
Followed by a Q&A with Prof. Patricio Gallegos, Department of Art and Architecture<\/strong><\/p>\n