Lumières Françaises • Images of Africa ABOUT THE FILM Living on one of the last remaining military bases amidst a hedonistic group of French armed forces in 1970’s Madagascar, 10-year old Thomas begins to find cracks in the surface of his family’s blissful existence on the idyllic island. Taking inspiration from his comic book hero […]

Lumières Françaises • Images of Africa ABOUT THE FILM Despite their different social backgrounds, Amina, Djeneba, and Zineb have been friends for as long as they can remember. When Zineb experiences harassment from her brother’s best friend, Amina decides to post a compromising video of him on social media, hoping he will stop. Little does […]

Lumières Françaises • Images of Africa July Cinema Club Screening: Saturday, July 13 at 11:00am Cinema Club Moderator Megan Feeney will be in conversation with Patricia Lorcin, Professor Emerita of History, U of MN, with expertise in race and gender in France and its colonies; and in western imperialism, colonialism, and post-colonial studies. Cinema Club […]

Lumières Françaises • Images of Africa ABOUT THE FILM In 1952, Ousmane Sembène, a dockworker and fifth-grade dropout from Senegal, began dreaming an impossible dream: to become the storyteller for a new Africa. Sembene! tells the unbelievable true story of the father of African cinema, the self-taught novelist and filmmaker who fought, against enormous odds, […]

Lumières Françaises ABOUT THE FILM The trajectory of Marguerite’s future, a brilliant Mathematics student at the esteemed Ecole Normale Supérieure, appears meticulously charted. As the sole woman in her cohort, she nears completion of her thesis, anticipating the culmination of years of dedicated effort with an audience of researchers. However, on the crucial day, an […]

Lumières Françaises ABOUT THE FILM Widow Clicquot is based on the true story of the “Grande Dame of Champagne,” Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin (1777–1866) who, at the age of 20, became Madame Clicquot after marrying the scion of a winemaking family. Though their marriage was arranged, a timeless love blossomed between Barbe-Nicole (Haley Bennett) and her unconventional, […]

Lumières Françaises ABOUT THE FILM Lydia, a midwife highly invested in her career, has completely lost control of her life. Was it due to heartbreak, her best friend Salomé’s pregnancy, or meeting Milos, with whom she could have a potential new relationship? Lydia gets stuck in a spiral of lies where everyone’s life is turned […]

Lumières Françaises ABOUT THE FILM In A Real Job, Thomas Lilti brings his humanistic lens to the lives of school teachers, offering a glimpse into both their professional and personal worlds. Following his successful portrayal of the medical field in films like Hippocrates, Irreplaceable, and The Freshmen, Lilti employs his signature cinematic style blending realism […]

Lumières Françaises • Images of Africa Quartiers Lointains • 4 Short Films How can we best exist in societies that are both ours and yet other? How to best navigate institutions that are not always equipped to deal with the issues we face? How to find mystical or rational remedies to heal our wounds? These […]

Lumières Françaises ABOUT THE FILM Marinette Pichon is one of the world’s greatest stars of football, having held for almost two decades the record for the number of goals and caps for the French team (men/women combined), before becoming a FIFA Legend by being the first French player to have a career in the US. […]