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Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 7 PM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 8:30 PM	THE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS DIRECTOR: JACQUES RIVETTE FRANCE Antoinette (Jeanne Balibar), the Duchess of Langeais, is a married coquette who frequents the extravagant balls of 1820s Paris, where hypocrisy and vanity reign. Flattered by declarations of love from a handsome general, Armand de Montriveau (Guillaume Depardieu), the alluring Antoinette orchestrates a calculating game of flirtation and seduction, but repeatedly refuses Montriveau. When the humiliated man seeks his revenge, Antoinette's love awakens. But is it too late for the star-crossed lovers? Based on Balzac's romantic melodrama "History of the Thirteen," Rivette uses theatrical space and acting styles to explore themes that have preoccupied his distinguished, five-decade filmmaking career: the fragility of identity and the nature of cinematic representation. Print courtesy of IFC Films. ( 137 min ) Selected Filmography: L'Amour fou (68), Céline and Julie Go Boating (74), Le Pont du Nord (81), La belle Noiseuse (91), Va Savior (01), The History of Marie and Julien (03). Sponsored by Southpark Seafood Grill. For more information or to vote online visit Oregon Live. ^ Top
Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 6:30 PM Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 2:45 PM Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 4:45 PM	OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies DIRECTOR: MICHAEL HAZANAVICIUS FRANCE The popular French spy film series—which follows the feats of Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, code name OSS 117—returns after a 38-year lapse with the eighth installment. Cairo, Nest of Spies spoofs the originals, the spy movie genre in general, and the legacy of French Imperialism. This time Hubert (Jean Dujardin), hot on the trail of a missing OSS agent in Egypt, gets mixed up with exotic foreign women, Nazis bent on revenge, and scores of murderous fundamentalists. Dujardin won the French Cinema Critic's "Etoiles d'Or" Best Actor prize for his portrayal of an agent more idiot savant than suave, but every bit as effective as Maxwell Smart, Inspector Clouseau and James Bond. Print courtesy of Music Box Films. ( 99 min ) Filmography: Mes Amis (99). An additional screening has been added on Sunday February 17th at 4:45PM at Broadway 4. Sponsored by Alliance Française de Portland and the French American Interational School. For more information or to vote online visit Oregon Live. ^ Top
Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 3:45 PM Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 8:15 PM Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 4:30 PM	IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA DIRECTOR: JOSé LUIS GUERíN SPAIN/FRANCE "During a few languid summer days, a young foreigner spends his afternoons sketching in an outdoor café in Strasbourg. He is looking for a woman named Sylvia whom he'd met years before in the same city, but he is also sketching the many attractive young women he sees everywhere, any one of whom could be her. Then one fine afternoon, he thinks he's actually seen her, and he sets off through the city to confront his memory. José Luis Guerín's lovely, exceedingly graceful work eloquently captures the feeling of being in love with love, and the youthful sense of a world filled with an almost limitless sensuality."—New York Film Festival. In French. ( 84 min ) Selected Filmography: Berta's Motives (85), Innisfree (90), The Spectre of Le Thuit (97), En Construction (01). Director José Luis Guerín will attend all screenings. For more information or to vote online visit Oregon Live. ^ Top
Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 9 PM Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 8 PM	TELL NO ONE DIRECTOR: GUILLAUME CANET FRANCE Popular American mystery writer Harlan Coben's novel "Tell No One" is transposed to the streets of Paris in this action-packed adaptation directed by actor Guillaume Canet. Francois Cluzet is in dynamic form as a widowed pediatrician who receives a mysterious e-mail video featuring his wife—presumedly murdered eight years earlier. The case is reopened, bodies are found and Cluzet takes to his heels hotly pursued by cops and killers who would all like to see him dead. A heart-thumping thriller that Hitchcock would have been proud to call his own. Winner of Cesar Awards for Best Film and Best Actor. Print courtesy of Music Box Films. ( 120 min ) Filmography: Whatever You Say (02). For more information or to vote online visit Oregon Live. ^ Top
Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 8 PM Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 2:45 PM	PRICELESS DIRECTOR: PIERRE SALVADORI FRANCE In this charming screwball comedy, Jean (Gad Elmaleh), a sweet, timid waiter, tries to pass himself off as a billionaire to win the heart of frivolous Irene (Audrey Tautou), a glamorous gold digger whose hunting ground is the luxury hotels along the French Riveria. She soon discovers his guise and tries to leave him behind. But Jean is in love, an affliction that leads to a chase that will ruin his life. Salvadori's tightly knit romantic comedy about two lost souls in the paradise of the Côte d'Azur is a quintessentially French confection. Print courtesy of The Samuel Goldwyn Company. ( 110 min ) Filmography: A Moment (96), White Lies (98), The Detour (00), After You (03). On Closing Night we bid a warm and teary-eyed farewell to the 16 days of brilliant films that make up the 31st Portland International Film Festival. Join us after the last screenings on the 23rd and come celebrate with fellow Festival goers. Party admission is $10 in advance or at the door, which includes admission, food, and drink. The Closing Night Party is held at Pinocchio Bar, 1005 SW Park at Salmon. Tondero, the original location of the Festival's Closing Night Party, has closed its doors for good - leaving the Festival without a host on closing night. Stepping in to save the day, Pinocchio Bar and Restaurant has generously offered to host the Festival's closing party. Closing Night Party tickets are $10 and admission to the party is separate from admission to the film. Click here to buy tickets to the Closing Night Party. An extra encore screening of this film has been added at 2:45 PM Sunday February 24th at the Whitsell Auditorium. ^ Top