HOSTED BY COLUMBIA COLLEGE

in collaboration with the Columbia Museum of Art, the South Carolina Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French, the Alliance Française of Columbia, the University of South Carolina Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, the University of South Carolina European Studies Program, the Columbia College Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Columbia College Diversity Committee, and the Columbia College Division of Languages and Literatures. ALL FILMS ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC.

Xavier Beauvois’s
Des hommes et des dieux (2010)
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 - 7PM; Cash bar opens at 6pm.
Columbia Museum of Art, Lorick Auditorium; www.columbiamuseum.org Reception to follow courtesy of the Alliance Française de Columbia.
Speaker: Dr. Jeff Persels, Associate Professor of French, University of South Carolina 

A sublime tale of faith and doubt based on a real incident, Of Gods and Men chronicles the story of eight French Trappist monks living in an impoverished Algerian village. When faced with threats of violence from fundamentalist terrorists and the Algerian military, the monks must decide whether to seek safety or risk their lives and stay with the local villagers who have come to trust them and rely on their aid.
A special thanks goes to European Studies Program, University of South Carolina, co-sponsors of this film.  Another special thanks to the Alliance Française de Columbia, sponsor of the reception following the film. 

Stephane Brize's
Madamoiselle Chambon (2008)
Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 - 7:30PM
Belk Auditorium, 005 BA Building, Map of USC Campus including Belk (BA Building)
University of South Carolina
Speaker: Dr. Marja Warehime, Professor of French, University of South Carolina
Jean, a home-builder and devoted family man, begins to feel passionately toward Véronique, his young son’s teacher. Very little is said between Jean and Véronique; their yearning for each other is conveyed mainly through silences and stolen glances. That the actors playing these two unforgettable characters were once married only heightens the profound sense of longing, anguish, and sadness that ultimately consume Jean and Véronique.
Special thanks to the  Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of South Carolina, co-sponsor of this film.

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun 's
Un homme qui crie (2010)
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 - 7PM

Belk Auditorium, 005 BA Building, Map of USC Campus including Belk (BA Building)
University of South Carolina
Speaker: Ms. Cristy Vogel, French teacher, Hammond School; President of SCAATF
Adam, a 55-year-old former swimming champion, takes great pride in his work as the pool attendant at a luxury hotel in N’Djamena. His life is upended, however, when his boss tells him that his son will be replacing him as the sole pool attendant. Working on a scale both intimate (a father’s wounded ego) and epic (a nation torn apart by civil war), writer-director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun creates a remarkable portrait of present-day Chad.  
Special thanks to the South Carolina Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French and the Columbia College Office of Multicultural Affairs, co-sponsors of this film.

Bruno Dumont 's 
Hadewijch (2009)
Monday, Nov. 21, 2011 - 7PM
Columbia College: Cottingham Theatre; http://www.columbiasc.edu/tour/ for building and parking locations.
Speaker: Dr. Ute Wachsmann-Linnan, Associate Professor of Art History, Columbia College
20-year-old Céline is expelled from a nunnery for her over-zealous faith and returns to the secular world where she meets rebellious teenager Yassine and his older brother, Nassir, whose religious fervor mirror’s Céline’s own. Hadewijch explores the relentless pursuit of faith in both Christianity and Islam—and what drives certain believers to acts of extreme violence.
Special thanks to the Diversity Committee of Columbia College, co-sponsor of this film.

Clair Denis's
White Material (2008)
Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 - 7PM
Columbia College: Concert Hall in Spears Center for the Arts; http://www.columbiasc.edu/tour/ for building and parking locations.   
Speaker: Dr. Christine Hait, Professor of English, Columbia College
Set in an unnamed African country during an unspecified time, White Material centers on Maria Vial, a coffee-plantation owner who is blindly determined to continue her business while civil war rages on around her. White Material unfolds as a fever dream, casting a haunting, enigmatic look at the horrors of colonialism’s legacy in chronicling Maria’s obstinate stance as chaos engulfs the nation.

Special thanks to the Division of Languages and Literatures of Columbia College, co-sponsor of this film.

Synopses & images copied from: http://www.facecouncil.org/tournees:

The Tournées Festival was made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture (CNC).  The Florence Gould Foundation / The Grand Marnier Foundation / highbrow entertainment.  www.facecouncil.org.                                               

Presented in collaboration with the Columbia Museum of Art, the South Carolina Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French, the Alliance Française of Columbia, the University of South Carolina Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures; the University of South Carolina European Studies Program, the Columbia College Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Columbia College Diversity Committee, and the Columbia College Division of Languages and Literatures.