Short Films Program
Le Sud
Schedule
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Something like postcards, these five short films are dispatches from the south of France, sketches of the region’s way of life, its bounty of clear blue, its hospitable charms, but also, its fabricated finish. Revelry and escapism come at a cost. Boredom washes up. The gardens are fenced in. The beaches are overcrowded. The starlet (Brigitte Bardot) is persecuted by the paparazzi. The Riviera we know from the movies is the myth of the Riviera, an evanescent setting, ideal for summer’s discontent. As Varda notes, the south of France is silly-sad and the “morning glories bloom but for a day.” But that blue! It teases and lures. Azure, azure, azure… — Durga Chew-Bose
Cassis
Jonas Mekas, 1966, 4min, DCP
À propos de Nice
Jean Vigo, Boris Kaufman, 1930, 23min, DCP
Paparazzi
Jacques Rozier, 1963, 22min, DCP
Allers Venues
Vivian Ostrovsky, 1984, 12min, DCP
Du côté de la côte
Agnès Varda, 1958, 24min, 35mm
Print courtesy of Institut Français
Venue
Event Pricing
($3 for Advance Tickets)
*Tickets are free for members on the day of the event when picked up in person at the box office or Haskell Library.
Children under seventeen (17) years of age must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian at all times and may not attend events unattended.
Cinema at L’Alliance New York is made possible by the generous support of BNP Paribas and Air France.
Header Image: Du côté de la côte
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