About this Event
Voices of Francophone Cinema Festival, 6th Edition: Our ties - ce qui nous lie
Through six films, this 6th edition of the Voices of Francophone Cinema Festival explores the ties and connections we share with one another. Each film opens up conversations about the possibility of love and connection — to others, to ourselves, and to the world around us — and about how we keep going and stay open in societies far less compassionate than we would wish.
Each film has sparked conversation across the Francophone world(s), pushing boundaries beyond our languages and cultures. The festival aims to bring these films and conversations to audiences here and to build on them together.
As is our tradition each year, this edition will be led and guided by a student jury. To our students and our audience, we express our deepest gratitude.
The festival is a collective effort, and we wish to thank La Maison Française, the NYU Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture, the Villa Albertine, UniFrance, the Young French Cinema program, and the brilliant people behind the programming: Sandrine Neveux and Anne Takahashi.
Festival Creator & Curator: Anna-Caroline Prost
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf - The Lovers on the Bridge, by Leos Carax
Centered on the Pont Neuf during its restorative closure, Leos Carax’s film weaves a visceral romance between two drifters, Alex and Michèle. Alex, a performer grappling with addiction, finds an unlikely companion in Michèle, an artist whose world is fading due to a progressive visual impairment and a fractured past. Alongside an elder companion, Hans, they carve out an existence on Paris’s oldest bridge. As Michèle’s sight fails, her reliance on Alex intensifies, creating a fragile bond. When a medical cure surfaces and her family launches a public search, Alex, consumed by the terror of abandonment, desperately obscures the truth. The cinematic tapestry uses the 1989 Bicentennial festivities as a grand, atmospheric stage for their desperate connection amidst the city’s waterways and skies.
Image courtesy of UniFrance.
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La Maison Française NYU, 16 Washington Mews, New York, United States
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