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The Last Samurai

Set in the late 1870s, this epic film depicts the beginnings of the modernization of Japan, as the island nation evolved past a feudal society, as symbolized by the eradication of the samurai way of life. We see all this happen from the point of view of an alcoholic Civil War veteran turned Winchester guns spokesman, Captain Woodrow Algren (Cruise), who arrives in Japan to train the troops of the emperor, Meiji, as part of a break away from the long-held tradition of relying on employed samurai warriors to protect territories, as the emperor’s new army prepares to wipe out the remaining samurai warriors. When Algren is injured in combat and captured by the samurai, he learns about their warrior honor code from their leader, Katsumoto, which forces him to decide which side of the conflict he actually wants to be on.

Looney Tunes:
Back in Action

Set in a live-action world in which Warner Bros.’ animated entertainers interact with human characters for maximum comic effect, the story unfolds on the Studio backlot and careens all over the map in classic Looney Tunes style. Our celluloid heroes embark on an adventure that takes them from Hollywood to Las Vegas, Paris and the jungles of Africa in search of Fraser’s character’s missing father and the mythical Blue Monkey Diamond.

AUA

The real film freak can get him/herself to AUA on Rajdamnern Road, just up from Pratu Thapae. There, in Chiang Mai’s coolest, most convenient little English-language library, you can take your pick of close to 200 of the choicest videos going. You want Five Easy Pieces, Trainspotting, Leaving Las Vegas, Das Boot, Apocalypse Now, La Haine, Mon Oncle, Men in Black, The Third Man, Taxi Driver, Wild Strawberries, Cyrano de Bergerac, Blade Runner, The Simpsons, The Bicycle Thieves, etc. etc. etc? You do? Well, they got it. And for a smallish charge you can either take it home or see it on the premises. And now - DVDs too!

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE CHIANG MAI
JANUARY 2004 film programme

Tuesday, January 6 - Friday, January 9:
A DOUBLE TOUR (1959)

A beautiful property in Provence. Henri is unfaithful to his wife Thérèse with beautiful Léda. Thérèse endures this situation from fear of a scandal. Their son Richard is a bit unstable but has a passion for music. Their daughter Elisabeth is engaged to Lazlo, a sort of anarchist. A quarrel breaks out between Henri and Thérèse…

Tuesday, January 13 - Friday, January 16:
UNE AFFAIRE DE FEMMES (1988)

During the Second World War, Marie helps a neighbour with an abortion. From then on she makes this her trade until she is denounced to the police. In Vichy France, the family is sacred and no pity shown to “baby killers”…

Tuesday, January 20 - Friday, January 23:
MADAME BOVARY (1991)

A famous Gustave Flaubert novel adapted yet again to the silver screen by Chabrol after Renoir, 1933, Minnelli, 1949. Emma is a country girl who has married out of gratitude a doctor who has cured her father. Romantic and dreaming of luxury, she becomes quickly bored by the monotony of their lives. Having met a dashing but penniless aristocrat, she becomes his mistress…

Tuesday, January 27 - Friday, January 30
M. KLEIN (1976)

In occupied France during the Second World War, an antique collector of Alsatian descent, Mr. Klein, is mistakenly taken for a Jew and mercilessly tracked down by the Gestapo…