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Meet the Fockers

Having given permission to male nurse Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) to wed his daughter (Teri Polo), ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) and his wife (Blythe Danner) travel to Detroit to "meet the parents", who this time around are Mr. and Mrs. Focker (Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand), who are as different from them as can be. Directed by Jay Roach.

Finding Neverland

Set in London in 1904, the film follows J.M. Barrie's creative journey to bring Peter Pan to life, from his first inspiration for the story up until the play's premiere at the Duke of York's Theatre - a night that will change not only Barrie's own life, but the lives of everyone close to him. David Magee's screenplay is based on the play "The Man Who Was Peter Pan," written by Allen Knee. Directed by Marc Foster, starring Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell and Dustin Hoffman.

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!

ART FILM Programs
Faculty of Media Art & Design, Chiang Mai University proudly presents:

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE CHIANG MAI
January 2005 film programme

Friday, January 7, 20h00
MA FEMME S'APPELLE REVIENS (1982)

After 5 years of marriage, Bernard, a medical doctor, is dumped by his wife. One evening he meets Nadine, a fashion photographer who happens to be his nextdoor neighbor, and who is also going through a difficult sentimental depression. They both become friends but one night they find themselves in the same bed...

Friday, January 14, 20h00
PAPY FAIT DE LA RESISTANCE (1983)

In 1943, the Bourdelles also are invaded by the Germans and find themselves confined to their cellar. The son, Guy-Hubert, passing as an homosexual hair-dresser, is in fact the "Super-Resistant" the Nazis are hunting for...

Friday, January 21, 20h00
MELODIE EN SOUS-SOL (1963)

Charles (Jean Gabin), a sixtyish career criminal fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cellmate, Francis (Alain Delon), to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino. Bad luck and Francis' lack of professionalism set the caper maddeningly askew, and the stolen cash resurfaces in an unexpected manner...

Friday, January 28, 20h00
MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE (1980)

Prof. Henri Laborit (played by himself) uses the stories of the lives of three people to discuss behaviorist theories of survival, combat, rewards and punishment, and anxiety. Rene (Gerard Depardieu) is a technical manager at a textile factory and must face the anxiety caused by corporate downsizing. Janine (Nicole Garcia) is a self-educated actress/stylist who learns that the wife of her lover is dying and must decide to let them reunite. Jean (Roger-Pierre) is a controversial career-climbing writer/politician at a crossroads in life...