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Your Film Page

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

These films are shown in the lecture room on the second floor of the Media Art and Design Building, Chiang Mai University Art Museum, every Saturday at 6.30 p.m. (Admission Free)

4th February 2006: Queen Margot (Reine Margot, La)

USA – 1994- Rated – R – 114 mins.
Director – Patrice Chereau

Based on Alexander Dumas’s classic novel, Queen Margot is set in 16th Century in France, a time of political intrigue and religious persecution. This film is a large production that depicts the famous St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre, when some 50,000 Huguenots were killed, their corpses thrown into mass graves, on the orders of one of the more fearsome Medici ladies.

11th February 2006: In the Realm of the Senses

Japan – 1976 – Rated – NG-17 – 101 mins.
Director – Nagisa Oshima

The notorious film of the affair between a man and his servant that begins torridly enough, but quickly becomes a sexual obsession so strong that to intensify their ardor, they forsake all, even life itself.

18th February 2006: 21 Grams

USA – 2003 – Rated – R – 124 – mins.
Director – Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

It’s said that 21 grams is the body-weight lost when people die, which corresponds to the weight of a nickel, a hummingbird or chocolate bar: and perhaps also the weight of the departing ‘soul’. The story is of three fellows who try to struggle with their evil spirit, and the film marks the return of the celebrated Spanish director, Alejandro Gonzalez, earning him a Grand Prix award and the nomination for 2 Oscars in 2004.

25th February 2006: Possession

France / West Germany – 1981 – Rated – R – 127 – mins.
Director – Andrzej Zulawski

A young woman leaves her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following her. At first, he suspects a man is involved. But gradually, as he encounters more and more strange behavior and bizarre incidents, it becomes clear to him that something more than a passionate love affair is involved.

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE CHIANG MAI
JANUARY 2006 film programme

138 Charoen Prathet Rd., A. Muang, Chiang Mai 50100
Tel. 053-275 277 Fax. 053-821 039

All films are shown on Fridays at 8 p.m. except on holidays.
French soundtrack, English subtitles.

Friday, February 3, 20h00
Mr. Klein (1976)

by Joseph Losey with Alain Delon * Michel Lonsdale * Jeanne Moreau * Juliette Berto * Massimo Girotti * Suzanne Flon – 123 mm – Eng. s.t.

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.

Friday, February 10, 20h00
L’ARMEE DES OMBRES (1969)

by Jean-Pierre Melville with Lino Ventura - Paul Meurisse * Jean-Pierre Cassel * Simone Signoret * Serge Reggiani – 150 mm – Eng. s.t.

In 1942 during World War II, a few men and women risk their lives to liberate France. The “Army of Shadows” is an evocation of an important period of the Resistance such as J.P. Melville experienced himself.

Friday, February 17, 20h00
BUFFET FROID (1979)

by Jacques Tati with Jacques Tati * Maria Kimberly * Marcel Fraval – 96 mm – ENG s.t.

French comedian / director Jacques Tati once again assumes his “M. Hulot” characterization. This time, the ever-bemused Hulot is assigned to deliver an all-purpose recreational vehicle to an Amstersam auto show. As Hulot, his driver and the auto company’s PR woman, set out for the France to Holland motor trip, they encounter just about every sort comical problem. On arrival in Amsterdam, they learn that the auto show has ended, and now they’ve got to take the same perilous trip back!

Though not Jacques Tati’s best effort, Traffic contains some wonderful sight gags tied in with the theme of modern man’s subservience to Technology.

COMMERCIAL CINEMAS IN CHIANG MAI

Chiang Mai is not without good cinemas for film buffs. Although only two cinema operators are competing to attract the big-screen fans, a wide variety of choices are on offer daily from noon to midnight.

The Vista Entertainment Group

Established about 13 years ago, Vista theaters on the fourth floor of Kad Suan Kaew introduced the people of Chiang Mai to the multiplex theaters and the thrills of Hollywood magic. Of the seven digital-sound theaters in Kad Suan Kaew, Vista 1 - 4 offer a large capacity and big screen, while the rest are of medium and low capacity. Vista Group also has four other large capacity theaters, of which two at the 12 Huay Kaew arcade opposite Kad Suan Kaew also show English-speaking films.

Reservation: phone 053-894415 (Kad Suan Kaew), 053- 404374 (12 Huay Kaew)

Major Cineplex

A now household name for movie theater buffs in Thailand, Major Cineplex offers a relatively new cinema complex on the fourth floor of Central Airport Plaza. Although the theaters are generally of lower capacity, they boast more comfortable seats and superior audio-visual systems.

Reservation: phone 053-283939, or visit http://www.majorcineplex.com for on-line ticketing.