<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">You are all invited to the fourth annual Tournées Festival of French Cinema at Johns Hopkins University. All films are free and open to the public. Please pass the word to anyone who might be interested. <div>
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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#232323">Saturday, February 23 at 3:00 pm features</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Normal"> a special matinée screening of
the gorgeous animated </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold">Tales of the Night </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold">by Michel Ocelot, director of the
acclaimed <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Kirikou.</i> Appropriate for
children of all ages and adults alike, this visually stunning film compiles six
tales from all over the world, ranging from Africa and Tibet to the Caribbean and
the kingdom of the Aztecs. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:7.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:
Meta-Normal">Award-winning director of animated films Karen Yasinsky of the JHU
Program in Film & Media Studies will explain how color animators work their
magic in a special post-screening Q&A.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
21.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";
mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold;text-transform:uppercase;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#232323">This Sunday, February 24 features a screening of </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold">Le Havre, </span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">a wry contemporary parable about the
power of community. With characteristic deadpan wit, director Aki Kaurismäki tells
the story of an elderly man who befriends and protects a young undocumented
immigrant from Africa. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#232323">Presented by Linda
Delibero, Associate Director of the Program in Film and Media Studies</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#232323"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#232323">Week two of the Tournées festival begins Tuesday,
February 26 with </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold">House of Pleasures<span style="text-transform:uppercase">, </span></span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";
mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">a hypnotic, sumptuous
evocation of the final months of a luxurious brothel at the dawn of the 20th
century that explores the personal bonds between the women who inhabit this
insular, claustrophobic world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Presented</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:
Meta-Bold;text-transform:uppercase"> </span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#232323">by </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#2E2E2E">Todd
Shepard (JHU History), a specialist on the history of sexuality in France, and social
historian Laura Mason<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(JHU History
and Film and Media Studies).</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#232323"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#232323">Wednesday, February 27 features </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:
Meta-Bold">As a Young Girl of 1<span style="text-transform:uppercase">3 (</span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:
Meta-Bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Moi, petite fille de 13 ans). </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">This </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:#232323">documentary on the indomitable resistance of Simone Lagrange,
deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau at the age of thirteen, explains how Lagrange survived
and, in 1987, became one of the major witnesses to testify against Klaus Barbie
in his trial for crimes against humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Presented by Marc Caplan from the JHU Program in Jewish Studies and Department
of German and Romance Languages and Literatures.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:
Meta-Bold;text-transform:uppercase;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica">On Thursday, </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#232323">February </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">28, presented
in conjunction with the Tournées Festival, is Canadian director Denis Villeneuve’s
powerful <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Incendies</i>. This story of
twins who fulfill their mother’s dying wish by investigating the mystery of the
father and the brother they never knew in an unidentified, war-torn country in
the Middle East brings to the screen <span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>shocking revelations about hatred, religion, and vengeance. Presented
by Flora Champy (Dept. of German and Romance Languages and Literature).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">For more details see the festival website:<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span></span><span lang="FR"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/jhutournees/"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">https://sites.google.com/site/jhutournees/</span></a></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Also look for us on Facebook: </span><span lang="FR"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/318047334981548/?fref=ts"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#0E37A5;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">https://www.facebook.com/events/318047334981548/?fref=ts</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span><span style="mso-ansi-language:
EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="mso-ansi-language:
EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><u><span style="mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Festival Schedule with screening rooms<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><u><span style="mso-ansi-language:
EN-US"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><u><span style="mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">All screenings are to be held on the Homewood Campus of the Johns
Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore.<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="mso-ansi-language:
EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#232323">Saturday, February 23 at 3:00 pm (Hodson 110)</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:
Meta-Bold">Tales of the Night (</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Les Contes
de la nuit). </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626">In English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>94 minutes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#232323">Sunday, February 24 at 3:00 pm (Gilman 50).</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold;text-transform:uppercase;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";
mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold">Le Havre. </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626">In
French with English subtitles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>93
minutes.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold;text-transform:
uppercase;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#232323"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#232323">Tuesday, February 26 at 7:30 pm (Gilman 50)</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold;text-transform:uppercase">. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:
Meta-Bold">House of Pleasures<span style="text-transform:uppercase"> (</span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:
Meta-Bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">L'Apollonide [Souvenirs de la maison
close].) </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626">In French with English subtitles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>125 minutes.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#232323"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#232323">Wednesday, February 27 at 7:30 pm (Gilman 50)</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold;text-transform:uppercase;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold">. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";
mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold">As a Young Girl of 1<span style="text-transform:
uppercase">3 (</span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Moi,
petite fille de 13 ans)</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:
Meta-Bold;text-transform:uppercase;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Verdana;color:#262626">In French with English subtitles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>88 minutes.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:Meta-Bold;text-transform:uppercase;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">And in
conjunction with the Tournées festival:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica">Thursday, </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#232323">February </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">28, </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:#232323">at 7:30 pm (Mudd 26)</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">Incendies.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Verdana;color:#262626">In French with English subtitles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>130 minutes.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> All my best wishes,</o:p></span></p><div>Suzanne</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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<div><div>Suzanne Roos</div><div>Department of German and Romance Languages & Literatures</div><div>Johns Hopkins University</div><div>Gilman 446</div><div>3400 N. Charles St. </div><div>Baltimore MD 21218</div><div>(410) 243-4623</div></div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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