<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p class="MsoNormal">You are all invited to the fifth 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. <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica">This year's screenings--all free and open to the public--include a
physical comedy, thrillers, a behind-the-scenes documentary on a fabled
restaurant, and Leos Carax's indescribable art-house favorite <i>Holy Motors.</i></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The festival
opens February 20 with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Fairy</i>, a
sublime, inventive celebration of the sight gag. The night porter of a cheap
hotel meets an eccentric redhead who claims to be a fairy and grants him three
wishes.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626"> </span><span style="font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Paris-based film critic and journalist Sabrina </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Bouarour</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">, visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins’ Humanities
Center, presents.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">On February 22,
the Tournées Festival continues with a Saturday afternoon screening of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Step up to the Plate, </i>Paul Lacoste’s hypnotic
</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626">documentary on the passionate,
obsessive quest for gastronomic perfection of father-and-son master chefs
Michel and Sébastien Bras.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica">Next up, on Sunday, February 23, is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Polisse,</i> an intense, immersive drama based on real cases of the Paris
</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626">police unit</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"> that
investigates crimes against children. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Polisse</i>
</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626">brings together a brilliant
ensemble cast</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica"> as it </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626">follows ten
officers reacting to overwhelming brutality.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The series
continues into its second week on Feb. 25 with Pierre Schoeller’s study of
political ambition, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Minister</i>, on
a high-ranking French politician who reels from crisis to crisis, plagued by
surreal nightmares involving </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626">naked
women devoured by alligators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Presented
by April Wuensch, who teaches a highly popular course on contemporary French
culture and politics at Johns Hopkins.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Wednesday, Feb.
26 features Leos Carax’s visually astonishing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Holy Motors, </i>the story of<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> </i></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Verdana;color:#262626">a man, played by the extraordinary Denis Lavant, who
continually reinvents himself, jumping in and out of a dozen different lives in
a single day. Presented by JHU Professor of French Derek Schilling.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The festival
continues with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Beloved,</i> Christophe
Honoré’s moving musical that follows the loves of Catherine Deneueve, Chiara
Mastroianni, and Ludivine Sagnier from the sixties to the twenty-first century.
Presented by journalist Sabrina </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Bouarour, who is currently at work on a major
study of the musicals of Jacques Demy and Vincente Minelli.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">The festival will conclude March 2 with a Sunday afternoon screening
of Jacques Audiard’s visceral </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Rust and
Bone</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">, the drama of two fractured lives--Ali, a burly, stoic bruiser down on
his luck, and Stéphanie (Marion Cotillard), a former whale trainer who has lost
her legs in a horrific accident. Followed by a discussion led by Linda
Delibero, Director of the Program in Film and Media Studies.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">The Tournées Festival is made possible with the support of the Cultural
Services of the French Embassy in the US and the Centre National de la
Cinématographie et de l’Image Animée, and by the Florence Gould Foundation,
Campus France USA, and highbrow entertainment.</span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Festival sponsors include the</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic"> Johns Hopkins University Department of German and Romance Languages
& Literatures, Program in Film & Media Studies, and Center for Advanced
Media Studies.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">For more
details see the festival website: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/jhutournees/">https://sites.google.com/site/jhutournees/</a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Or look for us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/JHU-Tournées-Festival/1465454790344469">https://www.facebook.com/pages/JHU-Tournées-Festival/1465454790344469</a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: x-large; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-weight: normal; ">Follow us on Twitter: @JHUcinefestival</span></b></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><br></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. All films are in French
with English subtitles.<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><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">Thursday, February 20 at 7:30 pm (Hodson 110)</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 style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></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">The Fairy </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">(</span><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">La Fée</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">).</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Verdana;color:#262626"> 93 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#232323">Saturday, February 22 at 3:00 pm (Hodson 110)</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="font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Step Up to the Plate (Entre les bras)</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626">86 minutes.</span><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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#232323">Sunday, February 23 at 3:00 pm (Hodson 110)</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="font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Polisse</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626">127 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626"><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 25 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 style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></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">The Minister </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">(</span><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">L’Exercice
de l’Etat</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">).</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626"> In 115 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626"><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 26 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 style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></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">Holy Motors.</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626"> 115
minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626"><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">Thursday, February 27 at 7:30 pm (Hodson 110)</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 style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></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">Beloved </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">(</span><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 Bien-Aimés</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">).</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Verdana;color:#262626"> 139 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#232323">Sunday, March 2 at 3:00 pm (Hodson 110)</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="font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Rust and Bone (De rouille et d’os)</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626">120 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#262626"><o:p> See you there!</o:p></span></p><div>Suzanne</div>
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