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EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL 2003

VISTA 12 Huaykaew
Tel (053) 404 374, 404 384

Film freaks in the North will be delighted to hear that the 13th European Film Festival in Chiang Mai will officially open on 5th June, with a showing of the award-winning film from Greece, Peppermint.

With more films from more countries than have been shown at any of the previous EU festivals, apart from the single screening on the opening day, and the last three days, four or five different films will be on offer at the Sibsong Huay Kaew cinema venue daily, from 12 midday to 7.30 p.m.

Tickets for the showings in Chiang Mai will be available at the box office at B.50.

Most of the selected films are award winning, and among them the German Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa) and the Slovakian fairy tale Perinbaba (Lady Winter) are likely to be outstanding.

All screenings will be in the original language with English subtitles.

Most freaks will feel that if the EU is trying to curry favour, it's going about it the right way.

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE CHIANG MAI
JUNE 2003 film programme

All films are shown on Tuesdays at 4.30 p.m. and Fridays at 8 p.m. except on holidays.

Tuesday, June 3 - Friday, June 6:
LES GRANDES MANOEUVRES (1955)

by Rene Clair with G�rard Philipe o Mich�le Morgan o Brigitte Bardot o Jean Desailly o 107mn

Ren� Clair's 1955 classic is set in a small provincial garnison town at the end of the 19th century when the only activity for the bored officers was to win the hearts of the prettiest ladies in town. Admirably played by G�rard Philipe, Mich�le Morgan, Jean Desailly and the young Brigitte Bardot.

Tuesday, June 10 - Friday, June 13 :
L'ATALANTE (1934)

by Jean Vigo with Michel Simon o Dita Parlo o Jean Dast� o B&W o 88 mn

When Juliette marries Jean, she comes to live on his ship, on board of which are, besides the two of them, only a cabin boy and the strange old second mate P�re Jules. Soon bored by life on the river, she slips off to see the nightlife when they come to Paris. Angered by this, Jean sets off, leaving Juliette behind. Overcome by grief and longing for his wife, Jean falls into a depression and P�re Jules goes and tries to find Juliette�

Tuesday, June 17 - Friday, June 20:
PETIT � PETIT (1971)

by Jean Rouch with Damour� Zika o Lam Ibrahima Dia o Safi Faye o Ariane Bruneton o 96 mn

"Little by Little" tells with humour the tribulations of so-called Nigerois businessmen who attempt to live in the Parisian fashion. Their anthropological survey of Frenchmen in the streets of Paris is hilarious.

Tuesday, June 24 - Friday, June 27:
DOUCE (1943)

by Claude Autant-Lara with Odette Joyeux o Madelaine Robinson o Roger Pigaut o Marguerite Mor�no o B&W o 104 mn

In 1943 France, it's not easy to talk about the present. Autant-Lara's film brings us into a past laced with sulfuric acid. The Bonaf� mansion is a snake pit where the world of masters and underlings is in constant opposition. Sweet young Douce, who dreams of happiness at any cost, is squashed by the mechanisms of an unpitying world�