SFFS Screen Presents:
The Beautiful Person
- When
- Event has passed (Fri Sep 4, 2009 - Thu Sep 10, 2009)
- Cost
- $8 - $14
- Tags
- Movies, Foreign, Film Screenings
Description
The Beautiful Person (La belle personne, France 2008), Loosely based on Madame de Lafayette’s landmark 1678 novel La Princesse de Clèves, maverick director Christophe Honoré’s new film, tracks an ensemble of Parisian high school students as they navigate through the turbulent imbroglios of young love. The voluptuous and enigmatic Junie, a world-weary 16-year-old who has just transferred into a school following the death of her mother. Immediately becoming the center of attention, she chooses the gentle but intense Otto as her boyfriend. But what could have been a smooth transition into her new environment is complicated by the ardent attentions of her unscrupulous Italian teacher Nemours. Director Honoré brings to the mix a a heartfelt empathy for the emotional enormity and painful yearning that are part and parcel of teenage relationships, deftly capturing the romantic intrigue and sexual frisson familiar to teenagers everywhere.For more information visit sffs.org
More Info
- Link
- http://www.sffs.org
- Call
- (415) 561-5000
- Contact Form (account required)
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