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AVA

AVA, the brilliant film debut by writer-director Léa Mysius, screens this week at the French Institute as part of their program Burning Bright—New French Filmmakers.

Thirteen-year-old Ava (Noée Abita) is losing her eyesight. Throwing caution to the wind, she hits the road with a beautiful black dog and its young owner Juan (Juan Cano).

Ava’s mother is played by Laure Calamy. A reception will follow both screenings.

AVA, Tuesday, June 26, at 4 pm and 7:30 pm.

FLORENCE GOULD HALL, 55 East 59th Street, New York City.

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Noée Abita and Juan Cano in Ava.

LES DERNIERS PARISIENS IN NEW YORK

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Reda Kateb, Slimane Dazi, and Mélanie Laurent star in the U.S. premiere of LES DERNIERS PARISIENS (PARIS PRESTIGE), the debut feature by rappers-turned-filmmakers Hamé and Ekoué, who will be on hand for a post-screening Q & A after the second show.

LES DERNIERS PARISIENS, Tuesday, June 5, at 4 pm and 7:30 pm.

FLORENCE GOULD HALL, 55 East 59th Street, New York City.

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See: variety.com/hame-and-ekoue-paris-prestige

Reda Kateb in Les derniers parisiens.

GAËL MOREL AT THE FRENCH INSTITUTE

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Gaël Morel brings his new film PRENDRE LE LARGE (CATCH THE WIND) to New York for a screening, conversation, and Focus on French Cinema fest closing night party – all at the French Institute/Alliance Française.

In a change of pace from Morel’s usual subject matter – same-sex love and survival among the young beurs of France, often starring Stéphane Rideau – CATCH THE WIND tells the story of Edith (Sandrine Bonnaire), as she follows her multinational employer from Europe to Morocco.

PRENDRE LE LARGE (CATCH THE WIND), Tuesday, May 1, at 7:30.

FLORENCE GOULD HALL, FIAF, 55 East 59th Street, New York City.

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Sandrine Bonnaire (right) in Prendre le large/Catch the Wind.

DE MENIL DOUBLE VISION

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Dominique and John de Menil—collectors, patrons, philanthropists, civil rights leaders in Houston, supporters of human rights causes around the world, heirs to the Schlumberger oil-equipment fortune, and great-grandparents of Dash Snow—are the subject of DOUBLE VISION—THE UNERRING EYE OF ART WORLD AVATARS DOMINIQUE AND JOHN DE MENIL, by William Middleton.

This weekend at the French Institute, Middleton and writer-editor Kate Betts will discuss the book’s subjects and their Menil Collection, an art campus in Houston that includes the Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall, the Rothko Chapel, and the Cy Twombly Gallery.

WILLIAM MIDDLETON in conversation with KATE BETTS, Monday, April 9, at 7 pm.

FIAF—LE SKYROOM, 22 East 60th Street, New York City.

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Above: Anti-poverty activist and congressman Mickey Leland and Dominique de Menil, in the 1970s.

Below: Dominique de Menil in the gallery of the John Chamberlain installation for the opening of the Menil Collection, 1987. Menil Archives, The Menil Collection, Houston. Photograph © A. de Menil.

LOUIS GARREL DANS PARIS

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The FI:AF CinéSalon series LOUIS GARREL—LOVE SONGS AND HEARTBREAK will kick off this week with the Garrel-directed short Mes copains, followed by Dans Paris, the 2006 feature directed by Christophe Honoré.

The following weeks will feature La jalousie (2013, directed by Louis’ father Philippe), and rare screenings of Garrel’s short La règle de trois (2011), Un château en Italie (2013, directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi), Garrel’s feature Les deux amis (2015), the 45-minute film Petit tailleur (2010, Louis Garrel), and Honoré’s Les chansons d’amour (2007).

DANS PARIS, Tuesday, March 13, at 4 pm and 7:30 pm.

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LOUIS GARREL—LOVE SONGS AND HEARTBREAK, through April 17.

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FLORENCE GOULD HALL, FIAF, 55 East 59th Street, New York City.

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Louis Garrel, film posters. Bottom photograph by Mitchell McLennan.

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AVA

LES DERNIERS PARISIENS IN NEW YORK

GAËL MOREL AT THE FRENCH INSTITUTE

DE MENIL DOUBLE VISION

LOUIS GARREL DANS PARIS