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Program Guide - Cleveland International Film Festival

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PROGRAM UPDATES > www.clevelandfilm.org < TICKETS > Call 877.304.FILM FILMS A –Z 83<br />

UNITED AIRLINES WORLD TOUR<br />

NESNADNY + SCHWARTZ<br />

DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION<br />

MUSIC! MOVIES!<br />

Le Grand Soir<br />

Directed by Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern<br />

FRANCE, BELGIUM 2012<br />

92 minutes<br />

Friday, April 5 Saturday, April 6<br />

4:15 PM I Code GRAN05 6:25 PM I Code GRAN06<br />

France is in need of another revolution. A punk revolution.<br />

Thanks to the ever-punk, “Not,” who proudly displays his<br />

pooch, a mohawk, and his name penned into his forehead,<br />

France may get their revolution yet. Or burn down trying. Not’s<br />

brother, Jean-Pierre, couldn’t be more of an opposite: suit and<br />

tie, child rearing, and working in the city’s shopping district<br />

at a mattress store. And not well. When Jean-Pierre loses his<br />

job (in grand, booze-filled fashion) he finds himself on the<br />

streets alongside his brother, who he previously looked upon<br />

with disdain. But it’s Not who saves Jean-Pierre and shows him<br />

the world of middle finger waving, mohawk-sporting, panhandling<br />

ways of punkdom. Like a comical version of “Fight Club”<br />

(without the fighting) mixed with the adult-version of “Goonies”<br />

(without the treasure hunt), LE GRAND SOIR is a brilliantly<br />

funny film from Belgian dark-comedy duo Gustave Kervern<br />

and Benoît Delépine. (In French with subtitles) —T.W.<br />

Producers~Jean-Pierre Guerin, Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern, André Logie,<br />

Gaëtan David Screenwriting~Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern Cinematography~<br />

Hugues Poulain Editing~Stéphane Elmadjian Principal Cast~Benoît Poelvoorde,<br />

Albert Dupontel, Brigitte Fontaine, Areski Belkacem, Gérard Depardieu<br />

Print Source~Funny Balloons / info@funny-balloons.com /<br />

www.funny-balloons.com<br />

About the Directors~French duo Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern have<br />

worked together as directors, writers, and producers for five films. They’ve been<br />

nominated for awards world-wide and have won awards at the Cannes, Berlin, and<br />

Sundance <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>s. Collaborative <strong>Film</strong>ography~“Aaltra” (2004), “Avida”<br />

(2006), “Louise-Michel” (2008), “Mammuth” (2010), LE GRAND SOIR (2012)<br />

This film is presented with the generous support of<br />

CARLA STREEP O’DAY and MICHAEL HONOHAN.<br />

The Great Flood<br />

Directed by Bill Morrison<br />

USA 2012<br />

80 minutes<br />

Tuesday, April 9 Wednesday, April 10<br />

9:30 PM I Code GREA09 4:20 PM I Code GREA10<br />

Thursday, April 11<br />

9:25 AM I Code GREA11<br />

In April 1927 the Mississippi River broke its banks in 145<br />

locations, flooding 27,000 square miles of land. Thousands<br />

of sharecroppers were displaced and the devastation was<br />

unthinkable, even in light of current tragedies. It was the most<br />

destructive river flood in American history. Director Bill Morrison<br />

and composer-musician Bill Frisell have combined to create a<br />

dream-like and utterly haunting documentary, and THE GREAT<br />

FLOOD is unlike any other doc you have seen. Using no spoken<br />

words and minimal text to introduce the film’s thematic segments,<br />

the film crafts a narrative out of pure vision and sound.<br />

Tapping into an astounding wealth of archival footage and<br />

wrapping it in an evocative and original jazz soundtrack, the<br />

film compels you to witness these horrific events as pure feeling,<br />

a shared experience. This disaster was a pivotal moment in<br />

American history. As the incredible and rare footage unfolds,<br />

some pristine and some decayed, this milestone event narrates<br />

itself within each viewer as they participate in this unique and<br />

moving documentary experience. —C.R.<br />

Producers~Bill Morrison, Phyllis Oyama Screenwriting~Bill Morrison, Bill Frisell<br />

Editing~Bill Morrison<br />

Print Source~Hypnotic Pictures / info@billmorrisonfilm.com /<br />

www.billmorrisonfilm.com<br />

About the Director~Bill Morrison was born in Chicago in 1965. He is a writer,<br />

cinematographer, producer, actor, and director. He has made a number of awardwinning<br />

experimental and documentary shorts as well as feature length documentaries.<br />

<strong>Film</strong>ography~“<strong>Film</strong> of Her” (1997), “Decasia”(2002)—26th CIFF, “The<br />

Miner’s Hymns” (2010), “Spark of Being” (2010), “Tributes: Pulse” (2011), THE<br />

GREAT FLOOD (2012)<br />

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