Language Laboratory Film Collection Wagner College, Campus Hall ...

Collected Shorts of François Ozon (1998) François Ozon. France
Here are four provocative shorts from France's most acclaimed young director, Francois Ozon (Water
Drops on Burning Rocks, 8 Women). "X2000" (1998, 5 min.) - Three naked couples sleep, make love, and
awake in an empty skyscraper littered with millennium party debris. The world is silent and pregnant
with new possibilities. "Truth or Dare" (1994, 4 min.) - Four teens discover the pain and excitement of
emerging sexuality while playing a harmless children's game. "Little Death" (1995, 26 min.) - Paul, a young
photographer, is estranged from his family. When his sister persuades him to visit his dying father in the
hospital, Paul discovers that he can never escape his origins. "Bed Scenes" (1997, 26 min.) - A series of
liberated comic sketches on sexual etiquette, unbridled passion, and post-coital after-tastes.
Comedy of Innocence/ Comédie d'innocence (2000) Raoul Ruiz. France
Today, Camille turns nine. He had sworn that on his 9th birthday he would show his parents the videos he
was shooting on the side-the tail of a cat scampering away, a window, and a veiled woman's face - an
intriguing picture... Later that day, Camille's mother, Ariane, meets up with her son in the park. The boys
appears perturbed. He is leaning against a tree, eyes cast down. He says that now he wants to return to his
"real home" and his "real mother."
Côte d’Azur/ Crustacés et coquillages (2005) Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau. France
It's Summer Rental meets Blame it on Rio when a French family heads off to the Mediterranean for a sultry
summer vacation in the ensemble sex comedy Côte d'Azur, co-directed by Jacques Martineau and Olivier
Ducastel (The Adventures of Felix). When the head of the clan, Marc (Gilbert Melki), decides to tote his
wife, Béatrix (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi), and his teenage children Laura (Sabrina Seyvecou) and Charly
(Romain Torres) off to his childhood beach home on the Riviera, a number of sexy liasons ensue. Charly --
though straight -- must contend with the come-ons of his best friend, Martin, a closeted homosexual
infatuated with him for years but too shy to say so. Meanwhile, as Laura takes up with a young biker,
Béatrix re-encounters her old boyfriend Mathieu (Jacques Bonnaffé); Marc's ex-flame pops up, too, both
former lovers expressing interest in rekindling affairs. Soon, the entire vacation becomes a surfeit of
hilarious erotic complications.
The Convent/ Le Couvent (O Convento) (1995) Manoel de Oliveira. France-Portugal
The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese
convent where he expects to find the documents needed to prove his theory: Shakespeare was born in
Spain, not in England. In French and Portuguese.
C.R.A.Z.Y (2005) Jean-Marc Vallée. Canada
Extraordinary lives of ordinary people in search of love and happiness – that’s the premise of “C.R.A.Z.Y”, a
family drama unlike any other.
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) Jean-Paul Rappeneau. France –USA
A dashing officer of the guard and romantic poet, Cyrano de Bergerac falls in love with his cousin Roxane
without her knowing. His one fault in his life, he feels, is his large nose and although it may have been a
forming influence in his rapier-sharp wit, he believes that Roxane will reject him. He resorts to writing
letters to her on behalf of one of his cadets, Christian, who is also in love with Roxane but just doesn't
know how to tell her. She falls for the poetic charm of the letters but believes that they were written by
Christian.