Festival of Films in French – 10 days – 17 films

The annual Festival of Films in French runs from February 17th through the 26th. Click above to see the calendar entry for each individual showing or visit https://uwm.edu/french-film-festival/schedule/ to browse the full schedule.

All films are free and in French with subtitles. All films will be shown in the UWM Union Theater and are supported by our generous sponsors:
Dr. Richard Stone
Kitty Morse
The Quebec Government Office in Chicago
The Alliance Française of Milwaukee
SWAAF (Southeast Wisconsin Academic Alliance in French)
The Milwaukee French Immersion School

Feb. 20 @ 8:00 pm
La permission (The Story of a Three Day Pass)
Melvin Van Peebles, DCP, 87 min
France, 1967 (English, French)

Adapted from his 1967 eponymous novel, Van Peebles’ feature debut tells the story of Turner, an African American WWII GI stationed in France, who is granted a three-day leave from base. In Paris, he meets a white French shop clerk and together they spend the weekend enjoying their romance even as they experience France’s contradictory attitudes about race.

Presented as part of the Albertine Cinémathèque program & Co-sponsored by the UWM Union Cinema