Arlette!

Union Cinema

Festival of Films in French In this political satire about image and power, Arlette Saint-Amour, a fashion magazine editor, is invited by the Premier of Quebec to join his cabinet as minister of culture. Ambitious and inexperienced, Arlette incurs the wrath of the finance minister with her unconventional politics and use of the media to reinvigorate the arts. (Mariloup Wolfe, Québec, French w/English sub, 118min, 2022, Digital) Co-sponsored by the... Read More

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The Monopoly of Violence

Union Cinema

Festival of Films in French In response to the increasingly violent repression of citizen-led protests denouncing social injustices and inequalities, this documentary invites citizens from all walks of life to exchange views together and interrogate society’s rule of law and the legitimacy of the use of force by the State. (David Dufresne, France, French w/English sub, 86min, 2020, Digital) Presented as part of the Albertine Cinémathèque program & Co-sponsored by the Alliance française de Milwaukee... Read More

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Aza kivy (Morning Star)

Union Cinema

Festival of Films in French  Andaboy is a sacred beach in southwestern Madagascar. Ancestors say the beach should be left untouched, as a shamanic musician sings in trance. The local fishermen are concerned when Australian company Base Toliara proposes building... Read More

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The Super 8 Years

Union Cinema

Festival of Films in French  Shot between 1972 and 1981, by Philippe Ernaux, the super 8 silent family archive footage captures Annie Ernaux’s start as a writer, her first book, and the ending of her marriage. The text she reads overlays the images, interrogates the clichés and the social conventions they portray to associate an intimate testimonial with a social history of the decade. (Annie Ernaux / David Ernaux-Briot, France, French w/English sub,... Read More

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