University of California Irvine [email protected] Thursday, February 20th La vie en rose (2007) Drama by Oliver Dahan Biopic of tragic French songstress Edith Piaf. Marion Cotillard portrays Piaf, the superstar once raised as a young girl by her grandmother in a Normandy bordello, then discovered on a French street corner--as a complete unknown-- by cabaret proprietor Louis Leplée. Presented by Ghada Mourad Tuesday, February 25th 8 Femmes (2002) Comedy/Mystery by François Ozon At an isolated mansion in the snowy countryside of 1950s, a family is gathered for the holiday season... But there will be no celebration--their beloved patriarch has been murdered! The killer can only be one of the eight women closest to the man of the house. Presented by Maryse Mijalski Wednesday, March 11th On connait la chanson (1997) Comedy by Alain Resnais Odile is looking for a new, bigger apartment in Paris. Her younger sister Camille, who just completed her doctoral thesis, has fallen in love with an estate agent who is responsible for Odile's apartment and who has an elder employee. Presented by Naïra Melikian McCormick Screening Room HG1070, 6:00pm Admission is free (Films in French with English subtitles) FRENCH FILM SERIES WINTER 2020 FILMS EN CHANSONS