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Cultural Agenda- August 2012

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August 2012

	Conference
	The Future of Europe Alliance Française d’Atlanta Atlanta, GA Monday, August 20\| 12pm How does Europe’s linguistic diversity undermine its economic, social and political prospects? What should be done about it? These questions will be broached in a presentation by Belgian Professor Philippe Van Parijs from the University of Louvain, Belgium. Prof. Van Parijs has taught at Harvard’s Philosophy Department. He is also a Visiting Professor at Oxford. He has authored several books, including most recently, Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World. >> For more information visit:www.afatl.com
	Film
	ALABAMA
	Intouchables Crescent Theaters Mobile, AL Opens August 17 The true story of a wealthy, physically disabled risk taker, the picture of established French nobility, who lost his wife in an accident and whose world is turned upside down when he hires a young, good-humored, black Muslim ex-con as his caretaker. Their bond proves the power and omniscience that love and friendship can hold over all social and economic differences. >> For tickets and showtimes, visit: www.crescenttheater.com ::Trailer::
	GEORGIA
	Well-Digger’s Daughter Midtown Art Cinema Atlanta, GA One week, beginning August 10 In pre-World War II France, a father is torn between his sense of honor and his deep love for his saintly daughter when she gets in trouble with the wealthy son of a shopkeeper. >> For tickets and showtimes, visit: www.landmarktheatres.com ::Trailer::
	NORTH CAROLINA
	Midnight in Paris NCMA Raleigh, NC Friday, August 3 \| 9 pm $4, Members free A young engaged couple is transformed during a trip to the City of Lights. Each night at midnight, Gil is transported to 1920s Paris, where he encounters F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein and Salvador Dali. >> For tickets and showtimes, visit: ncartmuseum.org/ ::Trailer::
	SOUTH CAROLINA
	Three Colors: Blue Nickelodeon Columbia, SC Saturday, August 18 \| 3 pm When a young Frenchwoman tries to uncover her famous composer husband’s secret life, her steps take her alternately closer to and further from the truth on a journey that ultimately leads to self-discovery. In this first installment of Polish cinematic genius Krzysztof Kieslowski’s "three colors" trilogy, Blue stands for "liberty" (as in the French national motto) and is the first color of the red, white and blue French flag. >> For tickets and showtimes, visit: www.nickelodeon.org ::Trailer::
	Three Colors: White Nickelodeon Columbia, SC Saturday, August 18 \| 5:30pm Krzysztof Kieslowski’s dark comedy — the middle segment in his "three colors" trilogy — shadows Polish immigrant Karol Karol as he’s humiliated in a public courtroom by his wife during their divorce proceedings. Shamed and brokenhearted, he finds an ally in a fellow countryman, and the two eventually concoct a way back to post-Communist Poland, where Karol sets about rebuilding his life. >> For tickets and showtimes, visit: www.nickelodeon.org ::Trailer::
	Three Colors: Red Nickelodeon Columbia, SC Saturday, August 18 \| 8 pm In this meditation on the need for passion and human connection — the final film in Krzysztof Kieslowski’s "three colors" trilogy — an accident brings together two very different people: a model and a retired judge. Since love chooses to pair people’s heart at random, theirs becomes a fated and deeply improbable, but altogether true, romance. >> For tickets and showtimes, visit: www.nickelodeon.org ::Trailer::
	Intouchables Terrance Theaters Charleston, SC Opens July 27 >> Click here to read the synopsis. >> For tickets and showtimes, visit: www.crescenttheater.com ::Trailer::
	8 Women Nickelodeon Columbia, SC Wednesday, August 22 \| 5:30 pm A family Christmas gathering is disturbed by the patriarch’s murder in director Francois Ozon’s comedic crime mystery. This musical whodunit explores the motives of eight women trapped in the snow-bound house for the crime while they try to uncover the killer. >> For tickets and showtimes, visit: www.nickelodeon.org/ ::Trailer::
	The Artist Nickelodeon Columbia, SC Sunday, August 26 \| 5 pm This modern-day silent film artfully recounts the poignant end of the silent-movie era in the late 1920s. The story contrasts the declining fortunes of a silent-screen superstar with his lover’s rise to popularity as a darling of the "talkies." >> For tickets and showtimes, visit: www.nickelodeon.org/ ::Trailer::
	News
	Moonscoop to offer new kid VOD service in the US for French expats and speakers At the end of August, Moonscoop, the worldwide brand management and entertainment company known for its leading animations across the globe, is launching a new dedicated kids VOD platform in the US, Bangoo Planet. Targeting French expatriates and French speakers this advertising-free service, at $7.99 a month, will offer over 400 episodes of kids and youth programmes from the Moonscoop library, in rotation each month, including hit series Tootuff (Titeuf), SamSam, Code Lyoko, Tara Duncan and Chloe’s Closet. >> For more information: Moonscoop Planet Bangoo Info