Film

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Sibyl

Tuesday, April 23, 2024
4pm & 7:30pm

FIAF Florence Gould Hall

Dir. Justine Triet, 2019, France, 101min, DCP, Color
Starring Virginie Efira, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Gaspard Ulliel, Sandra Hüller, Laure Calamy, Niels Schneider
In French with English subtitles

Sibyl (Virginie Efira) is a psychotherapist who quits her practice to pursue her passion for writing. Deciding to entertain one last client—Margot (Adèle Exarchopoulos), a young actress having an affair with her costar Igor (Gaspard Ulliel)—Sibyl becomes enmeshed in Margot’s life, using her drama as material for her novel.

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Shorts Program: Shadows in the House & On the Spot

Des ombres dans la maison & Sur place

Tuesday, April 30, 2024
4pm

FIAF Florence Gould Hall

Dir. Justine Triet

Shadows in the House (36 min) | Fifteen-year-old Gustavo spends his days in a social center outside São Paulo that the Evangelical church runs. His mother Giselle, an alcoholic, is summoned to the center, where the church’s pastor and social worker pressures her to join the congregation.

On the Spot (26 min) | This short documentary transports viewers into the eye of the 2006 anti-CPE youth protests in Paris. Director Justine Triet’s ballet between an arms-length and up-close approach lends a nuanced perspective regarding those descending upon and covering the demonstration.

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Anatomy of a Fall

Anatomie d’une chute

Tuesday, April 30, 2024
7:30pm

FIAF Florence Gould Hall

Dir. Justine Triet, 2023, France, 152min, DCP, Color
Starring Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner
In English, French, German with English subtitles

Writers Sandra (Sandra Hüller), Samuel (Samuel Theis), and their visually impaired son Daniel (Milo Machado-Graner) live a secluded life in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he was murdered or committed suicide, and Sandra becomes the main suspect.