Screen/Society--French Film Festival--"The Officers' Ward" [7:30pm]
Sponsor(s): Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Cost: Free and Open to the Public
FILM SCREENING: "The Officers' Ward" (Francois Dupeyron, 2001, 135 min, France, in French with English subtitles, Color, Blu-Ray) / "The Officers' Ward" gives us a very different vision of battle, when horses and cavalry charged for the last time and men had their faces destroyed beyond recognition for the first time. This award-winning film gives us a sober meditation on the Great War and its terrible new casualties: from a one night stand between a soldier and a nurse, to the front, to the hospital clinic. Through poignant performances, we see soldiers, nurses,and ordinary men and women confront what is inhuman about war. / Trailer: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgvlvt_la-chambre-des-officiers-bande-annonce_shortfilms
Contact: Hank Okazaki