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Posted on March 12, 2015
Alice Jackson


Augustine, a drama starring Vincent Lindon and French singer and actress Soko, is one of the six films that will be featured at the °Õ´Ç³Ü°ù²Ôé±ð²õ French Film Festival at the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×. Image courtesy of  Music Box Films.   data-lightbox='featured'
Augustine, a drama starring Vincent Lindon and French singer and actress Soko, is one of the six films that will be featured at the °Õ´Ç³Ü°ù²Ôé±ð²õ French Film Festival at the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×. Image courtesy of Music Box Films.

The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× department of foreign languages and literatures will host the °Õ´Ç³Ü°ù²Ôé±ð²õ French Film Festival beginning at 7 p.m. this evening and continuing through March 21.

The award-winning contemporary films will be shown at 7 p.m. on March 12-14 and March 19-21 in the ballroom of the Student Center and the auditorium of the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Marx Library. The free event is open to the public. 

Following each film, members of the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× faculty and students majoring in French will discuss the films.

The festival is sponsored by a grant from Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the Face Foundation, which supports French-American cultural exchanges in education and the arts. Along with º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×, other universities participating include the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, Troy State University, University of West Georgia and Rhodes College.