‘Women Here and Now’ at the Brazil-Mozambique Cultural Centre in Maputo
Cinema: The Young Girls of Rochefort & Faces Places
12:25 CAT | 17 June 2019
Cinema: The Young Girls of Rochefort & Faces Places
Date and Time: Monday, June 17 2019 at 19h00
Entrance: 150 MZN and free (for cultural club members)
Address: Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano, Av. Samora Machel no. 468, Maputo
About the event
19h00: "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort" (The Young Girls of Rochefort) by Jacques Demy (France, 1966)
The Young Girls of Rochefort is a 1967 French musical film written and directed by Jacques Demy. The ensemble cast is headlined by real-life sisters Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac, along with Gene Kelly, and features Jacques Perrin, Michel Piccoli, Danielle Darrieux, George Chakiris, and Grover Dale. The choreography was by Norman Maen.
Michel Legrand composed the score, to Demy's lyrics. The most famous songs from this film score are "A Pair of Twins" ("Chanson des Jumelles" in French) and "You Must Believe in Spring" ("Chanson de Maxence"). The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. The film was also another big success for Demy in France with a total of 1,319,432 admissions.
Duration: 120 minutes
Language: French with Portuguese subtitles
21h00 “Visages, Villages” (Faces Places) by Agnès Varda and JR (France, 2017)
Faces Places is a 2017 French documentary film directed by Agnès Varda and JR. It was screened out of competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival where it won the L'Œil d'or award. The film follows Varda and JR traveling around rural France, creating portraits of the people they come across. It was released on 28 June 2017 in France and 6 October 2017 in the United States. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 90th Academy Awards.
Duration: 94 minutes
Language: French with Portuguese subtitles
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