Image

 
Film/Video
LA COMÉDIE-FRANÇAISE OU L'AMOUR JOUÉ
DIRECTED BY FREDERICK WISEMAN

SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 16, 2003,
1 PM

$7 ($5 WALKER MEMBERS)
AUDITORIUM


Buy Tickets


NOVEMBER  2 | 5 | 6, 1 PM | 6, 8 PM | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21  

La Comédie-Française is the oldest continuous repertory theater company in the world, founded in Paris in the late 17th century. This is the first time a documentary filmmaker has been allowed to look at all the aspects of this great theatrical company: casting, set and costume design, administrative meetings, rehearsals, and performances. The plays they are working on are classic French plays by Molière, Racine, and Feydeau. What emerges from this nonfiction epic is a rare glimpse at what makes theater theater and what makes film an art. 1996, U.S./France, color, 16mm, in French with English subtitles, 223 minutes.




FREDERICK WISEMAN: A SENSE OF PLACE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE REGIS FOUNDATION.