CinémaTuesdays: Romy Schneider: Empress of the Screen

Tuesday, May 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2012

Tuesday, June 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2012

French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), Florence Gould Hall / Tinker Auditorium

Screening Schedule

Tue, May 1: Le combat dans l’île, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm

Tue, May 8: The Things of Life, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm

Tue, May 15: Christine, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm

Tue, May 22: The Grilling, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm

Tue, May 29: Clouzot’s Inferno, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm

Tue, June 5: The Swimming Pool, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm

Tue, June 12: Womanlight, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm

Tue, June 19: A Woman at Her Window, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm

Tue, June 26: The Train, 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm

FIAF is honored to present a tribute to Romy Schneider, the grand actress, icon, and lover of renowned French actor Alain Delon.

Born in Austria, Schneider nevertheless became a darling of French cinema, first with her career-making performances in the Sissi films and later through her work with directors like Claude Chabrol, Henri-Georges Clouzot, and Costa-Gavras. The two-month long series, Empress of the Screen, commemorates the 30th anniversary of this mesmerizing actress’s tragic death.

CinémaTuesdays: Romy Schneider: Womanlight

12:30, 4 & 7:30pm

Costa-Gavras, 1979 Color. 105 min.
With Yves Montand, Romolo Valli, Lila Kedrova, Romy Schneider
In French with English subtitles

A conversation between strangers Michel and Lydia reveals that they are both in mourning—he is recently widowed and she has lost her daughter. Still haunted by their respective losses, they build a hesitant but genuine relationship together. This is the last film that Montand and Schneider made together and a late career triumph for both.