FRNCH-348 Life on Reels: Art and Reality in Contemporary French Cinema

Compared to action or fantastic cinema, contemporary French cinema privileges understatement and slow depictions of complicated and traumatic “real life” events. The course examines the complex transformation into images of identifiable life situations. Includes the basics of French cinema history, terminology of common cinematographic techniques, and the analysis of a variety of feature films and documentary by filmmakers such as Jacques Audiard, Agnès Jaoui, Abdekadif Kechiche, Gilles Lellouche, and Agnès Varda.

Maximum Enrollment

Proseminar (16)

(Proseminar, Speaking Intensive, Experiential Learning.)

Credits

1

Prerequisite

FRNCH-211 or above; FRNCH-200 with instructor permission

Notes

Taught in French. Some group film viewing, two papers and a final hands-on project.