Last Chance this friday for an East Village "Cinema sur l'herbe"

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Voisins, Voisines : Free Film on June 27 at 6th and B Com’ty Gdn
Part of ’Films on the Green’, the French Movie Festival in NYC Parks


The critically-acclaimed movie Voisins, Voisines, by Malik Chibane is part of Cinéma Sur l’Herbe | Films on the Green, a free French movie festival happening in NYC Parks. The sub-titled screening will take place Friday June 27 at sunset (around 8 pm) at 6th and B Com’ty Gdn.

The screening will be followed by a discussion and drinks.

Credits
* By Malik Chibane

* With: Anémone, Jackie Berroyer, Frédéric Diefenthal, Mohamed Fellag, Gwendoline Hamon, Hakim Sahraoui, Nora Armani, Sarah Maldoror, Insa Sané, Candice Berner

* French Release: 20 July 2005

* Running time: 95 min

* Awards: Bronze Rosa Camuna Award - 2003 Bergamo Film Meeting Wolfgang Staudte Award- 2002 Berlin International Film Festival Léo Scheer Award- 2001 Entrevues Film Festival Best First Film 2002 Prix Louis Delluc

Reviews
“In this lovely hip hop tale, Chibane uses his characters’ imagination to evoke the reality of social integration. With very little means, he achieved a truly social and musical film. Miraculous!” Paris Match - Christine Haas

“Chibane is at his best when he delivers such fantasy and irony, when he orchestrates each and every situation” Télérama - Jacques Morice

“There is nothing schematised in this lively and foretelling comedy. It shows the contrasts which human nature fosters” TéléCinéObs - Alain Riou

“Chibane paints a pacified social chronicle, conceived as a series of pictures backed by a beautiful light and a magnificent soundtrack” Zurban - Yasmine Youssi

Synopsis
In the suburbs of Paris, there is a privatized former public housing estate called ‘the Mozart estate’. There is no classic music there, but a rap musician lacking inspiration. Ideas? Lyrics? Music? But what if his inspiration were right on his doorstep? The rapper observes, composes, writes and sings. The life of the whole building is dissected and transformed through his writing. The Mozart estate metamorphoses into the stage for a hip hop fable. Discussions become poetry, situations are turned into tales, and every voice brings its own melody to a unique album. ‘Voisins, Voisines’ is a movie about how the vision of an artist brings beauty and meaning to the lives of his entourage.

Films on the Green
Five critically-acclaimed movies were selected, revolving around solidarity, and the powerful links that are formed between communities, friends and neighbors. Profound and moving, each one depicts a different facet of France’s multi ethnic, multicultural society—from its animated banlieues to its typical countryside towns.

In the East Village’s Parks from May 30 to June 27, this event will then move to Harlem parks in July; two neighborhoods selected for their dynamic and close-knit communities.

Link: Cinéma Sur l’Herbe | Films on the Green

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