International Film Series and the Tournees Festival

Presented by the Department of Languages and Culture Studies, UNC Charlotte College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

March 13-25
Free Admission

The UNC Charlotte Department of Languages and Culture Studies presents the International Film Series and the Tournées Festival, March 13 –25, 2013. Admission is free to any of ten film viewings presented in collaboration with the UNC Charlotte’s J. Murrey Atkins Library, French Club, Russian Club, Film Studies Program, and Pfeiffer University with support provided by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the Centre National de la Cinématographie et de l’Image Animée, Alliance Française de Charlotte, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte Film Society, Mosfilm, Piedmont Music Center, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, the J. Murrey Atkins Library and the Office of International Programs. See filmfest.uncc.edu for more information including film summaries, schedule, and locations.

March 16
2:00pm
UNC Charlotte Center City Lecture Hall

UNE VIE DE CHAT /  A CAT IN PARIS

Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol, France. 2010 / 70 min.

Introduction by Jane Houston, Instructor of French, UNC Charlotte. Discussion will follow screening.

Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol’s exhilarating hand- drawn animated film tells the story of a cat with not nine but two lives. During the day, kitty Dino lives with Zoe, a mute little girl and at night, Dino becomes the accomplice of Nico, a good-hearted burglar. Dino and Nico—the cat and the cat burglar—join forces to save Zoe after she falls in the hands of the gangster who murdered her father.