FRENCH FILM: FREN 408

Joan E. McRae
Bagby 311 x6200  joanm@tiger.hsc.edu
Wednesday evening 7-9 (film viewing)
Tuesday/Thursday  12:30-1:20
Course Meetings: Fuqua International Communications Center
 
 
Films  
9-1 Ridicule
9-8  Germinal
9-15 Germinal
9-22 Le Grand Bleu 
  Luc Besson
9-29 Les Visiteurs
10-6   Jean de Florette
 Manon des sources
10-13  A bout de souffle (Jean-Luc Godard)
10-20  Les 400 coups
10-27  Et Dieu créa la femme
11-3  Hiroshima, mon amour
More Hiroshima
11-10  Les Enfants du Paradis
11-17    La Grande Illusion
12-1   Chocolat
Useful Vocabulary

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Class Requirements due

Tuesdays – Reading assignment: Introduction to the film
Thursdays –  Film Viewing Sheet
Saturdays – Short analysis paper

Typed  350 words. Accents must be typed (see my homepage for instructions)

Grade Distribution:
 
Essays  6   30%
Tests  2   30%
Final Project
Web Page
 25%
Discussion  15%

Useful Web Sites:
 Internet Movie Database
 Bucknell French videos
 Cannes Film Festival Website
 Official Cannes Festival Website
 Guide Critiques des Films