Winner of the prestigious Jean Vigo Award honoring independence of spirit and singularity of style, La France has been described as "Bresson meets the Beatles." (Variety) French farm girl Camille receives a letter in 1917. It's from her husband, at the front lines of World War I combat, explaining that she will likely never see him again. That night Camille cuts her hair, sets off dressed as a boy, wanders through the woods, finds an encampment of soldiers, and insists on joining them. One of them shoots her accidentally, piercing her palm a la stigmata. Then the men break into song. And so begins this mystical fairy-tale, "a drama about the horrors, loneliness and camaraderie of World War I that intermittently (four times, to be specific) blooms into a delirious musical... [Director] Bozon ends his war story with a scene as romantic and otherworldly as Jacques Demy might have dreamed." (Time Out New York) Ithaca is one of nine tour stops for the film in the States. Don't miss your chance to see it! more at lafrance-lefilm.com. 35mm
2007, color, 1 hour 42 minutes, France