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Russian Dolls, Sat September 23
2006, 7:00 & 9:30

Enjoyable sequel to "L'Auberge Espagnole"

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Russian Dolls shows at IFS on Sat September 23, 2006, 7:00 & 9:30

Russian Dolls
Enjoyable sequel to "L'Auberge Espagnole"
Sat September 23
2006, 7:00 & 9:30

"Russian Dolls," Cedric Klapisch's fluffily enjoyable sequel to the 2002 movie "L'Auberge Espagnole," follows at the frantic heels of Xavier (Romain Duris), now 30 and back in his home town Paris, who writes scripts for a TV soap, ghost-writes other people's "autobiographies" and wants to "take stock" of his life.

Once again the sweet, almost nerdy, presence he was in "L'Auberge," Xavier still plays cherchez la femme, but now his questions have evolved existentially into: Is there a Madame Right in his future or is he doomed to a continuing existence of part-time lovers?

Xavier's romantic uncertainties (with the minor subplot: his professional uncertainties) aren't much to hang a story on, but for the audiences that responded so favorably to "L'Auberge," that's going to be just fine. The movie's whimsical tone and the fractured storytelling that passes for plot are just like modern life anyway: seriocomic episodes that lead to other ones. And that romantic playground -- known in more formal circles as the European Union -- is still a great place to meet people of all nationalities and get their cellphone numbers. (D. Thomson, Washington Post)

To see a trailer and read a review, visit InternationalFilmSeries.com.

Tickets

10 films for $60 with punch card
$9 general admission. $7 w/UCB student ID, $7 for senior citizens
$1 discount to anyone with a bike helmet
Free on your birthday! CU Cinema Studies students get in free.

Parking

Pay lot 360 (now only $1/hour!), across from the buffalo statue and next to the Duane Physics tower, is closest to Muenzinger. Free parking can be found after 5pm at the meters along Colorado Ave east of Folsom stadium and along University Ave west of Macky.

RTD Bus

Park elsewhere and catch the HOP to campus

International Film Series

(Originally called The University Film Commission)
Established 1941 by James Sandoe.

First Person Cinema

(Originally called The Experimental Cinema Group)
Established 1955 by Carla Selby, Gladney Oakley, Bruce Conner and Stan Brakhage.

C.U. Film Program

(AKA The Rocky Mountain Film Center)
First offered degrees in filmmaking and critical studies in 1989 under the guidance of Virgil Grillo.

Celebrating Stan

Created by Suranjan Ganguly in 2003.

C.U. Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts

Established 2017 by Chair Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz.

Thank you, sponsors!
Boulder International Film Festival
Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts

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