The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University Department of Languages and Cultures is hosting a six-week "Tournées Film Festival – French Films on U.S. Campus," which is an organization that brings French cinema to college campuses in the United States. Mon Amie Victoria (2015), directed by Jean-Paul Civeyrac, is about a young black woman living in Paris and her uneasy relationship with a rich white family. Victoria has a daughter out of wedlock with one of their sons and throughout ... view more »
The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University Department of Languages and Cultures is hosting a six-week "Tournées Film Festival – French Films on U.S. Campus," which is an organization that brings French cinema to college campuses in the United States. Mon Amie Victoria (2015), directed by Jean-Paul Civeyrac, is about a young black woman living in Paris and her uneasy relationship with a rich white family. Victoria has a daughter out of wedlock with one of their sons and throughout the story struggles with feelings that she is losing her daughter to this family and struggles with the resentment of her son, who has a black father. Mon Amie Victoria sheds a unique light on the situation of foreigners in France today.
"Tournées Film Festival is made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S., the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC), the French American Cultural Fund, Florence Gould Foundation and Highbrow Entertainment.
Co-sponsored by the CSB/SJU Languages and Cultures Department, French Club, Film Studies, the Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning, Peace Studies, Gender Studies and the Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civil Engagement"
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