Film Festival in Petaluma

Bonjour

I don’t go to the movies very often, but this saturday my wife “Rose” got me going to an evening event at the Mystic Theater, The Petaluma Film Festival.
A showcase of short films from the US , Canada, France, Sweden, other countries were also represented, but I didn’t see theses movies.
To begin, I don’t think the Mystic is such a great place to watch movies, it’s cold in there, by the end I was freezing…
Ok I’ll stop complaining, (it’s a habit of mine…) let’s get on with the show.

The first presentation was a short by Peter Besson “True Beauty this Night”. A very nice romantic comedy with a twist… Great characters, great story development and surprisingly funny… check it out…

The second one from France , by directors Luis Briceno and David Alapont “Fard” It explores the future of fabricated lives and those entwined in that fantasy and the few rebelling against it. Fard is a great story even if you don’t understand French.

On to the third one:“Jitensha” (or “Bicycle”) is a story about Mamoru Amagaya, a young man struggling to find meaning in life. A co-worker confronts Mamoru on his apparent apathy toward life, and this results in Mamoru leaving his job out of humiliation. more here

I enjoyed this film, made in Japan by American film students and Japanese actors, great collaboration…

The fourth one is another French production by Stephan LeLay “La Carte”. A young man who is living in a postcard in color tries to meet a young woman who is living in a postcard in black and white.

Men in Color, women in B&W, on the beach in France

More tomorrow…