Announcing the Cannes Palme d'Or Winners Series

The Friends of the South Orange Public Library present: 

Cannes Palme d'Or Winners

The Friends of the South Orange Public Library and La Cinémathèque Film Club are bringing you a five-film series that will serve as an introduction to important and influential winners of the most prestigious prize in international cinema: the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'or.  Each film will be introduced with a short lesson by Gerard Amsellem with group discussion afterwards.  Admission is free to the public thanks to the generosity of the Friends of the South Orange Public Library, and refreshments will be available.  For more information, contact Phyllis Kalb at (973) 762-0230 or email us.  This series meets on weeknights at 7pm in the Library Meeting Room at the South Orange Public Library, 65 Scotland Rd., South Orange, NJ, on the following dates: 

OCTOBER 25
The Wages of Fear (1953)
directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
France/Italy

NOVEMBER 29
La Dolce Vita (1960)
directed by Federico Fellini
Italy/France

MARCH 21
The Conversation (1974)
directed by Frances Ford Coppola
USA

APRIL 25
Paris, Texas (1984)
directed by Wim Wenders
West Germany/France

MAY 23
The Son's Room (2001)
directed by Nanni Moretti
Italy