Bachelor Days Are Over
Katia Lewcowicz
OPENING NIGHT
French director Katia Lewcowicz will present her comedy Bachelor Days Are Over at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema followed by a chic postscreening reception. Join us for hors d’oeuvres and sponsored drinks from 9:00–11:00 pm. A limited number of tickets are available.
Three days before his nuptials, 35-year-old Arnaud gets a serious case of pre-wedding jitters. His fiancée has gone missing, his in-laws are crazy and he develops a mad crush on another woman during a wild night of partying. As the big day nears, he ping-pongs between errands, relatives and his new love, all the while wondering whether he really wants to depart the single life. Appealingly played by Benjamin Biolay, Arnaud is less a cad and more a hapless romantic, and the film is more gentle farce than broad comedy. With amusing supporting turns by Emmanuelle Devos as Arnaud’s high-strung sister and Valérie Donzelli as his flighty intended bride, Bachelor Days Are Over is a very memorable trip toward the altar.
North American Premiere. Pourquoi tu pleures?, France 2011, 99 min. Written by Katia Lewcowicz. Photographed by Laurent Brunet. With Benjamin Biolay, Emmanuelle Devos, Nicole Garcia, Valérie Donzelli. Le Pacte.
French director Katia Lewcowicz will present her comedy Bachelor Days Are Over at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema followed by a chic postscreening reception. Join us for hors d’oeuvres and sponsored drinks from 9:00–11:00 pm. A limited number of tickets are available.
Three days before his nuptials, 35-year-old Arnaud gets a serious case of pre-wedding jitters. His fiancée has gone missing, his in-laws are crazy and he develops a mad crush on another woman during a wild night of partying. As the big day nears, he ping-pongs between errands, relatives and his new love, all the while wondering whether he really wants to depart the single life. Appealingly played by Benjamin Biolay, Arnaud is less a cad and more a hapless romantic, and the film is more gentle farce than broad comedy. With amusing supporting turns by Emmanuelle Devos as Arnaud’s high-strung sister and Valérie Donzelli as his flighty intended bride, Bachelor Days Are Over is a very memorable trip toward the altar.
North American Premiere. Pourquoi tu pleures?, France 2011, 99 min. Written by Katia Lewcowicz. Photographed by Laurent Brunet. With Benjamin Biolay, Emmanuelle Devos, Nicole Garcia, Valérie Donzelli. Le Pacte.
Thursday, October 27, 6:15 pm (Landmark's Embarcadero Center Cinema); Sunday, October 30, 9:00 pm (Film Society | New People Cinema)