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Cinémathèque - Special advance screening of Declaration of War

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 7:00 PM (ET)

Washington, United States

Cinémathèque - Special advance screening of Declaration of...

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Admission:
- General: $8
- Students w/id: $5
Reservation: Required

A special advanced screening of:

La Guerre est déclarée
(Declaration of War)
France — 2011 — 100 min. — 35mm.
Directed by Valérie Donzelli
Cast: Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm, César Desseix
In French with English subtitles

Synopsis.
A couple, Romeo and Juliet.
A child, Adam.
His illness, their battle.
And above all, their great love story.

Review:
"In the neurotic and orderly landscape of French cinema, this film shakes us, wakes us up and puts itself out with all its might, yells at death and laughs for joy" — Libération

"Declaration of War is a great love film and a great film about love. It takes everything in its path because its topic (disease) is precisely not its problem, but only the touchstone of feelings." — Les cahiers du cinéma

"The fanciful lightness of the songs, of whimsical gags, even in the darkest moments, of breaks in rhythm, keep the film in the realm of enchanted poetry openly reminiscent of Jacques Demy. Formal tricks ‘de-realize’ the story while a hyper precision in the details fits it into a quasi-documentary environment." — Le Monde

Selection:
Opening Night Selection at the Critics’ Week, Cannes Film Festival 2011
Sundance International Film Festival - 2012
Mumbai Film Festival - 2011

Trailer (with English subtitles)