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Countdown / Il sera une fois Director: Sandrine Veysset, Country: France, Release: 2007, Runtime: 78m A young boy, Pierrot, lives by measuring his moments. Each tick seems to leave a physical impression on him. Yet increasingly, Pierrot moves inward, living not for the moment but for the future he knows is speeding towards him. The inspiration for Countdown came when screenwriter Sébastien Regnier asked Sandrine Veysset, “If one day you met an old woman, and then realized she was actually you, what would you ask her?” From that discussion, Veysset (Will It Snow for Christmas?, Martha…Martha) has created a lyrical, provocative look at the terror that time holds for all of us, its control over even our simplest actions and relationships, and how it seems to gain power the less we’re aware of its effects on us. Sadly, Countdown was the last film completed for producer Humbert Balsan, but it is a perfect example of the innovative, challenging work he constantly championed throughout his career. Additional screenings are at the IFC Center. Check www.ifccenter.com for showtimes and tickets. SCREENING WITH Humbert Balsan: Rebel Producer / Humbert Balsan: Producteur Rebel Director: Anne Andreu, Country: France, Release: 2006, Runtime: 57m On Feb. 10, 2005, the French film world lost one of its brightest stars: Humbert Balsan. He was not an actor per se (though he made an impressive Gauvain in Bresson’s Lancelot du Lac). Nor a director. Rather, Humbert was a film producer, in the richest, most creative sense of that term. For 25 years, he backed—and in most cases simply made possible—works by some of the most creative filmmakers of the past three decades, including many films presented in the New York Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, and Rendez-Vous. Claire Denis’s The Intruder, Yolande Moreau and Gilles Porte’s When the Sea Rises, and Robert Salis’ Grande École are just some of the more recently screened examples. His work extended beyond France as well. Over twenty years he forged a close friendship with Egyptian master Youssef Chahine, serving as his co-producer on numerous films, and also produced films for Maroun Bagdadi (The Veiled Man), Yousry Nasrallah (Gate of the Sun) and Elia Suleiman (Divine Intervention). Humbert was a dear friend and loyal supporter of our programs, and we’re delighted to be able to present Anne Andreu’s affecting tribute to him as part of this year’s Rendez-Vous.

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