What's Showing Film Comment Selects Young Friends of Film Independents Night Open-Captioned Calendar Upcoming Programs Past Programs Furman Gallery Theater Rental Theater Information Press Office Sign up for filmlinc email bulletin		On Set with French Cinema Bruno Dumont in Person! On Set with French Cinema is a new program through which filmmaking students in America have the chance to attend master classes with leading French film artists. As part of this project, each invited artist will also participate in a public screening and discussion of their work at the Walter Reade Theater. Presented in collaboration with Unifrance, the French Film Office and French Cultural Services One of France’s most provocative directors, Bruno Dumont will appear tonight at the Walter Reade Theater in conjunction with his visit to several New York area film schools. He will introduce his film La Vie de Jesus (1997; 96m), as well as talk about his other films and his approach to directing. Winner of France’s Jean Vigo Award for Best First Film, La Vie de Jesus is set in northern France, where a Flemish reticence hangs over languid landscapes and stagnant towns. The protagonist, Freddy, has epileptic fits, a deep love for his blonde girlfriend Marie, and a crew of buddies, unemployed 20-year-olds like him, with whom he careens around the countryside on mopeds. Dumont, who also wrote the script, captures with astonishing clarity the texture of small-town life with its modest yet unrealized dreams, offhand eroticism, and a seething undertone of violence.		Buy Tickets Thu Nov 4: 6:15 pm