Film: Les Ordres by Michel Brault (1971) February 11, 2009

Movies are cultural vehicles and culture a mirror held to historical happenstance; is it any wonder then that Québec’s film industry is consistently thriving? It has been 400 years since the explorer Samuel de Champlain founded this distinct society. Since that time, the French of North America have continued to leave their boisterous cultural mark on all they touch, from Céline Dion’s big-time show business to the Cirque du Soleil’s reinvention of the Big Top.

Born and bred in La Belle province, discussant Aimée Laberge is the author of Where the River Narrows (Harper Collins, 2003) and Les Amants de Mort-Bois (Québec-Amérique, 2007). A Tennessee Williams Scholar from the Sewanee Writers Conference and twice alumni from the Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest, Illinois, Ms. Laberge was an art director in the field of broadcast television in Montreal, Toronto and London, England, before moving to Chicago.

*Film descriptions can be found in the Ciné Club section of this brochure and on the AF website at www.af-chicago.org.

All pre-film discussions will begin at 7:00 p.m. and film screenings at approximately 7:30 p.m.

Official Website: http://www.af-chicago.org