Film: the Mark of an Angel April 10, 2010

Lempreinte de l'ange NY PremiereGenre: ThrillerDirector: Safy NebbouScreenplay: Cyril Gomez-Mathieu and Safy NebbouStarring:Catherine FrotSandrine BonnaireWladimir YordanoffRunning time: 1hr 35minProduction: France, 2008Distributor: Diaphana FilmsSynopsisCatherine Frot and Sandrine Bonnaire co-star brilliantly in this chilling thriller directed by Safy Nebbou. Frot plays Elsa, a troubled woman who becomes increasingly convinced that the young daughter of a wealthy family friend, Claire (Bonnaire), is in fact the child she lost in a hospital fire seven years ago. Elsa descends dangerously into obsession and the film offers a character study of her psychological disintegration as well as something of a sociological observation of French upper-middle class attitudes. Bio/FilmographySafy Nabou's FilmographyAs Director:2004 : Le Cou de la girafe2006 : Une naissance2008 : L'Empreinte de l'ange2010 : L'Autre DumasCatherine Frot's FilmographyCatherine Frot has demonstrated both chameleonic skills and a predilection for comedy from an early age. At fourteen, she enrolled in the Versailles conservatory and by 1974 she began her education at the Rue Blanche school after which she began to study full time at the conservatory. In 1975, she founded the Compagnie du Chapeau Rouge with which she performed at the Festival d'Avignon . Passionately devoted to the theatre, she won the Theatrical Critic Award in 1983 for her role in Jean Bouchot 's C'etait comment deja ? On screen, Frot made a sensational name for herself after winning the Cesar Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1996, for her performance as Yoyo, the naive suburban housewife in Cedric Klapisch 's Un air de famille which she had previously immortalized on stage. She then set out to subvert whatever image the French public had of her, starring as a charmingly rebellious, infuriating yet ultimately sympathetic bourgeoise in La Dilettante (1999). In 2003, she starred in 7 ans de mariage (2003) where her character gets drawn into the world of Parisian spouse-swapping clubs. That same year, she portrayed a repentant ex-revolutionary in Lucas Belveaux trilogy. In 2006, she was nominated for a Cesar for her performance as a stage-frightened/guilt-ridden pianist in the dramatic thriller La Tourneuse de pages. Frot continued to unpredictably shift gears and overthrowing expectations, perhaps most remarkably in Safy Nebbous L'Empreinte de l'ange in 2008, with her turn as a troubled woman who is convinced that her deceased daughter is still alive and in the care of another woman. Her chilling performance, critics have hailed to be nothing short of Hitchcockian. In 2009, she returned to lighter yet still somewhat Machiavellian fare, and aged spectacularly for the part of Albert Dupontels self-righteous mother in Le Villain. Cost :VIP PASS - $130 ($150 after 4/5/2010)General Pass - $60.00 ($70.00 after 4/5/2010)Student Pass (Must Present Valid Student ID) - $20.00 Includes all screenings and opening night film but not Opening Night Gala Dinner.Single Ticket - $11Single Ticket Student - $5