The True/False Film Festival is here!
Last year when the festival came to town, I only got to see one movie—granted, it was a very good one (Food, Inc.), but I wish I had had taken better advantage of the movie offerings. This year I’m trying to make up for the lapse.
Tonight I saw “Antoine”, which I absolutely loved. It’s a French film, shot in Montreal, and is an exploration of the imagination of a kindergartner/first grader. The main subject, however, is blind (he’s also AWESOME and has the best and happiest laugh I’ve ever heard). How can a sighted person even begin to understand the imagination of a boy who’s been blind since he was three weeks old? It’s a pretty daunting challenge for a director to take on.
At any rate, I was impressed, and would highly recommend the film to any and all. (In semi-related news, I came out of the theater thinking in my rudimentary French. I didn’t realize Quebecois was easier to understand than the Parisian dialect.)
“Antoine” was shown at the Stephens College chapel—all of the other movies I have tickets for will be at the big venues, so it was nice to be in the little teeny theater for one screening:
I converted these to black and white because, as I’ve mentioned in the past, my camera doesn’t do so well shooting in low light situations. Noise, noise, noise.