BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:oHYMGxopR-hnJlgSRgzYP SUMMARY:Leading Ladies in European Film Series - The Captive DTSTAMP:20240907T234036Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240320 DESCRIPTION:On the occasion of International Women's Day 2024\, the House o f European History proudly presents three extraordinary and very different European films\, written and directed by three leading ladies in genuine European cinema. The Czech director Věra Chytilová (1929-2014)\, the Belgi an director Chantal Akerman (1950-2015) and the French director Céline Sci amma (1978)\, representing three generations of powerful and independent E uropean filmmaking from the 1960s to today.\n\nEach film will be introduce d in English by film historian and film curator Wouter Hessels (RITCS & IN SAS) and followed by a brief discussion and Q&A. Registration in advance i s mandatory\, the event is free of charge. Register for the movie. “The Ca ptive / La Captive” was inspired by “La Prisonnière” - the fifth and final volume of “À la recherche du temps perdu” by Marcel Proust. Chantal Akerm an transforms this work of world literature into a mesmerising study of vo yeurism\, control and sexual obsession. Akerman was director of “Jeanne Di elman\, 23 Commerce Quay\, 1080”\, which was recently voted ‘greatest film of all time’ according to Sight & Sound's poll of 1000 film critics.\n\nT he film is centered on the relationship between a possessive young man Sim on (Stanislas Merhar) and his lover Ariane (Sylvie Testud). With this abun dant plot\, full of hilariously absurd details and references to Alfred Hi tchcock’s “Vertigo”\, Akerman once again proves her talent for subjects li ke the destructiveness of love and the complex nature of sexuality.\n\n URL:https://historia.europa.eu/en/exhibitions-and-events/events/leading-lad ies-european-film-series-captive LOCATION:offline ORGANIZER;CN=House of European History END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR