The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, the Center for Christian Jewish Understanding and Campus Ministry are pleased to invite you to join us for the screening of the movie

Au revoir les enfants (Goodbye children)

Louis Malle—France, 1986

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Faculty Lounge

5:10 PM

Introduction and commentary by Mark Villano, M.F.A.

Mark Villano holds a B.A. in Social Work and a Master of Divinity degree, both from The Catholic University in Washington, DC. In 1994, he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California. He taught screenwriting at Ohio State University, and he is an adjunct lecturer in religion and the arts at Yale Divinity School. While in Los Angeles, he also served as Director of Creative Development at Paulist Productions, as well as documentary coordinator for the Humanitas Prize, an award given to television and film writers who demonstrate “humanizing achievement in writing.” Fr. Mark is currently the Director of Campus Ministry at Sacred Heart University.

The movie: Gaspard Manesse plays Julien, an 11-year-old Catholic boarding-school resident during the Nazi occupation of France. He is witness to the courage of his instructors, who defy the German's anti-Semitic policies and quietly enroll Jewish children into the school under assumed names. Manesse befriends Jean (Raphael Fejto), one of these “instant Catholics.” The refugee children are betrayed by a hostile ex-employee of the school, forcing Julien once more to be a bystander to history as Jean and the teachers are arrested. For this return to the French film industry after several years in the US, Louis Malle purged himself of his own bitter memories of life under the thumbs of the Nazis. Hal Erickson

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Save The Date For A Special Lecture by

Prof. Marc-Mathieu Münch, Ph.D.

University Paul Verlaine—Metz (France)

Elie Wiesel’s The Town Beyond the Wall: An Esthetic Reading

April 12, 2007 – 5:30PM

Room TBA

For any questions or information, please contact ehretj@sacredheart.edu or (203) 396 8254