On Filmfest, presidents, and more

Stayed for Q and A with director who said he loves The West Wing.

VOILA CINEMA!

The President

LIONEL DELPLANQUE
France, 2006, 97 minutes, Color

In Person: Director Lionel Delplanque

"I've met someone," pretty Nahama tells her father-who just happens to be leader of the French republic. That someone is young Mathieu, and when the compassionate yet troubled president hires him to advise on the economy and then consult on speeches. The added level of familial pressures propels the film into the realm of "The West Wing." "No one wants secrets casting shadows over politics," someone cautions early in the game, but when it comes to movies such as The President, that's precisely what audiences-particularly those in Washington, DC, crave. - Eddie Cockrell

Here I am impersonating a movie star... at the "other"
President's house. I am not part of the Darfur protest
going on there that day. Should I be?












Washington's Monument is
in the background.
We really were there!

Can hardly wait for this one. Is it me or do they all look pretty much the same?

This one was good. At least this one had snow white and the seven dwarfs, plus one (sorry, couldn't resist). What I am trying to say that at least this one wasn't all white males. It is a superficial observation but true just the same. :-)