This week, Cornell Cinema presents the Ithaca premiere of the new French film "The School of Flesh," an erotic drama starring Isabelle Huppert. It will be shown Saturday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Uris Auditorium and Sunday, Nov. 14, at 7:15 p.m. in Willard Straight Theatre.
Adapted from a novel by Nobel Prize-winning Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima, the film tells the story of an older woman who connects with a young, bisexual man. A shared moment between the two sets in motion an affair that is equal parts heated passion and cold calculation. In what has been called the greatest performance of her career, Huppert plays a woman who knows what she wants and what to do when she doesn't get it.
"The School of Flesh" is sophisticated and riveting, a suspense story with a worldly view. A critic in the New York Observer reported, "the film escalates to high, understated comedy, while still being poignant pathos. 'The School of Flesh' is positively exhilarating."
The film is the final one in a series at Cornell Cinema of French films on sexuality, shown in conjunction with the conference "French Histories of Sexualities: From Second Sex to Parity and Pacs," which took place Nov. 5 and 6 on campus.
The program was made possible, in part, with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the Centre National du Cinéma and FACSEA.
Admission to the film is $4.50 for the public and $4 for students and seniors.
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