In French with English subtitles.

Directed and written by

Claude Miller

With

Patrick Bruel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Julie Depardieu, Myriam Fuks, Nathalie Boutefeu, Eric Godon, Quentin Dubuis, Cˇcile de France, Sam Garbarski

Producers:

Yves Marmion, Alfred Hurmer

Camera:

Gerard de Battista

Editor:

Veronique Lange

Music:

Zbigniew Preisner

Screening Format:

35 mm

Awards and Honors:

Top Five Foreign Films of 2008 by National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, Grand Prix des Amˇriques at Montrˇal World Film Festival in 2007, nominated for 11 Cˇsars (French Academy Awards), won Best Supporting Actress for Julie Depardieu.

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dapted from Philippe GrimbertÕs best selling novel, A Secret (Un Secret) is a story of passion and guilt in troubled times, which unfolds as a young teenager uncovers the truth about his parentsÕ past. He finds out that before the war, his father Maxime (Patrick Bruel, The Comedy of Power, O Jerusalem) was married to Hannah (Ludivine Sagnier, 8 Women, Swimming Pool, A Girl Cut in Two, Love Songs) when he fell madly in love with his mother Tania (Cˇcile de France, The Russian Dolls, Avenue Montaigne). As a young Jewish couple living in Nazi-occupied France, Maxime and Tania had to make difficult choices to survive the war and the Holocaust (Strand Releasing). Watch the trailer for Un Secret.

Contemporary Arts Alliance wishes to acknowledge the partnership of Strand Releasing in presenting Un Secret.

Preceded by

The Inquisitive Snail

(Canada, 2008, 1 min.)

Created by

Flemish Beauty

Filmmakers are scheduled to attend.

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n inquisitive snail digs up dirt on the local inhabitants. Secrets are delicious.

Spotlight on Animation

Contemporary Arts Alliance wishes to acknowledge the partnership of Flemish Beauty in presenting The Inquisitive Snail.

and

Wianbu (Comfort Woman)

(South Korea, 2008, 11 mins.)

Directed by

James Bang

S

ohee, a na•ve teenager girl is kidnapped and brought to a Japanese military station during WWII. She as the other 200,000 women in Asia during this period is violated and given the name of ŅComfort WomanÓ. SoheeÕs dramatic journey reflects the agony and pain most of these women had to carry and survive.

Contemporary Arts Alliance wishes to acknowledge the partnership of James Bang in presenting Wianbu.

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