Summer Dreams Every Monday Until August 27

What do you imagine summer in Europe to be like? Outdoor Parisian cafes? Wandering down cobblestone streets in Italy? Biergarten? Hikes in alpine meadows? Clothing-optional beaches?

We all wish to have a perfect holiday – but that doesn’t always happen.  In a variety of humorous ways, these films deal with that reality – whether it’s first love (French for Beginners), a first trip to Italy in a Trabant, the infamous East German car (Go, Trabi, Go) or misunderstanding (Mr. Hulot’s Holiday). All films have English subtitles.

Monday, August 13, 6:30 pm

Film: Morning Flirt (Morgenschwarm) Germany/France, 2004, 9 min., DVD, Director: Thomas Fröhlich or the film Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot)
France, 1953, 84 min., 35mm, Director: Jacques Tati, Cast: Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud

Monday, August 20, 6:30 pm

Film: Côte d’Azur (Crustacés et Coquillages) France, 2005, 90 min., Directors: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau

Monday, August 27, 6:30 pm

Film: Holiday Maker (Ucastnici zajezdu) Czech Republic, 2006, 113 min., Director: Jirí Vejdelek

Tuesday, August 28, 6:30 pm

Film: Bronenosets Potemkin (Battleship Potemkin) Germany, 2005, 35mm, 70 min., Director: Sergej M. Eisenstein

Contact: Goethe-Institut Washington, The German Cultural Center, 202-289-1200;
Web: http://www.goethe.de/washington

Location: 812 Seventh St. NW Washington, DC 20001

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