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6:00 PM
Diplomacy
Film|In Partnership with the French Library, Boston
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French Cultural Center , Boston, MA
- Language German and French with English subtitles
- Price $ 18, use Coupon for $14
Join us for a special presentation of Diplomacy (Diplomatie), followed by a post film discussion with Barbara Bouquegneau, the President and Executive Director of the French Library and Karin Oehlenschläger, the Program Curator for film, literature, and politics at the Goethe-Institut Boston.
In partnership with the French Library, Boston.
As Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, Hitler orders the city’s destruction. With explosives already placed across its landmarks, General Dietrich von Choltitz prepares to carry out the command until Swedish consul Raoul Nordling intervenes. What follows is a tense overnight confrontation, as Nordling tries to persuade him to spare the “City of Lights.”
A gripping chamber drama adapted from Cyril Gély’s play, the film explores duty, resistance, and the power of dialogue through outstanding performances by André Dussollier and Niels Arestrup.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Germany and France, 2014
DCP, 85min
In partnership with the French Library, Boston.
As Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, Hitler orders the city’s destruction. With explosives already placed across its landmarks, General Dietrich von Choltitz prepares to carry out the command until Swedish consul Raoul Nordling intervenes. What follows is a tense overnight confrontation, as Nordling tries to persuade him to spare the “City of Lights.”
A gripping chamber drama adapted from Cyril Gély’s play, the film explores duty, resistance, and the power of dialogue through outstanding performances by André Dussollier and Niels Arestrup.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Germany and France, 2014
DCP, 85min
Short-biography
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff is one of Germany’s most celebrated filmmakers and a leading figure of the New German Cinema movement. He won the Academy Award and the Palme d’Or for The Tin Drum (1979), adapted from the novel by Günter Grass. Throughout his career, Schlöndorff has explored themes of history, politics, memory, and moral responsibility through films such as Young Törless, Swann in Love, and Diplomacy. His work continues to shape contemporary European cinema through its intellectual rigor and humanistic vision.
Location
French Cultural Center
53 Marlborough St.
Boston, MA 02116
USA
53 Marlborough St.
Boston, MA 02116
USA
