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Film: Hiroshima, my love (Hiroshima mon amour)

La Maison Française (Columbia) Buell Hall, 515 West 116th Street, New York City

A French actress filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima has an affair with a married Japanese architect as they share their differing perspectives on war. A classic black-and-white story of love, war, suffering and forgetfulness, which was sweated out of an affair between a French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) and a married Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) in the titular bomb-ravaged city.

Film: Anna & Edith

Goethe-Institut New York 30 Irving Place, New York City

Anna and Edith work together at an insurance company and get closer as they fight the patriarchy at home and in the office. This 1970s classic was the first film to show a love story between two women in a positive light on German television. We are excited to present it for the first time with English subtitles, produced by…

Victorious Love – Alain Badiou

La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York City

Ranging across a number of poems and narrative texts, Alain Badiou will address the topic of love.  His talk, "Victorious Love," departs from Rimbaud's famous phrase "love must be reinvented," which appears in the "Vierges folles" section of A Season in Hell. He will be introduced by Emily Apter. Alain Badiou is a philosopher, playwright, and writer. His many books include: The…