FILM-206 French Film
This course is an interdisciplinary study of contemporary French society and culture through the medium of film. The aim of the course is to trace the history of film in France, and show the interconnection between artistic expression and the historical and cultural realities of France from the dawn of cinema in the early 1900s to the present, with special emphasis on the French New Wave movement with reference to some major French directors (Truffaut, Renoir, Godard) and their influential works.