 | Wednesday, April 25th - 7 P.M. - Riverview Theater 
April Director: Heddy Honigmann Père-Lachaise in Paris -- one of the world’s most famous and beautiful cemeteries—is the final resting-place of a gifted group of artists from all eras and corners of the world. Some -- such as Edith Piaf, Marcel Proust, Jim Morrison and Frederic Chopin--are worshipped to this day. Others have fallen into oblivion, or are visited occasionally by a single admirer. In Forever, we see the mysterious, calming and consoling beauty of this unique cemetery through the eyes of people of flesh and blood. |
Many come for their ‘own’ beloved: husbands, wives, family and friends. Others honor ‘their’ artist by leaving behind a personal message or a flower. While admirers share with us the importance of art and beauty in their lives, the graveyard gradually reveals itself as a source of inspiration for the living. To recall eternal themes of the sages, Death offers little consolation except for the passing of time, the melancholia of a moss-covered tomb, and the beauty and power of a piece of music, a poem or a painting. ToDutch filmmaker Heddy Honigmann, 56, one of the most brilliant documentarists working today (and a familiar name to many area filmgoers) “with Pere-Lachaise in my mind, I simply had to make a film that celebrates love and offers a serene perspective on death. A film about how beauty can console, forever.” (In French with English subtitles) Netherlands, 2006 – 97 Minutes Presented by: University of Minnesota European Studies Corsortium & Wet Paint Artist’s Supplies
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