The Dryden will screen L'atelier (The Workshop, Laurent Cantet, France 2017, 113 min., DCP, French w/subtitles). The film will be introduced by Stephen Schottenfeld who will also participate in a Q&A after the screening.

La Ciotat, the South of France. Antoine attends a summer writing workshop in which a few young people have been selected to write a crime thriller with the help of Olivia, a famous novelist. The creative process will recall the town's industrial past, a form of nostalgia to which Antoine feels indifferent. More concerned with the fears of the modern world, the young man soon clashes with the group and with Olivia, who seems at the same time alarmed and captivated by Antoine's violence. A fascinating investigation into perception and radicalization.

[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2018-Dec-3]