Gold Coast International Film Fest Screens THE WOMEN ON THE 6TH FLOOR

Gold Coast International Film Festival presents the Furman Film Series - First screening of the Fall series tonight- The Women On The 6th Floor

October 6 brings the first Furman Film Series screening of Fall, a preview of the number one French box office hit The Women on the 6th Floor.

Paris, 1960. Jean-Louis (Fabrice Luchini, Potiche) lives a bourgeois existence absorbed in his work, cohabitating peacefully with his neurotic socialite wife Suzanne (Sandrine Kiberlain, Mademoiselle Chambon) while their children are away at boarding school. The couple's world is turned upside-down when they hire a Spanish maid Maria (Natalia Verbeke). Through Maria, Jean-Louis is introduced to an alternative reality just a few floors up on the building's sixth floor, the servants' quarters. He befriends a group of sassy Spanish maids (Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Berta Ojea, Nuria Sole, Concha Calan), refugees of the Franco regime, who teach him there's more to life than stocks and bonds. The women's influence on the house brings change... muy rápido!

Distributed by Strand Releasing in the US, the film is directed by award winner Philippe Le Guay and stars popular French actor Fabrice Luchini along with a top European cast that includes Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke and Carmen Maura.

October 19th brings a preview of Margin Call, a Sundance Film Festival favorite set in the high stakes world of the financial industry (and its collapse), featuring an all-star cast including Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Demi Moore and Stanley Tucci.

November 3 brings Hot Coffee, the stunning Sundance Film Festival and HBO documentary by Susan Saladoff about how one infamous lawsuit allowed corporations across the United States to brew a concoction of manipulation intended to protect corporate interests and keep regular citizens out of the courts. Hot Coffee is a special presentation of a grass roots film hoping to make a difference by getting the word out.

November 17 & December 1 are traditionally held for movies from the year's Toronto Film Festival. Programming will fill those dates with other high-quality releases.

Film begins at 7:30pm. Entry is 7:00pm for subscribers, 7:15 for ticket holders. Each screening has a Q&A with a notable personality after the film.

Tickets to the Gold Coast Furman Film Series are $15 ($20 at the door. $10 for students.) For more information call 516.829.2570 or go to www.greatneckarts.org/Film.htm. The series is held at Clearview Cinemas Great Neck Squire Theater at 115 Middle Neck Road in the heart of Great Neck.

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