Unless otherwise indicated, films are presented free of charge at the Maxwell Cummings Auditorium, Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion, 1379 Sherbrooke Street West. Doors open 30 minutes before the event begins. Places are limited and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Les falbalas de Jean Paul Gaultier

[ Activities reserved exclusively for Museum VIPs ]

Wednesday, June 15, at 11 a.m., in French with English subtitles

— France, Tonie Marshall, 2004, 59 min.
Combining interviews with Jean Paul Gaultier, commentary by those close to him and footage from family films, filmmaker Tonie Marshall reveals the designer's personal and professional world. The starting point for this portrait is Falbalas, a film by Jacques Becker, in which the story revolves around a Paris fashion house in the 1940s. Falbalas had a decisive influence on Gaultier's life and motivated him to become a designer.

Jean Paul Gaultier ou les codes bouleversés

[ Activities reserved exclusively for Museum VIPs ]

Wednesday, June 15, at 3.30 p.m., in French

— France, Farida Khelfa, 2011, 52 min.
Presentation of the film by the filmmaker, followed by the screening and a question period

A remarkable portrait of Jean Paul Gaultier, far removed from his image as fashion's enfant terrible. The film reveals a generous, open man who has flouted the rules of fashion by turning everything inside out. Gaultier has imposed his new vision of beauty by featuring different body types and shedding light on a beauty that is kept invisible by our culture.

The Fifth Element
preceded by the "Making-of"
The Fashion Element

[ Activities reserved exclusively for Museum VIPs ]

Wednesday, June 15, at 5 p.m., in English with French subtitles

— France, USA, Luc Besson, 1996, 126 min.
In the strange and colourful world of the twenty-third century, where there is no hope of survival without the discovery of the fifth element, a hero confronts evil in an effort to save humanity.

The Day Before — Jean Paul Gaultier

[ Activities reserved exclusively for Museum VIPs ]

Thursday, June 16, at 3.30 p.m., in French with English subtitles

— France, Loïc Prigent, 2009, 52 min.
Twenty-four hours before the show, nothing is ready. Jean Paul Gaultier, renowned for his unforgettable costumes for Madonna and Kylie Minogue, mixes wit and magic in a Parisian haute couture show. The night will be long, but when the magic happens, it's almost a miracle.

Falbalas

Friday, June 17, at 6 p.m., in French

— France, Jacques Becker, 1944, 106 min.
Paris in 1944. Clarence, a fashion designer and unrepentant Don Juan, seduces Micheline, who is engaged to his best friend. Soon desperately in love with the young woman, he gives up his former mistresses and withdraws into sentimental madness.

Les falbalas de Jean Paul Gaultier

Saturday, June 18, at 6 p.m., in French with English subtitles

— France, Tonie Marshall, 2004, 59 min.
Combining interviews with Jean Paul Gaultier, commentary by those close to him and footage from family films, filmmaker Tonie Marshall reveals the designer's personal and professional world. The starting point for this portrait is Falbalas, a film by Jacques Becker, in which the story revolves around a Paris fashion house in the 1940s. Falbalas had a decisive influence on Gaultier's life and motivated him to become a designer.

The City of Lost Children

Sunday, June 19, at 2 p.m., English with French subtitles

— Paris, Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1995, 112 min.
Krank, a monstrous creature who cannot dream, kidnaps young children to steal their dreams. Denree is one of the children who has been captured by Krank's men. His big brother, One, a former whale hunter who is as strong as a horse, sets forth to search for Denree. With the help of young Miette, One soon arrives in La Cité des Enfants Perdus (The City of Lost Children).

The Day Before — Jean Paul Gaultier

Wednesday, July 6, at 6 p.m., in French with English subtitles

— France, Loïc Prigent, 2009, 52 min.
Twenty-four hours before the show, nothing is ready. Jean Paul Gaultier, renowned for his unforgettable costumes for Madonna and Kylie Minogue, mixes wit and magic in a Parisian haute couture show. The night will be long, but when the magic happens, it's almost a miracle.

Jean Paul Gaultier ou les codes bouleversés

Friday, July 15, at 6 p.m., in French

— France, Farida Khelfa, 2011, 52 min.
A remarkable portrait of Jean Paul Gaultier, far removed from his image as fashion's enfant terrible. The film reveals a generous, open man who has flouted the rules of fashion by turning everything inside out. Gaultier has imposed his new vision of beauty by featuring different body types and shedding light on a beauty that is kept invisible by our culture.

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Saturday, July 16, at 2 p.m., English with French subtitles

— England, France, Peter Greenaway, 1989, 118 min.
The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant. Food, colour coding, sex, murder, torture and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable.

Mode in France

Sunday, July 17, at 2 p.m., in French

— France, William Klein, 1985, 90 min.
In twelve uninhibited sequences, William Klein provides a user's guide to fashion and the new designers, and answers the question: “Who creates fashion and why?” He postulates that we could easily live without fashion, but life would be much less fun!

The Fifth Element
preceded by the "Making-of"
The Fashion Element

Wednesday, August 3, at 6 p.m., in English with French subtitles

— France, USA, Luc Besson, 1996, 126 min.
In the strange and colourful world of the twenty-third century, where there is no hope of survival without the discovery of the fifth element, a hero confronts evil in an effort to save humanity.

La mauvaise éducation

Wednesday, August 10, at 6 p.m., Spanish with French subtitles

— Spain, Pedro Almodóvar, 2004, 106 min.
Two boys discover love, the movies and fear at a religious school in the early 1960s. Father Manolo, the school principal and literature teacher, is both a witness to and a participant in their early discoveries. The three characters meet again two more times, at the end of the 1970s and again in 1980. This last meeting will prove decisive in the life and the death of one of them.

Madonna: Truth or Dare

Thursday, August 11, at 6 p.m., in English

— USA, Alek Keshishian, 1991, 120 min.
From the rain of Japan, through threats of arrest for "public indecency" in Canada, and a birthday tribute to her father in Detroit, this documentary follows Madonna on her 1990 Blond Ambition concert tour. Filmed in black and white, with the concert pieces in glittering MTV colour, it is an intimate look at the work of this performer, from a prayer circle with the dancers before each performance to bed games with the dance troupe afterwards.

Kylie Minogue: Live — Kylie X 2008

Friday, August 12, at 6 p.m., in English

— USA, William Baker and Marcus Viner, 2008, 128 min.
Kylie X 2008 is the tenth world concert tour by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue, to promote her tenth studio album, X.

Mylène Farmer Stade de France

Saturday, August 13, at 2 p.m., in French

— France, François Hanss, 2010, 140 min.
Mylène Farmer's performance at the Stade de France in September 2009 drew close to 160,000 spectators for two shows that were sold out eighteen months in advance. See the entire show.