Walter Phillips Gallery at The Banff Centre

Films from the 2007-08 Season
	October 1, 2007 La Vie en Rose La Vie En Rose tells the tumultuous story of Edith Piaf, France’s greatest songstress. French actress Marion Cotillard brilliantly embodies Piaf’s transformation from hesitant teenager to international star. Transport yourself to post-WWII Paris and revel in the voice that captured the world.
	November 5, 2007 Once A Sundance Audience Award winner, Once tells the story of two strangers drawn together through music. Authentic and honest, Once employs the talents of real-life singer-songwriters Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglova who also play the lead roles.
	December 3 , 2007 Radiant City Gary Burns, Canada’s king of surreal comedy, joins journalist Jim Brown on an outing to the burbs. Venturing into territory both familiar and foreign, they turn the documentary genre inside out, crafting a vivid account of life in the Late Suburban Age.
	Lust, Caution January 7, 2008 Director Ang Lee returns with a riveting tale of espionage, betrayal and desire. Lust, Caution follows an idealistic and well-meaning young woman who finds herself operating as a secret agent during the World War II Japanese occupation of Shanghai.
	Persepolis February 4, 2008 Before being adapted for the screen, Persepolis was well-known as the autobiographic graphic novel of author Marjane Satrapi. Persepolis is Satrapi's darkly humorous take on her experiences as a young Muslim woman who comes of age in Tehran during the rule of the Shah, the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War.
	L'Âge des ténèbres March 3, 2008 The third film in the unofficial trilogy begun with Le Déclin de l’empire américain (1986) and Les Invasions barbares (2003), L’Âge des ténèbres is the newest feature from acclaimed Quebecois director Denys Arcand.
	The Counterfeiters April 7, 2008 The Academy Award-winning true story of Salomon Sorowitsch, counterfeiter extraordinaire and bohemian. After getting arrested and sent to a German concentration camp in 1944, he was forced to help the Nazis in an organized counterfeit operation set up to flood and destroy the Allied economies.