ALSO OPENING
AVENUE MONTAIGNE
On a single night in a chic Paris neighborhood of concert halls, bistros and art auctions, a spirited gamine from the provinces (Cecile De France) takes a waitressing job on the fashionable title avenue, where her charming, charmed presence impacts the lives of an aging art collector (Claude Brasseur), a rebellious concert pianist (Albert Dupontel) and a sitcom star (Valerie Lemercier) desperate to play Simone de Beauvoir in a drama from a visiting Hollywood director (Sydney Pollack). In French with English subtitles. At Village Square. (106 minutes) PG-13; brief sexuality, profanity.
ENCOUNTER POINT
In the heart of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, the Bereaved Families Forum — a fragile but determined association of those on both sides who have lost loved ones in the ongoing strife — inspires an award-winning documentary, which focuses on a disparate group whose members include a former Palestinian prisoner who read Martin Luther King Jr., Mandela and Gandhi while incarcerated;, a former right-wing Israeli settler whose daughter was killed while riding in their car; a burly Israeli army veteran whose daughter died in a Tel Aviv suicide bombing; and a Bethlehem teacher who lost his own daughter. In Hebrew, Arabic and English, with English subtitles. Part of the CineVegas screening series at Neonopolis. (89 minutes) NR; mature themes.
— By CAROL CLING
