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What do “La Vie en Rose” starring Marion Cotillard and “Moulin Rouge” starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor have in common? They are both playing at the Mary D. Fisher Theater on Tuesday, Aug. 21 to launch Voila Tour 2018 week of French Festivities in Sedona.
Twenty artists from France will arrive in Arizona for two weeks of cultural exchange and a celebration of our commonalities expressed in the Universal language of the arts.
Moulin Rouge
7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21
“Moulin Rouge” was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It won Oscars for Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction. The film was also nominated six Golden Globe Awards, winning Best Picture, Best Actress (Nicole Kidman) and Best Original Score.
Ewan McGregor stars as Christian, who leaves behind his bourgeois father during the French belle époque of the late 1890s to seek his fortunes in the bohemian underworld of Montmartre, Paris. Christian meets the addicted artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (John Leguizamo), who introduces him to a world of sex, drugs, music, theater, and the scandalous dance known as the cancan, all at the Moulin Rouge, a decadent dance hall, brothel, and theater that's the brainchild of Harold Zidler (Jim Broadbent).
Christian also meets and falls into a tragically doomed romance with the courtesan Satine (Nicole Kidman), who becomes the star of the play he's writing, which parallels the couple's romance and utilizes rock music from a century later, including songs by Nirvana, Madonna, the Beatles, and Queen, among others.
You’ll be greeted by renowned musicians Frankeur and Belen Ferris performing Parisian street music and French standards in the style of Edith Piaf and Maurice Chevalier. After the first film a special Rosé de Provence wine will be served along with fresh made tapenades by Chef Lacroix. Music will transport you to the romance of the City of Lights.
This special event kicks off with a musical welcome at 3:00 pm. “La Vie en Rose” will show at 3:30 p.m., and “Moulin Rouge” will show at 7 p.m. One film including wine and tapenades $20.00, Both movies with wine intermission $25.00. Additional glass available for purchase.