The way it works:

PRIOR to the meeting (whenever works for your schedule), watch Hunting and Gathering on Kanopy — one of the library’s video streaming service — and then come to the meeting prepared to discuss!

You will need an Ashland library card or a Boston Public Library e-card to use Kanopy. Click here to access Kanopy or for more info on the BPL e-card (see if you are eligible and then register — you can use any of BPL’s online resources with this card).

Please register to receive the program link, which will be in your confirmation and reminder emails (check your spam folder for them). Contact ashlandprograms@minlib.net with any questions.

Synopsis:

Camille (Audrey Tautou. Amelie, The Da Vinci Code) works evenings as an office cleaning woman and makes graceful drawings in her free time while living in the attic of a Parisian apartment block. Philibert (Laurent Stocker) is a young, aristocratic history buff living — temporarily — in an apartment lower down, part of the estate of his late grandmother.

He has let out part of it to up-and-coming cook, Franck (Guillaume Canet), a gruff young loner and womanizer with a genuine love for his frail grandmother, Paulette (Francoise Bertin). When Camille falls ill, Philibert insists she stay with the two of them so he can look after her. And even though she and Franck clash, the trio manage to live together and learn from each other.

Running Time
93 mins

Year
2007

Filmmakers
Claude Berri

Features
Audrey Tautou, Guillaume Canet, Laurent Stocker

Languages
French