L'Auberge espagnole : European youth on film / Ben McCann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCann, Ben, author.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Klapisch, Cï¿1/2edric, film director.

Series:

Cinema and youth cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Student exchange programs.

Coming-of-age films.

Barcelona (Spain)--In motion pictures.

Barcelona (Spain).

Auberge espagnole (Motion picture).

Youth in motion pictures.

Youth--Europe.

Youth.

Europe.

Coming-of-age films--Europe.

Identity politics in motion pictures.

Student exchange programs--Europe--Drama.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

x, 112 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Spanish apartment

European youth on film

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

Explores the themes and look of writer-director C�edric Klapisch's L'Auberge espagnole (The Spanish Apartment) (2002), and its two sequels Les poup�ees russes (Russian Dolls) (2005) and Casse-t�ete chinois (Chinese Puzzle) ( 2013), films concerned with student exchange programs and the effects they have on their participents.

Explores the themes and look of writer-director Cï¿1/2edric Klapisch's L'Auberge espagnole (The Spanish Apartment) (2002), and its two sequels Les poupï¿1/2ees russes (Russian Dolls) (2005) and Casse-tï¿1/2ete chinois (Chinese Puzzle) ( 2013), films concerned with student exchange programs and the effects they have on their participents.

Contents:

Introduction: it's always sunny in Barcelona

The European youth film

The Spanish Apartment: development, production, reception

Bildungsroman in Barcelona: reading The Spanish Apartment

Russian Dolls and Chinese Puzzles: revisiting The Spanish Apartment

Conclusion: 'Life is for the living. And love is for the giving'.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-109) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781138681224

1138681229

OCLC:

978866134