Events

Past Event

On the Edge of the World (Au bord du monde)

January 31, 2022 - February 6, 2022
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
America/New_York
Online Event

A Documentary Film by Claus Drexel, 2013, 98 min. In French with English Subtitles

To RSVP and get a link to watch the film, click here.

Paris, at night. This is where Jeni, Wenceslas, Christine, Pascal and the others live. Homeless, they haunt the streets and bridges, and corridors of the metro; on the edge of a world where society no longer offers protection. They face us and they talk...

To watch the trailer, please click here.

After registering, you will receive a link to watch the film online at a time of your choice between January 31 at 8pm and February 6 at 11pm. This event is on first come first serve basis.

Director Claus Drexel will join Frédéric Viguier, Director of NYU's Institute of French Studies, and Shanny Peer, Director of the Columbia Maison Française, in a discussion about this film in a virtual conversation on Wednesday, February 2, from 1:00-2:00 pm EST.  To register for this virtual discussion, please click here.

This screening and conversation with Claus Drexel is co-sponsored by the Columbia Maison Française and the Institute of French Studies at NYU.

Contact Information

Maison Francaise