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International Film Series to Show French Film Oct. 21

Posted on Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Westminster College's Jake Erhardt International Film Series will show Mood Indigo Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater.  The program is free and open to the public.

The 2013 French film (original title L'écume des jours) is a surreal romantic comedy set in Paris.  Wealthy bachelor Colin meets and falls in love with Chloe, who develops an unusual illness: a flower begins to grow in her lungs.  Colin discovers the only cure is to surround Chloe with a never-ending supply of fresh flowers.

Nominated for seven awards, the film won Best Production Design at the 2014 César Awards in France.

Westminster seniors Mark Eck and Jordan Locke will introduce the film and lead a short discussion after the viewing.

Eck, a communication studies major, is a son of Lois Wholey, Pittsburgh, and Mark Eck, Verona.  He is a graduate of Horace Mann School.

Locke, an English major, is a son of Thomas and Annette Locke of Gibsonia and a graduate of Deer Lakes High School.

The final film of the semester is scheduled for Nov. 18.

The International Film Series is named in honor of its founder, Dr. Jacob Erhardt, professor of German emeritus at Westminster College.  Erhardt, who taught at Westminster from 1968 until his retirement in 2004, served as chair of his department from 1970-1986, was named the Language Educator of the Year by the Pennsylvania State Modern Languages Association, translated into English Robert Reitzel's Adventures of a Greenhorn, and was recognized by the National Endowment for the Humanities as an outstanding member.

Contact Dr. Deborah Mitchell, professor and chair of Westminster's Department of English and public relations and coordinator of the film series, at 724-946-7030 or email for more information.