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5:30 PM — Screening of the documentary When the War Was Over
6:30 PM — Panel discussion with Andrea Aguilar, Paul Berman and John Friedman, moderated by Daphne Merkin
7:30 PM — Reception

Don't miss the tribute to journalist and thinker Barbara Probst Solomon, a key figure in the cultural dialogue between Spain and the U.S.
Join us for a screening of the documentary When the War Was Over. The evening will also feature a roundtable discussion with leading voices in journalism and thought, and a special video message from Nicolás Sánchez Albornoz.
A unique event celebrating the life and legacy of an extraordinary woman.
Barbara Probst Solomon (1928–2019) was a fiercely independent voice in American letters—novelist, essayist, journalist, and documentarian—whose life and work bridged continents and causes. After a privileged New York City upbringing, she got herself to Paris just after World War II and joined the underground struggle against Franco’s regime, eventually becoming a key figure in the resistance. After Franco’s death she became a frequent contributor to both Spanish and U.S. media publications, including El País, Cambio 16, The New York Times, The New Republic, and The New Yorker—where her unique amalgam of journalistic observation, incisive cosmopolitan sensibility, and vividly personal voice bridged a gap of cultural perspective between the two countries, rooted in Spain’s years of political isolation. Threaded throughout Probst Solomon’s writing and her documentary film When the War Was Over is an unwavering commitment to freedom and democratic ideals.

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# The 2025 César Award Winner for Best Documentary Film Comes to Manhattan

​Français du Monde New York and Très Bons Documentaires invite you to a special documentary evening featuring "La Ferme des Bertrand" by Gilles Perret, winner of the 2025 César Award for Best Documentary Film.
Admission is pay-what-you-wish, and the film will be screened with English subtitles.

50 Years in the Life of a Farm...
Haute-Savoie, 1972: the Bertrand farm, a dairy operation with around a hundred cattle, run by three bachelor brothers, is filmed for the first time. In 1997, filmmaker Gilles Perret—then a neighbor—dedicates his first documentary to them as they begin passing the farm on to their nephew Patrick and his wife Hélène.
Now, 25 years later, the filmmaker-neighbor picks up the camera again to follow Hélène as she, in turn, prepares to hand over the farm. Through the words and actions of those who’ve lived and worked there, the film reveals powerful life stories where work and generational transmission take center stage—a moving, intimate, social, and economic portrait of our rural world.
​We look forward to seeing you there!

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Join director Isabel Coixet for a screening of her 2024 film, Un Amor.
Escaping her overwhelming life in the city, thirty-year old Natalia finds refuge in the small village of La Escapa, deep in the Spanish countryside. In a rustic derelict house, flanked by a wild and clumsy dog at her side, the young woman aims to rebuild anew. When confronted with the hostility of her landlord and the distrust of the local villagers, Nat finds herself giving in to an unsettling sexual proposal from her neighbour Andreas. From this strange and conflicting encounter sparks a devouring and obsessive passion that will consume Nat fully, forcing her to reconsider the woman she thought she was. Based on the eponymous best selling novel by Sara Mesa, UN AMOR is a striking account of existential doubt and the transformative power of carnal desire, exploring the subversive nature of gender roles.