Film: Impromptu Screening
September 16, 2010 - 8:00pm
- Thursday, September 16, 2010
- Minor Hall
- 8:00 p.m.
- Free
The movie "Impromptu" (1991), which is directed by James Lapine and based on a screenplay by Sarah Kernochan, explores the real-life relationship between Chopin (played here by Hugh Grant) and the writer whose pen name was George Sand (Judy Davis).
This event is part of the Chopin Bicentennial Celebration at the University of Virginia (September 16-19, 2010), which is sponsored by the Page-Barbour Fund, the Mcintire Department of Music, the Center for Russian and East European Studies, the American Institute of Polish Culture, the Chopin Foundation of the United States, the Slavic Literatures and Languages Department, the Media Studies Department, and by an Arts Enhancement Grant from the Vice Provost for the Arts to increase access and engagement with the Arts. For a listing of all festival events please visit: http://www.virginia.edu/music/chopin.