Livingston Library to Showcase Foreign Film Series This Fall

Livingston Public Library’s Monday at the Movies series at will feature foreign films again this Fall. This is the fifth year that foreign language films have been chosen for September to December.

The season begins on Monday, Sept. 22, with “Les femmes du 6èm etage” (Women on the 6th Floor), a French comedy from 2010. Show times are 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. English subtitles accompany each film.

Set in Paris in the 1960s, Les femmes du 6èm etage is a social comedy that pits the respectability and rather austere lifestyle of a well-to-do French family with the earthiness and humor of the Spanish cleaning ladies who work in their apartment building.

It follows Monsieur Joubert, an unadventurous stockbroker, as he befriends the Spanish maids who live on the top floor of his building. Maria, his new maid, introduces him to her compatriots and their simple but happy lives animated by friendship and folklore, in contrast to the relative emotional austerity of his own life.

Upcoming movies include: “IL SORPASSO” (Italian), on Oct. 27, and “WESELE” (Polish), on November 24. “LA TIGRE E LA NEVE,” an Italian film, will close out the series on Dec. 29. All film programs are sponsored by the Livingston Library Endowment Fund. They are free and open to everyone.

For more information about programs or services, call the Library, 973-992-4600, or visit the web page.