Westhampton Beach - The WHBPAC's highly acclaimed "Finest in World Cinema" Series returns in 2011, featuring the best current release art house, foreign, independent and documentary films that run concurrently at the most prominent film houses in New York City.

The Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center will screen director François Ozon's French comedy "Potiche" on Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. and two matinees on Sunday, April 10 at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.



Set in 1977 in a French provincial town, "Potiche" is a free adaptation of the 1970s eponymous French hit comic play. Catherine Deneuve is Suzanne, a submissive, housebound "trophy housewife" (or "potiche") who steps in to manage her wealthy husband's umbrella factory after the workers go on strike and take him hostage. To everyone's surprise, she proves herself a competent and assertive woman of action. But when her husband returns from a restful cruise in top form, things get complicated. Gérard Depardieu plays a union leader and Suzanne's former beau who still holds a flame for her. Acclaimed writer-director Francois Ozon twists the original on its head to create his own satirical take on the war between the sexes and classes. "Potiche" is in French with English subtitles, Rated R, and 1 hour, 46 minutes.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for students/seniors, and $3 for WHBPAC Film Society members. You can purchase tickets online at www.whbpac.org, by phone at 631-288-1500, or by visiting 76 Main Street, Westhampton Beach.