A kitchen fire in a Village B apartment sent smoke billowing out of the building’s windows but was put out before any major damage occurred, according to fire department officials on the scene.

The fire began in the kitchen of Village B 51 at approximately 9:20 p.m., Village B Resident Assistant Pedro Soto (COL ’08) said as he entered the apartment building shortly before 10 p.m.

The fire department responded quickly, he said, with at least half a dozen fire trucks on the scene. 35 minutes after the fire began, officials had given the all-clear to reenter the building.

A firefighter boarding the last truck to leave the scene said that the fire had already been put out by a fire extinguisher before he arrived.

-Marco Cerna, News Editor. Photo by Emily Voigtlander.

They’re in D.C. C’est Chic, the district’s second annual French film festival, has returned with a promising line-up and all the staples of quality French cinema—Audrey Tautou, orgies, pretentious fashion, sugar waxing, etc. Here are some highlights:

Les Chansons d’Amour (Love Songs)
A spicy ménage-a-trois turns tragic in Christophe Honoré’s musical, which stars Louis Garel and Swimming Pool’s hot (and oft naked) Ludivine Sagnier.
AMC Georgetown Theatre: Tue. 10/23 at 7 p.m.
Avalon Theatre: Sun. 10/28 at 3:15 p.m.

Lagerfeld Confidential
Rodolphe Marconi documents fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld. If you think you’re in vogue (you probably aren’t) you can see the director in person at the October 28 screening at the Avalon Theater.
Avalon Theatre: Sun. Oct. 28 at 8 p.m.
Avalon Theatre: Thu. Nov. 1 at 6:15 p.m.

Priceless
Still think of Amélie’s Audrey Tautou as a sweet, reclusive little do-gooder? Check her out as glam gold digger in Priceless. If you’ve got a trust fund, maybe you can afford the pleasure of her company. The rest of us can just watch the film.
Avalon Theatre: Thu. Nov. 1 at 8:30 p.m.

Caramel
This one sounds a bit like “Sex and the City,” except with real, non-shoe-related issues. Set in a beauty salon in Beirut, five women grapple with relationships and sexuality—among them a tormented lesbian and a soon-to-be-wed, ex-virgin Muslim—between haircuts and caramel waxing (a girl’s gotta pay the bills).
Avalon Theatre: Fri. Oct. 26 at 6:30 p.m

For the complete line-up or to purchase tickets, see http://www.cestchic.org.

-Madeline Reidy, Leisure Editor