NEW YORK.- The New York School of Interior Design will host a screening of the world premiere of the documentary film Madeleine Castaing, produced by Christopher Flach in association with Beekman Films. Madeline Castaing is a visually stimulating film that explores the personality of French decorator and antique dealer Madeleine Castaing. The 34-minute film will be screened on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 6:30 pm in the NYSID auditorium at 170 East 70 Street, New York.

Christopher Flach conceived the idea for the film while visiting Castaing 's Paris shop on Rue Jacob, the Left Bank street known for its antique stores and small boutiques of high design. With assistance from Rene and Barbara Stoeltie, David Rocksavage, Jacque Grange, Francois-Marie Banier and Stephen Sills, Flach’s film gives life to Madeleine's extraordinary decorative style and creative spirit.

Weaving contemporary interviews with rare footage by David Rocksavage, the film provides an insider’s look at the world of Madeleine Castaing. Among the scenes are conversations and interviews filmed in Castaing’s country home in Lèves, as well as in her Paris residence and shop on Rue Jacob. The film is a visual treasure of Napoleon III antiques, fabrics, architecture, art and classic European style.

Madeline Castaing celebrates Castaing’s neoclassical taste in d�cor and her glamorous appearance even into her 90s. The film brings life to the legendary woman equally known for her bright red lipstick, pageboy wig and long false eyelashes as for reintroducing the taste for Napoleon III furnishings and 18th century English furniture to collectors of art and design.

About Madeleine Castaing - Madeleine Castaing (1894-1992) was a prominent antiquaire and interior decorator in Paris for more than fifty years. She and her husband Marcellin were key members of the artistic community of Montparnasse in the 1920s and 30s,and became intimate friends with writers, musicians and artists. Among those artists Castaing was closest to were Andr� Derain, Fernand L�ger, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani and especially Chaim Soutine. Soutine was a frequent houseguest at the Castaing country home. Soutine’s 1929 portrait of Madeleine is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.

About Christopher Flach – A New York City native, Flach earned a BFA before beginning his career as a photographer. He spent his early years studying with Ansel Adams and Yousuf Karsh in Yosemite, California and later worked with Mary Ellen Mark. He has produced many short, experimental films that have been screened at several international and local film festivals. Madeleine Castaing is his first documentary project.