by MerciSF | 9-11-2022 | Agenda, See All, Theater Alliance Française de San FranciscoCompagnie CarminaTheater in French
The Compagnie Carmina returns with a squeaky comedy For No Good Reason (Pour un oui, pour un non) by Nathalie Sarraute. Performed more than 600 times since it was staged in 1986, this play analyses the unspoken aspects of our relationships under the microscope and...
by Anne Marie | 3-11-2019 | Agenda, See All Alliance Française de San FranciscoBeaujolais Nouveaul'Apéro SFLe Marché SF
The tradition is strong! Every year, on the 3rd Thursday of November, this is the release day of Gamay from Beaujolais region in France. L’Apéro, l’Alliance Françise of San Francisco and many French vendors of the Bay have teamed up to bring the tradition...
by Anne Marie | 17-09-2019 | Agenda, See All Alliance Française de San FranciscoAutodesk GalleryFrancophileFrancophoneFundraiser
The Alliance Francaise was founded originally in France in 1883 by prominent French citizens, including Louis Pasteur and Jules Verne, for the propagation of the French language and culture abroad. In 1889, the Alliance Française de San Francisco chapter (AFSF) was...
by Anne Marie | 12-09-2019 | Agenda, Movie, See All Alliance Française de San FranciscoFilms in FrenchYves Saint Laurent movie
The film begins in 1658, when the French actor and playwright returns to Paris with his theatrical troupe to perform in the theatre the king’s brother has given him. Most of the film is in the form of a flashback to 1645. Following an unsuccessful run as a...
by Anne Marie | 20-08-2019 | Agenda, Movie, See All Alliance Française de San FranciscoFilms in FrenchYves Saint Laurent movie
Saint Laurent is a 2014 French biographical drama film co-written and directed by Bertrand Bonello, and starring Gaspard Ulliel as Yves Saint Laurent, Jérémie Renier as Pierre Bergé, and Louis Garrel as Jacques de Bascher. The supporting cast features Léa...
by Anne Marie | 6-08-2019 | Agenda, Movie, See All Alliance Française de San FranciscoFilms in FrenchLambert Wilson
Drama – Emilie Tesson-Hansen is a young and brilliant Human Resources manager, a «killer». Following a suicide of a staff member in her company, an investigation is opened. She finds herself on the front line. She has to face the pressure of the work inspector,...
by Anne Marie | 6-08-2019 | Agenda, Movie, See All Alliance Française de San FranciscoFilms in French
Me, Myself and Mum is a 2013 French autobiographical coming of age comedy written, directed by and starring Guillaume Gallienne. Based on his stage show of the same name, it follows Guillaume as a boy as he develops his own identity and his relationship with his...