by Anne Marie | Oct 5, 2019 | Agenda, Going Out, Movie Agnes VardaDocumentaryFilms in FrenchIn French with English subtitles
Women’s bodies and fertility are the themes that knit together multidisciplinary artist Prune Nourry’s work in a career that has traversed the globe with sculptural installations, solo shows, and performances. After a breast cancer diagnosis, Nourry’s themes remain,...
by Anne Marie | Oct 5, 2019 | Agenda, Going Out, Movie Films in FrenchFrançois OzonFrench cinemaFrench movies with subtitlesGrace à DieuMVFF42
The movie Grace to God is based on real facts; the case of Father Preynat de Lyon judged in July 2019. Alexandre lives in Lyon with his wife and children. One day, he discovered by chance that the priest who abused him at the scouts keeps on working with children. He...
by Anne Marie | Oct 3, 2019 | Agenda, Going Out, Movie Films in FrenchFrench cinemaRoxie Theater
MONELLE (1948) stars the incomparable Louis Jouvet and incandescent Dany Robin in a bittersweet story of music and misplaced love. A beautiful young piano prodigy (Robin) is on her way to success in the hands of her mentor (Jouvet). Everything goes well until some...
by Anne Marie | Oct 3, 2019 | Agenda, Going Out Films in FrenchFrench cinemaRoxie Theater
SHADOW AND LIGHT (1951) is a tense tale of love, betrayal and Tchaikovksy, played out in a love triangle populated by two half-sisters (Simone Signoret and Maria Casares). Filled with atmospheric imagery, tensely choreographed exchanges, and suspenseful flashbacks,...
by Anne Marie | Sep 30, 2019 | Agenda, Going Out, Movie Agnes VardaFilms in FrenchFrench movies with subtitles
Agnès Varda, photographer, installation artist and pioneer of the Nouvelle Vague, is an institution of French cinema. Taking a seat on a theatre stage, she uses photos and film excerpts to provide an insight into her unorthodox oeuvre. Sunday Oct 6 – 6:00pm Lark...
by Anne Marie | Sep 30, 2019 | Agenda, Going Out, Movie AnimationEléa Gobbé-MevellecFestival de Cannes 2019Films in FrenchMVFF42PodcastYasmina KhadraZabou Breitman
We have been lucky enough to meet with reknowned French actress and movie director Zabou Breitman while she came to talk about her last project The Swallows of Kabul in Thêatre du Lycée Français early 2019. Coming from the traditional movie industry, she asked Eléa...
by Anne Marie | Sep 28, 2019 | Agenda, Going Out, Movie, News FilmsFilms in FrenchMovie festMVFF42Smith Rafael Film Center
The Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF42), presented by the California Film Institute, announced the set of films selected for the 42nd edition of the Festival, returning to Marin County October 3-13, 2019. The Festival will present acclaimed films from the 2019 Cannes...
by Anne Marie | Sep 12, 2019 | Agenda, Going Out, Movie DocumentaryFilms in FrenchThomas Pesquet
16 Sunrises (16 levers de soleil) follows the six months journey of French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and his fellow astronauts in their lives on the International Space Station, 450 kilometers from Earth. As the space station revolves, they experience 16 sunrises each...
