by MerciSF | 22-12-2019 | Agenda, See All, Theater Carmina TheaterFrench artist in San FranciscoIn French with English subtitles
This fall, San Francisco audiences discovered brand new company Carmina Theater with “God of Carnage” by Yasmina Reza, directed by Pascale Couderc. In February 2020, Carmina returns with “Fear” by Élodie Menant, a play originated at the 2014 Avignon theater festival,... 
by Anne Marie | 5-10-2019 | Agenda, Movie, See All Agnes VardaDocumentaryFilms in FrenchIn French with English subtitlesLandmark Theatres
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 | 5-10-2019 | Agenda, Movie, See All French cinemaIn French with English subtitlesLes MisérablesMVFF42
In this explosive debut, race and class tensions come to a head when a trio of police officers in the poverty-stricken Parisian suburb of Montfermeil are tasked with returning a kidnapped lion cub to its rightful owner. This powerfully cinematic crime drama uses the... 
by Anne Marie | 12-09-2019 | Agenda, Movie, See All French cinemaIn French with English subtitlesJane BirkinSerge Gainsbourg
The petite waitress Johnny (Jane Birkin) works and lives in a truck-stop, where she’s lonely and longs for love. She develops a crush on the garbage truck driver Krassky, although her sleazy boss Boris warns her that he’s gay. Maybe because of her boyish... 
by Anne Marie | 18-07-2019 | Agenda, Movie, See All Alliance Française de San FranciscoFilms in FrenchIn French with English subtitlesThe White KnightsVincent Lindon
A NGO is planning to exfiltrate 300 orphans victims of Chadian civil war and bring them to French adoption applicants. Immersed in the brutal reality of a country at war, the NGO members are faced with the limits of humanitarian intervention. Merci Alliance Française... 
by Sabrina | 15-05-2019 | Agenda, Music, See All, Theater FaustFaust by GounodIn French with English subtitlesRoyal Opera HouseSan RafaelSmith Rafael Film Center
Bargaining with the Devil rarely ends well, but it’s certainly one hell of a ride! The classic struggle between good and evil, love and temptation, ambition and integrity gets the Royal Opera treatment in this handsome production studded with breathtaking...
