Our programme on the 7th of April 2013

Special programme: The Alliance Française French Film Festival 2013 (part 2)

Interview: Maud Ceuterick
Maud is from Belgian and she’s studying cinema at the University of Otago. She tells us her experience with the Alliance Française French Film Festival and she talks about her thesis on women who traveling in the movies.
Two movies recommended by Maud:
La Double vie de Véronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
Eldorado (Bouli Lanners)

Movies Reviews :

• Renoir : The Côte d’Azur. 1915. In his twilight years, Pierre-Auguste Renoir is tormented by the loss of his wife, the pains of arthritic old age and the terrible news that his son Jean has been wounded in action...

• Haute cuisine (les saveurs du palais) : The opening night film of the festival. A story about Hortense Laborie, a renowned chef from Perigord, who worked for the president of the French republic.

• Paris- Manhattan : The eternal wisdom of Woody Allen informs Paris-Manhattan debut writer/director Sophie Lellouche’s delicious and charming romantic comedy about a young woman whose choices in life and love are shaped by the philosophies of her favorite filmmaker.

• The Man Who Laughs (l’homme qui rit) : Gwynplaine has a scar on his face, giving him a kind of permanent smile. Abandoned by the Comprachicos, who had kidnapped and slashed his face a few years earlier, he is taken in by Ursus together with a beautiful blind girl, Déa.

• Astérix et Obélix : In Britain (au service de sa majesté) : The year is 50 B.C. Caesar is hungry for new conquests. At the head of his glorious legions he decides to invade the island that lies at the very edge of the known world, that mysterious land known as Britain...

Music:
Sanseverino – Freddy - from their album: Honky Tonk – Website
Les ogres de Barback – Ara More - from their album: Pitt Ocha et la tisane de couleurs - Website
Riff Cohen – A Paris - from their first album: A Paris – Website
Les Fatals Picards – Moi je vis chez Amélie Poulain - from their album: Pamplemousse Mécanique – Website
Boulevard des airs – Bla bla- from their single: Bla bla - Website

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