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Alliance Francaise French Film Festival

 

The 2010

Alliance Française French Film Festival

IS COMING!



This year the Festival will be celebrating its 21st year, and will be even
bigger than last year, as we will be screening 43 movies!


The Festival will be held between the 17th and 31st of March 2010.
It will show various type of movies to suit everyone, including four movies for children .


Alliance Française would like to thank our local and national sponsors.



(click on the picture to see the official AFFFF website)

Tickets will be on sale online starting February 2010 on the Palace Cinema's website.
Buy your tickets here.

Download the program of the festival here
Download the AFFFF ticketing information and festival conditions here
For more information about the movies click here


There will be plenty of events during these 15 days:

Opening Night Party

Showcase Events

Closing Night Event


We also offer movies for children with special screening for classes


EXTRA SCREENING - The True Story Of The Puss'n'Boots
Wednesday March 31, 5pm Palace Centro

 



Opening Night Party


Wednesday,
March 17th

6:30
at the Palace Centro Cinema

All tickets: $50 (inc. GST) includes drink on arrival, opening night film and a party with French touch: canapés from Belle Epoque Restaurant, French wine from "Louis bouillot", live music with "Mzaza" and spectacular visual entertainment


We offer you to WIN 1 PRIVATE TUITION AT THE ALLIANCE FRANCAISE AND 4 FRENCH ENTERTAINMENT PACKAGES by filling in a quizz on the flyer that you will find in you show bag!



This year the Festival will open on the Wednesday 17th
of  March with  the screening of
Micmacs  (Micmacs à
tire-larigot
) followed by a gala party at the Palace Centro
Cinema.


Micmacs

Micmacs is a French comedy directed by Jean-Pierre  Jeunet (Amelie, Alien Resurrection, A Very Long Engagement, Delicatessen...), staring Dany Boon (Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis) and André Dussolier (36 Quai des Orfèvres).

Synopsis:

Basil, an unlucky man who accidentally receive a lost bullet in his forehead, but somehow manage to stay alive, decides to take revenge. He and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers, and in the process find answers to such questions as: Are zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes? Can you get drunk from eating waffles? What's the human cannonball world record? Can a woman fit inside a refrigerator? Is it better to live with a bullet lodged in your brain, or have it removed?

See trailer here

 


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 Movies for Children

 

Trouble at Timpeltill

(Les enfants de Timpelbach)

Screening: Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st
Audience: children from 8 years old
Director: Nicolas Bary
Actors: Raphaël Katz, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léo Legrand, Gérard Depardieu, Carole Bouquet, Armelle … Genres: Fiction
Subgenres: Children's films, Adventure
Production language: French
Nationality: Majority French (France, Belgium, Luxembourg)
French release : 12/17/08
Runtime: 1h 35mn

Official website
See Trailer here

Alliance Française will provide pedagogical resources for this movie



Synopsis:

In the village of Timpeltill, the children pass their t ime
playing pranks on others and resist every kind of authority.
At the end of their rope, the parents decide to leave the village... for what they think will be a day.
A village with no parents! It's not bad news for everyone. Two gangs of children then confront each other,
each determined to be the sole gang to control the place.

 

Little Nicholas

(Le petit Nicolas)

Screening: Tuesday 23rd of March and  Wed 24 th
Audience: Children from 10 years old Director: Laurent Tirard
Actors: Valérie Lemercier, Kad Merad, Sandrine Kiberlain, François-Xavier Demaison, Anémone , Daniel Prévost, Michel Duchaussoy, Michel Galabru, Louise Bourgoin…
Genres: Fiction
Subgenres: Comedy
Production language: French
Nationality: Majority French (France, Belgium) French release: 9/30/09
Runtime: 1h 30mn

Website (French)
See Trailer here

Pedagogical resources available on the official website



Synopsis:
Nicolas leads a peaceful existence. His parents love him,
he's got a gang of great friends with whom he has a
lot of fun, and he has no desire that anything should change...
But one day, Nicolas overhears a conversation between his
parents that leads him to believe that his mother is pregnant.
He panics and imagines the worst: soon a little brother will be there who will take up so much space that his parents will no longer have time to take care of him. They'll even go so far as to abandon him in the woods like Tom Thumb...

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Lucky Luke

Screening:  Saturday 27 March & Sunday 28 March
Audience: teenagers
Director: James Huth
Cast: Melvil Poupaud (Jesse James), Jean Dujardin (Lucky Luke), Sylvie Testud (Calamity Jane), Alexandra Lamy (Belle), Michaël Youn (Billy The Kid), Daniel Prévost (Pat Poker), Bruno Salomone (Jolly Jumper)
Country: France / Argentina
Language: French
Runtime: 104

Website (French)
Trailer (French)



Synopsis:
The man who can shoot faster than his shadow,
Lucky Luke is charged with restoring order to Daisy Town,
the place where he was born. Once a law-abiding community,
Daisy Town is now ruled by bandits and sharpshooters,
like Pat Poker, Billy the Kid, Calamity Jane and Jesse James.
Lucky Luke hasn’t yet killed a man but how can he bring justice to his home town and protect Belle, the saloon singer he has fallen for, without giving his enemies a taste of lead?


The True Story of the Puss'n'Boots

(La veritable histoire du chat botté)


NEW EXTRA SCREENING ADDED - WEDNESDAY 31 MARCH AT 5pm, PALACE CENTRO CINEMA


Screening:  Wednesday 31 March
Director: Jerome Deschamps, Pascal Herold
Cast: Jerome Deschamps, Yolande Moreau, Louise Wallon, Arthur Deschamps
Release Year: 1 April 2009
Runtime: 80’
Genre: comedie, animated movie



Website

See Trailer Here


Alliance Française will provide pedagogical resources for this movie


Synopsis:
A free adaptation of Charles Perrault's famous Puss'n Boots,
"The True Story of Puss'n Boots" is a story for young and old for the first time on cinema screens. After the death of his father, Little Pierre, a young miller, inherits a strange cat who talks like a human and seems endowed with magical powers thanks to nice boots... With tricks and humor, the cat helps him to conquer the heart of the Princess and to marry her, she whose only love is for dancing. Other vile characters wish  to marry the princess as well and will try anything they can to prevent the wedding…

 

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Showcase Events

During four specially selected screenings, the audience will be able to enjoy a glass of French wine before taking part of French culture.

All tickets are $25 (inc. GST), including the glass of wine on arrival

 

 You'll Miss Me

(Je vais te manquer)

Wednesday March 24th
6:45pm at the Palace Centro Cinema 



Director: Amanda Sthers
Cast: Carole Bouquet – P.Arditi – A.Marivin –
P.Mille – Mélanie Thierry – C.Cassel
Running time: 95min
Genre: drama

Synopsis:
Will Oliver miss out on love or will Lila miss her plane?
Will Julia escape death or will Marcel fail to live life?
Will Fanny lack courage or will Max miss his chance?
In an airport bustling with life, the destinies of six
people will bump into each other, intertwine, separate
and come together in the duration of a moment.

See trailer here (french)



 

The Army of Crime

( L'armée du crime)

Monday March 22nd
8:30pm at the Palace Barracks Cinema


Director: Robert Guédiguian
Cast:  V.Ledoyen - R.Stevenin - JP Daroussin
– S.Abkarian
Running Time: 133min
Genre: drama/ war

Synopsis:
The poet Missak Manouchian leads a mixed bag of youngsters and immigrants in a clandestine battle against the Nazi occupation. Twenty-two men and one woman fighting for an ideal and for freedom. News of their daring attacks, including the assassination of an SS general, eventually reaches Berlin.

Website
See trailer here

 


Queen to Play

(Joueuse)

Thursday March 25th
6:30pm at the Palace Barracks Cinema


Director: Caroline Bottaro
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire – Kevin Kline – Valérie Lagrange
Running time: 97min

See trailer here


Synopsis:
Middle-aged chambermaid Hélène's newfound obsession
with the game of chess leads her to seek the tutelage of a
reclusive American expat, transforming both of their ho-hum lives in the process

 

 


 

Change of Plans

(Le code a changé)

Monday March 29th
6:45pm at the Palace Centro Cinema


Director: Daniele Thompson
Cast: K.Viard – M. Fois – E.Seigner – M.Hands – D.Boon – P.Bruel – P.Arditti – P.Chesnay – C.Thompson
Running time: 100min
French Release: 2/18/2008
Nationality: French
Genre: comedy

See trailer here (french)



Synopsis:

At a dinner party, appearances rule. People get dressed up,
they laugh, tell tales, show off, share memories and plans. Anxiety is
hidden behind humor and sorrows smothered by bursts of laughter.
And so, for a few hours, they believe it all! That's the main thing.
So long as they follow the right rules of conduct and respect one another, chances are they'll have an enjoyable evening full of cordiality and hypocrisy. But the masks will fall as soon as everyone heads for home.

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Closing Night Event

Wedneday March 31st
7:30 at Palace Centro Cinema


All tickets: $25 (inc. GST)

This year the closing night will be a  Serge Gainsbourg themed evening.
starting with coktails by Cointreau at 7:30 on Wednesday March 31st at Palace Centro Cinema, followed by the screening of "Serge Gainsbourg" at 8:00pm.


Serge Gainsbourg (Vie Héroïque)

Director: Serge Gainsbourg
Cast: Eric Elmosnino – Laetitia Casta – Anna Mouglalis – Mylène Jampanoï – Y.Moreau – S.Forestier – P.Katerine
Running time: 110 min
Genre: drama

Trailer
Official Website (French)



Synopsis:

The film is about the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful international songwriting years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.

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For more information about the movies consult the AF Frenc h Film Festival website here

 


 

 

 
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