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A collection of French film reviews

Our President, Ary, has collated a number of French film reviews. All AFCC members can borrow these French movies from our Médiathèque.

Follow the links to explore:

Adele Blanc Sec                               http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179025/reviews

(Les aventures extraordinaires d’Adele Blanc-Sec)

 

Another woman’life                             http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1817191/

(La vie d’une autre)

 

Beautiful Lies                                      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1529569/

(De vrais mensonges)

 

Café de Flore                                       http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1550312/

 

Change of Plans                                  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1193088/

(Le code a changé

 

Chaos                                                  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265116/

 

Dans Paris                                           http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0769508/

 

Gainsbourg                                          http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1329457/

 

Happiness never comes alone (Eng)   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1872880/

 

Un bonheur jamais arrives seule (Fr)   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1872880/

 

Heartbreaker                                        http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1465487/

(L’arnacoeur)

 

Hunting and Gathering                        http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0792965/

(Ensemble c’est tout)

 

Le chef                                                http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1911553/

(Comme un chef)

 

L’élégant criminel                                http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lelegant_criminel/

 

Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Polain     http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/

 

Love crime                                          http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1459012/

(Crime d’amour)

 

Marie-Jo and her two loves                 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293401/

(Marie Jo et ses deux amours)

 

Monsieur Batignole                             http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0291400/

 

My afternoons with Margueritte          http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0291400/

(La tête en friche)

 

My mother’s castle                               http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099266/

(Le chateau de ma mère)

 

Outside the Law                                  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099266/

(Hors la loi)

 

Paris je t’aime                                      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401711/

 

Priceless                                              http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482088/

(Hors de prix)

 

Romantics Anonymous                       http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1565958/

(Les émotifs anonymes)

 

Rust and Bone                                     http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2053425/

(De rouille et d’os)

 

Summer Hours                                    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0836700/

(L’heure d’été)

 

Tell No-one                                         http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362225/

(Ne le dis à personne)

 

The Concert                                        http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320082/

(Le concert)

 

The Perfect Date                                 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560993/

(L’amour c’est mieux à deux)

 

The Singer                                           http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464828/

(Quand j’étais Chanteur)

 

The story of my life                             http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383025/

(Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités)

 

The women on the sixth Floor http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1805297/

(Les femmes du 6e étage)

 

Therèse Desqueyroux                         http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1654829/

 

 

French film night ‘The Intouchables’: Nov 22, 2013

Alliance Francaise CC will be holding another French film night this month.

The Intouchables is a 2011 French comedy-drama film directed by  Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano. It stars Francois Cluzet and Omar Sy.

After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the poor suburbs to be his caretaker.

  • Movie: The Intouchables
  • Date: Friday Nov 22, 2013
  • Time: 6:45 for 7:00pm start
  • Location: The Hub Youth Entertainment Venue, Erina (next to the library at Erina Fair shopping centre)
  • Cost: Only $2 for entry
  • Food/drink: AFCC will provide a light supper and tea/coffee
  • Open to all: members, friends and the public


Intouchables est un film français réalisé par Olivier Nakache et Éric Toledano, sorti en France le 2 novembre 2011.

L’histoire est inspirée de la vie de Philippe Pozzo di Borgo (auteur du livre Le Second Souffle), tétraplégique depuis 1993, et de sa relation avec Abdel Yasmin Sellou, son aide à domicile, dont les rôles sont tenus respectivement par les acteurs François Cluzet et Omar Sy. Le générique de fin indique que 5 % des bénéfices réalisés par le film sont reversés à une association pour les personnes paralysées, “Simon de Cyrène”1, fondée par Laurent de Cherisey.

French film night ‘Romantics Anonymous’: June 14, 2013

Alliance Francaise CC will be holding another French film night next month.

  • Movie: Romantics Anonymous
  • Date: Friday June 14, 2013
  • Time: 6:45 for 7:00pm start
  • Location: The Hub Youth Entertainment Venue, Erina (next to the library at Erina Fair shopping centre)
  • Cost: Only $2 for entry
  • Food/drink: AFCC will provide a light supper and tea/coffee
  • Open to all: members, friends, lovers and the public