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Dec 16 7:00 PM

21 attended (est.) – 4.50 4.502

L'ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DALLAS PRESENTE LE FILM DU MOIS DE DECEMBRE

LES TRIPLETTES DE BELLEVILLE

The Great Animation Cult Classic

De : Sylvain CHOMET
Avec : Béatrice Bonifassi, Lina Boudreau, Michèle Caucheteux
Animation - Couleur - France – 2003 - 80 mn
In French (English caption)
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Synopsis in English:
Madame Souza raises her grandson Champion and tries to make him happier with a baby dog, Bruno. However, the boy remains sad, and the grandmother gives a tricycle for him. The boy gets excited with the gift, and trained by Madame Souza along the years, he finally competes the Tour de France. When Champion is kidnapped by two MIBs from the French mafia, Madame Souza and Bruno travel to Belleville to rescue him, with the support of the elder singers, the Belleville Sisters.


Synopsis in French:
Madame de Souza offre un jour un vélo à son neveu qu’elle a recueilli. Elle décide de l’entraîner pour en faire un champion. Mais celui-ci, repéré pour ses qualités de vainqueur, va être la proie de la " mafia française " qui l’enlève pour l’envoyer faire des courses virtuelles aux enjeux monétaires dans des casinos clandestins. La tante ne va pas laisser faire et part à la recherche de son neveu. Accompagné de trois vieilles dames, les Triplettes, elle bravera tous les dangers dans Belleville pour récupérer le garçon.

AF Dallas Website

McKinney Avenue Contemporary
Dallas, TX, 75204

21 Yes
7 Maybe

Nov 21 2:00 PM

14 attended (est.) – 5.00 5.001

L'ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DALLAS PRESENTE LE FILM DU MOIS

CAMILLE CLAUDEL


De : Bruno Nuytten
Avec : Isabelle Adjani et Gerard Depardieu
Long métrage - Couleur - France – 1989 - 158 mn
In French (English caption)

Synopsis in English
Biography of Camille Claudel. Sister of writer Paul Claudel, her enthusiasm impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and for Rodin. She also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow... Old woman Berthe leaves her house to live in her daugter Emilie's one. Emilie and her brother Antoine have fallen out three years ago and have not seen each other since, but Emilie invites him for Christmas. Memories will come up, and will be depicted both Berthe's destiny and the strange relationship between Emilie and Antoine.


Synopsis in French
Camille Claudel voue ses jours et ses nuits à sa passion, la sculpture. Soutenue par son père et son frère Paul, elle rêve d'entrer dans l'atelier du grand maître Auguste Rodin. Après lui avoir démontré son talent et sa détermination à travailler avec lui, elle est engagée comme apprentie avec son amie Jessie. Camille tombe rapidement éperdument amoureuse du maître. Elle devient sa maîtresse et son égérie...


More information AF Dallas Website

McKinney Avenue Contemporary
Dallas, TX, 75204

14 Yes
7 Maybe

Oct 28 7:00 PM

25 attended (est.) – 4.00 4.003

L'ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DALLAS presents the Movie of the Month


MA SAISON PREFEREE[/b]

De: Andre Techine
Avec : Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil et Marthe Villalonga
Long métrage - Couleur - France – 1993 - 122 mn
In French (English caption)

Synopsis in English
Old woman Berthe leaves her house to live in her daugter Emilie's one. Emilie and her brother Antoine have fallen out three years ago and have not seen each other since, but Emilie invites him for Christmas. Memories will come up, and will be depicted both Berthe's destiny and the strange relationship between Emilie and Antoine.

Synopsis in French
Berthe vient passer quelque temps chez sa fille Emilie. Sans grand enthousiasme. Elle n'apprécie pas son gendre outre mesure, et trouve prétentieuse la maison de ce couple de notaires. Emilie invite son frère Antoine pour Noël, rompant un silence de trois ans entre eux. Antoine, spécialiste du cerveau, célibataire désinvolte et un peu porté sur la bouteille, ne manque pas, au soir du réveillon, de se disputer avec son beau-frère, alors que Berthe souhaite évoquer en famille la question de sa succession

AF Dallas website

McKinney Avenue Contemporary
Dallas, TX, 75204

25 Yes
18 Maybe

Sep 30 7:00 PM

34 attended (est.) – 4.50 4.504

L'ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DALLAS PRESENTE LE FILM DU MOIS:

COMME UNE IMAGE (Look at me)

De : Agnes Jaoui
Avec : Jean-Pierre Bacri, Marilou Berry & Agnes Jaoui
Long métrage - Couleur - France – 2004 - 110 mn
In French (English caption) - Rated: PG-13

Synopsis in English
A talented woman struggles to get out from under the shadow of her father in this comedy. Lolita is the 20-year-old daughter of Étienne Cassard, a wealthy and well-known editor and writer, and most of the people she meets seem to be more interested in her dad than in her; her zaftig figure doesn't help her self-esteem much, either.ious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.

Synopsis in French
Lolita Cassard, vingt ans, en veut au monde entier, parce qu'elle ne ressemble pas aux filles des magazines, et aimerait tellement se trouver belle, au moins dans le regard de son père, trouver son regard tout simplement.

McKinney Avenue Contemporary
Dallas, TX, 75204

34 Yes
10 Maybe

Aug 26 7:00 PM

37 attended (est.) – 4.50 4.504

L'ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DALLAS presents THE MOVIE OF THE MONTH

AVENUE MONTAIGNE
De : Daniele Thompson
Avec : Cecile de France, Albert Dupontel & Claude Brasseur

France – 2006 - 1h40
In French (English caption) - Rated: R

Synopsis in English
A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.


Synopsis in French
Une actrice populaire mais rêvant de cinéma intimiste, un pianiste surdoué qui rêve de jouer devant un public ignorant et naïf, un collectionneur qui vend en un soir toute l'oeuvre de sa vie, une jeune provinciale qui tente sa chance à Paris, car sa grand mère lui a dit : "je n'avais pas les moyens de vivre dans le luxe, alors j'ai décidé d'y travailler."
Tous ces personnages et leurs compagnons vont se croiser et se retrouver le temps d'une soirée au Café des Théâtres, où ils viendront soigner leur névrose devant un café ou un "tartare frites".

For more info: AF Website

McKinney Avenue Contemporary
Dallas, TX, 75204

37 Yes
11 Maybe

Jun 27 4:00 PM

30 attended (est.) – 4.00 4.005

L'ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DALLAS presents THE MOVIE OF THE MONTH

DANS PARIS
De : Christophe Honore
Avec : Romain Duris, Louis Garrel & Guy Marchand

France – 2006 - 1h30
In French (English caption) - Rated: R


Synopsis in English
Anna has just left Paul who, annihilated by the separation, moves back with his father in Paris. His younger brother Jonathan, a casual student, still lives in his father's apartment and spends most of his time womanizing and fooling around. But what this apparent lightness conceals is a deep wound. Jonathan, in fact, has never been able to overcome the death of his beloved sister. Meanwhile Paul sinks into depression...

Synopsis in French
Guillaume et Jonathan sont frères. Le film suit leurs mésaventures sentimentales pendant les fêtes de Noël, et dessine ainsi le portrait d'une famille dont la devise serait "Prend la peine d'ignorer la tristesse des tiens".

McKinney Avenue Contemporary
Dallas, TX, 75204

30 Yes
5 Maybe

May 21 7:00 PM

11 attended (est.) – 4.00 4.001

THE ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DALLAS presents the first French Festival of short films in the Metroplex during four days.

On Thursday May 21st, 2009, the following short films will be screened:

1. Le Mozart des pickpockets – The Mozart of pickpockets
De Philippe Pollet-Villard – 30 mn

Philip and Richard live in a petty theft Barbès. They are responsible for a Romanian child, deaf and dumb.
After trying to get rid of them, they attempt to "work". Despite the language barrier, the child eventually finds its own way to thief.


2. Bonne Nuit Malik – Good Night Malik
De Bruno Danan - 15mn

Malik shares the same room as his little brother Bilal. Both seem worried because of their new work: Malik is on trial for a night job, Bilal has to write a poem for school. Portrait of two brothers…

3. Même les Pigeons vont au Paradis – Even the Pigeons go to Heaven
De Samuel Tourneux - 8mn40

A priest conducts a frenzied chase to save a soul in peril.

4. Heureux qui comme Edouard –
De Vincent Burgevin et Frank Lebon – 21mn 15s

Edouard, a young ambitious part, comes from being engaged by the multinational Crésus Inc, modern temple of the profit. He will become the new star of growth at all costs, and lead a choir absurd union, shareholders and owners until the great climax mélodie libérale.

5. Magic Paris
De Alice Winocour - 20mn

Kate is alone in Paris for the weekend. In this unfamiliar city, she is going to meet a man and his dog.

For the screening scheduled on May 22nd, 23rd and 24th, please visit AF website

Exceptionnally, this French Movie of the Month Meet up won't be free.
$7: General Admission
$5: AF Members

Cost: $7.00

McKinney Avenue Contemporary
Dallas, TX, 75204

10 Yes
8 Maybe

Apr 30 7:00 PM

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L'homme du train

De : Patrice Leconte
Avec : Johnny Hallyday, Jean Rochefort
Long métrage - Couleur - France – 2002 - 1h30

In French (English caption) - Rated: R

At a deserted train station, a teacher and a gangster meet and realize that each might have been better suited to the other man's way of life. As a friendship of sorts develops between these opposite personalities, each starts to envy the other and by the week's end, everything will change for both of them.

Alliance Francaise Website

Only members of this Group can view the location for this Meetup

8 Yes
0 Maybe

Apr 9 7:00 PM

25 attended (est.) – 4.50 4.505

L'ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE DALLAS PRESENTE

MA FEMME EST UNE ACTRICE (my wife is an actress)

De : Yvan Attal
Avec : Yvan Attal et Charlotte Gainsbourg
Long métrage - Couleur - France – 2001 - 1h30
In French (English caption) - Rated: R


Synopsis in English
Yvan, a young sports writer, is married to one who is very well known - Charlotte. They try to live a normal life, but her fame makes it difficult - autograph hunters interrupt their dinners, cops about to serve traffic summonses let them off with a warning and a smile when they recognize her, and impossible-to-get restaurant reservations magically appear when Charlotte makes the calls instead of Yvan. All this threatens and challenges his male ego, but Yvan is able to take her stardom in stride. Until, that is, a man at a bar asks him if he gets jealous watching his wife make love in the nude to another man on screen. It has never seriously bothered him before, but the stranger sows the first seed of doubt in his head...


Synopsis in French
Yvan est journaliste sportif et sa femme Charlotte comédienne. Lorsque l’un de ses amis fait remarquer à Yvan que vivre avec une actrice revient à partager la vie d’une femme que les spectateurs déshabillent du regard et que des comédiens embrassent, voire plus, le jeune homme se met à douter !
Au cours d’un tournage à Londres, Charlotte tombe sous le charme de John, son partenaire, tandis qu’Yvan, au lieu de se morfondre, suit des cours de théâtre à Paris. Le jeune homme tente de percer le mystère des comédiens et de leur « fonctionnement ». C’est là qu’il rencontre Géraldine, une jeune comédienne plutôt à son goût...

Alliance Francaise de Dallas Website:

McKinney Avenue Contemporary
Dallas, TX, 75204

22 Yes
4 Maybe

Mar 14 2:00 PM

21 attended (est.) – 3.50 3.503

Alliance Francaise de Dallas Presents the Movie of the Month

LA FILLE SUR LE PONT
De : Patrice Leconte
Avec : Vanessa Paradis, Daniel Auteuil
Romance - France – 1999 - 1h30

In French (English caption) - Rated: R

Daniel Auteuil and Vanessa Paradis charm in this funny and intriguing twist on Boy Meets Girl. A beautiful waif is prepared to leap to her death in the Seine but is rescued from her grim fate by a raffish carnival knife thrower.

For more information, please visit
Alliance Francaise de Dallas

McKinney Avenue Contemporary
Dallas, TX, 75204

19 Yes
3 Maybe

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