CINECLUB Cloclo (2012) by Florent SIRI   A biopic of French pop star Claude Francois, most famous for co-writing the song ‘My Way’. Tracing his life from childhood in Egypt through success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978. It is the tragic fate of an icon of French music who died at the age of 39, …

CINECLUB THE CONNECTION (2014) by Cedric JIMENEZ   In the 1970s, Marseille became the world capital of heroin trafficking. Gaëtan Zampa is one of the most influential members of the French connection, a mafia network that manages it and thrives thanks to this very lucrative business. While he enjoys a luxurious life on the Côte d’Azur, Zampa finds on his …

CINECLUB THE RED CIRCLE (1970) by Jean-Pierre MELVILLE After five years of imprisonment in a penitentiary institution in Marseille, Corey is about to be released. Meanwhile, a thug named Vogel is escorted by Commissioner Mattei from Marseille to Paris by night train. Despite the vigilance of the policeman, Vogel escapes by jumping through the window of the train. At the …

CINECLUB SOLO (2013) by Christophe OFFENSTEIN   Yann Kermadec, ambitious skipper, finally touches his dream. He is allowed to start the Vendée Globe (a sailing race around the world) when his friend Franck Drevil is forced to give up. Everything is going very well: he even manages to reach second place. He is in a good position to win this …

PHOTO EXHIBITION by VIDYASAGAR   Vidyasagar Lakka, is an Alumnus of JNTU fine arts Photography and Hyderabad Central University.  He did a post-graduate diploma in TV Production, and is currently working as a Photo officer at International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) where photography is not just a means of documentation and communication but also a tool …

  CINECLUB ALOUD: THE POWER OF SPEECH (2016) by Stephane DE FREITAS Each year at the University of Saint-Denis is held the contest “Eloquentia”, which aims to elect “the best speaker of the department” (suburbs of Paris). Students from this university, all from different backgrounds, decide to participate and to prepare themselves with professionals (lawyers, directors …) who teach them …

CINECLUB CAMILLE CLAUDEL (1987) by Bruno NUYTTEN Camille Claudel dedicates her days and nights to her passion, sculpture. Supported by her father and brother Paul, she dreams of entering the studio of the great master Auguste Rodin. After showing her talent and determination to work with him, she is accepted as an apprentice with her friend Jessie. Camille quickly falls …

CINECLUB FATIMA (2015) by Philippe FAUCON Fatima is a woman who immigrated from Maghreb and arrived in France in her thirties with her husband. Years later, separated from him, she raises her two daughters, Souad and Nesrine, by doing housework. Fearing that her 15- and 18-year-old girls will experience a frustrating and precarious journey like hers, she tries to help …

  BIBI TANGA & Thakitha – Folk Indian and Tribal African music     Bibi Tanga, a singer/producer from Paris, was looking to incorporate Indian folk and tribal style music into his upcoming production. Bibi flew to India to meet John Anthony, a veteran guitarist/producer and the founder of the band Karnatriix, with the idea of composing a couple of songs …

SEAMLESS CONNECTIONS – SOLO ART SHOW by Sabita LAKSHMANAN   It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ( by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)   Sabita is an an expressionist artist, so boundaries are blurred between the art she creates and the life she lives, so much so she wonders where …