Happiness Never Comes Alone (Un Bonheur N’arrive Jamais Seul)   by James HUTH Synopsis This 2012 Romantic Comedy French film is about Sacha Keller(Gad Elmaleh), who is only interested in one night stands and young women, and has a phobia of children. That is until he meets Charlotte(Sophie Marceau), the divorced mother-of-three, ex-wife of one his employer’s powerful clients. Plot: …

CINECLUB ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (2014) [Au bord du monde]   by Claus DREXEL   Paris by night. This is where Jeni, Wenceslas, Christine, Pascal and the others live. Homeless, they haunt sidewalks, bridges and subway corridors, on the edge of a world where society no longer protects them. They face us, they talk to us through a …

    Fantastic Five International Film Festival – French Films Day – 5   Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis (Welcome to the Sticks ) by Dany Boon   Synopsis Welcome to the Sticks (Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis )  is a 2008 French comedy film directed and co-written by Dany Boon and starring Kad Merad and Boon himself. Dany Boon wrote, directed and costars in this rousing rural comedy about a man …

  Fantastic Five International Film Festival – French Films Day – 4 La Graine et le Mulet (The Secret of the Grain)  by Abdellatif Kechiche    Synopsis The Secret of the Grain ( La graine et le mulet, also released internationally as Couscous) is a 2007 Franco-Tunisian drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. The film stars Habib Boufares as an aging immigrant from the Maghreb whose ambition to establish a successful …

  VATEL By Roland Joffé   Synopsis:   Vatel is a 2000 historical drama film directed by Roland Joffé, written by Jeanne Labrune and starring Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Timothy Spall, Julian Glover and Julian Sands. The film, based on the life of 17th-century French chef François Vatel, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Set Decoration. The film opened the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.   Plot The story takes place in …

    Manon des sources (Manon of the  Spring) by Claude Berri Manon des Sources  meaning Manon of the Spring is a 1986 French language film. Directed by Claude Berri, it is the second of two films adapted from the 1966 two-volume novel by Marcel Pagnol, who wrote it based on his own earlier film of the same title. It is the sequel to Jean de …

  These are the 5 films chosen for the French Film week at Ravindra Bharathi. La môme —  Monday  16th  July Manon des sources — Tuesday 17th July Vatel —  Wednesday  18th July La graine et le Mulet —  Thursday  19th July Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis — Friday 20th July  

  LA MȎME (LA VIE EN ROSE) by Olivier DAHAN La Vie en Rose (La Môme) is a 2007 French biographical musical film about the life of French singer Édith Piaf. The film was co-written and directed by Olivier Dahan, and starred Marion Cotillard as Piaf. The US and UK title La Vie en Rose comes from Piaf’s signature song. Marion Cotillard portrays Piaf, the superstar once raised by her grandmother …

CINECLUB 3 Coeurs (2014) by Benoit JACQUOT Marc misses his train to return to Paris, in a small provincial station. He asks a young woman in a coffee shop for advise to find a hotel. Sharing secrets and jokes, both spend the night wandering the streets. They set up an appointment at the Tuileries Garden in Paris, the following Friday, …

    A maiden solo Art Exhibition by Ms. Vasudha Muralikrishna of Campus France India, will be going on from Friday, 29th June to Sunday 15 July at  Alliance Française Gallery, Banjara Hills,  from 9.30am to 8pm.  Open on all days.  About the Artist Vasudha is a contemporary realist who embraces abstract forms of art through her simplicity – simplicity …