Cultural Events

MAYA KAMATY On Tour

MAYA KAMATY On Tour *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* 20th December 2023, 6.30 PM LOCATION : Bahirang – Bharat Bhavan FREE ENTRANCE | Open for all Immerse yourself in the rich créole urban pop through the performance of the great singer Maya Kamaty! Maya Kamaty, a prominent Maloya musician and singer of Indian origin from Reunion Island, the French overseas territory, brings a taste …

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ALL LIVING THINGS – Environmental Film festival 

ALL LIVING THINGS – Environmental Film festival  *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* 2nd December 2023, 5.00pm – 6.30pm LOCATION : B-75 SHAHPURA, BHOPAL FREE ENTRANCE | Open for all* *Limited seats | Registration online   Alliance Française de Bhopal is glad to welcome the All Living Things Environmental Film Festival (ALT EFF) in collaboration with Eklavya! An event to celebrate cinema, art, and community …

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Novembre Numérique 2023

NOVEMBRE NUMERIQUE 2023 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* 16TH NOV – 22ND NOV 2023 LOCATION : B-75 SHAHPURA, BHOPAL FREE ENTRANCE The Alliance Française de Bhopal has the pleasure of welcoming the 2023 edition of #NovembreNumérique ! 🌐 Organised all around the world thanks to the French Institute network and its partners, Novembre Numérique aims to encourage access to all new technologies by promoting the …

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Wall Art Festival #3 with MillerInk in Bhopal

Alliance Française de Bhopal, in partnership with the Department of Culture, Madhya Pradesh and the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board, Embassy of France in India and the French Institute in India, is excited to announce a creative collaboration with Aashti Miller aka Millerink, a Mumbai-based illustrator and graphic designer. Millerink will be creating a mural for the 3rd edition of the …

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GEET – TAAR & TAAL [CONCERT] SAT. 01 APRIL 2023

GEET – TAAR & TAAL *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* 01 APRIL 2023 – GEET – TAAR & TAAL – BHOPAL LOCATION : BHARAT BHAWAN (Antarang) DATE/ TIME : SATURDAY  01/04/2023 – 07.00 PM FREE ENTRANCE Fusion Concert by Nadaka & Co. ‘Musical maestro Nadaka bringing his self-crafted — 24-string acoustic guitar to life, joined by classical musicians Ilyas Khan on Sarangi & Chandrashekar …

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DÉFI INTER ALLIANCES is BACK – Register NOW !

DÉFI INTER ALLIANCES, the quiz contest on French (and francophone) culture that made waves among students of AFs all over the world last year, is back with its third edition. A grand prize of LINGUISTIC STAY in FRANCE 😍 is waiting for the 3 final winners. Attractive prizes to be won at National Round too. You are eligible if you …

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BONJOUR INDIA IS BACK – HERE IS BHOPAL’s PROGRAM !

  With love from France, on the occasion of India’s 75th Independence year ! From March to May, 100+ French cultural events throughout India! France and India enjoy a substantive partnership at the core of which lie its people-to-people relations, nurtured for decades through collaborations and exchanges. One of its manifestations is the regular rendezvous between our two countries, Bonjour …

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Defi Inter-AF

THE 1ST DÉFI INTER-ALLIANCES IS COMING! This year, the Alliance Francaise network in India is participating in a worldwide contest in which the Alliance students of AF from different countries will face each other by answering questions about French culture: art, gastronomy, history, and language. In this first edition, the contest is international, and more than 20 countries participate. It …

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Exhibition – “Food Mythology” by Enora Lanet

Alliance Française de Bhopal, the Indo-French cultural center organized A solo exhibition entitled, “Food Mythology” by French Artist, Enora Lanet. Opening at Alliance Française Gallery.  The French artist Enora Lalet was in Bhopal (MP – India) for nearly 6 weeks for several artistic projects, from 4 February to mid-March 2020. At first, the journey of Enora coincided with the launch …

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Refresh yourself this monsoon!

Kick start your monsoon by learning French with us at Alliance française de Bhopal, central India’s only institute recognized by the French government. Class for adults Evening (starts on 03rd July) Days : Mon, Wed & Fri Time : 6-8 pm    

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Tout ce qui brille / All that Glitters

City: Bhopal Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2012/05/26 – 4:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening by Géraldine Nakache and Hervé Mimran (2010) with Leïla Bekhti, Géraldine Nakache, Audrey Lamy, Virginie Ledoyen (France, 100 mins.) “Tout ce qui Brille” tells the story of two young French women living in an estate near Paris and who try to be a part of the …

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Pursuit of Happiness

City: Bhopal Location: Alliance Française Gallery Date: Fri, 2012/04/13 – 6:00pm – Sat, 2012/04/21 – 6:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Exhibition Duration: On view until 21st April 2012 An Exhibition of Paintings by Bhawana Choudhary “I draw my inspiration from little walks of life. Many a times which go unnoticed. When was last time you noticed stopover in life when a sudden breeze transformed itself …

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Silence from Dark to Light

City: Bhopal Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2012/02/04 – 6:00pm – Sun, 2012/02/12 – 6:00pm Duration: Free and open to all An Exhibition of Paintings by Praveen Kedar     I realize a deep mysterious message of a journey, a journey drenched with patience whenever I descend on the blank surface. It is my interest in a particular notion of cosmic space in which lies individual …

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Cannes in India Film Festival – 9th September 2011

City: Indore Location: University Auditorium, Takshshila Campus, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidhyalaya Date: Fri, 2011/09/09 – 3:30pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Festival Cannes in India Film Festival – 8th to 10 September 2011 Organised in collaboration with the University Cultural Center, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore.        A selection of Indian films which were selected by the Cannes Film Festival. Most of the …

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Pain and pleasure at the court of Versailles by Amarillis

City: Bhopal Location: Ravindra Bhavan Date: Thu, 2013/03/21 -7:00pm – 8:30pm Price: Free Category: Concert   Amarillis is a musical ensemble and currently one of the most original baroque orchestras in Europe. Founded in 1994 and led by its artistic director, Héloïse Gaillard and the harpsichordist Violaine Cochard, Amarillis was soon distinguished by its acoustic exploration, its high instrumental technique and the enthusiastic response of audiences. The Ensemble’s …

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La plume d’Or / The Golden Quill

City: Bhopal and Indore Location: Alliance Française Date: Wed, 2010/03/24 – 4:00pm Price: AF Student Category: Other Duration: 4.00 to 6.00 pm La plume d’Or / The Golden Quill Under the aegis of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, the association “Defense of the French Language” has proposed again this year a grand international competition in French Language. The competition is intended for students of …

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Toi et Moi / You and Me Film

City: Indore Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2010/03/13 – 6:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening You and Me / Toi et moi By Julie Lopes-Curval (France, 2006) with Marion Cotillard and Julie Depardieu (90 mins.) The lovelorn Ariane scripts word balloons for a photo-novella in the magazine “You and Me.” She is accustomed to seeing “l’amour” (love) in her fiction, and …

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Culturetheque

What is Culturethèque? Culturethèque is the digital library of the French cultural network abroad. It allows you to: Catch up on the latest editions of your favorite magazines View concerts and shows Listen to lectures Introduce your kids to French with cultural learning materials Read e-books and comics Take advantage of language-learning materials tailored to your needs How to register? …

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Pain and pleasure at the court of Versailles by Amarillis

City: Bhopal Location: Ravindra Bhavan Date: Thu, 2013/03/21 -7:00pm – 8:30pm Price: Free Category: Concert   Amarillis is a musical ensemble and currently one of the most original baroque orchestras in Europe. Founded in 1994 and led by its artistic director, Héloïse Gaillard and the harpsichordist Violaine Cochard, Amarillis was soon distinguished by its acoustic exploration, its high instrumental technique and the enthusiastic response of audiences. The Ensemble’s …

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Bonjour India “Gangâ” by Brigitte Chataignier

City: Bhopal Location: Ravindra Bhavan Date: Sun, 2013/02/03 -7:00pm – 9:00pm Price: Free Category: Performance   « A choreographic piece uniting poetry, music and dance » “Ganga. An immense river, mythical, open to all whispers, all echoes. A matrix-river, a river of memories. The body undulates, becomes water, and creates a circulation of gestures. Then stops, disappears, before playing with signs and being filled with expressions” Through …

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Rapt by Lucas Belvaux

City: Bhopal Location: Alliance Française de Bhopal Date: Sat, 2013/01/19 – 4:30pm Price: free Category: Film screening Duration: 125 minutes   Rapt is a 2009 French dramatic film directed by Lucas Belvaux and starring Yvan Attal. It was nominated for 4 César Awards in 2010, including Best Film. It was released in France on November 18, 2009. Attal plays a wealthy and high-profile businessman who is kidnapped and held for ransom. His …

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BHAV by Kishore DANGLE

City: Bhopal Location: AF Gallery Date: Sat, 2013/01/12 -6:00pm – 9:00pm Price: Free Category: Exhibition Duration: Two Hours The Alliance Française de Bhopal invites you to the Exhibition BHAV by Kishore Dangle on Sat. January 12th 2013, at Alliance Française Gallery at 6pm. Kishore is painting since last twenty years. He is neither blinded by naturalistic realism which more or less is the continuation of occupied Indian colony where slaves have …

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Pièce montée / The Wedding Cake

City: Bhopal Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2012/06/30 – 4:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening by Denys Granier-Deferre (2010) with Avec Clémence Poésy, Jérémie Renier, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Danielle Darrieux, Christophe Alévêque, Léa Drucker (France, 93 mins.) Vincent and Bérengère are getting married on a beautiful spring day in the French countryside, in the style of the haute bourgeoisie. But a chain …

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Fête de la Musique / World Music Day

City: Bhopal and Indore Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2012/06/23 – 5:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Concert   Completely different from a music festival, the Fête de la Musique is above all a free popular fête, open to any participant (amateur or professional musicians) who wants to perform in it. This Music day allows the expression of all styles of music in …

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IMPRINTS

City: Bhopal Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2012/06/16 – 6:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Exhibition Duration: On view until 24th June 2012 An Exhibition of Prints by  Amruta Shambharkar and  Girish Udkude Through there work the artists are trying to express their inner most feelings about outer world of politics, pollution and poly-mechanism. All of them aim to be close to the subject …

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Les Témoins / The Witnesses

City: Indore Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2012/06/16 – 4:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening by André Téchiné (2007) with Michel Blanc, Emmanuelle Béart, Sami Bouajila, Julie Depardieu, Johan Lebéreau (France, 92 mins.) Paris, 1984. The live of a closely knit group of friends is disrupted with the sudden outbreak of AIDS epidemic. They are witnesses to how happiness has changed. In …

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Quand tu descendras du ciel / When You Come Down to Earth

City: Indore Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2012/05/26 – 4:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening by Eric Guirado (2003) with Benoît Giros, Serge Riaboukine, Jean-Francois Gallotte (France, 95 mins.) A gifted but down on his luck farmer, Jerome travels to the city in order to find a paying job. He is eventually paired with van driver Lucien who drives around the …

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The Artist

City: Indore Location: Jaal Sabhagrah, South Tukoganj Date: Sat, 2012/05/05 – 5:45pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening by Michel Hazanavicius (2011) with Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell (France, 100 mns.) Presented in Indore by the Film Society Sutradhar in collaboration with the Indore Center of the Alliance Française de Bhopal. Hollywood 1927. George Valentin is a very successful …

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Concert

City: Bhopal Location: Bharat Bhavan – Antarang Hall Date: Tue, 2012/04/24 – 7:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Concert Live Concert by OZMA Quartet Named after a character from the Wizard of Oz as well as the “extra galactic life research” program of the NASA, OZMA was formed eleven years ago. The members of the band grew up musically together through a common …

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Animation Film

City: Indore Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2012/04/21 – 4:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening On n’est pas des machines A selection of 11 short animated films from the Annecy International Festival of Animation Film. In French with English subtitles.

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Un homme qui crie / A Screaming Man

City: Bhopal Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2012/04/21 – 4:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening by Mahamat Saleh Haroun (2010) with Youssouf Djaoro, Diouc Koma, Emile Abossolo M’Bo (Chad, France, Belgium, 92 mins.)   Present-day Chad. Adam, sixty years old, a former swimming champion, is the pool attendant at a luxury hotel in N’Djamena. When the hotel gets taken over by Chinese …

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Dernier étage, gauche, gauche / Top Floor Left Wing

City: Bhopal Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2012/03/24 – 4:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening by Angelo Cianci (2010) with Hippolyte Girardot, Mohamed Fellag, Aymen Saïdi (France, 93 mons.) This is not the way it was supposed to happen. Like every other morning, Christian Echeveria, huissier, should have been able to levy his daily distress in this parisian suburb, before going …

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Essence of Life

City: Bhopal Location: Alliance Française Gallery Date: Sat, 2012/03/17 – 6:00pm – Sat, 2012/03/24 – 6:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Exhibition Duration: On view until 24th March 2012 An Exhibition of Designs, Paintings and Sculptures by Devilal Patidar « Art for me has been a base to form my thoughts and ideas on. It has provided me opportunities to feel about things around me and …

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Oublier Cheyenne / Looking for Cheyenne

City: Indore Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2012/03/17 – 4:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening by Valérie Minetto (2006) with Mila Dekker, Aurélia Petit, Malik Zidi, Laurence Côte, Guilaine Londez. (France, 86 mins.) Cheyenne, a young unemployed journalist whose welfare payments are about to be cut off, decides to leave Paris to leave a marginal life in the country. She leaves …

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Ma vie en l’air / Love Is In The Air

City: Indore Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2012/02/25 – 6:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening by Rémi Bezançon (2005) with Vincent Elbaz, Marion Cotillard, Gilles Lellouche (France, 103 mins.) An instructor for an airline company, Yann Kerbec, uses flight simulators to evaluate pilots’ abilities to handle extreme conditions. But Yann has a small problem: paradoxically, he’s afraid of flying, a debilitating …

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Joueuse / Queen to Play

City: Bhopal Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2012/02/18 – 4:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening by Caroline Bottaro (2009) with Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline, Francis Renaud, Jennifer Beals, Valérie Lagrange (France, 97 min.) In a small village in Corsica, Hélène’s life, quiet and discreet, is but a day after another, all the same. A chamber maid in a hotel, she seems …

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Short Film Festival

City: Indore Location: Pritamlal Dua Art Gallery Date: Sun, 2012/02/05 – 5:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Festival Les Lutins du court-métrage The very best of French and European short films are presented in Indore by the Film Society Sutradhar in collaboration with the Indore Center of the Alliance Française de Bhopal. For many years, Les Lutins du court-métrage have worked to promote …

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Andalucia

City: Bhopal Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2012/01/28 – 4:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening by Alain Gomis (2008) with Samir Guesmi, Delphine Zingg, Djolof Mbengue (France, 95 mins.) French-Senegalese filmmaker Alain Gomis takes the helm for this intimate study in identity loss, disenfranchisement, and the search for inner peace concerning a thirty-something Frenchman of Algerian origin who longs to find …

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Wesh Wesh, qu’est-ce qui se passe?

City: Indore Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2012/01/21 – 4:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche (2002) with Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, Ahmed Hammoudi, Brahim Ameur-Zaïmeche, Farida Mouffok  (France, 87 mins.)   Cité des Bosquets, a council estate in the parisian suburbs. The life of a group of young adults confronted with the social decomposition of their neighborhood. Seen through Kamel’s …

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Voisins, voisines

City: Indore Location: Alliance Française, Indore Centre Date: Sat, 2011/01/15 – 6:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening Voisines, voisines by Malik Chibane (2005) with Anémone, Jackie Berroyer, Frédéric Dieffenthal, Fellag (France, 86 mins.) In the suburbs of Paris, the residents of the Mozart estate, a privatised former public housing estate, get a new caretaker, Paco, and a new neighbour, a rap …

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Tout est pardonné / All is forgiven

City: Indore Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2011/12/17 – 4:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening by Mia Hansen-Løve (2007) with Paul Blain, Pascal Bongard, Constance Rousseau, Marie-Christine Friedrich, Carole Franck, Olivia Ross, Alice Langlois (France, 105 min.) A father and daughter are reunited some 11 years after the father’s drug addiction tore the family apart. In French with English subtitles. All …

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Ancient World of Rock Art

City: Bhopal Location: Alliance Française Date: Fri, 2011/12/16 – 6:00pm – Fri, 2011/12/23 – 6:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Exhibition Duration: On view until 23th December 2011 An Exhibition of Paintings by Meenakshi Pathak Prehistoric Rock Paintings have endured rain, sun and thunderstorm for thousand of years. Now they face a more potent threat man. We need to protect and preserve the rock art wherever …

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CONCERT of French Rock

City: Bhopal Location: Bahirang, Bharat Bhavan Date: Fri, 2011/12/09 – 7:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Concert KWAK Post-Blues Electric French Combo Kwak is a rock band from Paris, France, which was formed in 2002. With three albums and more than 500 concerts, they have burst stages in France, Belgium, Switzerland, India and Nepal. Their music is a very own mix between the …

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Cannes in India Film Festival – 28th November 2011

City: Bhopal Location: Shahid Bhavan, near MLA Quarters Date: Mon, 2011/11/28 – 6:30pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Festival Cannes in India Film Festival – 26th  to 28th  November 2011 Presented by Alliance Française de Bhopal and Directorate of Culture, Madhya Pradesh, in collaboration with Swaraj Sansthan Sanchanalaya. A selection of Indian films which were selected by the Cannes Film Festival. Most of …

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Cannes in India Film Festival – 27th November 2011

City: Bhopal Location: Shahid Bhavan, near MLA Quarters Date: Sun, 2011/11/27 – 6:30pm Price: Free and open to all Cannes in India Film Festival – 26th  to 28th  November 2011 Presented by Alliance Française de Bhopal and Directorate of Culture, Madhya Pradesh, in collaboration with Swaraj Sansthan Sanchanalaya. A selection of Indian films which were selected by the Cannes Film Festival. Most of the …

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Cannes in India Film Festival – 26th November 2011

City: Bhopal Location: Shahid Bhavan, near MLA Quarters Date: Sat, 2011/11/26 – 6:30pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Festival Cannes in India Film Festival – 26th  to 28th  November 2011 Presented by Alliance Française de Bhopal and Directorate of Culture, Madhya Pradesh, in collaboration with Swaraj Sansthan Sanchanalaya. A selection of Indian films which were selected by the Cannes Film Festival. Most of …

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Dans les cordes / On the ropes

City: Indore Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2011/11/26 – 4:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening by Magaly Richard-Serrano (2007) with Richard Anconina, Maria de Medeiros, Louise Szpindel, Stéphanie Sokolinski, Bruno Putzulu, Jean-Pierre Kalfon (France, 89 min.) Angie and Sandra are of 18 years. They have been raised sisters by Joseph, Angie’s father and Sandra’s uncle. He’s also been their trainer, preparing …

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L’Esquive / Games of Love and Chance

City: Bhopal Location: Alliance Française Date: Sat, 2011/11/12 – 4:00pm Price: Free and open to all Category: Film screening by Abdel Kechiche (2004) with Osman Elkharraz, Sara Forestier, Sabrina Ouazani, Nanou Benhamou, Hafet Ben-Ahmedb (France, 117 mins.) An angel passes through the high-rise housing projects on the outskirts of Paris, enthusiastically reciting dialog from Marivaux. Her name is Lydia and she’s rehearsing “The Game of Love …

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