Popular French films at Alliance Française
View(s):Sri Lanka filmgoers who enjoy a variety of cinema will be able to view a collection of rare French films at weekly film screenings on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the Air Conditioned auditorium of Alliance Française de Colombo, Barnes Place, Colombo 7. The French Romantic drama film ‘Coeur en Hiver’ (A Heart in Winter) directed by Claude Sautet would be screened at 3pm on January 7 and at 6.30pm on January 8.
Made in 1992 the film starring Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil and André Dussollier narrates around expansive Maxime who runs with an iron hand his violin instruments crafting with his friend, Stephane, a solitary bachelor master-craftsman. One day, this rich owner falls madly in love with a violinist, Camille. But when they are about to move in together, against all odds, Stephane out of his lair, decides to seduce the young woman, to the chagrin of his best friend…
The horror thriller ‘Haute Tension’ (High Tension) by Alexandre Aja tells the story of Marie, a twenty-year-old student who revises her examinations in the isolated farm of the parents of her best friend. During the course of the night, a killer, who ignores her presence, murders one after another the members of this family…
It will be screened at 3 pm on January 21 and at 6.30 pm on January 22. A French film ‘Un Amour de Jeunesse’ (Goodbye First Love) made in 2011 by Mia Hansen-Love would be screened at 3pm on December 28 and at 6.30pm on December 29.
Camille is 15 years old, Sullivan 19. They like each other and are in passionate love. But at the end of the summer, Sullivan goes away. A few months later, he stops writing to Camille. In spring, in desperation she makes a suicide attempt. Four years later, Camille dedicates herself to her studies on architecture. She gets acquainted with a recognized architect, Lorenz, with whom she falls in love. They form a solid union. It is at this moment that she crosses the path of Sullivan.