Human dramas depicted in French cinema
A scene from ‘A Summer in La Goulette’
Alliance Française de Colombo showcases a series of movies relating to human dramas and comedies every Tuesday and Wednesday at its auditorium, 11, Barnes Place, Colombo 7.
1996 film ‘Love, etc.’ directed by MarionVernoux is a triangle that depicts love, obsession, and choice.
Pierre, a ladies’ man who has a little cash and no fixed residence, describes his best friend Benoît as the world’s oldest 32-year-old. The shy, well-employed Benoît’s life changes when he answers the personal ad of Marie, a 25-year-old who restores paintings. He’s attracted to her and she likes his steady calm and his honest attention. They’re soon a couple….
The film will be screened at 3pm on May 16 and at 6.30pm on May 17.
Teen drama ‘Un été à la Goulette’ (A Summer in La Goulette), a Belgian,Tunisian and French co-production directed by Férid Boughedir will be screened at 3 pm on May 23 and at 6.30 pm on May 24.
Summer, 1967. La Goulette, the touristic beach of Tunisi, is the site where three nice seventeen-year-old girls live: Gigi, sicilian and catholic; Meriem, Tunisian and Arab; Tina, French and Jewish. They would like to have their first sexual experience during that summer, challenging their families.
André Téchiné’s drama film ‘Ma saison préférée’ (My Favorite Season) revolving around a family will be screened at 3 pm on May 30 and at 6.30 pm on May 31.
When her health begins to fail, Berthe, an aging widow, is forced to live with her successful but emotionally distant daughter, Emilie. In an attempt to mend her family, Emilie invites her estranged brother Antoine, a troubled neurosurgeon, to her house for Christmas. But when an argument between Antoine and Emilie’s husband, Bruno, erupts at the dinner table, the family’s troubled past rises to the surface.