French Film Night
Soirée Cinéma
Upcoming Cinéclub Events
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Parlons Cinéma: Rodin September 12 at 12 noon
September 12, 2024 12:00 pm
On September 12 discuss the film Rodin, directed by Jacques Doillon. Vincent Lindon plays the sculptor. Roger Ebert.com praised the energy that Lindon brings to the film and noted that "Doillon’s script initially focuses on Rodin’s time crafting a piece on Dante’s Comedy, but it expands to his cameos from other famous artists: Monet, Cezanne, and Victor Hugo are just a few fellow creatives who are thrown into the mix."
To receive updates on future screenings, or to suggest a film for viewing and discussion, please email Peter Zingg and Joelle Pluchon at cineclub@afsantarosa.org
Cinéclub Notes
Join Kanopy.com to Stream French Films for Free
If you have a library card at a Sonoma County public library, you can obtain a free Kanopy.com streaming account, that lets you watch high quality US and foreign narrative and documentary films from a huge list of titles, from classics to recent releases. Many of the films selected for our Parlons Cinéma series are available here. Save money and learn French while enjoying performances by today's top actors, directors and cinematographers.
New French Films to Watch in 2024
Here's a list of a dozen French language titles that were screened at international film festivals in 2023. Let's hope that some of these will make it online and into American theaters (maybe even in Santa Rosa!). Browse the list to find out more.
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Recent Soirée Cinéma Viewings
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Parlons Cinéma: Belle de Jour, August 28 at 12 noon
August 28, 2024 12:00 pm
The film we will discuss this month is Luis Bunuel's 1967 Belle de Jour, starring a 24-year-old Catherine Deneuve. It is considered a masterpiece and is certainly an icon of its era. -
AFUSA French Cinémathèque: Summer of 85, August 26 at 4 pm
August 26, 2024 4:00 pm
AFUSA's film discussion (in English) for August is about François Ozon's 2020 film Summer of 85. -
AFUSA French Cinémathèque: Olga
July 22, 2024 4:00 pm
AFUSA’s French Cinémathèque series of online film discussions in English continues in July with Olga (2023), directed by Elie Grappe. 15-year-old Olga, a talented Ukrainian gymnast, lives in exile in Switzerland. While she tries to adjust to life in a new country, the 2013 Euromaidan protests break out in Ukraine. As Olga attempts to enter the European Gymnastics Championship, the sweeping changes in her home country begin to shape her life. -
Parlons Cinéma: Gauguin, Voyage to Tahiti
July 18, 2024 12:00 pm
In 1891, the French painter Paul Gauguin leaves Paris and travels to Tahiti to renew his art as a free man, far from the European artistic conventionalism. On his journey of discovery, he faces solitude and disease, but he also knows the beauty of wild nature and the love of Tehura, a young native girl who becomes his wife and model. Stream the movie online, and then join Joelle Pluchon for a bilingual discussion on July 18 at 12 noon. -
AFUSA French Cinémathèque June 24: The Taste of Things
June 24, 2024 4:00 pm
AFUSA’s French Cinémathèque series of online film discussions in English continues in June with 2023’s The Taste of Things (La passion de Dodin Bouffant). The discussion, on Monday June 24 at 4:00 pm, is led by Aude Hesbert of the Villa Albertine in Los Angeles and is open to all members of Alliance Française across...
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