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UPCOMING FRENCH EVENTS in SACRAMENTO - SPRING 2009 2009 ciné-club program *** HIGHLIGHT of the SEASON! *** June 19-21 & 27-28 - 8th Sacramento French Film Festival Take a French Vacation Without Leaving Sacramento! *** OTHER EVENTS *** CINE-CLUB Friday April 17 - Moli è re - Director : Laurent Tirard. Free - donations welcome! Bring munchies to share. No reservation necessary. Friday May 22, 5:30 to 8pm - Wine and Cheese Tasting 925 46th St, Sacramento / FREE!! RSVP: 453-1723 or af@afdesacramento.org Saturday June 6 - First of the new Cercle de Lecture. Reading and discussion of a French book in French. Call (318) 780-8870 for time and other details. June 19-21 & 27-28 - 8th Sacramento French Film Festival 2 Weekends of French Comedies - Drama - Romance - Thrillers - Horror - Eroticism! Take a French Vacation Without Leaving Sacramento! Ticket & pass Info and Schedule here! June 26, 6-8pm- Wine and Cheese Get-Together ,Solomon Dubnick Gallery - 1020 20th St, Sacramento / FREE!! RSVP: 453-1723 or af@afdesacramento.org FOR ALL ALLIANCE EVENTS, RSVP: 453-1723 or af@afdesacramento.org THANK YOU to our SPONSORS for a "MAGNIFIQUE" FETE du BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU 2008 Architect/Architecte ($1,000+) French Touch Productions Contractor/Entrepreneur en Bâtiment ($500-$999) V irginia Mueller Jane Wheaton, Honorary Consulate of France Mason / Maçon ($75-$249) Total Wine & More Michelle Collins Classic Hand Crafted Mary Doak Susan Fuchslin Penny Westfall Silent Auction Adèle Riegels, Ailene Voisin, Azul Restaurant, Béatrice Hildebrand, Buckhorn Grill, California Vegetable Specialties, Chanterelle Restaurant & Sterling Hotel, Claudette Oriol, Connie Georgiu, 58 Degrees and Holding, Fairy Tale Town, Felicia Strati Boutique, The French Hen, France Press Publishers, Gregory Kondos, Gunther’s Ice Cream Shop, Heather Smith, Jean-Gabriel and Marie-Thérèse Laval, Jean-Jacques and Marie-France Mayssonnier, Joanne Marquardt, John Lescroart, Karen Ewing, L Wine Lounge & Urban Kitchen, La Provence Restaurant, Le Petit Paris, Leonard Davis, Lisa Dane, Luxe Salon & Spa, Margarita Camarena, Marina Canossa, Mark and Marie-Clémence Feldman, Mulvaney’s B &L Restaurant, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Paragary’s Restaurant Group, Polly Schack, The Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra, Sacramento Pipe Works, Sacramento Zoological Society, Susan Fuchslin, Sky High Sports, Sunrise Roller land, Trendsetters Hair Design, Vanessa Arnaud, Big Spoon Yogurt. Food & Wine Boudin Bakery, Café Rolle, Concannon Vineyard, Costco, Galaxy Desserts, Trader Joes-Folsom Ave, La Bonne Soupe Café, Marcel et Henri, Wooden Valley Winery, A-Roma of Sacramento, The Kitchen/Selland’s Market Café/Ella Restaurant. Photographer Frederico "Pico" van Houtryve Flowers Gioia Parrish *** REGULAR FRENCH ACTIVITIES in SACRAMENTO - ONCE A MONTH - Alliance Française - Cercle de lecture / Reading Goup - Alliance Française - Ciné Club - Conversation en français au restaurant La Provence Café & Terrace à Roseville - Conversation en français au Café Rolle à Sacramento *** 2009 Ciné Club Schedule - Monthly, Fridays 7pm The Ciné Club Committee: Jennifer Gravvat (Chair); Steve Kao (Alliance Film Librarian); Kevin Elstob; Ken Peterson; Jane Thomson; Nelly Van Loon. January 9 - Baisers volés – Stolen Kisses Presenter : Jane Thomson Director: François Truffaut Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Delphine Seyrig, Claude Jade, Michael Lonsdale It’s after 400 Blows and the adolescent hero has been discharged from the army. The film details his chaotic life around Paris as a hotel night clerk and as an inept private eye. February 13 - Nuit de Noces – Wedding Night Presenter : Kevin Elstob Director : Émile Gaudreault Cast : François Morency, Geneviève Brouillette, Pierrette Robitaille In the game of love, it takes both sides to reach a compromise... A charming and hilarious romantic comedy. February 27 - 3-Iron - Homage to Korean cinema Presenter : Steve Kao Director : Kim Ki-duk Cast : Lee Seung-yeon, Jae Hee Tae-suk lives in other people’s unoccupied homes, and repays their hospitality by cleaning up, doing their laundry, and fixing their broken items. March 13 - Quai des Brumes – Port of Shadows Presenter : Jennifer Gravvat Director : Marcel Carné Cast : Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan, Pierre Brasseur A deserter and his dog find their way to a waterfront bar in Le Havre where they find themselves involved with gangsters and a young girl. April 17 - Molière Presenter : Ken Peterson Director : Laurent Tirard Cast : Roman Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Laura Morante, Ludivine Sagnier Molière has his debts paid, getting him out of prison, by a rich man who wants his help to write a play to seduce a beautiful noble woman, ignoring his own wife while doing so. May 8 - Salut cousin – Hey Cousin! Presenter : Kevin Elstob Director : MerzakAllouache Cast : Gad Elmaleh, Messaoud Hattau, Magaly Berdy, Ann-Gisel Glass 1996 film : tale of two Algerian cousins and their mishaps in the racially volatile environment of Paris. June 19-28th - 8th Sacramento French Film Festival July 10 - Comme une image – Look At Me Presenter : Jane Thomson Director : Agnes Jaoui Cast : Marilou Berry, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnes Jaoui, Laurent Grévill A girl with a great voice has a complex about her weight, her looks, and her dad, who is a famous writter who hasn’t written anything recently and mostly ignores her. August 14 - Lucie Aubrac Presenter : Ken Peterson Director : Claude Berri Cast : Carole Bouquet, Daniel Auteuil, Patrice Chérneau, Jean-Roger Milo Based on Lucie Aubrac’s autobiography of her fight with the underground against the Nazi occupiers around Lyon, and of how she fought to rescue her husband from prison. September 11 - Sur mes levres – Read My Lips Presenter: Steve Kao Director : Jacques Audiard Cast : Vincent Cassel, Emmanuel Devos, Olivier Gourmet, Olivia Bonamy Carla Bhem is overlooked at work, but she reads lips and helps ex-con Paul Angeli in some of his nefarious undertakings. October 9 - L’Amour en fuite – Love on the Run Presenter : Ken Elstob Director : François Truffaut Cast : Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Jade, Dani, Dorothée The hero from Stolen Kisses is now over 30 and divorced. He’s a proofreader in love with a record seller. His teenaged love is now a lawyer who buys his autobiographical novel, and they meet. November 13 - Swimming Pool Presenter : Steve Kao Director : François Ozon Cast : Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance A murder-mystery author’s search for inspiration takes a wicked turn when she meets a sexy and provocative young woman with an explosive past. December 11 - Les Poupées russes – Russian Dolls Presenter : Jennifer Gravvat Director : Cédric Klapsisch Cast : Roman Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cécile de France, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Bishop, Evguenya Obraztsova Xavier from L’Auberge Espagnole is now 5 years older and an aspiring novelist whose greatest achievement is a co-edit on a TV soap. Change encounters with other former inhabitants of L’Auberge Espagnole may answer both his career and love problems. French Films in Sacramento movie theatres: The Crest movie theatre offers Alliance members a discounted ticket price of $5.50 on French films, anytime Monday-Thursday. Members must present their membership card to receive discount. Check your Alliance Newsletter for more information on these and other future events!