Newsletter n°172 / Cultured, good looking and well fed...





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Cinema

Césars 2009 - Séraphine wipes the board clean with 7 Césars

Yolande Moreau as Seraphine

"Mesrine" with 10 nominations only received three Césars in the end: for best film, best actor and best sound. "Séraphine", however, wiped the board clean with 7 Césars against 8 nominations. The other big winners were "I’ve loved you so long" with two awards and "Le premier jour du reste de ta vie" with 3 Césars incl. best male and best female new comers and best editing. "The Class" which had been nominated for an Oscar for best foreign film only picked up one César for best adaptation.

The 23rd London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

My beautiful Laundrette

This festival celebrates the best in new lesbian and gay cinema from around the world. So, what about France's collection of films of this genre? From 25th March to 8th April.

François Truffaut Season at the Barbican

The Barbican Film’s Directorspective for April, and continuing into May, focuses on the writer, critic and director François Truffaut; one of the key figures of French cinema in the second half of the 20th Century and the instigator of the innovative Nouvelle Vague(New Wave) movement .

Fashion

London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2009: The future looks bright!

PPQ

This year, London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2009 has shown a creativity and a potential that wasn’t expected: The least we can say is that the designers involved did not seem to have been affected by the current atmosphere of doom and gloom! Wedged between New York and Milan Fashion week, London Fashion Week is, never-the-less, always a key event for fashion!

Theatre

Sartre's "The Flies" at the Camden's People Theatre

The Flies

A play with the band A RIOT IN HEAVEN Live on stage ! Returns after a sell-out run in the summer ! From 11th to 29th March, Wednesday to Sunday at 7.30 pm. £12 (£8 concs). A Pair of tickets to be won for 15th March.

Music

Victoires de la Musique 2009: When one generation meets another...

Bashung

Last year, the great winners were Vanessa Paradis and Renan Luce. This time, the winners are Alain Bashung, Camille and Julien Doré.

Gourmet Corner

Are you an organic victim?

Organic

What? You don’t have any organic products in your fridge? Nor in your bathroom? Come on! Get with it!: now, everybody lives organic. Even the Frenchies have finally surrendered! Resistance is futile.

Exhibition

Annette Messager: the Messengers

Annette Messager is widely regarded as one of Europe's most important contemporary artists. From 4th March to 25th May, a major retrospective presents an overview of the artist's career.

DVD

The Jean-Pierre Melville Collection

Alain Delon

Jean-Pierre Melville is one of the most revered French film directors of all time. Discover his finest films in a box-set released on 2nd March. Three sets to be won!!!

Competitions

Play with France in London!

Prizes to be won

DVDs, cinema, theatre and concert tickets... Discover all our competitions! Time has come to play and win!

Classifieds

Classified Ads

Browse our many classified ads: au-pairs, Eurostar tickets, rooms to share, holidays in France. Many interesting bargains to be had.

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