Newsletter n°344 / French Easter Weekend





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"Although for some people cinema means something superficial and glamorous, it is something else. I think it is the mirror of the world."
- Jeanne Moreau (French Actress) -

Cinema

Interview with Kristin Scott Thomas & François Ozon

Out on 29th March

Kristin Scott Thomas's love-hate relationship with cinema and François Ozon's manipulative guilty pleasures : sneak into the voyeuristic universe of their latest film, In The House, before its release in the UK.

3 x DVD bundles of Amélie, Café de Flore and Mesrine to be won

Top 10 New French Actresses

Nora Arnezeder

Catherine Deneuve and Brigitte Bardot, Isabelle Huppert or Sophie Marceau, Juliette Binoche, Laetitia Casta and now Marion Cotillard, Audrey Tautou: surely by now, you are familiar with these great names in French cinema. Yet, did you know from the moment you saw them on screen that they would go as far? For instance did you ever think when you saw Marion Cotillard in Taxi that she would one day win an Oscar? Let's try and give you a head start and identify for you who the next female stars of French cinema are likely to be.

Top 10 French Male New Comers

Louis Garrel

Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo or Gérard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil and now Vincent Cassel, Jean Dujardin and Omar Sy: Surely by now, you are familiar with all these great names in French cinema. Did you know from the moment you saw them on screen that they would go as far? For instance did you ever think when you saw Jean Dujardin in OSS 117 that he would one day win an Oscar? Let's try and give you a head start and identify for you who the next male stars of French cinema are likely to be.

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema

Rendez-vous with French Cinema, a Unifrance initiative, will see a series of new films being screened in the UK for the first time. Directors and lead actors will also be there to take part in Q&As both at Ciné Lumière and Curzon Soho.

French Gig in London

Sophie Delila Live at Jazz Café

On 15 May

After touring with Mika and Christophe Willem in France and Belgium, Sophie Delila will be back in London for a special show at the Jazz Café.

One pair of tickets to be won

Easter

Where to buy the best Easter eggs?

Easter is approching, and the French chocolateries in London have all baked the most extraordinary, creative and tasty Easter eggs for you. But with Easter, also come the usual worries: What should I buy? What should I do if they do not like chocolate? How to find original eggs without it being too much out of my league? Here is a selection of the finest eggs, truffles or other desserts.

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