Newsletter n°398 / French News in London and Prizes to be won





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"Photography is truth. Cinema is truth twenty-four times per second".
Jean-Luc Godard (film director)

French cinema

When a kiss is not just a kiss

The best snogs in French cinema

In Casablanca, Dooley Wilson sings ‘A kiss is just a kiss’. Well not in French cinema it ain’t! The French know how to make it a whole lot more. While Hollywood through its Hayes code was still insisting that even its married couples slept in single beds and kept at least one foot on the ground when kissing, French screen stars weren’t holding back. If you want a good meaningful snog, French cinema will not disappoint. Jon Davies, tutor in French Cinema at Morley College, has selected his favourite examples of the perfect kiss. 

Competition

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Film releases

4 good reasons to see “Dheepan”, by Jacques Audiard

Released all around the UK on 8 April

Dheepan is a film about a sadly topical subject: three Sri Lankan refugees who don't know each other are on their way to France to build a new life. The French director Jacques Audiard is back with his seventh feature, showing the culture shock migrants must overcome when they arrive in Europe. It is a powerful war film and love story with non-professional but incredible actors. FranceInLondon gives you 4 good reasons to see  Dheepan, in cinemas in the UK on 8 April.

Couple In A Hole

Released in the UK on 8 April

Following a terrible and mysterious accident, John (Paul Higgins) and Karen (Kate Dickie) find refuge in the forest, in the middle of the French Pyrenees. Living a feral existence, they survive by hunting and live in a rudimentary hut. Karen never gets out of her hole, the only place in which she feels relatively safe and her muscles are so numbed by months of inactivity that she can barely stand. An incident leads John to meet André (Jérôme Kircher), an old neighbour living in the nearby village. Through this nascent friendship, John slowly renews contact with normal life, which progressively takes him away from his wife, cloistered in the pain of her mental trauma. As for André, his concern about the Scottish couple may not be completely selfless.

Cabaret

A Night in Paris comes to Chelsea on 16 April

The Pheasantry - 16 April

"A Night in Paris" is the critically acclaimed new French cabaret show starring Aurora and the Chanson Trio. Already a great success as part of the entertainment for the 2015 Rugby World Cup in Twickenham, and the Richmond Festival of Music & Drama.

Economy

La Pâtisserie des Rêves when the dream turns into a nightmare

Shop closures

The two London shops of La Pâtisserie des Rêves shut down on 23 March. The 22 staff members were laid off within a few days and did not receive their March salaries. How did La Pâtisserie des Rêves and its employees end up in such an uncomfortable situation? Some of the former employees and the CEO of the company Thierry Teyssier agreed to answer our questions.

What happened this week

- Jean-Marie Lepen fined 30,000 euros for saying Nazi gas chambers are a "detail"
- It is now illegal to pay for sex in France
- Turned down by the Vatican, Laurent Stefanini named ambassador to Unesco
- Europe's delays on Jihadists registration are "unacceptable", François Hollande says
- "Panama Papers": the French Finance Minister wants the Société Générale to come clean
- French labour law: 11 hours of daily rest are "sacred"
- Tourism in Paris suffers from terrorist attacks
- Air France-KLM: Alexandre de Juniac will resign from CEO position
- Alain Juppé wants to amend the right of birthplace
- The French government will create a fund to redeem taxi licenses
- Banksy's work exhibited in Paris for the Urban Art Fair
- Air France and the veil: flight attendants allowed to refuse to go to Iran
- Olivier Awards: Kenneth Cranham rewarded for his role in The Father

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