Saturday 1 September 2007

FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL - JACQUES DEMY

Greetings everyone!

It seems this month shall be especially bountiful for all you film lovers out there! We begin September with a festival celebrating the filmmaker Jacques Demy. Those in the know may commence frothing at the mouth. Even better, there's another festival close on this one's heels (but more on that later). We wish to thank the Alliance Française d'Ahmedabad for making this possible. Please do them the courtesy of a visit: www.afindia.org/ahmedabad


JACQUES DEMY FILM FESTIVAL - 3rd to 8th September 2007.

3rd, Monday - Lola
4th, Tuesday - La Baie des Anges (Bay of the Angels)
5th, Wednesday - Les Parapluies de Cherbourg - (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg)
6th, Thursday - Les Demoiselles de Rochefort - (The Young Ladies of Rochefort)
7th, Friday - Peau d'Âne - (Donkey Skin)
8th, Saturday - Jacquot de Nantes

Venue: The Auditorium


Jacques Demy was one of the big guns of the French New Wave. His style was distinct from those of his colleagues, who included Godard and Truffaut. For some reason, in this place his name does not have the "pull" characteristic for the others'. A peculiar situation, one which we hope to set to rights. After this you will have something to talk about, at those discussions.