Ciné-Club à la maison
Starting the week of April 6
DONATIONS ACCEPTED | ONLINE/VIRTUAL EVENT
Attention cinephiles!
Our monthly Ciné-Club is going weekly—and virtual!
Each week during quarantine, AFNO will suggest a French film to watch from the comfort of your own home, on different streaming services
including
Netflix, (no account? start a 30-day free trial!)
Youtube, Vimeo,
Amazon Prime, and more.
On the Friday of each week, Events Coordinator, Joseph will lead a discussion via Zoom. All levels are welcome as the films are subtitled in
English!
Qu'est-ce que c'est que Ciné-Club ? Ciné-Club is our monthly film screening at the Alliance. Films are shown in French with English subtitles.
Date |
film |
where to watch |
synopsis |
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Une saison en France (A Season in France) |
Watch on Amazon Prime |
Abbas, a high school teacher in the Central African Republic, has fled his war-torn country with his two children. They now live in France, where Abbas works at a food market, while applying for political asylum. A French woman, Carole, falls in love with him and offers a roof for him and his family. When Abbas' application is rejected, they face a crucial decision. |
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Banlieusards (Street Flow) |
Watch on Netflix |
Three brothers try to survive on the streets of a tough French suburb. |
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Jour J (Wedding Unplanned) |
Watch on Netflix |
When she discovers a wedding planer's business card, Alexia instantly says, "YES" to Mathias unaware that it belongs to his mistress. The groom is now trapped between his bride, and his lover who in charge of his unwanted marriage. |
Friday, Oct. 23 |
La Fête du cinéma d'animation(Special Ciné-club !) |
Watch on IFcinéma |
Take part in this year's Fête du cinéma d'annimation depuis chez vous ! View as many of the court-métrages (short films) or both of the long-métrages (feature films) and join us on October 23 at 2pm to discuss the films. |
View past Ciné-Club à la maison selections below.
Date |
film |
where to watch |
synopsis |
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Bienvenue à Marly-Gomont |
Watch on Netflix |
Seyolo Zantoko, a recent medical graduate of Congolese descent in France, struggles to integrate in a rural village, but winds up one of the
most respected doctors in the region. |
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Les parapluies de cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) |
Geneviève a beautiful young Frenchwoman who works at a small-town boutique selling umbrellas, falls for dashing mechanic Guy. Their brief
romance is interrupted when Guy is drafted to serve in the Algerian War. Though pregnant by Guy, Geneviève marries an older businessman,
Roland, and begins to move on with her life. Throughout the musical film, all the characters' dialogue is conveyed through song. Discussion Questions |
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Les intouchables (The Untouchables) |
A Parisian aristocrat, quadriplegic since a paragliding accident, hires a young man to be his live-in caretaker. Although very different the
two men bond and develop a close friendship. Discussion Questions |
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Les petits mouchoirs (Little white lies) |
Watch on Tubi |
After a traumatic event, friends go on a beach holiday where their relationships are sorely tested as they are forced to admit the little
white lies they have been telling one another. |
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Bienvenue chez les ch'tis (Welcome to the Sticks) |
Rent/Buy on YouTube or Amazon Prime |
A French postman's assignment is in the north instead of the coveted Cote d'Azur. |
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Mademoiselle de Joncquières (Lady J) |
A wealthy widow concocts a scheme to get revenge when her romance with a lustful marquis takes an unwelcome turn. | |
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Visages villages Faces Places |
Rent/Buy on YouTube or Amazon Prime |
Director Agnès Varda and photographer and muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship. |
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La via scolaire (School Life) |
A new vice principal at a Parisian middle school tries to help a disillusioned student. |
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La terre vue du coeur Earth: Vue from the Heart |
Streaming info coming soon |
*Special partnership with the Consulate General of Canada in Dallas** We will share a link to live stream this French Canadian documentary to celebrate Environment Day 2020. More info to come soon! Scientists, writers and artists join Hubert Reeves and Frédéric Lenoir to sound a warning: biodiversity is under threat. While some humans are responsible for this crisis, others, in growing numbers, are tackling it head on and forging solutions. In this film dedicated to future generations, they remind us that life in all its forms is a fascinating and touching mystery ... and that it is up to us to preserve it! |
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Divines (Divines) |
In a housing estate on the outskirts of Paris, a teenager who is hungry for her share of power and success becomes a runner for a drug
dealer. When she meets a male dancer, a window of opportunity offers a different kind of life. |
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Les gardiennes (The Guardians) |
Watch on Amazon Prime |
Frenchwomen maintain a farm while their husbands and sons fight in World War I. |
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Les Misérables |
Stéphane, a recent transplant to the impoverished suburb of Montfermeil, joins the local anti-crime squad where he works alongside two unscrupulous colleagues. When an arrest turns unexpectedly violent, the three officers must reckon with the aftermath and keep the neighborhood from spiraling out of control. Inspired by the 2005 Parisian riots, LES MISÉRABLES, is from breakout director Ladj Ly. | |
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Un plus une |
When a famous French composer goes to India to write the score for the Indian version of "Romeo and Juliet," he meets the wife of the
French ambassador and a complicated relationship begins. |
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Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse (My Golden Days) |
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A middle-aged anthropologist reminisces about family, school adventures, a student trip to the USSR and the love of his life. |
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Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) |
Rent it on Youtube or Amazon Prime |
France, 1770. Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent.
Héloïse is a reluctant bride to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day, to paint her secretly. |
Friday July 24 - Friday August 14 NO CINE-CLUB |
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Il a déjà tes yeux (He Even Has Your Eyes) |
Watch on Netflix |
When French-African couple Paul and Sali discover the longed-for baby they are about to adopt is white, family chaos and confrontation
ensue. |
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