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Fcnl Newsletter FCNL NEWSLETTER http://fcnl.frenchculture.org/sent/show/62ce5ac2895f953d3889a612da4004d2 Can't see images? Click here to view this message in a browser JANUARY 31, 2013 IN THIS ISSUE SPECIAL ANNOUCEMENTS LECTURES CONCERTS EXHIBITIONS CINEMA STILL HAPPENING Join Boston in French! Boston in French is an exciting website where you can connect with others who Overdrive: The Films of Léos Carax, love the French language and culture. Join today, with the Filmmaker in Person create a profile and share your love of French culture, Feb 15 – 24, 2013 art, movies, theatre and Harvard Film Archive especially the French 24 Quincy St., Cambridge language with others in the New England area! The Harvard Film Archive is pleased to present Overdrive: The Films of Léos Join today! Carax , with an appearance by the filmmaker himself ( Sunday, February 24 at 7pm ). One of the most talented film directors of his time, Leos Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love. This retrospective will present his first major work Boy Meets Girl (1984), the famous Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (The Lovers on the Bridge - 1991), the controversial Pola X (1999), Tokyo! (2008), Mauvais sang (Bad Blood - 1986) and Holy Motors (2012), which has emerged as one of last year’s most lauded films. READ MORE 1 sur 9 31/01/2013 14:47 FCNL NEWSLETTER http://fcnl.frenchculture.org/sent/show/62ce5ac2895f953d3889a612da4004d2 Providence French Film Festival 2013 Feb 21- March 3, 2013 Cable Car Cinema 204 South Main St.,Providence, RI Since 1996, the Providence French Film Festival has featured a dazzling display of French movies to francophiles across New England. This year, the brilliant selection includes Les Adieux à la reine ( Farewell, My Queen ), Les bien-aimés (Beloved ), La delicatesse ( Delicacy ), Holy Motors , Polisse , Vous n’avez encore rien vu! (You ain’t seen nothing yet ), and more. READ MORE AMOUR - Nominated for 5 Oscars included Best Picture Now Playing Kendall Square Cinema Coolidge Corner Theatre West Newton Cinema 2 sur 9 31/01/2013 14:47 FCNL NEWSLETTER http://fcnl.frenchculture.org/sent/show/62ce5ac2895f953d3889a612da4004d2 Check your local listings for other showtimes Provocative writer/director Michael Haneke , who previously won the Palme d'Or for The White Ribbon , won the prestigious Cannes award again for Amour ("Love"). Treating his characters with unusual warmth and sympathy, his new drama shows old age and death with unflinching honesty. This is a touching portrait of a longtime married couple, whose bond of love remains strong facing any hardship. It stars two of France's best-loved actors, both in their eighties: Jean-Louis Trintignant ( A Man and a Woman, Z, The Conformist ) and Emmanuelle Riva ( Hiroshima Mon Amour ). With Isabelle Huppert . Winner of 4 European Film Awards, including Best Film, Director, Actor and Actress. READ MORE SPECIAL ANNOUCEMENTS Voyages en Francophonie 2013: Travel the French Speaking Countries in One Day! March 2, 2013 from 10am to 5pm Newton Cultural Center 225 Nevada St., Newton Education Française Greater Boston invites you to eat, read, talk, listen, and play in French, including food, art exhibits, dancing, reading, games, meetings with artists and chefs, individual country stalls, concerts and more! READ MORE Guided Tours in French at the MFA Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston The MFA organizes guided tours in French every Wednesday at 11:15pm . Guided tours are free with Museum admission and explore many different collections. READ MORE 3 sur 9 31/01/2013 14:47 FCNL NEWSLETTER http://fcnl.frenchculture.org/sent/show/62ce5ac2895f953d3889a612da4004d2 Online My French Film Festival 2013 January 17- February 17, 2013 My French Film Festival, the worldwide, interactive, online festival of French cinema, is back in its third year offering 10 feature films and 10 shorts selected in competition. READ MORE Bangoo Planète: French Cartoons Online Bangoo Planète est un nouveau service 100% francophone de vidéo à la demande sur Internet pour les enfants d’expatriés français et les francophiles vivant aux Etats-Unis. Offre promotionnelle exceptionnelle: 1 mois offert puis $7.99 par mois sans engagement (offre réservée aux 5000 premiers abonnés) READ MORE LECTURES European Conference at Harvard: Europe 2.0: Taking the Next Step March 2, from 10am to 9pm, at Harvard Kennedy School March 3 from 8am to 6pm, at Harvard Business School More than 30 international speakers from various domains, including Pierre Vimont (Secretary-General of the European External Action Service and former French Ambassador to the U.S.), Thomas Mayr-Harting (Head of the EU Delegation to the United Nations), and Rafael del Pino (Chairman of Ferrovial) among others, will come together to host a forum to discuss political and business ideas to take Europe forward. Click here to register. READ MORE CONCERTS 4 sur 9 31/01/2013 14:47 FCNL NEWSLETTER http://fcnl.frenchculture.org/sent/show/62ce5ac2895f953d3889a612da4004d2 French Violinist Renaud Capuçon Performs with the BSO Feb 7-12, 2013 Symphony Hall 301 Massachusetts Ave, Boston French violinist Renaud Capuçon , in his Boston Symphony Orchestra debut, joins the orchestra for Sibelius's Violin Concerto , a pinnacle of the concerto repertoire. The program also includes Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Haydn and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 . READ MORE In Paradise to Stay - Songs Inspired by Nadia Boulanger Sunday, February 10 at 3pm Winchester Unitarian Church 478 Main St., Winchester Operatic contralto Marion Dry, member of the Winchester (MA)/ St.Germain-en-Laye (France) twin city group , accompanied by pianist James Busby will present a program of French & American art songs inspired by the great musical teacher Nadia Boulanger. READ MORE Musique pour la chambre du roi, by Musical Offering > Saturday, February 16, 7:30pm Church of Our Saviour 25, Monmouth St., Brookline > Sunday, February 17, 4:00pm (FREE) Springfield Jewish Community Center 1160 Dickinson St, Springfield Musical Offering presents music from the royal privy chamber featuring the ravishong Pièces de clavecin en concerts by Rameau, sonatas by de La Guerre, cantatas by Clérambault, and Telemann's Quatuors parisiens . READ MORE 5 sur 9 31/01/2013 14:47 FCNL NEWSLETTER http://fcnl.frenchculture.org/sent/show/62ce5ac2895f953d3889a612da4004d2 Divine Songs - Exchanges between Secular Song and Sacred Music March 2, 2013 at 8:00pm First Church in Cambridge, Congregational 11 Garden St., Cambridge Johannes Ockeghem's endlessly fascinating sacred music has been characterized as mystical; his songs, each one a gem of invention, can be funny, heartwrenching, or profound. The program presented by Blue Heron includes French songs and sacred music based on them. READ MORE EXHIBITIONS Revolutions: Photographs of the Arab Spring by Remi Ochlik Through Feb 22, 2013 The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University 700 Beacon St., Boston The Consulate General of France in Boston and The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University co-present a photo exhibition celebrating the work of Remi Ochlik , a French photographer who died in Syria last February with Marie Colvin, an award-winning American journalist. READ MORE Prints by Georges Rouault at Worcester Art Museum Through March 14, 2013 Worcester Art Museum 55 Salisbury St., Worcester One of the most distinctive French artists of the 20th century, Georges Rouault is renowned for simple images that carry profound emotions. This exhibition presents a selection of the artist’s prints done between 1917 and 1948. In these bold images of the seamy side of life, Rouault saw the want of divine grace and the miracle of redemption. 6 sur 9 31/01/2013 14:47 FCNL NEWSLETTER http://fcnl.frenchculture.org/sent/show/62ce5ac2895f953d3889a612da4004d2 READ MORE Cézanne's The Large Bathers at the MFA Through May 12, 2013 Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston A loan by the Philadelphia Museum of Art has allowed for this extraordinary occasion to see two French masterpieces hanging side by side: Paul Cézanne’s " The Large Bathers " and " Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? " by Paul Gauguin. READ MORE CINEMA Hors Satan by Bruno Dumont Feb 2-11, 2013 Harvard Film Archive 24 Quincy St., Cambridge From his stark tale of a mysterious loner who appears in the coastal dunes outside a rural town and seems to posses superhuman powers, Bruno Dumont skillfully constructs an allegory that keeps us speculating whether these powers are holy or satanic, and whether the two might amount to the same thing. READ MORE ReelAbilities Disabilities Film Festival Presents The Straight Line Feb 2, 2013 at 7pm Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston The French film The Straight Line (La Ligne Droite ) will be shown as part of the 2nd annual Boston ReelAbilities Disabilities Film Festival. In this sports drama, a long-distance runner, Yannick, who has lost his sight, agrees to train with Leila, an ex-athlete with a criminal past... READ MORE 7 sur 9 31/01/2013 14:47 FCNL NEWSLETTER http://fcnl.frenchculture.org/sent/show/62ce5ac2895f953d3889a612da4004d2 Le Tableau at the Providence Children's Film Festival > Saturday, Feb 16, 2013, 3:30 PM, RISD Auditorium > Monday, Feb 18, 2013, 1:20 PM, Metcalf Auditorium Questions of social stratification, class injustice, racism, and existential uncertainty abound in Jean-François Laguionie ’s animated feature Le Tableau ( The Painting ), a children’s film whose plain, unadorned title belies the artistic beauty that saturates
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