Le Programme December 2016 – January 2017 02 Contents/Highlights

Ciné Lumière 3–13

Talks 14

Night of Ideas 15

Romeo and Juliet Indochine Irreplaceable Kids & Families 16 Theatre Broadcast 18 Dec – 12 Jan + Q&A with Marianne Denicourt 17 Dec – 18 Jan p.11 10 – 26 Jan p.6 p.5 We Support 17

We Recommend 18

La Médiathèque 20

French Courses 21

Best of 2016 The London International Night of Ideas General Information 23–27 13 – 26 Jan Mime Festival 26 Jan pp.7-9 9 Jan – 4 Feb p.15 p.17 The London School of various venues in London Economics and Political Science

front cover image: The Unknown Girl by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne Programme design by dothtm Ciné Lumière New Releases

The Unknown Girl The Ardennes Chocolat

La Fille inconnue D’Ardennen FRA | 2015 | 110 mins | dir. Roschdy Zem, with Omar Sy, BEL/FRA | 2016 | 113 mins | dir.s Jean-Pierre & Luc BEL | 2015 | 96 mins | dir. Robin Pront, with Kevin Janssens, James Thierrée, Clotilde Hesme | cert. 12A | in French with Dardenne, with Adèle Haenel, Olivier Bonnaud, Jérémie Jeroen Perceval, Veerle Baetens | cert. 15 | in Flemish & EN subs Renier | cert. tbc | in French with EN subs French with EN subs Chocolat relates the true story of the first black artist of In the Dardenne brothers' latest film, Adèle Haenel stars Released after four years in prison following a failed the French stage. From the circus to music halls, the as Jenny, a talented doctor who refuses to open the door home invasion, Kenneth is reunited with his brother duo he formed with the white clown Footit met a huge of her practice to a mysterious late-night caller. The next Dave. While Kenneth is anxious to dive headfirst into the success in Belle Epoque Paris, before fame, gambling, morning, the caller is found dead, and the police have no drug-centred existence that ensnared him in the first money and discrimination wore out their friendship and way of identifying her. Shocked and guilt-stricken by the place, both his erstwhile girlfriend Sylvie and Dave have Monsieur Chocolat’s career. news, Jenny resolves to discover the name of the young adopted clean lifestyles. Drugs, crime and the bonds of girl so that she will not be buried anonymously. brotherhood create this dark crime thriller journey in the Sat 10 Dec 6.15pm Ardennes. Tue 13 Dec 8.50pm Fri 2 Dec 4pm, 6.30pm, 8.50pm Tue 13 Dec 6.30pm Thu 15 Dec 4pm Sat 3 Dec 8.40pm Wed 14 Dec 8.50pm Fri 9 Dec 6.45pm Fri 16 Dec 8.50pm Sun 4 Dec 6.30pm, 8.50pm Thu 15 Dec 6.30pm Mon 12 Dec 6.30pm Tue 20 Dec 6.30pm Mon 5 Dec 6.30pm, 8.50pm Fri 16 Dec 4pm Wed 14 Dec 4pm Thu 22 Dec 8.50pm Tue 6 Dec 6.30pm, 8.50pm Mon 19 Dec 6.30pm Thu 15 Dec 8.50pm Wed 7 Dec 4pm, 6.30pm, 8.50pm Wed 21 Dec 8.50pm Fri 9 Dec 8.50pm Tue 3 Jan 8.50pm Sat 10 Dec 8.40pm Wed 4 Jan 6.30pm Sun 11 Dec 8pm Thu 5 Jan 9pm Mon 12 Dec 8.40pm Sat 7 Jan 8.40pm FRENCHFILMFIRST 03 04 Ciné Lumière New Releases

The Son of Joseph Francofonia The Dreamed Ones

Le Fils de Joseph FRA/GER/NED | 2015 | 88 mins | dir. Aleksandr Sokurov, Die Geträumten FRA | 2016 | 115 mins | dir. Eugène Green, with Victor Ezenfis, with Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Benjamin Utzerath, Vincent AUT | 2016 | 89 mins | dir. Ruth Beckermann, with Anja Natacha Régnier, Fabrizio Rongione | cert. 15 | in French with Nemeth | cert. 12A | in original languages with EN subs Plaschg, Laurence Rupp | cert. tbc | in German with EN subs EN subs Visionary director Alexander Sokurov’s captivating new In a recording studio, two young actors read the dramatic Summer in Paris. Fifteen-year-old Vincent refuses to film tells the story of two remarkable men during the 20-years correspondence between poets Ingeborg join in with his schoolmates torturing rats or selling German occupation: Louvre director Jacques Jaujard and Bachmann and Paul Celan. The tumultuous emotions sperm on the Internet. He lives with his single mother Nazi officer Franz Wolff-Metternich. First enemies, their of proximity and distance, fascination and fear captivate Marie and finally wants to find out who his father is. His alliance was the driving force behind the preservation them and they start to enjoy each other’s company. Where investigations lead him to a famous publisher with an of the museum’s treasures. Exploring the relationship the lines are blurred lies the heart of the film. obnoxious character. This complex, unpredictable story between art and power, Francofonia blurs the lines of by French writer-director Eugène Green mixes elegantly fiction, documentary, memoir and video essay. Sat 7 Jan 4pm mystery story, coming-of-age tale and satirical farce. Thu 12 Jan 7pm Fri 6 Jan 7pm Fri 16 Dec 6.30pm Wed 21 Dec 6.30pm Sun 8 Jan 5pm Sat 17 Dec 8.30pm Thu 22 Dec 6.30pm Mon 9 Jan 6.15pm Sun 18 Dec 8.15pm Tue 3 Jan 6.30pm Wed 11 Jan 4.30pm Mon 19 Dec 8.50pm Wed 4 Jan 8.50pm Thu 12 Jan 8.50pm Tue 20 Dec 8.50pm Thu 5 Jan 3.30pm Ciné Lumière New Releases Special Screenings

Irreplaceable In Bed With Victoria Round Midnight

For the past thirty years, Dr. Jean-Pierre Werner has Victoria (Virginie Efira) is a beautiful Parisian criminal Dale Turner is a fantastic saxophone player, slowly losing been working as a general practitioner in the countryside, lawyer in her late 30s, sex-addict, workaholic, totally self- the battle with alcoholism, estranged from his family, and far away from any other medical facility. When he finds centred and struggling to raise her two daughters. hanging on by a thread in the 1950's New York jazz world. out that he suffers from a serious illness, Werner is left At a friend’s wedding, she reconnects with her ex-husband He gets an offer to play in Paris, where he meets a fan with no choice but to find a replacement, although he David, an old friend, Vincent, and Sam, a former client. who wants to save him. Dale’s poignant relationship with considers himself irreplaceable… A comedy à la française critically acclaimed in Cannes. the man and his young daughter re-kindles his spirit and his music as the end draws near. Tue 10 Jan 6.30pm Thu 19 Jan 4pm Fri 27 Jan 6.30pm, 8.40pm Fri 13 Jan 4pm Fri 20 Jan 4pm, 6.30pm Sat 28 Jan 4.30pm, 8.40pm Sun 11 Dec 4.30pm Sat 14 Jan 6.45pm Sun 22 Jan 8.40pm Sun 29 Jan 6.30pm Sun 15 Jan 8pm Tue 24 Jan 8.40pm Mon 30 Jan 6.30pm Followed by a Q&A with jazz specialists Tue 17 Jan 6.30pm Wed 25 Jan 6.30pm Tue 31 Jan 8.50pm Wed 18 Jan 6.30pm Thu 26 Jan 4pm Part of our New French Comedy season (see p.10) The preview screening on Tue 10 Jan will be followed by a Q&A with Marianne Denicourt (tbc). Continues in February

05 06 Ciné Lumière Special Screenings

Romeo and Juliet The Juilliard Experiment Mohey

Theatre Broadcast from la Comédie-Française UK/FRA/USA | 2016 | 83 mins | dir. Mark Kidel, with Fabienne IRN | 2016 | 94 mins | dir. Davood Khayyam, with Anna Verdier | doc | cert. tbc | in English Ne’mati, Mehran Ahmadi, Homayoon Ershadi | cert. tbc Author: William Shakespeare | Stage director: Éric Ruf in Persian with EN subs Costume designer: Christian Lacroix | With the troupe and The Juilliard Experiment is about French artist Fabienne actors of the Académie de la Comédie-Française | Tragedy in Verdier’s residency at the Juilliard School of Music in New Plucked from an orphanage as a young girl, separated 5 acts | 165 mins with one interval | in French with EN subs York, during which she explored the relationship between from her twin sister and abused by her benefactor, painting and music. The film documents Verdier’s Mohey is trapped in a life of underhand dealings and For its first season of cinema broadcasts, France’s collaboration with composers, musicians and singers in illegal trading, where her intellect and beauty are used historical theatre stage la Comédie-Française shows an open-ended experiment that ranged from Mozart to as commodities. When she is coerced into a temporary Romeo and Juliet. Based on the translation of Victor jazz, from Handel to Elliott Carter. marriage to secure a deal, she reluctantly agrees, Hugo’s son, François-Victor Hugo, this take on the convinced that her cut will finally buy her freedom. But play remains as faithful as possible to Shakespeare’s Sat 14 Jan 4.20pm the underworld is not ready to let her go. masterpiece, rendering its original darkness and complexity. “There is a black sun in this story, and this is Followed by a Q&A with artist Fabienne Verdier Sat 21 Jan 8.50pm what we ought to look into”, says stage director Eric Ruf. See also Fabienne Verdier’s exhibition at the Waddington Part of My Persian Nights Sat 17 Dec 4.30pm Custot Gallery (p.18) Wed 11 Jan 7.30pm Wed 18 Jan 3pm Ciné Lumière Best of 2016

Julieta Things to Come I, Daniel Blake

ESP | 2016 | 99 mins | dir. Pedro Almodóvar, with Inma L'Avenir UK/FRA/BEL | 2016 | 100 mins | dir. Ken Loach, with Dave Cuesta, Adriana Ugarte, Emma Suárez | cert. 15 | in Spanish FRA/GER | 2016 | 100 mins | dir. Mia Hansen-Løve, with Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy | cert.15 | in English with with EN sub Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Roman Kolinka | cert. 12A EN subs in French, English & German with EN subs Based on stories by Alice Munro, Almodóvar’s intriguing Daniel Blake, a 59-year-old carpenter, is recovering from film features a broken-hearted woman who wants to Nathalie (Isabelle Huppert) is a passionate philosophy a heart attack and seeking help from the State for the reconnect with her daughter, whom she hasn’t heard teacher in Paris. When her husband leaves her for first time. He crosses paths with Katie, a single mother from in 12 years. another woman, she must reinvent her life. Winner of of two. Together they navigate their way through welfare the 2016 Berlin Silver Bear, the film revolves around the bureaucracy and the impersonal British benefits system. Fri 13 Jan 6.30pm questions of happiness, vocation, and asks to what extent Deeply moving, I, Daniel Blake won Ken Loach his second Thu 26 Jan 8.40pm philosophy can be applied to our everyday life. Palme d’Or this year in Cannes.

£8, conc. £6 for all films part of our Best of 2016 Fri 13 Jan 8.40pm Sat 14 Jan 8.50pm Sat 21 Jan 4.15pm Fri 20 Jan 8.40pm

07 08 Ciné Lumière Best of 2016

American Honey After Love Embrace of the Serpent

UK/USA | 2016 | 163 mins | dir. Andrea Arnold, with Sasha L’Economie du couple El abrazo de la serpiente Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough | cert. 15 | in English FRA/BEL | 2016 | 100 mins | dir. Joachim Lafosse, with COL/VEN/ARG | 2015 | 125 mins | dir. Ciro Guerra, with Nilbio Bérénice Béjo, Cédric Kahn | cert. 12A | in French with EN Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar | cert. 12A | in original A troubled teenager (magnetic newcomer Sasha Lane) subs languages with EN subs joins a group of young adults who sell magazines door to door, commit petty crimes but lead a liberating and After 15 years together, Marie and Boris decide to get a At once blistering and poetic, the ravages of colonialism free-wheeling life as they cross the USA. Seduced by their divorce. Unable to afford another place, Boris refuses cast a dark shadow over the South American landscape charismatic leader (Shia LaBeouf), she gets caught up in to leave the house, claiming his half although Marie in Ciro Guerra’s third feature. Filmed in stunning a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love. bought it on her own. Cohabitation gets harder every black-and-white and inspired by the real-life journals A fresh take on American road movies, winner of the Jury day. Disconcertingly truthful, After Love benefits from the of two explorers, Embrace of the Serpent centres on an Prize at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. wonderful, accute performances of its two leads. Amazonian shaman and the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a friendship with him. Sun 15 Jan 4.30pm Mon 16 Jan 6.30pm Mon 23 Jan 7.30pm Tue 24 Jan 6.30pm Mon 16 Jan 8.40pm Sat 21 Jan 6.20pm Ciné Lumière Best of 2016

Mustang The Innocents The Measure of a Son of Saul FRA/GER/QAT/TUR | 2015 | 94 mins | dir. Les Innocentes Man Saul fia Deniz Gamze Ergüven, with Günes Nezihe FRA/POL | 2016 | 115 mins | dir. Anne Hungary | 2015 | 107 mins | dir. László Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Elit Iscan Fontaine, with Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek, La Loi du marché Nemes, with Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, cert. 15 | in Turkish with English subtitles Agata Kulesza, Vincent Macaigne | in French, France | 2015 | 93 mins | dir. Stéphane Brizé, Urs Rechn | cert. 15 | in Hungarian with EN Polish & Russian with EN subs with Vincent Lindon | cert. 15 | in French with subs In a village in the north of Turkey, Lale EN subs and her four sisters come home from Poland, 1945. Mathilde (Lou de Laâge, The Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes and school, innocently playing with boys. The Wait), a young French doctor for the Red Unemployed for over two years, middle- the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, supposed debauchery of their games Cross, is on a mission to help World War II aged Thierry is trying to get back into László Nemes’ film focuses on Saul, a causes a scandal with unintended survivors. When a nun seeks for her help, the job market while doing his best to Jewish member of the Sonderkommando consequences. The family home slowly she is brought to a convent where several make ends meet. This gripping, fiercely in an unnamed death camp, who is turns into a prison. Driven by the same pregnant sisters are concealed from past intelligent drama is given a special edge determined to give his dead son a dignified desire for freedom, the five sisters fight barbaries of the Soviet soldiers, unable to by the casting of non-professionals burial. Avoiding the temptation to divide back. A first feature, shot with grace and reconcile their faith with their pregnancy. alongside the superb Vincent Lindon, protagonists into good and bad, Nemes youthful energy. winner of the Best Actor prize at the 2015 paints a disturbingly nuanced picture of Wed 18 Jan 8.40pm Cannes Film Festival. the moral imperatives and daily realities Tue 17 Jan 8.40pm Wed 25 Jan 4pm faced by all. Sun 22 Jan 6.40pm Thu 19 Jan 9pm Wed 25 Jan 8.40pm Sun 22 Jan 4.20pm Thu 26 Jan 6.30pm

09 10 Ciné Lumière New French Comedies

21 Nights with Pattie Rosalie Blum Saint Amour

21 Nuits avec Pattie FRA | 2016 | 95 mins | dir. Julien Rappeneau, with Noémie FRA/BEL | 2016 | 101 mins | dir.s Gustave Kervern & Benoît FRA | 2015 | 110 mins | dir.s Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu, Lvovsky, Kyan Khojandi, Alice Isaaz | cert. tbc | in French with Delépine, with Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Poelvoorde, Céline with Isabelle Carré, Karin Viard, André Dussollier | cert. 15 EN subs Sallette, Vincent Lacoste | cert. tbc | in French with EN subs in French with EN subs Thirty-something Vincent Machot shares his life between Every year, Bruno (Poelvoorde) makes his own tour of the Caroline arrives at a mountain village in the South of his hair salon, his cousin, his cat and his very invasive French wine trails within the Paris Agricultural Show. France for her mother’s funeral. But in this idyllic spot, mother. But one morning, he experiences a powerful But this year, as his father Jean (Depardieu) comes no one has death on their mind – least of all Pattie, déjà-vu when he meets the gaze of Rosalie Blum, a along to compete with his bull, and suggests they go on who promptly regales Caroline with hair-raising tales grocery shop assistant. Fully intrigued, he begins to an actual wine trails trip across the French countryside. of epic sexual exploits. Then events take a mysterious follow her everywhere… Julien Rappeneau’s enchanting Accompanied by a young Parisian taxi driver, they set off turn with an old family friend who is rumoured to be a directorial debut is a warm, witty and impeccably to wine regions, on a road that will also lead them to love. Nobel-winning novelist travelling incognito. Eccentric and performed dramedy. surprising! Sat 28 Jan 6.30pm Sun 29 Jan 4.30pm Wed 1 Feb 8.40pm Fri 27 Jan 4pm Mon 30 Jan 8.40pm Thu 2 Feb 6.30pm Sun 29 Jan 8.30pm Wed 1 Feb 4pm Tue 31 Jan 6.30pm See also the screenings of In Bed with Victoria, p.5 Thu 2 Feb 8.40pm Ciné Lumière Classic Re-releases

La Grande Vadrouille Indochine Blue Velvet

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! FRA | 1992 | 160 mins | dir. Régis Wargnier, with Catherine USA | 1986 | 120 mins | dir. David Lynch, with Isabella FRA/UK | 1966 | 132 mins | dir. Gérard Oury, with Bourvil, Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh Dan Pham | cert. 15 | in French Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper | cert. 15 Louis de Funès, Claudio Brook | cert. PG | in French, English & Vietnamese with EN subs | new print in English | new print & German with EN subs | new print This flamboyant drama, winner of the Academy Award for David Lynch’s cult, sensual thriller revolves around One of the most popular French films in history, La Best Foreign Film, is set in French controlled Indochina strange happenings in a small all-American town. A Grande Vadrouille is back on screen on a newly restored in the 1930s. Eliane Devries (Catherine Deneuve) runs a college student stumbles across a bizarre mystery and print to celebrate its 50th anniversary. This hilarious vast plantation with her father and Camille, an orphan wants to know more, perhaps too much more. The comedy casts one of the most beloved duos – Bourvil and Annamite princess she has adopted. When young officer oblique world he's found lurking beneath his hometown's Louis De Funès – as two ordinary Frenchmen helping the Jean-Baptiste comes into their lives, Eliane and Camille picture-postcard veneer is about to become violently crew of a Royal Air Force bomber shot down over Paris, both fall in love with him. stranger. make their way through German-occupied France. Sun 18 Dec 2pm Fri 6 Jan 8.50pm Fri 9 Dec 4pm Wed 4 Jan 3.30pm Sat 7 Jan 6.15pm Sat 10 Dec 3.30pm Thu 5 Jan 6pm Tue 10 Jan 8.50pm Wed 14 Dec 6pm Fri 6 Jan 4pm Sun 18 Dec 5.15pm Sun 8 Jan 7.30pm Mon 9 Jan 8.10pm Thu 12 Jan 4pm

The screening on Sun 18 Dec is part of our Sunday French Classics

11 12 Ciné Lumière French Noir Sunday French Classics

La Sirène du Le Samouraï Le Grand amour Peau d’âne Mississipi FRA/ITA | 1967 | 105 mins | dir. Jean-Pierre FRA | 1969 | 87 mins | dir. Pierre Étaix, with Donkey Skin Melville, with Alain Delon, François Périer, Pierre Étaix, Annie Fratellini, Nicole Calfan FRA | 1970 | 90 mins | dir. Jacques Demy, Mississippi Mermaid Nathalie Delon | in French with EN sub cert. U | in French with EN subs | new print with Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, FRA/ITA | 1969 | 123 mins | dir. François Jacques Perrin, Delphine Seyrig | cert. PG Truffaut, with Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul The story of a solitary hit man increasingly We wish to pay tribute to recently departed in French with English subtitles | new print Belmondo | in French with EN sub ensnared in a web of harassment and Pierre Etaix, with this delightfully playful betrayal, Le Samouraï is the most sombre comedy. A married, good-natured suit- Jacques Demy’s ode to the classic fairy The lonely owner of a tobacco factory on and poetic of all Melville’s gangster and-tie man has frequent daydreams tale by Charles Perrault stars an adorable the Island of Reunion marries a woman he films, and its finale remains one of the about women. He finds himself hopelessly Catherine Deneuve, as a princess whose met through a lonely hearts column. But most stunning yet enigmatic twists ever attracted to his gorgeous new secretary, father, the King, seeks her hand in is the woman he married the same one committed to celluloid. his contemplated pursuit of whom builds marriage. This epic tale overflows with who replied to his initial advert? Truffaut to a giant wind-up toy of ludicrously dazzling colour, elaborate costumes and turns this intriguing pulp premise into a Sat 3 Dec 6pm intricate complications. an enchanting score by Academy Award- powerful love story. winning composer Michel Legrand. Sun 4 Dec 2pm Thu 1 Dec 8.40pm Sun 11 Dec 2pm Sun 4 Dec 4.15pm Followed by a Ciné Salon with Nick Walker Followed by a Ciné Salon with Nick Part of French Noir, a season organised jointly Walker with the BFI and Sight & Sound magazine. Our season of Sunday French Classics features newly restored great classics of French cinema Ciné Lumière Sunday French Classics

La Femme du Gueule d’amour Masculin Féminin Rendez-Vous de boulanger Lady-Killer FRA/SWE | 1966 | 110 mins | dir. Jean-Luc juillet FRA/GER | 1934 | 94 mins | dir. Jean Godard, with Jean-Pierre Léaud, Chantal FRA | 1938 | 133 mins | dir. Marcel Pagnol, Grémillon, with Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Goya, Marlène Jobert | cert. 12 | in French, FRA | 1949 | 112 mins | dir. Jacques Becker, with Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, Fernand Charpin Pierre Etchepare | cert. tbc | in French with Swedish & English with EN subs | new print with Daniel Gélin, Brigitte Auber, Nicole cert. tbc | in French with EN subs | new print EN subs | new print Courcel | cert. tbc | in French with EN subs Two young lovers attempt to communicate new print Adapting an episode of Jean Giono’s Jean Lucien (Jean Gabin), a good looking non- throughout fifteen discontinuous vignettes, le Bleu, Marcel Pagnol recounts how a commissioned officer, is a womaniser representing both a search for tenderness Jacques Becker’s Rendez-vous de juillet baker refuses to produce another loaf nicknamed “Lady-Killer”. When in Cannes, and a disheartening foray into the gender features the hopes and ambitions, loves of bread when his wife runs off with a he meets the beautiful and adventurous war. Godard offers an agitprop film about and friendships of a group of young people handsome shepherd, breaking the peace Madeleine and falls madly for her. But she young people in Paris during the sixties, in after-war Paris. Between their theatre of the tiny Provençal village and wreaking starts playing with him and his money... using alienating technical effects such as classes, nights in jazz cabarets and family havoc on the whole community. intertitles and flash frames. issues, they aspire to shoot a documentary Sun 15 Jan 2pm film in Africa. Sun 8 Jan 2pm Sun 22 Jan 2pm Thu 19 Jan 6.15pm Followed by a Ciné Salon with Nick Sun 29 Jan 2pm Walker Followed by a Ciné Salon with Nick The screening on 19 Jan will be followed Walker by a discussion with Paul Ryan

13 14 Talks © Belfast City Council © Belfast 1916 Revisited Rethinking Children and Reading Group Three historians discuss the impact of Robespierre Bilingualism Every month, we focus on the latest the dual battle of Verdun–Somme. Prof. translated works of acclaimed French William Philpott (King’s College London) As part of the Douglas Johnson Memorial Barbara Abdelilah-Bauer, the author of authors. Join our unique bilingual literary will explain the objectives and methods of Lecture, Professor Colin Jones CBE FBA several books on multilingual environment discussion with a little French twist! these intertwined and prolonged attritional (Queen Mary University of London) will for children, provides parents and battles, Dr. Emmanuelle Cronier (Univ. discuss new approaches to Robespierre families with research-based information, Thu 15 Dec | Roland Barthes Special de Picardie) will examine how they were and the Terror during the French encouragement, and practical advice. not only fought in frontline but had a great Revolution. Colin Jones is a social and Thu 19 Jan | Cry Mother Spain, by Lydie impact on societies at the rear, while Prof. cultural historian of France and has Tue 31 Jan 7pm | in French Salvayre (2014) - tr. B. Faccini (MacLehose, David Reynolds (Cambridge) will reflect on written extensively about the history of £9, members & conc. £7 2016) how these battles have been remembered France. His most recent book is The Smile over the last century. Revolution in 18th Century Paris (2014). 7.00pm | in English and (easy) French Café Philo £5, members £3, including a glass of wine Wed 14 Dec 6.30pm | in English Mon 30 Jan 6.15pm | in English Free but booking essential Free but booking essential Open to everyone interested in discussing philosophical issues, the Institut’s Café See also Observing the First World War in Philo meets every Saturday in the salons. France and in the UK seminar on 15 Dec www.institut-francais.org.uk Sat 10 & 17 Dec, 14 & 21 Jan | in English Sat 7 & 28 Jan | in French

10.30am to 12.15pm | £2 contact: [email protected] www.nightofideas.co.uk #nightofideas 16 Kids & Families

Winter is upon us! So you know what it means? Wind, cold, rain, if not snow? NO! It means plenty of fun activities for kids. But above all… it means that Christmas is coming!

CinéKids Screenings Fly away from icy parks to see Ballerina or Phantom Boy, get up to mischief with Sophie’s Misfortunes, or be good as gold for a very peculiar Santa in Le Père Noël.

Kids Activities Tales, workshops, games and more for kids from 0 to 12 years old. You can even combine a ticket for a tale and the screening of Ballerina, as part of C’est Noël, a Christmas celebration day > all Kids & Families activities are listed pp. 26-27 packed with cultural delights and fun activities > see our dedicated printed Kids Programme & website: on 17 December! www.institut-francais.org.uk/kids-families We Support

Oui Love: Agar Agar & Ménage à Trois I, Corinne Dadat by Mohamed El Khatib Barons Perchés by MPTA / Mathurin Bolze Marée Basse by Sacékripa

Oui Love presents a night of two up-and- One of the leading voices in French With his surreal trampoline, Mathurin Marée basse – the low tide moment of the coming acts, both signed to hip French theatre, Mohamed El Khatib returns to Bolze makes time stand still and operates day, when everything seems to slow down label Cracki. French duo Agar Agar's the REP to draw the portrait of Corinne his own law of gravity. In this sequel to his and thoughts might turn to opening a good synth pop combines exquisite melancholy Dadat, a woman who is invisible to most. previous show Fenêtres, the protagonist bottle. In this show, part of the London and aggression, while Manchester-based Blending fiction and documentary, it does has a double: is it his brother, his alter International Mime Festival, Sacékripa Ménage à Trois head in a sultrier, R&B- not ask for pity, but Corinne Dadat is real. ego, or his shadow? Part of the London circus company will open many bottles... influenced direction. International Mime Festival. www.birmingham-rep.co.uk www.mimelondon.com www.waitingroomn16.com www.mimelondon.com 12 – 13 Dec Birmingham REP 17 – 21 Jan Barbican Centre 8 Dec The Waiting Room 11 – 14 Jan Platform Theatre - Central Marguerite Humeau: FOX2P Saint Martins Ashes by Plexus Polaire

Nottingham Contemporary in partnership Here Lies Shakespeare by Les Actors, life-size puppets and video with the Palais de Tokyo presents French Antliaclastes projection come together in this gripping artist Marguerite Humeau’s first major piece of visual theatre that crackles and solo exhibition in the UK exploring travels With this comic tragedy by Patrick Sims’ burns fiercely. Producted by Franco- through different worlds and times. France-based puppetry company, a cast Norwegian company Plexus Polaire, this of taxidermied animals in Elizabethan show is part of the London International www.nottinghamcontemporary.org attire makes a puppet contribution to the Mime Festival. perennial Shakespeare debate. Part of the Until 8 Jan Nottingham Contemporary London International Mime Festival. www.mimelondon.com

www.mimelondon.com 27 – 29 Jan Jackson Lane Cultural events in the 'We Support' and 'We Recommend' sections are supported or recommended by the Institut français, Fluxus Art 11 – 15 Jan Jackson Lane Projects and the French Music Export Office. 17 18 We Recommend

Philippe Jaroussky and Le Concert de la Jain Art by Yasmina Reza Fabienne Verdier: Rhythms and Loge Reflections Jain, who recently released debut album "There are countertenors, and then there Zanaka in the UK, was born in Toulouse but is Mr Jaroussky" (The New York Times). spent her childhood divided between Abu Critically acclaimed Philippe Jaroussky Dhabi, the Congo, and Dubai. Her fresh, performs Telemann and Bach. He is joined global pop sound mixes hip-hop, dance by Julien Chauvin’s recently founded Le music, dub, reggae, soul and more. Concert de la Loge for its Wigmore Hall debut. www.thegaragehighbury.com www.wigmore-hall.org.uk 5 Dec The Garage One of the most acclaimed plays of recent 1 Dec Wigmore Hall Flavien Berger times, Art premiered in London twenty Fabienne Verdier’s first solo exhibition years ago and went on to become a in London features large-scale abstract Las Aves phenomenon. Director Matthew Warchus paintings produced over the last year. reunites the original creative team to Verdier uses painting tools of her own revisit Yasmina Reza’s study of friendship, invention, which allows her mark making prejudice and tolerance. to be a product of the body moving freely.

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10 Dec – 18 Feb The Old Vic Until 4 Feb Waddington Custot Gallery

Les Arts Florissants: Handel – Messiah Hyundai Commission: Philippe Parreno at Berger is the new prince of cosmic, Tate Modern electronic pop in France, described by William Christie's period-instrument Having stormed Liverpool Sound City with influential magazine Les Inrockuptibles as ensemble Les Arts Florissants brings its This year, Tate’s Turbine Hall Hyundai their infectious exuberance earlier this "the best thing to happen to French music virtuoso rendition of Handel's Messiah Commission is undertaken by Philippe year, the arty, R&B-influenced group are since Christine and The Queens." Now to London. With vocalists Katherine Parreno, French renowned artist who back in the UK for a one-off London show he's coming to London for his first ever UK Watson, Emmanuelle de Negri, Tim works across film, video, sound, sculpture, to promote new single, Die In Shanghai, headline show. Mead, Sam Boden, Konstantin Wolff, and performance and information technology with its gorgeous video shot on location harpsichordist Béatrice Martin. to create dramatic sensory journeys. in China. www.mothclub.co.uk www.barbican.org.uk www.tate.org.uk www.shacklewellarms.com 6 Dec Moth Club 19 Dec Barbican Until 2 Apr Tate Modern 3 Dec The Shacklewell Arms Locations - Acquisitions - Écoles Résidentiel & Commercial

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Bigger, Brighter, Better! A New Generation Thank You After 3 years of planning, fundraising, moving, building, Library The Institut français is very grateful to the Friends of the and installing, the final phase of La Médiathèque’s French Institute Trust who supported and believed in makeover is now complete, marking the end of an Offering over 50.000 resources about France, in French the renovation from the beginning. Our gratitude goes exciting and ambitious project to create an outstanding or English, for both adults and teenagers, the new to them and the generous donors, whether they are learning and research facility. Médiathèque boasts a more spacious layout, modern individuals, companies or foundations, for their unfailing furniture, more digital access points and working spaces support to the renovation project of La Médiathèque. We We have transformed our premises into a state-of-the-art as well as new services: would like to thank them wholeheartedly. library reflecting the growing use of our collections, the increase in collaborative projects, our dedication to public - a French Lab for both language students and teachers The renovation project – the refurbishment of the involvement through innovative programmes, and the provides selected resources to enhance your French Institut’s Art Deco reading room, the opening of central role of digital technology. learning experience; Bibliothèque Quentin Blake and the modernisation of La - a dedicated area for cinema, music and video games Médiathèque – were successfully achieved thanks to the Come and see for yourself, and enjoy the new features listening, gaming and video booths; support and generosity of 14 companies and more than Médiathèque: bigger, brighter, better! - access to the Institut’s archives collections, for 161 private donors. With their charitable gifts and grants, researchers and Franco-British history enthusiasts; the Institut français’ Médiathèque can sustain its position - a study room for humanities, social sciences, and the as one of the leading French libraries in the UK. arts; - co-working spaces for individual work as well as collective study. French Courses

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