Quan wins French student beauty pageant

Vo Hong Quan, a junior vocal music student at Virty-sur-Seine Music College, beat 15 contestants to be crowned Miss Spring 2011 at a beauty contest among Vietnamese students in France.

At the finale in Paris-based Armande Bejart Theatre Saturday night, 20-year-old Quan - who was awarded a scholarship to study in France after gaining outstanding academic achievements in Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music - won the title for her grace and skills.

The first runner-up is Nguyen Tuyet Mai, who majors in finance at Paris Sorbonne 2 University while Tran Thanh Tam, the sophomore student studying Economic Management at Paris 11 University is the second runner-up.

Tam also won Miss Photogenic and Miss ao dai (traditional long dress) at the final round.

Organized by of the Vietnam Students’ Association, the third annual event attracted participation of 15 Vietnamese students in France, who entered the final round.

“The beauty contest is to create a playground for Vietnamese students as well as overseas Vietnamese in France (OVF),” said Vo Xuan Hoai, General Secretary.

After the contest, the winner along with OVF members will participate in many activities including assisting Vietnamese students in France and acting as a bridge for friendship between Vietnam and international friends.

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Four new films at Idécaf in HCMC

The Institute for Cultural Exchange with France (Idécaf) will screen four French movies in November. Tickets are VND15,000. Idecaf is at 31 Thai Van Lung Street, HCMC’s District 1.

The girl on the train starring Emilie Dequence, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Blanc and directed by André Téchiné will be shown at 3.p.m on November 6. The girl on the train is based on the true story of a young girl who stunned France when she falsely claimed to be the target of an Anti-Semitic attack.

Just anybody is a story of Camille, a 20-something dissatisfied with her life, who craves the opportunity to give her love to the person who needs it the most. She finds this opportunity in the form of Costa, a homeless ne’er do well, deadbeat dad, and rejected son. Even as their relationship begins to take its toll on them both, Camille finds happiness in her efforts to rescue him from his own self-destruction. The film will be screened at 3 p.m. on November 20.

Jean de la Fontaine- Le défi follows the confrontation between Jean de La Fontaine, writer of the world renowned Fables, and Colbert, financial administrator for Louis XIV’s Kingdom of France. In 1661, Colbert gets his rival Fouquet arrested, a powerful advisor of the young king. While all the other artists support the decision and rush to the Court, poet de La Fontaine confirms his support for Fouquet. Colbert vows to make the rebel admit the truth, but La Fontaine, even when penniless, stands by his convictions. Without money, he resists, observes and writes the Fables, which protest against a despotic government in the height of its decline. The movie was directed by Daniel Vigne and starring by Lorànt Deutsch, Philippe Torreton, Sara Forestier. Jean de la Fontaine- Le défi will be screened at 3 p.m. on November 27.

Her third by Egon Günther will show at 7.30 p.m. on November 9. Her Third is a humorous and touching story of an independent woman’s willingness to break with social conventions in order to find happiness. Twice-married and romantically involved with a woman, she decides to seduce a male colleague in order to find a father for her children.

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