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.
