[Last Dendy French film for '08 Dec 21st] + [Sydney Festival Jan 14th and 27th]

Bonjour les amis!

Les vacances ont bien commencées et les fêtes seront bientôt arrivées ! 

Unlike most USU Clubs & Societies, FrenchSoc will continue its events right through the summer uni holidays to keep YOU and your francophilia entertained…  

Alors, espèrons qu'on se voit bientôt, on vous souhaite tous et toutes des très joyeuses fêtes !


LES SEMAINES à VENIR avec FrenchSoc :
- IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T'AIME chez Dendy Opera Quays
- JAVA au Beck's Festival Bar (Sydney Festival)
- CAMILLE au Beck's Festival Bar (Sydney Festival)


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Les semaines à venir avec frenchsoc...

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"IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T'AIME"
16h00 dimanche 21 decembre 2008
Dendy Opera Quays, East Circular Quay

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=51802464120#/event.php?eid=51802464120 

http://www.dendy.com.au/moviedetail.asp?Mov_ID=M1740 

Join us at DENDY OPERA QUAYS for a Special Advance Screening of I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) by acclaimed author Philippe Claudel.

TICKETS JUST $10 (everyone)

Includes a free choctop or drink for ACCESS cardholders, courtesy of FRENCHSOC and your USU... Meet us in the concourse space outside the Dendy OQ Box Office (look for the bright blue FrenchSoc shirt) at 4PM (film starts shortly after). N.B. film is at DENDY OPERA QUAYS (not Newtown!)
Kristen Scott Thomas is sublime in this film and has been nominated for a Golden Globe. This film has also been nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes

I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) is the debut feature by award-winning French novelist Philippe Claudel. Already well established in the literary world, Claudel's most famous work to date is the novel Les Âmes grises (Grey Souls), which won the prix Renaudot award in France, was shortlisted for the American Gumshoe Award, and won Sweden's Martin Beck Award. He is also a Professor of Literature at the University of Nancy, where parts of the film were shot. I've Loved You So Long marks the start of a promising film career for Claudel, having already won a host awards including the Jury Prize and Readers' Choice Award at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival at it's premiere earlier in the year.

Synopsis:

Léa (Elsa Zylberstein) and Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) are sisters. Juliette has just been released from prison after serving a long sentence. Life together isn't easy to begin with. Juliette has to relearn certain basics. The world has moved on and she often seems confused. Although she may seem cold and distant, her attitude stems more from her being ill at ease. Helped by some, such as the kindly but tactless social worker and her open-hearted but depressed parole officer (Frédéric Pierrot) whose confidante she becomes, Juliette is also rejected by others, particularly employers who throw her out as soon as they find out what she did. But a huge questions hangs over Juliette's renaissance. Why did she do such a terrible thing fifteen years ago? For all the others, it's a recurrent thought that they dare not put into words. And for Juliette, locked away in her secret, it's a burden to bear, which holds her back from engaging in her life and believing that she too has the right to be happy.

Director: Philippe Claudel

Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein

Origin: France

Language: French

Subtitles: English

Duration: 112 Mins

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JAVA au Beck's Festival Bar (Sydney Festival)
20h00 mercredi 14 janvier 2009
Hyde Park Barracks Museum Forecourt (near St. James)
Tickets are $38 (see link below for purchase info)

http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2009/Music/_item/event/JAVA

JANUARY 14 - JAVA, EMILIE CHICK TRIO, DJS DUBCHAMAN, LARS OLLO

French multi-instrumentalists Java mix rap, hip hop, samba, reggae, ragga, rock, jazz, funk and electro with circus spirit and manic humour.  Java's unique take on urban music blends references from the streets of Paris to the avenues of Rio.  A hit at the Bar in 2005, their woozy accordion, hypnotic grooves and creative sampling make for an energetic, jubilatory live cocktail.

The winner of Gilles Peterson's 2008 Worldwide Festival Talent Search, French-American songstress Emilie Chick unites her sensual voice with electro hip hop DJ collective Dapond members Son of Kick and Mr Fish in the Emilie Chick Trio.  A cumbia beats, reggae, dancehall, gypsy roots and dub specialist, Argentinean born Dubchaman represents the Sydney alternative Latin scene, joined by Lars Chresta, one half of Sydney-based electronica duo Ollo.

From 8pm til late. Free entry after 11.30pm (pending availability) Over 18s venue only.    

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CAMILLE au Beck's Festival Bar (Sydney Festival)

20h00 mardi 27 janvier 2009
Hyde Park Barracks Museum Forecourt (near St. James)
Tickets are $48 (see link below for purchase info)

http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2009/Music/_item/event/CAMILLE1

JANUARY 27 - CAMILLE, ENTROPIC, DJS BENTLEY, TREVOR PARKEE, JAMES LOCKSMITH

The music of French vocal sensation Camille is unapologetically experimental yet completely accessible. In her mesmerising stage shows Camille dispenses with traditional instruments, save for piano and loop pedal, replacing them with an a cappella ensemble who together build a spectacular soundscape of layered human voices, harmonies, rhythms and chest-beating, foot-stamping body percussion. A capella, beat-boxing, sighs, vocal interpretations of real instruments and beat sequencers, animal noises, body percussion, even hiccups combine with intelligent lyrics, French chanson storytelling and 60s folk and 70s soul influences to produce Camille's truly original sound. 

Camille is joined by eletro-acoustic groove mechanics Entropic and DJs Bentley, Trevor Parkee and James Locksmith. 

From 8pm til late. Free entry after 11.30pm (pending availability) Over 18s venue only.    

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A très bientôt!

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