Bonjour les amis,
This week with FrenchSoc:
Film Screening Tuesday
[Education LR 351, 5 pm, Tuesday 25th May]
This week FrenchSoc and the Suspense and Mystery Society bring you 8 Femmes, followed by free pizza! Meet us in Education Lecture Room 351 at 5 for the screening and join us afterwards for pizza and to chat about the film.
Synopsis:
One morning at an isolated mansion in the snowy countryside of 1950s France, a family is gathered for the holiday season. But there will be no celebration at all because their beloved patriarch has been murdered! The killer can only be one of the eight women closest to the man of the house. Was it his powerful wife? His spinster sister-in-law? His miserly mother-in-law? Maybe the insolent chambermaid or the loyal housekeeper? Could it possibly have been one of his two young daughters? A surprise visit from the victim's chic sister sends the household into a tizzy, encouraging hysterics, exacerbating rivalries, and encompassing musical interludes. Comedic situations arise with the revelations of dark family secrets. Seduction dances with betrayal. The mystery of the female psyche is revealed. There are eight women and each is a suspect. Each has a motive. Each has a secret. Beautiful, tempestuous, intelligent, sensual, and dangerous...one of them is guilty. (IMDB.com)
FrenchSoc Outing: Sydney French Theatre
[ACTT Cleveland St Theatre, 8:00 pm, Thursday 20th May, 199 Cleveland St, Central]
FrenchSoc is going to Sydney French Theatre’s performance of Cuisine et Dépendances this Thursday, 27th May at 8 pm. We’ll be selling tickets for only $10 at conversation groups this week and we only have limited numbers, so don’t miss out! Meet us at 7:15 in front of Fisher library (keep an eye out for our exec in their FrenchSoc t-shirts) or join us at 7:55 at the theatre (ACTT Cleveland St Theatre, 199 Cleveland St, Central). See below for more details about the play!
Eur-Once-Upon-A-Time
[Manning Bar, 7 pm, Sunday 20th May]
It’s that time of year again… the Sydney University language societies are pleased to bring you Eur-once upon a time, the Eurovision Party 2010. Come along on Sunday 30th May from 7 pm ‘til late to join us for this year's final of the Eurovision Song Contest with a fairytale theme. Watch the SBS broadcast, direct from Oslo, Norway to Manning Bar, support France in the final and enjoy a selection of European delicacies! Prizes for best dressed fairytale character and country theme! Prices are $5 Access, $15 non-Access.
Conversation Groups
[Manning Backcourt, 1-2 p.m., Monday – Thursday]
Parlez français avec FrenchSoc this Monday – Thursday from 1-2 in the Manning Backcourt. Free drinks for members! All levels are welcome, from beginners to native French-speakers. Come and join us, have a coffee, and speak a bit of French! If it’s raining, don’t forget to look inside – keep an eye out for our exec in their FrenchSoc t-shirts, and of course our huge French flag.
Study Group
[Isabel Fidler, 2-3 p.m., Thursdays]
Stop procrastinating and get your homework done with your fellow French students. FrenchSoc study groups will be in Isabel Fidler, on the top floor of Manning, every Thursday from two to three p.m.
Coming up with FrenchSoc
Café Rendezvous au Petit Tarte
[Le Petit Tarte Café, 4-6pm, Tuesday 1st June, 219 Glebe Pt Rd]
Rendez-Vous at Petit Tarte Café in Glebe next Tuesday – come and join us for a free coffee or cake (or both at a discounted price for FrenchSoc members!). Le Petit Tarte is on Glebe Point Rd: keep walking up Glebe Point Rd past the church, and Petit Tarte is on the right. On se voit là-bas!
FrenchSoc End of Semester Party with Macquarie Uni
On Saturday 5th June FrenchSoc and UFM will be celebrating the end of semester in style! Since Vin et Fromage was such a success we thought we’d organise another joint event with our Macquarie Uni counterparts. Don’t miss out: mark the date in your calendars!
D’ailleurs dans le monde francophone:
Sydney Film Festival
The Sydney Film Festival is happening next month, from June 2nd until June 14th, and will be showing a number of French films as part of the festival. Check out the attached document for plot summaries and showing information, or see sff.org.au for more details.
Alliance Française Music Fest 2010
[Hotel CBD, Saturday 19th June, 8pm – 1 am, $15 pre-booking or $20 on the door]
Music Fest aka Fête de la Musique is happening in Sydney! Be a part of this widely celebrated international event and discover DJs from Canada, France and Australia all in one night! French Mafia, Secret Maker, Damien & Kristen from Reel Sessions and DJ Maus at the CBD Hotel on York St. During the night of the Music Fest 2010, WIN one Epiphone DR-100 Acoustic Guitar!! Your entry enables you to enter our raffle - exclusively for Music Fest attendees! See www.afsydney.com.au for more details.
Sydney French Theatre
[Performed at: ACTT Cleveland St Theatre, 199 Cleveland St, Central - Tickets : $22]
Usually $22, Sydney French Theatre has kindly agreed to give FrenchSoc members discounted tickets at $17. Send us an email at frenchsoc.usyd@gmail.com if you’d like to book through us and get your FrenchSoc discount!
After a very successful 2009 year with sold out performances of '8 Femmes', 'French Rendez-vous' and 'Hors d'Oeuvre', Sydney French Theatre is very excited about its May 2010 shows. This month, they are providing you with two amazing shows.
'ROUGE'
'ROUGE' is a selection of hilarious short plays intended to make you turn “ROUGE” with laughter.
Directed by Jean-Yves Brignon
Dates:
Thursday 20th May 2010 – 8pm
Friday 21st May 2010 – 8pm
Saturday 22nd May 2010 – 6pm and 8pm
Monday 24th May 2010 – 8pm
'CUISINE ET DEPENDANCES'
Written by the acclaimed couple Agnes Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri, Cuisine et Dépendances stages a dinner party turned upside down which will leave you wanting more.
Dates:
Wednesday 26th May 2010 – 8pm
Thursday 27th May 2010 – 8pm
Friday 28th May 2010 – 8pm
Saturday 29th May 2010 – 4.30pm and 8pm
Sunday 30th May 2010 – 3pm
A bientôt!
FrenchSoc
