Newsletter n°214 / Films, plays, dvds, music, all things french

Dear franceinlondoner

Cinema

Lourdes

Out on 26th March

Jessica Hausner's latest movie takes place in Lourdes as the title would suggest. Lourdes is both a place of pilgrimage and of mystery. It is there that in order to escape her isolation, wheelchair-bound Christine makes a life changing journey to Lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrenees Mountains.

Mister Lonely now out on DVD

Out now

The film follows a Michael Jackson impersonator (Luna), who meets a Marilyn lookalike (Morton) in Paris. She takes him under her wing and brings him to a community in Scotland, peopled by lookalikes and ruled by the Pope (Fox) and Queen Elizabeth II (Anita Pallenberg, appearing with Fox for the first time since Performance). In a sub-plot, a German priest (Herzog, a fan of Korine’s work) is overseeing relief deliveries in third world conditions, when a nun falls from an airborne plane and miraculously survives…

3 Copies of the DVD to be won

Francophonix at the Institut Francais

At 7pm on 17th March - FREE

As part of the Francophone Week a special concert celebrating exciting French talent will present three live performances with Féfé, Anne B and Maro Bamako.

A Short History of Cahier du Cinema by Emilie Bickerton

Out now

This is not a gossip filled book on one of the most important film periodicals out there in any language. Cahier du Cinema used to be the most important film magazine in the world. Many a film director or script writer started their career writing for Cahier du Cinema...

Mullets and Tracksuits Night at Club de Fromage in Islington

Saturday 20th March

MULLET AND TRACKSUIT NIGHT! Ever wanted to go out looking like an East-Berliner circa 1998? Well now's your chance! Comb down the mullet, iron your best tracksuit, and get yourself down to their Mullet and Tracksuit Night. Anyone in fancy dress gets to jump the queue.
FranceInLondon have joined up Club de Fromage for you to have a fun night.
Anyone entering the competition will also be able to get in for £5 only.

3x10 tickets to be won to party with your friends on Saturday 20th March

Estelle Rocca-Serra, Brilliant New Corsican Artist to Feature in latest Hospital Arts Project

From 15th to 27th March.

Refreshing new artist, Estelle Rocca-Serra makes her solo debut as part of the Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity’s Hospital Arts Project –
Admission FREE.

Dominique Manotti and Joan Smith on the Political Crime Novel

On 17th March at the Institut Francais

The pair will discuss their influences, their aims, and why the crime novel is pre-eminently a political form.
In English

3 Pairs of tickets to be won.

La Fille Mal Gardée at the Royal Opera House

Until 5th April

La Fille mal gardée (or The Wayward Daughter) is one of Frederick Ashton’s most charming ballets. Its combination of lighthearted story, beautiful solos and pas de deux and lively ensembles have made it a timeless classic of the Royal Ballet repertory and an audience favourite every time.