Give me your hand

16th April at 8.30pm

Twin brothers Quentin and Antoine escape from their father's bakery to attend the funeral of the mother they never knew. As they hitchhike towards Barcelona, old grudges between the two teenagers resurface.

Screening followed by Q&A with director, Pascal-Alex Vincent, and actors at Ciné Lumière.

2 x pairs of tickets to be won

La Danse - Opera de Paris

Out in the UK on 23rd April

Allowing the viewer a privileged insight into the enchanting world of The Paris Opera Ballet, La Danse goes behind the scenes and reveals the myriad of activities that go on in order to stage some of the world's greatest dance performances. Every aspect is explored from classes and rehearsals to lighting and props. Directed by one of the masters of documentary filmmaking, Frederick Wiseman, the film is a captivating insight into one of France’s most prestigious institutions.

Retour de Flamme: Enfance du Cinéma

Thursday 22 April at 8.30pm

Serge Bromberg, familiar to UK audiences for his recent work Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno, returns to Ciné lumière with his cine-concert entitled Retour de Flamme: Enfance du Cinéma, a concept started in 1992.

3 x pairs of tickets to be won

Molière's Bourgeois Gentilhomme at the Shaw Theatre

On 5th and 6th June 2010.

One of the most acclaimed of Molière’s plays, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, comes to London for the second time. In this charming, frequently hilarious production of a French comic theatre classic, Monsieur Jourdain, a middle-class business man, aspires to be something he just is not!
IN FRENCH

Charlotte Gainsbourg in Concert at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire

22nd June for one night only

Great actress and singer-songwriter, Charlotte Gainsbourg will be at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire.

One pair of tickets to be won.

Last Chance to See The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and his Letters

Until 18th April 2010

This landmark exhibition of the work of Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) at the Royal Academy of Arts, is definitely not to be missed..  The focus of the exhibition is on the artist's remarkable correspondence. In all, 35 letters, 65 paintings and 30 drawings are be part of the exhibition.
If you have not been to see it yet, be aware that you can no longer put it off as it ends this week.

Vigo: Passion for life

Out on 19th April

The film is based on the life of a young, aspiring film maker Jean Vigo. After Jean Vigo (James Frain) finds himself incarcerated at a tuberculosis sanatorium in the South of France during the 1920s. He meets Lydu Lozinska (Romane Bohringer), a fellow sufferer, and they fall in love. Vigo persuades Lydu to leave the sanatorium and come with him to Paris, where he intends to make films...

3 x Copies of the DVD to be won

April Books

by the French Bookshop

This month, history is definitely flavour of the month with the 70th anniversary of the 18th June 1940 approaching. Discover some of the books which might capture your imagination and make you discover what really happened.

April Recipes

by Natoora

Spring Soup, Pea Soufflé , Redcurrent and onion gravy and tarte tatin are the recipes that Natoora are giving to us this month.

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