Newsletter n°289 / First Baby at the Elysee Palace and more...

Dear franceinlondoner

It's a Girl

First baby at the Elysée Palace

Around 7:30 pm on 19th October, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, France’s First Lady, gave birth to a baby girl. She had been hospitalized earlier that day in one of the most exclusive Parisian private hospitals. At a crucial time for Europe, Nicolas Sarkozy had a meeting with Angela Merkel and was therefore not present at the birth. He saw his new baby later in the evening. The baby is apparently called Giulia.

Contagion

Out now

Contagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure...

Screening of An American in Paris followed by a Q&A with Leslie Caron

Screening of An American in Paris followed by a Q&A with Leslie Caron, at BFI Southbank

Britannicus

From 13/10/2011 to 19/11/2011

Britannicus by Jean Racine in A New Translation by Timberlake Wertenbaker in Wilton's Music Hall. Part political thriller, part family drama, Britannicus depicts twenty-four hours in the life of Emperor Nero that were to change the course of Roman history...

Tickets to be won

France beat Wales 9-8 (or how the moustache beat 14 men !)

At 9am on Sunday 23rd October

Around 60,000 spectators witnessed a bone-jarring, nerve-shredding clash between a miraculously reinvigorated French team and a battling, never-say-die Welsh team...

Don't miss the final at The French Institute

or at The Sports Bar and Grill in Farringdon

French Film Festival UK 2011

From 9/11/2011 until 27/11/2011

The 19th French Film Festival presents an unparalleled selection of cinéma français, returning this year to Ciné Lumière, in association with several other leading cinemas around the country.
Find out more about the programme.

Hollande wins Primary elections. Can he be on his way to becoming the next French President?

Sunday 16th October, more than 3 million left-wing voters turned up to vote for the second round of the socialist primary elections. Half a million more than for the first round. Hollande becomes the official socialist contender for the next French presidential elections.

LAURENT GERRA in London for the first time

On 6th April 2012

Laurent Gerra in London with a brand new show: new jokes, new impressions, such as "Ribery... too"; already a classic, new voices and new faces. He does impressions of Dutronc, Dassin and Philippe Manoeuvre - better than the real ones!

Book early to avoid disappointment!