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CINEMA
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Coming of Age
February 7 and 21 | 7:00 p.m
Embassy of France - La Maison Française
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy presents French film series "Coming of Age". From the fifties to today, in high and low places, this series presents contrasted views of the tumultuous time that is adolescence, between growth and challenges.
We Did It on a Song / Chante ton bac d’abord
by David André
2013 – France – 82 min
February 7 | 7:00 p.m
The city of Boulogne-sur-mer was badly hurt by the financial crisis; yet its youth still hangs on to the future and sings its hope, dreams and hardships. This documentary follows high school seniors for their last year before entering the real world, with original songs written and performed by its unlikely heroes.
Camille Rewinds / Camille Redouble
by Noémie Lvovsky
2012 - France - 115 min
February 21 | 7:00 p.m
Madly in love with Eric, Camille gets pregnant at 16. 25 years later, Eric leaves her for a younger woman. On New Year’s Eve, Camille finds herself thrown back into the past, with her adult mind and memories. She gets the chance to re-live her adolescence, and to decide what choices to make, and what to change... or not.
All films are in French with English subtitles.
Online registration is required for these free admission screenings.
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Black History Month: Little Senegal by Rachid Bouchareb
February 27 | 7:00 p.m
Embassy of France - La Maison Française
In celebration of Black History Month and in partnership with the DC Host Committee, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy present the screening of the 2001 film Little Senegal by Rachid Bouchareb.
Aging Senegalese man Alloune curates a slavery museum in his home country. Spurred by the reaction of curious patrons, Alloune is inspired to find the descendants of the people brought to the United States during the slave trade. So he travels to America, eventually landing in New York and meeting up with his cab driver nephew, Hassan, Hassan's girlfriend, Biram, and storekeeper Ida, who could be Alloune's distant relative.
In French and English with English subtitles.
Online registration is required for this free admission screening.
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The French Cinémathèque at the Avalon Theatre Presents: Things to Come
February 15 | 8:00 p.m
Avalon Theater
The monthly French Cinémathèque series at the Avalon Theatre, in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, presents the screening of the film Things to Come by Mia Hansen-Løve.
What happens when the life you’ve worked so hard to build falls apart all at once? Nathalie (Isabelle Huppert) is a philosophy teacher with a seemingly settled existence, juggling a rich life of the mind with the day-to-day demands of career and family (including frequent visits to her drama queen mother, played by the legendary Édith Scob). But beginning with the bombshell revelation that her husband of twenty-five years is leaving her, one by one the pillars of Nathalie’s life start to crumble. For the first time in ages, she finds herself adrift, but also with a newfound sense of liberation. With nothing to hold her back, Nathalie sets out to define this new phase of her life and to rediscover herself.
In French with English subtitles.
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Ciné-Club : Rois & Reine by Desplechin
February 8 | 7:00 p.m
Alliance Française's Library
Alliance Française and French magazine Les Cahiers du Cinéma are partnering together to create a series of film screenings & discussion called the Ciné-Club! Nicholas Elliott of Les Cahiers du Cinéma will lead a screening & discussion of this film.
In French with English subtitles.
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MUSIC
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Edgar Moreau
February 23 | 7:30 p.m.
Embassy of France - La Maison Française
The 38th Young Concert Artists Series presents, with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, French cellist Edgar Moreau with pianist Jessica Osborne.
Program:
Beethoven: Sonata No 2 in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2
Poulenc: Sonata for cello and piano, FP 143
Tanguy: New Work
Brahms: Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38
“The rising star of the French cello,” 22-year-old cellist Edgar Moreau consistently captivates audiences with his effortless virtuosity and dynamic performances (Le Figaro Magazine). He won First Prize in the 2014 Young Concert Artists International Auditions after capturing, at the age of 17, Second Prize and the Prize for the Best Performance of the Commissioned Work at the 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition under the chairmanship of Valery Gergiev. In 2013, he was named “New Talent of the Year” at the Victoires de la Musique in France, and in 2015, he was named “Solo Instrumentalist of the Year.”
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Sandrine Piau
Febuary 21 | 7:30 p.m.
Theatre of the Arts at the University of DC
Vocal Arts DC presents French soprano Sandrine Piau and pianist Susan Manoff.
In addition to widely praised recordings of German Lieder and French songs for the Naïve label, French soprano Sandrine Piau and pianist Susan Manoff have collaborated together in recitals at Carnegie Hall, London's Wigmore Hall, Vienna's Musikverein, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, the Salzburg Festival, and the Salle Pleyel in Paris, among many others.
Program to include selections by Schubert, Liszt, Wolf, and Debussy.
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VISUAL ARTS
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Toulouse-Lautrec Illustrates the Belle Epoque
February 4 to April 30, 2017
The Phillips Collection
The exhibition is organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and The Phillips Collection.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) captured the heart of Parisian nightlife in dynamic cabaret and café-concert scenes inspired by the city’s burgeoning entertainment district. A frequent visitor to lively hotspots in Montmartre, like the Chat Noir, Mirliton, and Moulin Rouge, his record of local amusements fashioned a portrait of modern life. Toulouse-Lautrec’s arrival in the City of Light coincided with a resurgence in printmaking, and his experiments with lithography revolutionized the field.
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The Rachel Lambert Mellon Collection of Jean Schlumberger
February 10 to June 18, 2017
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Schlumberger began his career in Paris and by the 1930s, he was creating costume jewelry for fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli. His works evolved into exquisite pins, bracelets, necklaces, and more that featured real gemstones—rubies, emeralds, sapphires, and diamonds—in settings of gold and platinum. In 1956, he became chief designer for Tiffany & Co., where his ornaments became known for their whimsical interpretations of nature, particularly marine life. Schlumberger also designed powder compacts, candlesticks, centerpieces, and clocks, which combined precious and semiprecious stones with enamel and gold in the manner of the Russian master Carl Fabergé. The Rachel Lambert Mellon Collection of Jean Schlumberger, features pieces inspired by Mrs. Mellon’s passions and crafted to her specifications. Inventive displays suggest the places where these objects would have been seen and appreciated, from the counters of Tiffany & Co. to elite society gatherings and grand homes.
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BOOKS
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