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Ciné Francophone: Tabarly

February 25th, 2010

http://leteliertheater.com/2010/02/25/cine-francophone-tabarly/

Parrainé par l’Association Eric Tabarly, le film de Pierre Marcel évoque le parcours hors norme du marin et son extrême sensibilité. S’appuyant sur une documentation unique d’archives radiophoniques et audiovisuelles, françaises et étrangères, professionnelles et amateurs, inédites pour la plupart, le documentaire nous fait revivre les courses au large, les arrivées discrètes ou triomphales, en solitaire ou en équipage, au long des trente cinq années de suprématie des Pen Duick sur toutes les mers du monde.

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Les Lutins du Court Métrage

February 18th, 2010

http://leteliertheater.com/2010/02/18/les-lutins-du-court-metrage/

6 different screenings of the best French short films of 2009, selected by 2000 professionals from the cinema industry.

Ciné Francophone: L'Avocat de la terreur – CANCELED

February 11th, 2010

http://leteliertheater.com/2010/02/11/cine-francophone-lavocat-de-la-terreur/

D’affaires sulfureuses en déflagrations terroristes, le réalisateur Barbet Schroeder suit les méandres empruntés par ” L’avocat de la terreur “, celui qui a défendu Anis Naccache et Klaus Barbie, aux confins du politique et du judiciaire.

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Jean-Louis Bruguière lecture & screening – CANCELED

February 5th, 2010

http://leteliertheater.com/2010/02/05/jean-louis-bruguiere-lecture-screening/

L’Alliance Française et la Chambre de Commerce franco-américaine présentent:

La coopération transatlantique dans la lutte contre le terrorisme, conférence suivie du film l’Etoile du Soldat.

DC French Meetup screening: Manon des sources

January 31st, 2010

http://leteliertheater.com/2010/01/31/dc-french-meetup-screening-manon-des-source/

A sequel to 1986′s Jean de Florette. Manon has grown up to become a beautiful woman, a shy and resourceful shepherdess who lives in relative seclusion from the townspeople of her provencal village, haunted by the tragic death of her father.

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Ciné Francophone: Largo Winch

January 28th, 2010

http://leteliertheater.com/2010/01/28/cine-francophone-largo-winch/

After a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father’s killers, and stop them from taking over his financial empire.

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DC French Meetup screening: Jean de Florette

January 17th, 2010

http://leteliertheater.com/2010/01/17/dc-french-meetup-screening-jean-de-florette/

ean de Florette is a 1986 French historical drama film directed by Claude Berri, based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol. It is part of a duology, and is followed by Manon des Sources. The film takes place in rural Provence, where two local farmers scheme to trick a newcomer out of his newly inherited property.

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Ciné Francophone: La première étoile

January 14th, 2010

http://leteliertheater.com/2010/01/14/cine-francophone-la-premiere-etoile/

Married with three children, Jean Gabriel lives on odd jobs and spends his time at the corner bar. One day, to make his daughter happy, he promises to take the whole family on a skiing holiday. The only problem: this time, he doesn’t keep his promise.

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DC French Meetup screening: Les choristes

December 13th, 2009

http://leteliertheater.com/2009/12/13/dc-french-meetup-screening-les-choristes/

Former music teacher Clément Mathieu arrives at “Fond de l’ Etang” (“Bottom of the Well”), a boarding school for orphans and problematic boys and decides to form a choir with them.

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Ciné Francophone: Sagan

October 21st, 2009

Thursday, October 22 @ 7:00pm This biographic drama from director Diane Kurys is the second film in our Ciné Francophone series with Alliance Française. Sagan is about the life of French author Françoise Sagan. The film starts in the mid 1950s as Sagan (then still known under her real name Quoirez) closes a publishing deal [...]

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