Alliance Francaise to hold Pre-Nouvelle vague Weekend

Alliance Francaise de Bangkok is proud to showcase the fantastic movies of the Pre-Nouvelle vague period selected by Pathompong Manakitsomboon, former film programmer for the World Film Festival. The films will be screened throughout the weekend of September 16 – 18, 2011 at Alliance Francaise’s auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. All movies will be in French with English subtitles.

The new wave cinema movement “Nouvelle Vague”, developed after the Second World War, involved legendary film directors such as Francois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol and Eric Rohmer. They reinvented cinema by deconstructing and redefining narratives, film techniques and acting. Films shown during this 3-day cinema weekend heralded this visionary movement.

Weekend with 5 movies

The first screening will begin on Friday with “L’Atalante” the only film made by director Jean Vigo who died shortly after its release in theaters. The program line-up on Saturday and Sunday includes “French Cancan” of director Jean Renoir’s fictionalized account of the creation of the notorious Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris; “Le Diable boiteux” the life of French diplomat Prince de Talleyrand-Périgord directed by Sacha Guitry based on his own play “Talleyrand”; director Alexandre Astruc’s film “Une Vie” based on Guy de Maupassant’s novel by the same name and Roger Leenhardt’s “Les Dernieres Vacances”.

The screenings will be followed by a discussion with Sonthaya Subyen, founder of the group Filmvirus on Sunday at 18:30 hrs.

Screening schedule

L’Atalante

Date: Friday 16 September at 19:30 hrs

Director: Jean Vigo

French Cancan

Date: Saturday 17 September at 15:00 hrs

Director: Jean Renoir

Le Diable boiteux

Date: Saturday 17 September at 17:30 hrs

Director: Sacha Guitry

Une Vie

Date: Sunday 18 September at 14:00 hrs  

Director: Alexandre Astruc

Les dernières vacances

Date: Sunday 18 September at 16:30 hrs

Director: Roger Leenhardt

For further information, please visit www.alliance-francaise.or.th or contact chalanthorn.kidthang@alliance-francaise.or.th or telephone 02-670-4231.