MAY BULLETIN
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May's Café-Croissant's venue is at The Tennyson (formerly Cafe Tennyson), Tennyson St, Napier.
It will be on Saturday 6th May at 9:30am. Why not come along and enjoy good coffee and croissants? It's a great opportunity for a Summer breakfast and chat in French, Frenglish or French. RSVP by Thursday 4th May and include whether you would like croissants. Notre "Café-Croissant" vous permet de rencontrer des francophiles tout en prenant le petit-déjeuner ! |
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**** "Spellbinding... A moving jewel of a film about memory, friendship and kin... Céline Sciamma’s beautiful fairytale reverie is occasioned by the dual mysteries of memory and the future: simple, elegant and very moving. An artistic masterstroke on Sciamma’s part. What a superb movie.” - The Guardian 
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May's Film
We start each Cine-Club in the foyer of the cinema foyer from 6:00pm. We will be serving $5 glasses of Beach House wine and complimentary bread and cheese. The film starts at 6:30pm and supper is available afterwards at Pipi's café (please note on your registration if interested) Tuesday 9th May at 6:00pm Event Cinemas, Havelock North. Cost: Members $10; Other $15 Petite Maman (2021)
PG Mild Themes 113 mins, France French with English subtitles In the wake of her grandmother’s death, eight-year-old Nelly (Joséphine Sanz) accompanies her distraught mother (Nina Meurisse) to her childhood home. There, Nelly’s encounter with another young girl (Gabrielle Sanz) brings mother and daughter together in a way neither could have ever imagined. Evoking childhood’s perpetual state of wonder through luminous, richly textured images, Petite Maman takes viewers on a journey inward for a quietly miraculous tale of emotional time travel." - Criterion Collection |
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Friday 19 May is the altered date for our next film evening in Central Hawkes Bay. We have chosen a classic French film.
FRENCH FILM Milou en mai - May Fools (1990) Comedy Drama ENG: 55 years ago to the month, in May '68, Parisians are rioting in the streets and destroying all social order(sounds familiar!) In the south of France the Vieuzac family is doing the same thing in their ancestral home! FRA: Une vieille dame s'eteint dans une grande demeure du Sud-Ouest. Son fils, Milou,[...] convoque pour l'enterrement [...]la famille. Mais nous sommes en mai 1968 [il y a 55 ans!] Depuis deux semaines Paris est a feu et a sang...(Allo-Ciné.fr) Actors: Miou-Miou, Michel Piccoli, Michel Duchaussoy Once again suggested $10 koha with any profits going to the Food Basket CHB! |
"Louis Malle's "May Fools" has a quality of mellow contentment. You feel in its images a sense of sunny embrace, a feeling of comfort and leisure and warm sensuality." - Hal Hinson Washington Post
FOOD:
Food Truck: JAH Eatery - Edible Food Bowls JAH will be open from just before 6:00pm until after intermission at 7:30pm |
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The L'OR French Film Festival Aotearoa is coming to both:
Event Cinemas, Havelock North and MTG Century Theatre, Napier. The Opening Night will be on Wednesday 24 May. You will have already received information click here Other information on the Festival - click here. Both of the venues will screen films at different times. Programmes are now available at both cinemas and eventually cafes as well. Both venues have a special price for Association Française members for all films apart from the Opening Night. This is usually $2 cheaper than Senior ticket. (NB: There may be a booking fee for online sales) - Bon Festival! |
Here is a selection of the films that are in this year's line up.
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Merci to our supporters
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Term Two started on 27th April. It is still not too late to join and we have 6 levels including a complete beginners' class that started in February. Lessons are held at HGHS on Thursday’s 6pm-7:30pm during term time.
If you are interested in joining one of our classes next year, visit our Lessons page for more information by clicking on the button below. Learn French - 6 levels, 7 teachers, 4 you «Ce n'est jamais trop tard pour apprendre le français en 2023» "It's never too late to learn French in 2023! " |
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Soirées de Conversation
Napier Conversation Evening organised by Barbara, on Monday 24 April and 29 May
Havelock North Conversation Evening, organised by Belinda, on Wednesday 3 May.
For new enquiries visit this link, send a message to either Belinda or Barbara, you will then be added to the monthly mailout (regular attendees please respond to the monthly email sent to you). Everyone is welcome.
Soirée virtuelle continues on non-Conversation Evening Mondays - contact James for more information.
Havelock North Conversation Evening, organised by Belinda, on Wednesday 3 May.
For new enquiries visit this link, send a message to either Belinda or Barbara, you will then be added to the monthly mailout (regular attendees please respond to the monthly email sent to you). Everyone is welcome.
Soirée virtuelle continues on non-Conversation Evening Mondays - contact James for more information.
Support our sponsors
Remember to support our sponsors. We will be seeing a lot of them at the French Film Festival.
Click on the picture to meet our sponsors.
Click on the picture to meet our sponsors.
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