Events

Concert: From Bach to Bhupali

Virtuoso Cellist Saskia Rao-de Haas on her Indian Cello and child prodigy Ishaan Leonard Rao on Piano will be performing in a unique concert ‘From Bach to Bhupali’ at the Alliance Francaise, New Delhi. This rare mother-son duo has already enthralled audiences in Australia, France and Bangalore. In this concert, many imaginary geographical and generational boundaries will not only be crossed but also erased.

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Francophonie Méla | 16 March 2019

Since 1988 every year French speakers and Francophiles unite to promote the French language and the diversity of Francophone cultures. Half a billion Francophone around the world will celebrate Francophonie March and we wish you to join us for the same. Alliance Française de Delhi and the Francophone community of Delhi are delighted to invite you for various events putting together from 13th to 16th March 2019.

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Semaine de la Francophonie | Francophonie Week 2019

The days of French culture and language are all set to return to the national capital with the beginning of the Francophone Festival from March 13 which will feature exhibitions, film screenings, theatre, live music and the much-awaited Francophone Méla.

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Cine club – Le Poulain

25-year-old Arnaud is young and inexperienced in politics when he joins the communication team of a presidential candidate. As he discovers the tactics of the campaign, and the twists and rivalries inside the team, he develops an attraction and fascination for this world, and for his powerful manager Agnès..

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Cine club – Luna

Luna lives in the South of France, near Montpellier, and works in a farming exploitation. Luna is beautiful, funny and devours life. She would do anything to keep Ruben's love. During one evening of party drinking with her friends, they assault a young unknown. A few weeks later, he re-appears in Luna's life. She will have to make choices.

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Cine club – Gueule d’ange

8-year-old Elli and her mother, Marlène, live in a small town by the French Riviera where they act out to relieve boredom and hide from social services. When Marlène caves in to yet another night of excess, she chooses to leave Elli behind for a man she just met. The young child must confront her mother’s demons in order to get her back.

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Cine club – Place Publique

Castro was once a very famous TV host. As he grows old, his popularity is declining, but his cynicism remains intact. Today his driver Manu takes him to the house warming party of his longtime friend and producer Nathalie. Everyone is invited: from reality stars and actors to the eccentric farmer living next door. Hélène, Nathalie’s sister and Castro’s ex-wife, is running around as usual, trying to convince guests to sign a petition in support of an Afghan refugee. She barely notices the arrival of their daughter Nina, who just published a book in which the main characters borrow heavily from her parents’ flaws...

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Cine club – Une bouteille à la mer

Tal is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not of their choosing at an age where young people are falling in love and taking their place in adult life.

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Cine club – French Cancan

Henri Danglard, proprietor of the fashionable (but bankrupt) cafe 'Le Paravent Chinois' featuring his mistress, belly dancer Lola, goes slumming in Montmartre (circa 1890) where the then-old-fashioned cancan is still danced. There, he conceives the idea of reviving the cancan as the feature of a new, more popular establishment...and meets Nini, a laundress and natural dancer, whom he hopes to star in his new show. But a tangled maze of jealousies intervenes...

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Music: KHUSHBOO – Last moment concert

Murad Ali Khan and Titi Robin, reunited again in Delhi during the last days of January, felt a desire, at the very last moment, to propose impromptu to the Alliance Française of Delhi a Musical and Dance show. They have invited along with them for this special occasion Padma Shri Gulabo Sapera, Kathak exponent Mahua Shankar, as well as several other eminent artists. From this unexpected encounter, motivated principally by the pleasure of exchange and sharing, we will hopefully find this color of the emotion and the fragrance (khushboo) of the soul that these artistic languages have, with an aim to create and transmit.

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