Events

Ciné Club : Comme un lion: 28 August 2018 | 10am

Mitri is fifteen and lives in a Senegalese village. Like all boys his age, he plays football and dreams of Barça and of Chelsea. When a recruiting agent picks him up out, Mitri believes his chance has come. But to get seen by the great European football clubs, one has to pay. His family chips in and puts itself into debt to help him. Once in Paris, everything collapses: Mitri finds himself abandoned, without a dime in his pocket, and unable to imagine dealing with the shame should he return to his village. An odyssey which will require all his resourcefulness hence begins. But his football dream will soon catch up with him...

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Ciné Club : Moloch Tropical: 23 August 2018 | 6:30pm

In a fortress perched on the top of a mountain, a democratically elected President (Zinedine Soualem) and his closest collaborators are getting ready for a state celebration. Foreign chiefs of state and dignitaries of all sorts are expected. However, in the morning of the event, he wakes up to find the country inflamed the streets in turmoil. As the day goes on, rebellion worsens. Meanwhile, expected guests are withdrawing from the party one after another...

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Ciné Club : L’exercice de l’Etat: 16 August 2018 | 6:30pm

Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no choice but to go to the scene of the accident. Thus begins the odyssey of a politician in a world that is increasingly more complex and hostile. Speed, power struggles, chaos, economic crisis... Everything follows in quick succession and clashes. Emergencies follow on each other's heels. What sacrifices are men prepared to make? Just how long will they hold up in a state that devours those that work for it?

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Ciné Club : Petit paysan: 09 August 2018 | 6:30pm

Pierre is a 30-year-old dairy farmer. His life revolves around the family farm he took over, his cows, his veterinarian sister and his parents. When the first cases of an epidemic disease break out in France, Pierre finds out one of his animals is infected. Losing his cows is not an option for Pierre. He has nothing else and he will do whatever it takes to save them.

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Ciné Club : Primaire: 07 August 2018 | 10am

Florence is a school teacher devoted to her students. When she meets little Sasha, a troubled child, she will do everything possible to save him, even if he abandons his life as a mother or a woman and even calls into question his vocation. Florence will realize little by little that there is no age to learn…

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Exhibition: International Women Photographers Award – 2018

Alliance Française de Delhi in association with The International Women Photographers Association is pleased to announce the 11 photographers who have been selected from the 60 previously short-listed candidates. A total of more than 600 women photographers from 82 countries have submitted their entries to the International Women Photographers Award (IWPA). The results show the outstanding success of the IWPA award around the world as the selected photographers come from Middle East, Europe, Asia and South America.

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Ciné Club : Numéro Une: 2nd August 2018 | 6:30pom

Nathalie, a middle-aged divorced University Professor, changes from being an affectionate woman to being irrepressibly jealous of everyone close to her. Her best friend, her new colleague, her ex-husband... everyone finds themselves at the mercy of her eccentric behavior. Even her beautiful 18-year old daughter Mathilde! Entangled by her sarcastic nature and conflicted emotions, Nathalie navigates through this unexpected mid-life crisis in a funny, touching... and politically incorrect way.

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Ciné Club : Numéro Une: 31st July 2018, 10am

A high executive is asked if she would like to be the first female CEO in a water company, ruled by the government. However, she will not be the only one running for the job. She will face some hard and dirty competition.

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Design X Design : Roundtable | 26 July 2018, 6:30pm

Design in its many manifestations forms an integral part of every culture. Civilizations evolve and attain their full potential because of it. Design based creative communities in India are witness to a fascinating churning, necessitating a search for a vision that may inform their evolution beyond – spanning education, profession and the industry. Thus, involving exposes, roundtables, exhibitions etc. Design X Design is a step in that direction.

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Ciné Club : Les grands esprits: 24th July 2018, 10am

François Foucault, veteran professor of French literature at the prestigious Henri IV institute, ends up accepting a position at a public school in the outskirts of Paris in a troubled area. A bit pedantic and prejudiced, François must adapt to a new social reality in which culture and the desire for knowledge are not the priority of his students.

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