In the month of June, the whole world celebrates music in its different forms and manifestations through the “Fête de la Musique”, a day dedicated to the promotion of music, created by the French Ministry of Culture which first took place in 1982 in Paris. Since this first edition, this event has known a growing success, and has become an …

The last World War, Marguerite Duras lived it all at once as the wife of a deported husband, as a resistant, but also as a writer. This play is an adaptation of two texts from her book La Douleur, the first one of course, along with the one about Monsieur X, alias Pierre Rabier. This second one is particularly striking. Pierre Rabier is a Gestapo agent who Duras has a dangerous affair with, obliged to see him to obtain intelligence which will help her resistance network. Duras is suffering from the decisions of that cold-hearted man, but as he is fascinated by French authors he will spare her life in the end.

Initial release: 2014 | Director:  Emmanuel Mouret Running time: 1h40min French with English subtitles | Free Entry. Open to all Bumbling fifth grade instructor Clement has a hard time putting a full sentence together, but that doesn’t stop him from winning over Alicia, a film and theater star whose nephew he’s been hired to tutor in math. The matinee idol and sheepish …

About the spectacle: Directed by Christian and François Ben Aïm, La forêt ébouriffée is an art performance for all ages. This spectacle, between dance, theatre and tale, is adapted from a children’s book written by Mélanie Thierry. Against a backdrop of video-projections made by the writer, two dancers narrate the story of Racine (Narated with English subtitles).

Initial release: 2014 | Director: Cédric Jimenez Running time: 2h15min French with English subtitles | Free Entry. Open to all 1975, Marseille is ruled by a brutal drug gang exporting heroin to New York under the gang name la French. Former Juvenile Court judge Pierre Michel is transferred to the organized crime unit, and will spend years trying to take down one …

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

In the framework of The Other Thought – French-Indian Encounters on Creativity and Innovation, powered by the French Institute in India, we have the immense pleasure in welcoming Pascal Dibie in India on the occasion of the publication of The Way of the World by Nicolas Bouvier (Yoda Press). Three events on travel writing and Nicolas Bouvier are organized in …

Initial release: 2013  | Director: Bertrand Tavernier Running time: 1h54min French with English subtitles | Free Entry. Open to all Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is tall and impressive, a man with style, attractive to women. He also happens to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the land of enlightenment: France. Arthur Vlaminck, a young graduate of the elite National School of …

Initial release: 1959| Director: Robert Bresson Running time: 1h15min French with English subtitles | Free Entry. Open to all Plot: The story of Michel, a young solitary man obsessed with theft. His first theft of a hand bag ends up badly. But by chance he meets a master thief. This encounter re-awakens his vocation, and he soon becomes an unparalleled pickpocket.

Beltuner is a popular French band created in Paris in 2001. This band is composed of four musicians: Pascal Muller (guitar), Nicolas Pautras (double bass), René Sopa (accordion) and Mickaël Correira (percussion). Their music is a harmonious mix of jazz, gypsy swing and musette (the music of cosmopolitan Paris life). From their very first concert in a tiny Parisian bar, …