Hey everyone! Are you interested in French culture and language but feel a tad intimidated?
Don’t be!
Let’s all get together and have some fun while we mingle and break linguistic and cultural barriers!
The plan?

HAPPY HOUR COCKTAILS AND FRENCH KARAOKE!

All levels are welcome from fluent to zilch!  Come enjoy beautifully made cocktails and appetizers
by the Café à Côté.  The important thing is to have a fun soirée.

You do not have to sing of course, you can simply enjoy the music, cocktails and food but most importantly have great fun!

~ 15% of all profits will benefit l’Alliance Française de Sacramento ~

Please join us for our monthly Soirée Cinéma on Friday, January 18 for “Mauvais Sang” (“Bad Blood”), a poetic crime drama that mixes film noir, science fiction, and unrequited love.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance

Director: Leos Carax

Review: The pictures are in charge in Léos Carax’s ”Bad Blood.” Most of the scenes seem to have been improvised in the interests of a striking shot, and the characters are in thrall to the camera. In this, his second feature, Mr. Carax lives up to his billing as ”the natural heir of Jean-Luc Godard,” showing a taste for underground types and milieus, an inventive eye and a tolerance for tedium.
(New York Times)

Cast
Juliette Binoche (nominated for César Award for Best Actress)
Denis Lavant
Julie Delpy (nominated for César Award for Most Promising Actress)
Michel Piccoli
Hans Meyer
Carroll Brooks

Trailer: https://youtu.be/r_nJz2KTKIk 

The film will be presented in French with English subtitles, with a discussion following the film. Please bring snacks to share. Reservations are not required, but come early to ensure a seat!

Films are shown in the Alliance library, located on the second floor of the CLARA Studios for the Performing Arts, 2420 N Street in Midtown Sacramento. Please enter through the northeast door off the rear parking lot, as other building doors may be locked. If you need to use the accessible ramp, please contact the office no later than the Thursday before the film.

CYRANO DE BERGERAC is coming to America!
Experience the beloved and iconic French romantic comedy, presented by the most prestigious Parisian stage, for a special one-night event, nationwide only in cinema – January 23, 7 pm.

Book now: http://bit.ly/CyranoTickets

“Cyrano de Bergerac, despite an enormous nose, proves to be a talented swordsman and a man of great wit. Blessed with all of life’s gifts except for romantic eloquence, Christian asks Cyrano to help him woo Roxane, whom he also loves. He secretly prompts Christian with romantic turns of phrase, winning Roxane’s heart with Cyrano’s words.

From award-winning director, stage and cinema actor Denis Podalydès, this classic tale of hijinx comes to cinemas nationwide from the renowned Comédie-Française stage. Opera buffa, tragedy, romantic drama, symbolist poetry, slapstick comedy… all genres are called upon to give life to this staging of one of the most emblematic texts of the French repertoire!” (Fathom events)

Watch the trailer here:

Do you want to practice your French in a new relaxed and fun environment? Come and play
Taboo in French!

Minimum level: advanced beginners (A2 or higher).

Marc will guide the group as each player tries to get his or her teammates to guess words using verbal clues – all in French!!

Limited to 12 players, there will be a pot-luck dinner – please bring food and drinks to share – with time to socialize before play starts.

This event will take place in the Alliance library.

Tickets only $20 for an entertaining soirée!

Pay online HERE or call the office at: 916-453-1723

Les membres du club de lecture ‘Joie de Lire’ vont se réunir pour discuter du livre:

                                  “La Douleur” pas Marguerite Duras

On se retrouve à l’Alliance Française de Sacramento dans la bibliothèque.
Apportez un goûter ou une boisson à partager si vous voulez.
The discussion of the book will be in French

Please join us for our monthly Soirée Cinéma on Friday, February 8 for “L’arnacoeur” (“Heartbreaker”),
a romantic comedy that mixes glamour and romance.

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Pascal Chaumeil

Review: [L’arnacouer] recalls a time in film history when romantic comedies were amusing and glamorous as well as romantic. There’s an agreeably spiky chemistry between its two protagonists, some acid wit, and surprisingly an element of madcap physical comedy. Being set in sun-drenched Monte Carlo, it even echoes mid-20th century films that used the stunning Riviera coastline as a backdrop for courtship. (The Telegraph)

Cast
Romain Duris (nominated for Cesar Award for Best Actor)
Vanessa Paradis
Julie Ferrier (nominated for Cesar Award for Best Supporting Actress)
Francois Damiens (nominated for Cesar Award for Best Supporting Actor)
Helena Noguerra

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqGIU4L5GUI&feature=youtu.be

The film will be presented in French with English subtitles, with a discussion following the film. Please bring snacks to share. Reservations are not required, but come early to ensure a seat!

Films are shown in the Alliance library, located on the second floor of the CLARA Studios for the Performing Arts, 2420 N Street in Midtown Sacramento. Please enter through the northeast door off the rear parking lot, as other building doors may be locked. If you need to use the accessible ramp, please contact the office no later than the Thursday before the film.

Come celebrate La Chandeleur and the joys of crêpes and wine in the Alliance Française library on Friday, February 15th!

La Chandeleur is a French holiday, and is also called Fête de la Lumière in France. People get together and not only eat a lot of crêpes but also do a bit of fortune telling while making them. Story goes that if you manage to catch the crêpe in the pan, your family will be prosperous for the rest of the year. Also, depending on the weather at La Chandeleur, the rest of the winter will be either mild or severe
(as with Groundhog Day).

Tickets:
$15 members
$20 non-members

Tickets include 2 glasses of sparking wine, 1 sweet crêpe, 1 savory crêpe

Purchase tickets HERE!

Please join us for our monthly Soirée Cinéma on Friday, March 8 for “Mal de Pierres” (“From the Land of the Moon”),
a romantic drama about a woman challenging norms in the 1950’s.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Nicole Garcia (nominated for Cesar Award for Best Director)

Review: As most viewers are aware, the 1950s were not the best years to be a Western woman. With the sexual revolution more than a decade away, a female who challenged the norms was ostracized from polite society or married off to the first comer, like Marion Cotillard’s shameless country girl burning for sexual fulfillment in From the Land of the Moon (Mal de pierres). (The Hollywood Reporter)

Cast
Marion Cotillard (nominated for Cesar Award for Best Actress)
Louis Garrel
Alex Brendemuhl
Brigitte Rouan
Victoire Du Bois
Aloise Sauvage
Daniel Para
Jihwan Kim
Victor Quilichini

Trailer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3794028/videoplayer/vi4220107033?ref_=tt_pv_vi_aiv_1

The film will be presented in French with English subtitles, with a discussion following the film. Please bring snacks to share. Reservations are not required, but come early to ensure a seat!

Films are shown in the Alliance library, located on the second floor of the CLARA Studios for the Performing Arts, 2420 N Street in Midtown Sacramento. Please enter through the northeast door off the rear parking lot, as other building doors may be locked. If you need to use the accessible ramp, please contact the office no later than the Thursday before the film.

Les membres du club de lecture ‘Joie de Lire’ vont se réunir pour discuter du livre:

               “Le Zèbre” par Alexandre Jardin

On se retrouve à l’Alliance Française de Sacramento dans la bibliothèque.
Apportez un goûter ou une boisson à partager si vous voulez.
The discussion of the book will be in French

We are celebrating Francophone month this year the week of March 18th! We have some very exciting events planned and we hope you can make it!

Here is a tentative schedule:

Tuesday, March 19 – Francophone film

Thursday, March 21 – “Découverte de la Tunisie”

Friday, March 22 – Apéro-Concert: French singer, Eric John Kaiser

Saturday, March 23 – Museum exhibit Bus trip to San Francisco: Gaugin et Monet at the De Young

Please join us to celebrate the Francophonie!