FILM FEST : Francophonie Film Festival 2017 at M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate > 9am onwards on 17th March 2017

Time : 9:00 am Add to Calendar 17/03/2017 09:00 17/03/2017 20:12 Asia/Kolkata FILM FEST : Francophonie Film Festival 2017 Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/03/movie-neige-animated-short-french-film.html M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Venue : M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003
Landmark : Next to Annexe building of India International Centre
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Area : Lodhi Road Area Events

Event Description : Alliance Française de Delhi and Embassy of Switzerland present Francophonie Film Festival 2017 

Schedule : 

9:00 am : "Neige" 
An animated short French Film Screening with English subtitles. 
Plot: Just before the beginning of summer vacation, Prune leaves her parents to go on the traditional “end-of- school-year excursion”. After she has gone, an incredible snowstorm hits the small town where her family lives. Then Philémon, her younger brother, makes an astonishing discovery: a family of Inuits has settled in a traffic circle.
Director: Antoine Lanciaux, Sophie Roze
Running time: 26 min
Trailer: youtu.be/nVgrd0k5Hz4

10:00 am : Ville Marie 
Plot: An actress mother and her estranged gay son's lives intersect with those of two medical professionals after an unexpected tragedy, forcing secrets to be revealed and personal demons to be dealt with.
Initial release: April 2016
Director: Guy Édoin
Running time: 1h 41 min
Trailer : youtu.be/qRSCWqUdAwU

12:30 pm : Les Mauvais Herbes
Plot: Jacques is an actor who runs away to the countryside to escape his gambling debts. He meets Simon, a rough and wily farmer who manipulates him into a business relationship. After a difficult start, the men help each other grow marijuana. They happen to meet Francesca, a sharp young woman who soon embraces their venture. By the time they get to the winter harvest, the three have learned to live together, but outside forces threaten the delicate balance of their little business...
Initial release: February 2016
Director: Louis Bélanger

Running time: 1h 45 min
Trailer : youtu.be/J5r7sFmA7VM

3:00 pm : Dimitri a Ubuyu
An animated short film
Plot: Dimitri, the little bird from Europe that lands in the plain of Ubuyu in Africa and when his parents forget him there how Makeba the giraffe takes it under her protection and Dimitri discovers the animals and lifestyles of the plain including Oko the zebra and Pili the suricate.
Director: Agnès Lecreux
Running time: 26 min

4:00 pm : Sam
Plot: Seven-year- old Sam has lived with his mother since his parents’ divorce and now finds himself forced to move in with his father Gérôme, a writer with no source of inspiration. Sam hardly knows his father because, except on holidays, he was rarely present. Everyone believes that Gérôme is incapable of caring for a child. After a chaotic start, Sam, thanks to his persuasions, succeeds in helping Gérôme to become more thoughtful and mature, all the while teaching him to be the father he dearly misses.
Director: Elena Hazanov
Running time: 1h 25 min

6:30 pm : Les 3 P'tits Cochons 2 
Plot: Rémy (Paul Doucet) is always between two planes, travels to Shanghai on business. During this trip, he takes the opportunity to cheat Dominique (Sophie Prégent) first with a woman, then with a man. Upon his return, his wife puts him out after showing him more than compromising photos of his Asian aspirations.
Initial release: July 2016
Director: Jean-François Pouliot
Running time: 1h 42 min
Trailer : youtu.be/whGyai6NUXg

Language of the films : French with English subtitles

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