‘French Cinema Rendez-vous’ to bring Vietnamese audiences closer to French cinema
French Cinema Rendez-vous is a new weekly event which will introduce French cinema's richness and diversity, with a different film every Saturday, from July 8 at METIZ Cinema in Da Nang City.
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Four films subtitled in English and Vietnamese will be screened at the event, which is scheduled to last through July 29.
Information about each film will be available on the websites and Facebook pages of METIZ Cinema and the French Institute in Vietnam. The screenings will start at 5 p.m. every Saturday, with tickets costing 75,000 VND.
Previously, the event has been held in Ho Chi Minh City since September 2022, organised by the French Institute in Vietnam and the French Embassy in Vietnam.
Representative director of the French Institute in Vietnam – Da Nang branch Samuel Delameziere said: “Our experience in quality live events or cultural exhibitions has proven that Danang people always want more opportunities to have access to a rich variety of art forms and we are happy to contribute to the cultural development of Da Nang!”
Fire Training Secrets will be the curtain raiser which tells the story of two best friends Jean-Gab and Manu. The pair see a giant fly stuck in the trunk of a car while they walk along the road. They suddenly come up with the idea of catching the fly and training it to make money.
Meanwhile, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg will be introduced to local audiences on July 15. The musical romantic drama film written and directed by Jacques Demy, with music by Michel Legrand, won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1964.
Furthermore, Bed with Victoria, a 2016 French romantic comedy-drama film directed by Justine Triet, is set to be screened on July 22, having been previously screened in the International Critics’ Week section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Efira received a Magritte Award for Best Actress at the seventh Magritte Awards for her role in the film.
The last film to make the list is The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales, a 2017 French/Belgian animated anthology comedy film that will be unveiled in Da Nang on July 29. The film premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 15, 2017, and was later released by StudioCanal in France on June 21.
(NDO)
