Alliance française de Manille
209 Nicanor Garcia Street, Bel-Air II, 1209 Makati
August 9
Azuro
by Matthieu Rozé
7:30 PM
2021/ 1h44 / France
Drama
French with English subtitles
Synopsis:
Based on Marguerie Duras’ novel ‘The Little Horses of Tarquinia’, the movie is about friends who go on their yearly summer vacation to their favorite little village, wedged between the sea and the mountains. They don’t pay attention to a fire on the mountain, and a mysterious man shakes up their seemingly balanced existence.
August 16
Conte d’été (A Summer’s Tale)
by Eric Rohmer
7:30 PM
1995/ 1h53/ France
Romantic-Comedy/Drama
French with English subtitles
Synopsis:
Gaspard meets three women while being on a holiday and falls in love with all of them. However, he realizes that he must choose one from among them before things get too bad.
August 23
Antoinette dans les Cévennes (My Donkey, My Lover & I)
by Jérôme Salle
7:30 PM
2020/ 1h35 / France
Romantic/Comedy
French with English subtitles
Synopsis:
Antoinette has been waiting for months for the summer and the romantic week with her lover, Vladimir. As he cancels at the last minute, she decides to leave on the way to Stevenson in the Cévennes and befriends Patrick – a recalcitrant donkey, who will accompany him on his singular journey.
August 30
Pierrot le Fou (Pierrot the Madman)
by Jean-Luc Godard
7:30 PM
1965/ 1h52 / France
Drama
French with English subtitles
Synopsis:
Ferdinand Griffon is unhappily married and has been recently fired from his job at a TV broadcasting company. After attending a mindless party full of shallow discussions in Paris, he feels a need to escape his boring society and decides to run away to the sea and the south with Marianne Renoir. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
