Come watch the 2002 movie "Le Papillon" a film by Philippe Muyl starring Michel Serrault and Claire Bouanich. When eight-year-old Elsa and her oft-absent mother move into the apartment next to Julien, an ornery butterfly collector, the persistant and curious Elsa adopts the reluctant old man as her surrogate grandpa. But when Julien leaves town […]
MARIAM: A Rare Portrait of the Coming of Age of a Muslim Teenage Girl This film tells the story of a French Muslim teenager, MARIAM, who must choose between her hijab and going to school when France passes a law in 2004 banning religious symbols from public schools. It was the awarded the Special Jury […]
Join us at our weekly French Discussion group Wednesday from 12:00 to 1:30pm. Today's discussion will revolve around À la Découverte du Monde Francophone. A short presentation (in English) will introduce interesting cultural, historical and/or geographical facts about a French-speaking country from different parts of the world. The country of this week's discussion is ALGERIA. […]
The Litchfield area French Discussion group will meet on Thursday, June 16 starting at 6:00 pm at the offices of Harvest Moon Timber Frame, LLC located at 198 East Street in Morris (see Google Map below.) East Street is in fact route 109. There's a big sign out front. There's both a red barn and […]
Nous avons démarré une série de projections de films de la liste Anne-Christine Rice* que nous appelons Ciné-Souper-Discuter. Notre deuxieme projection aura lieu vendredi le 17 juin à 18h. Ce soir nous allons projecter le film: Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) This is an excellent comedy and considered Anne-Christine’s top choice for the “Cape et Épée” […]
Together, reading aloud and discussing the text, this group meets twice a month on Saturdays (replacing Cafe Conversation). This summer’s novel will be: Le Chapeau de Mitterrand by Antoine Laurain Daniel Mercier dîne seul dans une fameuse brasserie parisienne quand – il n‘en croit pas ses yeux – un illustre convive s’installe à la table […]
The Alliance Française of NW CT in collaboration with The Brookfield Library has scheduled a monthly showing of a French film with English sub-titles. Listening to the French (while watching the subtitles) is another great way to practice and train your ear to the French language. On Sunday, June 19, 2016 at 1:00-4:00 pm the […]
Bring your lunch and join us! Practice thinking and diving deep into your brain to pull out French words for SCRABBLE. Other games like Mille Bornes, Les Mots Flechés are also available to play, as participants desire. AFNWCT Members attend for free; A suggested donation of $5 for others. RSVP is kindly requested by calling […]
The Alliance Francaise of NW CT in collaboration with The Brookfield Library has scheduled a monthly showing of a French film with English sub-titles. Listening to the French (while watching the subtitles) is another great way to practice and train your ear to the French language. On Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 1:00-4:00 pm the […]
Tuesday, June 28, the Alliance Française, in collaboration with The Brookfield Library will hold its monthly daytime French Discussion Group titled “Parlons Francais!” at the Brookfield Public Library from 2:00-3:30 pm. The daytime meetings will be in the downstairs community room and will be led by Colin Harrison. This will be the final "Parlons Français!" event […]
