1-9 December 2006 (French in Edinburgh)

Friday 1 December
12:40 : FILM : Paris Nous Appartient (12A)
@Cameo Picturehouse, Edinburgh
38 Home Street, Edinburgh EH3 9LZ
Email: cameo@picturehouses.co.uk

Director: Jacques Rivette Origin: France Year: 1960 Duration: 141m
Starring: Jean-Claude Brialy, Gianni Esposito, Betty Schneider,
Françoise Prévost , Daniel Crohem

"Set within Parisian Left-Bank society at its most self-obsessed, with
a good dose of Cold-War paranoia, an intriguing game for which no one
tells you the rules unfolds. Anne, a provincial student, is invited to
an arty party where she is inexorably sucked into a mystery involving
an American political refugee, a self-destructive femme fatale and a
Spanish activist who recently committed suicide. The film is just as
much about a long-vanished Paris of fleabag hotels and corduroy-clad
intellectuals as about its narrative. Charles Bitsch's cinematography
is extraordinary, managing to be both luminous and ominous at the same
time. The film is suffused with an irony that prefigures Rivette's
later fascination with the gaps between character and performance,
narrative and reality."

Note: this film is subtitled
To book tickets, call 08707 55 12 31 or book online

15:30 : FILM: Du Rififi chez les hommes
@ The Filmhouse, Lothian Road, Edinburgh - Tel.: 0131-228-2688 or website: www.filmhousecinema.com

"Jules Dassin | France 1955 | 1h58m | 35mm | French with English subtitles | 12
Cast: Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Perlo Vita, Marie Sabouret.

A career criminal, just out of jail, gets his old crew together for one last job – a daring jewellery heist. The planning for this job is meticulous, down to experiments on a duplicate of the alarm system and the use of a stopwatch to time the movements of all local tradespeople. But all that is nothing compared to the care taken with the robbery itself. In a sequence that made Rififi's reputation and is still a model of tension and precision, Dassin spends a full 30 minutes on the actual robbery, a completely wordless half-hour (though it makes good use of sound effects) that racks the nerves and provides a masterclass in breaking and entering as well as filmmaking."

19:00 : SPEAK FRENCH : MEETUP CINECLUB
@Private venue - For more info see http://french.meetup.com/1/
Email: meetup@edilang.com

Another instance of this popular event, this time with a film chosen by members (looks as if Les Enfants du Paradis will make an appearance!). The principle is simple: you turn up with your tipple of choice (tea, coffee, wine, other...) and maybe some odds and ends to nibble on (olives, pop-corn...). We watch a film, and then we have a chat (not necessarily about the film!)

Great way to get to know people, practise your French (or your English) in a very social environment!

And it's all free!

Saturday 2 December
12:40: FILM
Paris Nous Appartient (12A): 12:40
@Cameo Picturehouse, Edinburgh

12:40 : FILM : Le Grand Voyage
@ The Filmhouse, Lothian Road, Edinburgh - Tel.: 0131-228-2688 or website: www.filmhousecinema.com

Ismaël Ferroukhi | France/Morocco 2004 | 1h48m | 35mm | French, Arabic, English, Italian and Turkish with English subtitles | PG
Cast: Nicolas Cazalé, Mohamed Majd, Jacky Nercessian, Ghina Ognianova.

"A tribute to the 97% of Muslims we never hear about in the Western world," is how French writer/director Ismaël Ferroukhi describes his pleasingly understated road movie. Le Grand Voyage's premise involves a devout elderly patriarch (Mohamed Majd) forcing his reluctant teenage son Reda (Nicolas Cazalé) to drive them from their home in France to Saudia Arabia on a once-in-a-lifetime religious pilgrimage. No surprises that these mismatched protagonists learn from one another, yet this remains an engaging, well-acted and compassionate film.

Wisely the director doesn't provide us with detailed information about the duo's past experiences, giving Le Grand voyage the feel of a contemporary fable, whilst the air of mystery is further heightened by the elliptical editing style. And not only does the film successfully challenge cultural preconceptions of Islamic belief, but in the climactic scenes amidst the collective fervour of Mecca, it achieves an unexpected emotional intensity.

18:30 : FILM: Du Rififi chez les hommes
@ The Filmhouse, Lothian Road, Edinburgh - Tel.: 0131-228-2688 or website: www.filmhousecinema.com

Sunday 3 December
12:40 : FILM : Paris Nous Appartient (12A)
@Cameo Picturehouse, Edinburgh

15:30 : FILM: Du Rififi chez les hommes
@ The Filmhouse, Lothian Road, Edinburgh - Tel.: 0131-228-2688 or website: www.filmhousecinema.com

Monday 4 December
12:40 : FILM : Paris Nous Appartient (12A)
@Cameo Picturehouse, Edinburgh

Tuesday 5 December
12:40 : FILM : Paris Nous Appartient (12A)
@Cameo Picturehouse, Edinburgh

21:00 : SPEAK FRENCH: @THE WORLD

Meet French speakers at The World - excellent and very recommended! I went there the other day, and there was quite a large crowd!
All ages welcome. - and best of all, it's all free!!

9-10pm: English spoken
10-11pm: French spoken
(though not necessarily that strict!)

@ The World, on Thistle Street

Wednesday 6 December

12:40 : FILM : Paris Nous Appartient (12A)
@Cameo Picturehouse, Edinburgh

19:30: MUSIC: Rudsambee
@Priestfield Parish Church, Edinburgh (£5)

"Unaccompanied voices in harmony, with songs from Scotland to Croatia, France to Iceland."

More info: www.rudsambee.org.uk

Thursday 7 December

12:40 : FILM : Paris Nous Appartient (12A)
@Cameo Picturehouse, Edinburgh

18:00 : LECTURE : "Marguerite Duras, a myth, an opera"
@Institut Francais d'Ecosse (French Institute), Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh - Tel.: 0131 225 5366
More info: www.ifecosse.org.uk

"Marguerite Duras, a major figure of the 20th century French literary scene remains, a decade after her death, a controversial character. Her minimal novels and to her activities in theatre, film, and journalism have given her both a national and an international notoriety. This lecture will offer an opportunity to rediscover an outstanding personality. The following evening, the Filmhouse will screen “Hiroshima, mon amour”, a film by Alain Renais on a scenario and the dialogues of Marguerite Duras, of course!"
A presentation by Joelle Pages-Pindon, an academic and author of the book 'Marguerite Duras'.

Friday 8 December

17:45 : FILM : Hiroshima mon amour
@ The Filmhouse, Lothian Road, Edinburgh - Tel.: 0131-228-2688 or website: www.filmhousecinema.com

Alain Resnais | France/Japan 1959 | 1h26m | 35mm | French, Japanese and English with English subtitles | PG
Cast: Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson.

"While in Hiroshima making a 'peace film', a French actress (Riva) begins an affair with a Japanese architect (Okada). Her passion for her new lover forces her to confront painful memories of a youthful affair she had with a German soldier in Nevers, France during the occupation, that soldier's death, and her subsequent shaming as a Nazi collaborator. Past melds with present, her personal pain and trauma with Hiroshima's horror, and her Japanese lover with the German, as she struggles to make her shattered psyche whole.

Alain Resnais' first feature, with a script by Marguerite Duras, has a complex structure and innovative use of flashbacks and sound, and was one of the first and most influential films of the French New Wave movement.

Joelle Pages-Pindon, an academic and author of the book 'Marguerite Duras', will introduce the film with a twenty minute presentation. Her introduction will be in French with an English translation. "

20:00 : SPEAK FRENCH : French Friday Meetup
@ Venue to be confirmed, Edinburgh - For more info see http://french.meetup.com/1/
Email: meetup@edilang.com

Saturday 9 December

19:00 : MUSIC : Madeleine Peyroux (£18)
@The Queens Hall, Clerk Street, Edinburgh
Tickets: 0131 668 2019

"Often compared to the late great Billie Holiday, Peyroux’s smoke-and-whisky vocals perform classic songs by Holiday, Bessie Smith and Patsy Cline so convincingly that they become to sound like her own.

She is an exceptional artist who channels vintage jazz and blues with pinpoint accuracy.

‘But it's Peyroux's stunning alto that delivers the unique experience. "Honeyed tones" is such an overused cliche, but in Peyroux's case completely apt - after 90 minutes of relentlessly sensual unctuousness, you feel slightly like a pollen-drunk bee. But in a good way.’ - Edinburgh Evening News"

More info: www.madeleinepeyroux.com

19:45 : MUSIC: Rudsambee
@Rosslyn Chapel (£7-£5)

"Unaccompanied voices in harmony, with songs from Scotland to Croatia, France to Iceland."

More info: www.rudsambee.org.uk

To look forward to....>

Coming soon: Film: PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER (15) - 26 December
Thriller based on the bestselling novel by Patrick Süskind.

10 Dec: 13.45: MUSIC : Rudsambee (Free) @ Museum of Scotland
10 Dec: 18:00 : MUSIC : Rudsambee (Free) @ St Giles' Cathedral
"Unaccompanied voices in harmony, with songs from Scotland to Croatia, France to Iceland."
Web: www.rudsambee.org.uk

13 Dec 13: 20:00 : SPEAK FRENCH : Speak, Drink & Be Merry Meetup
@ Venue to be confirmed, Edinburgh - For more info see http://french.meetup.com/1/
Email: meetup@edilang.com

14 Dec: 7.30 : Music: Scottish Chamber Orchestra: The Old Rivalry
"A comparison of dance music and symphonies from France and England featuring the composers Rebel, Charpentier, Haydn, Handel and Purcell by director and harpsichordist Richard Egarr." Web: www.sco.org.uk
Queen's Hall - 0131 668 2019 -- £8-£24 (£6-£18)

5 Jan 2007: 7.30 : MUSIC :Royal Scottish National Orchestra: New Year in Vienna
"New Year Viennese-style with a liberal dash of Strauss and little splash of French operetta all conducted by Dominique Trottein." --- Web: www.rsno.org.uk -- Usher Hall - 0131 228 1155 --- £10-£30 (concessions available)

7 Jan 2007: 18:00: Book-Club Meetup
@ Private Venue, Edinburgh - For more info see http://french.meetup.com/1/
Email: meetup@edilang.com
"The first real meeting for the book club. Details of the books etc can be found here: http://french.meetup .com/1/boards/view/v iewthread?thread=238 7668"

14 Feb 2007: 2.15 - France in America
Alison McCleery explores the little-known French islands of St Pierre and Miquelon. @ Royal Museum Lecture Theatre, 0131 247 4219 - £6; free for students and RSGS members

Heaven this week!!

A French market, a radio star, some French conversation and the cineclub... What else do you want?

Tuesday 22 November... French conversation (9-11pm) (free)

Meet French speakers at The World - excellent and very recommended! I went there last week, and there was quite a large crowd!
All ages welcome.

9-10pm: English spoken
10-11pm: French spoken
(though not necessarily that strict!)

@ The World, on Thistle Street

Tuesday 22 November... The Watson Gordon Lecture: Caroline Elam (6pm) (free)

Roger Fry was Britain’s leading art critic in the first half of the 20th century. Caroline Elam will explore his journey from scholarship in Italian quattrocento art, to Post-Impressionism and modern French painting.

@ National Gallery of Scotland: Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, 0131 624 6200 - Free

Tuesday 22 November...JAZZ: Gilad Atzmon Quartet (8.30pm) (£10)

"Music with a message, as impressive Israeli sax virtuoso Atzmon welds east-European folk with hard bop, funk and French accordian tunes to tell the story of Palestine."

@ Jazz Centre, 0131 467 5200

Thursday 23 November - Philippe Meyer Event (6.30pm) (FREE)

"Writer, journalist, satirist, actor, director, animator, researcher and teacher of social sciences, all barely adequate to describe Philippe Meyer, as he has many strings to his bow. Among his investigations, he has studied the mysteries of the city of Paris through, on the one hand, a show called “Paris la Grande” based on texts and songs illustrating life in the capital and, on the other hand, a book under the same title. Not to be missed by those in love, the curious and the sceptical of the “ville lumière” and a must for the fans of Philippe Meyer!"

@ the Institut Français d’Ecosse - Admission Free - Tel.: 0131 225 5366 - contact@ifecosse.org.uk

Thursday 23 - Saturday 25 November.... FRENCH MARKET

Allez faire vos reserves de saucissons et de rillettes a ce marche francais!

@Frederick Street..

Friday 24 November... MEETUP - cineclub (free)

Go on you know you want to join the Edinburgh French meetup...

It is free, it is fun and you can watch films whilst drinking your tipple of choice...

Superbe! :)

Just click here for more info!

Saturday 25 November... TALK: George Buchanan: Scotland's voice in France (2pm) (free)

"Five hundred years after Buchanan's birth, Dr Jamie Reid-Baxter explores the poet, dramatist, philosopher and classical tutor to Mary, Queen of Scots' impact on France, his 'second homeland'."

@ Royal Museum Lecture Theatre, 0131 247 4219

To look forward to....

Fri 1 to Sun 3 Dec - Du Rififi chez les hommes @ The Filmhouse

Thursday 7 December at 6pm- Lecture by Joëlle Pagès-Pindon: "Marguerite Duras, a myth, an opera" (also Friday 8 December at 5.45pm - Filmhouse: presentation and screening of “Hiroshima, mon amour”)
"Marguerite Duras, a major figure of the 20th century French literary scene remains, a decade after her death, a controversial character. Her minimal novels and to her activities in theatre, film, and journalism have given her both a national and an international notoriety. This lecture will offer an opportunity to rediscover an outstanding personality. The following evening, the Filmhouse will screen “Hiroshima, mon amour”, a film by Alain Renais on a scenario and the dialogues of Marguerite Duras, of course!"
14 Feb 2007: 2.15 - France in America
Alison McCleery explores the little-known French islands of St Pierre and Miquelon. @ Royal Museum Lecture Theatre, 0131 247 4219 - £6; free for students and RSGS members

So much to do, so little time! [2]

Monday 13 November... FILM: The Page Turner

On from Monday 13 November 2006 through to Thursday 16 November 2006 (3:50 PM, 6:35 PM)

"Dercourt has crafted an expert behavioural thriller with an attention to detail that highlights both the strict social mores of the wealthy and their emotional aridity. A young girl, Mélanie Prouvost (François), nervously undergoes her piano audition, the outcome of which will determine her future. The examiner, famed recitalist Ariane Fouchécourt (Frot), allows a fan into the audition room in the middle of Mélanie’s performance, signing an autograph. Mélanie’s concentration falters and she stops playing altogether, causing her to fail. Many years later Mélanie gains employment with Ariane’s husband and works her way back into Ariane’s life. Vanity, deception, selfishness and false liberal charity play their part in this beautifully observed film that somehow works on the barest elements of both plot and character development."

@ The Cameo

Tuesday 14 November... FILM: Bob le flambeur

Bob le flambeur / Bob the Gambler: Melville’s famous film is showcased at the Filmhouse!

"The cable car leads us down from the 'heaven' of the Sacré Coeur in Montmartre to the 'hell' of Pigalle, and as the neon is extinguished for another dawn, a weary Bob the Gambler treads his way home from the tables. Melville's 'love letter to Paris' is shot, like all good city films, between the hours of dusk and dawn, and is a loving recreation of all that is wonderful about the dark American city thrillers of the '30s and '40s. What doubles the pleasure, however, is that in spite of the heist, the double-crosses and the sudden death, it is still remarkably light in tone: an underworld comedy of manners. The courtly Monsieur Bob may wear a trenchcoat and fedora, but he rescues young ladies adrift in the milieu, remains loyal to his friend l'inspecteur, and gives the impression of wanting to rob the casino, not to assuage his gambling fever, but simply so that he can perform a robbery in a dinner jacket. A wonderful movie with all the formal beauty, finesse and treacherous allure of green baize."

@The Filmhouse, various times

Tuesday 14 November... French conversation (9-11pm) (free)

Meet French speakers at The World - excellent and very recommended! I went there last week, and there was quite a large crowd!
All ages welcome.

9-10pm: English spoken
10-11pm: French spoken
(though not necessarily that strict!)

@ The World, on Thistle Street

Wednesday 15 November... Meeting other French speakers (free)

MEETUP -- Edinburgh French speakers meet in a pub. Very friendly atmosphere: people are always interested in meeting new folks!

Whether you are new in town, or you want to meet new people with an interest in French language and culture, this is the event for you!

More info.... here!

Wednesday 15 November: 7.15pm : Talk
M Denis Charles Courdent, Directeur, Alliance Française de Glasgow, Droite et gauche, de la biologie à l’histoire des idées (French)
A meeting organised by the Franco-Scottish Society: more info
All meetings are held at 7.15 p.m. in the French Institute,
13 Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh EH3 7TT.

Friday 17 - Sunday 19 November.... FILM: Le Cercle rouge

Le Cercle rouge / The Red Circle
Another Melville’s work, with Delon, Montand, Bourvil...

"Melville's special achievement was to relocate the American gangster film to France, and to incorporate his own steely poetic and philosophical obsessions. He described this, his penultimate film, as a digest of the nineteen definitive underworld set-ups that could be found in John Huston's picture of doomed gangsters, The Asphalt Jungle. Darker, more abstract and desolate than his earlier work, this shows, set piece by set piece, the breakdown of the criminal codes under which Melville's characters had previously operated. Masterful."

@ The Filmhouse, various times

Saturday 18 November... LITERATURE: Book Club (free)

First meeting of this new French book-club. You need to be a member of Meetup to come along (but it's all free!). More info on the French Edinburgh meetup website, here. You need to have a good level of French, or be a native speaker, as it will involve reading one French book a month.
@ Brandon Terrace

To look forward to....

Thursday 23 November at 6.30pm- Philippe Meyer Event

@ the Institut Français d’Ecosse - Admission Free - Tel.: 0131 225 5366 - contact@ifecosse.org.uk
"Writer, journalist, satirist, actor, director, animator, researcher and teacher of social sciences, all barely adequate to describe Philippe Meyer, as he has many strings to his bow. Among his investigations, he has studied the mysteries of the city of Paris through, on the one hand, a show called “Paris la Grande” based on texts and songs illustrating life in the capital and, on the other hand, a book under the same title. Not to be missed by those in love, the curious and the sceptical of the “ville lumière” and a must for the fans of Philippe Meyer!"
22 Nov: 6.00 - The Watson Gordon Lecture: Caroline Elam
Roger Fry was Britain’s leading art critic in the first half of the 20th century. Caroline Elam will explore his journey from scholarship in Italian quattrocento art, to Post-Impressionism and modern French painting. @ National Gallery of Scotland: Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, 0131 624 6200 - Free

22 Nov: 8.30: JAZZ: Gilad Atzmon Quartet
"Music with a message, as impressive Israeli sax virtuoso Atzmon welds east-European folk with hard bop, funk and French accordian tunes to tell the story of Palestine."@ Jazz Centre
0131 467 5200
£10

23-25 November: French Market

25 Nov: 2.00: TALK: George Buchanan: Scotland's Voice in France
"Five hundred years after Buchanan's birth, Dr Jamie Reid-Baxter explores the poet, dramatist, philosopher and classical tutor to Mary, Queen of Scots' impact on France, his 'second homeland'." @ Royal Museum Lecture Theatre
0131 247 4219

Fri 1 to Sun 3 Dec - Du Rififi chez les hommes @ The Filmhouse
Thursday 7 December at 6pm- Lecture by Joëlle Pagès-Pindon: "Marguerite Duras, a myth, an opera" (also Friday 8 December at 5.45pm - Filmhouse: presentation and screening of “Hiroshima, mon amour”)
"Marguerite Duras, a major figure of the 20th century French literary scene remains, a decade after her death, a controversial character. Her minimal novels and to her activities in theatre, film, and journalism have given her both a national and an international notoriety. This lecture will offer an opportunity to rediscover an outstanding personality. The following evening, the Filmhouse will screen “Hiroshima, mon amour”, a film by Alain Renais on a scenario and the dialogues of Marguerite Duras, of course!"
14 Feb 2007: 2.15 - France in America
Alison McCleery explores the little-known French islands of St Pierre and Miquelon. @ Royal Museum Lecture Theatre, 0131 247 4219 - £6; free for students and RSGS members

What I have done in the past few days....

About the Edinburgh French Meetup

It serves to bring together francophiles, including francophones, to share their mutual interest in French and French culture. People get together and speak French very informally and are interested in meeting other francophiles.

If you are wondering about coming along - just go for it!
We are a very friendly bunch, and always enjoy meeting new people!

N'hesitez pas!

Double Trouble...
Check out the latest changes!
For more info, don't hesitate to contact me... (Lise), either by email: lise@edilang.com, or by phone on 0131 557 27 34 (gets diverted onto my mobile, so useful even when I am out and about!!).

Current activities scheduled

• Film Club
• Ceilidh
• Book Club
• 'Regular' Wednesday meetup

Other useful links
Selection of useful links - other places on the web to meet French people in Edinburgh, and where to learn French! - and soon a section about where to learn English....

Look forward to seeing you soon, here or there!

Lise

NB: The club is currently sponsored by Premiere Classe, my trading name. I organise French language courses throughout the year.

Page turning amongst other things....

Booh, quite a poor week, so far: have been struggling to find events even remotely linked to France and French (have - vaguely succeeded with a film by Tourneur, starring Robert Mitchum, all in Anglais, I’m afraid, so ended up not including it. It’s at the filmhouse though, on the 9th, I think, for those who might be tempted!

Cheers

Lxox

Ce week-end... (until 09/11)... FILM

The Page Turner (La Tourneuse de Pages) 

"A thriller set in the rarefied world of classical music. After Melanie’s (François) childhood audition is thwarted by famous pianist Ariane (Frot), she seeks payback in this cleverly understated revenge drama from French writer-director Dercourt. When the violence comes, it’s all the more memorable for the lack of bloodshed."

@ The Cameo

Tuesday 6 November... French conversation

Meet French speakers at The World - excellent and very recommended!

@ The World, on Thistle Street

Friday 10 November... MEETUP

Film- Les Bronzes 3: plus d’infos ici

Friday 10 November.... 7.30pm... MUSIQUE

Gatechien, Le Singe Blanc and Jacob Flynch

Double-bill of math-rock/post-punk from France, with energetic bass/drums duo Gatechien, and twin-bass attack from Le Singe Blanc.

@ Henry’s Cellar Bar
0131 228 9393
£5 (£4)

Friday 10 November.... 7.30pm... MUSIQUE

Royal Scottish National Orchestra: A French Collection

Stéphane Denève directs Dame Felicity Lott in a series of sensual French works: Dukas’ ’La Péri’, etc...

@ Usher Hall, 0131 228 1155 - £10-£28 (concessions available)

To look forward to....

Tue 14 Nov only >>> Bob le flambeur / Bob the Gambler
Melville’s famous film is showcased at the Filmhouse!
Fri 17 to Sun 19 Nov >>> Le Cercle rouge / The Red Circle
Another Melville’s work, with Delon, Montand, Bourvil... @ The Filmhouse
Thursday 23 November at 6.30pm >>> Philippe Meyer Event
@ the Institut Français d’Ecosse - Admission Free - Tel.: 0131 225 5366 - contact@ifecosse.org.uk
Writer, journalist, satirist, actor, director, animator, researcher and teacher of social sciences, all barely adequate to describe Philippe Meyer, as he has many strings to his bow. Among his investigations, he has studied the mysteries of the city of Paris through, on the one hand, a show called “Paris la Grande” based on texts and songs illustrating life in the capital and, on the other hand, a book under the same title. Not to be missed by those in love, the curious and the sceptical of the “ville lumière” and a must for the fans of Philippe Meyer!
22 Nov: 6.00 >>> The Watson Gordon Lecture: Caroline Elam
Roger Fry was Britain’s leading art critic in the first half of the 20th century. Caroline Elam will explore his journey from scholarship in Italian quattrocento art, to Post-Impressionism and modern French painting. @ National Gallery of Scotland: Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, 0131 624 6200 - Free
Fri 1 to Sun 3 Dec >>> Du Rififi chez les hommes @ The Filmhouse
Thursday 7 December at 6pm >>> Lecture by Joëlle Pagès-Pindon: "Marguerite Duras, a myth, an opera" (also Friday 8 December at 5.45pm - Filmhouse: presentation and screening of “Hiroshima, mon amour”)
Marguerite Duras, a major figure of the 20th century French literary scene remains, a decade after her death, a controversial character. Her minimal novels and to her activities in theatre, film, and journalism have given her both a national and an international notoriety. This lecture will offer an opportunity to rediscover an outstanding personality. The following evening, the Filmhouse will screen “Hiroshima, mon amour”, a film by Alain Renais on a scenario and the dialogues of Marguerite Duras, of course!
14 Feb 2007: 2.15 >>> France in America
Alison McCleery explores the little-known French islands of St Pierre and Miquelon. @ Royal Museum Lecture Theatre, 0131 247 4219 - £6; free for students and RSGS members

French Meet-Up in Edinburgh!

I have taken over as organiser of the French Meet-Ups in Edinburgh: to find out more about that, click on the image below!

Otherwise, you may be interested in some of the activites that are in store: check out the discussion on the meetup board!

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