French Movie at Picture Show Man Theatre this week!

Romantics Anonymous

Classification information
Director: Jean-Pierre Améris
Starring: Benoît Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carré and Lorella Cravotta
Genre: Comedy | Romance (French)
Running Time: 1hr 18min
What happens when a man and a woman share a common passion? They fall in love. And this is what happens to Jean-René, the boss of a small chocolate factory, and Angélique, a gifted chocolate maker he has just hired. What occurs when a highly emotional man meets a highly emotional woman? They fall in love, and this is what occurs to Jean-René and Angélique who share the same handicap. But being pathologically timid does not make things easy for them. So whether they will manage to get together, join their solitudes and live happily ever after is a guessing matter.

Tomorrow's walk CANCELLED

Unfortunately, due to the inclement weather of the last few days, the potential for more rain tomorrow and the poor numbers, Carmen and I have decided to CANCEL our walk on 22/4/2012.

Hopefully, the walk may be arranged again for later in the year.

Neil

Learning French

There are a couple of free on-line sites which are useful when learning French – there are many exercises where you can practice or revise what you have learned.

 http://www.didierlatitudes.com/

http://www.lepointdufle.net/

These sites are entirely in french and may be a little confusing for a complete beginner.

April 22 - Walk from Haycock Point to Barmouth - and return

Date: April 22

Meet at: 10:00 at Haycock Point parking area.  To get there, head south on the Prince's Highway from Pambula and turn left at the Ben Boyd National Park turnoff.  Keep driving (dirt road) until you reach the turnoff to "Haycock Point" on your right.

Description:  This walk leads through dry eucalypt forests and heathlands around Haycock Point, following the headland on the southern shore of the Pambula River estuary. From the headland, you can look north up to Merimbula and across the Pambula River to Pambula Beach.  We will then walk on to Barmouth Beach for morning tea (and maybe a swim) and then back to Haycocks for lunch.  The total walk is a pleasant 6 km - there is potential for those wanting to walk further to do so either at Haycocks or Barmouth.

Bring:  Walkers will need to bring water, something for morning tea and a BBQ or picnic lunch.  As we will be back at Haycocks for lunch, lunch can be left in cars until we return.  Although the track is quite an easy walk, it's advisable for walkers to wear reasonably strong shoes - "runners" would be the minimum recommended.  Weather may still be nice enough for a swim in the calm water at Barmouth, so bring swimmers if you are likely to be interested.

Not Walking?:  If you would like to come for lunch but not walk, we should be back at Haycocks between 12:30 and 1pm.

Please email Neil if you will be coming - afsaphir@gmail.com  - just so we don't leave without you :)

Bienvenue 2012!

  

A part of the good crowd at Fiona and Rick's lovely house for the start of 2012 for our Alliance.

 

Carmen welcoming members and guests.

What a beautiful venue .........

.. and the lightshow wasn't bad either!

Carmen and Kerrie drawing the raffles.

Neil presented Carmen and Brigitte (in Simon's absence) with their awards for their win in the Coupe d'Antibes in November.

Welcome Party 2012

The first get-together will be our Welcome Party. To ensure it will be memorable, we will
have a complimentary kir royale, items to raffle, pétanque for the energetic or a sociable chat (en français?) to practice your language skills. We encourage you to bring along friends who might also be interested in joining our Alliance and sharing the French cultural experience. 

Time: Friday 17th February, 6pm (Rain or shine)
Place: 115 Cherry Lane Wolumla.
Directions: Travelling north on the Princes highway from Merimbula to Bega, the
       lane is on the left, a few kilometers north of the turn into Wolumla)
What to bring: BYO drinks, a plate of food to share – let’s make it à la Française, 
      please -  rug, chairs, boules, raffle money and good humour.
Contact:  Fiona Stafford on 6494 9945. Please ring Fiona before Tuesday 15th Feb for
    organizational purposes.

2012 Alliance Française French Film Festival

The Alliance Française French Film Festival 2012 is coming soon! 

Sydney 6 - 25 March
Melbourne 7 - 25 March
Brisbane 14 March - 1 April
Canberra 14 March - 1 April
Adelaide 20 March - 8 April
Perth 21 March - 9 April

Organised jointly by the Alliance Françaises of Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, this Festival is a great opportunity for us to spread and promote the French language and culture in Australia.

Approaching its 23rd sensational year, the festival offers an ambitious national program over 5 weeks including 40+ films - action, romance, comedy, thrillers, children’s films, animation and documentaries - which have been commercially released in France the previous year.

With more than 130,000 national viewers for the 2011 edition, the Alliance Française French Film Festival has become one of the most important film events in Australia and the largest festival of French cinema in the world, outside of France.