Presenting our movie selection for the month of April:
- Films will be screened every Saturday, 2.00 pm at our Santacruz Centre. Screenings will be followed by short discussion with a professor in English
- Films will be screened every Monday, 6.00 pm at AF Bombay Auditorium (40 Theosophy Hall, New Marine Lines, Churchgate).
Limited seats | Entry strictly on a first-come first-serve basis
Open to students & members of AF Bombay only
Please Note:
Alliance Française de Bombay invites you to discover the richness and diversity of French cinema through our weekly film screenings. Carefully curated from the catalogue of the Institut français, our programme showcases French and French-language films that reflect both the vibrancy of contemporary France and the timeless charm of its cinematic heritage.
All the films we screen are subtitled in English, and screening rights for India are duly secured. Whenever possible, we bring you recent releases to keep you connected with current French filmmaking, while also revisiting iconic classics that have shaped the history of French cinema.
CINEMA AGENDA:
L’UNE CHANTE, L’AUTRE PAS (1976)
By Agnès Varda
4 April | 6 April
2.00 pm | 6.00 pm
Santacruz Centre | Churchgate Centre (Theosophy Hall)
A feminist musical following two young women in 1960s Paris as they navigate motherhood, ambition, and hardship on separate paths. Years later, their journeys reconnect during a feminist protest, bringing them back together stronger, with lives transformed.
Cast: Valérie Mairesse, Therèse Liotard
Genre: Classic | Drama
Duration: 2 hours
FANON (2024)
By Jean-Claude Barny
11 April | 13 April
2.00 pm | 6.00 pm
Santacruz Centre | Churchgate Centre (Theosophy Hall)
Frantz Fanon, a French psychiatrist originally from Martinique, has just been appointed head of department at the Blida psychiatric hospital in Algeria. His methods contrast sharply with those of the other doctors in the context of colonialism. A biopic set against the backdrop of the Algerian War, where a struggle is waged in the name of humanity.
Cast: Alexandre Bouyer , Déborah François , Stanislas Merhar , Mehdi Senoussi
Genre: Biography
Duration: 2 hours 13 minutes
PERSONNE N’Y COMPREND RIEN (2024)
By Yannick Kergoat
18 April | 20 April
2.00 pm | 6.00 pm
Santacruz Centre | Churchgate Centre (Theosophy Hall)
Ademocracy and a dictatorship. A presidential campaign and dirty money. A war and deaths. “Nobody understands it,” Nicolas Sarkozy reassures himself regarding his ties to Colonel Gaddafi. As the trial in the Libyan financing case begins, here is the film that will finally allow you to fully understand one of the most resounding scandals of the Fifth Republic.
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes
SOIS BELLE ET TAIS-TOI (1976)
By Delphine Seyrig
25 April | 27 April
2.00 pm | 6.00 pm
Santacruz Centre | Churchgate Centre (Theosophy Hall)
Delphine Seyrig interviews twenty-four French and American actresses about their professional experiences as women, their roles, and their relationships with directors, producers, and technical crews. The overall assessment in 1976 was rather negative, revealing a profession that offered only stereotypical and alienating roles.
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes