Date/Time
Date(s) - 21/03/2016 - 24/03/2016
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
Nandan 2 West Bengal Film Center
Categories
The program
21st March
4:00 pm
Le dîner de con, 1998, France – Director : Francis Veber
Synopsis
To amuse themselves at a weekly dinner, a few well-heeled folk each bring a dimwit along who is to talk about his pastime. Each member seeks to introduce a champion dumbbell. Pierre, an avid participant of the game, runs into one problem after another that devilishly compromises his secrets…
Trailer : http://bit.ly/1XwIaQV
5:45 pm
Les Saveurs de Palais, 2012, France – Director : Christian Vincent
Synopsis
Hortense Laborie is celebrated chef living in the Perigord region. To fer great surprise, the President of the Republic appoints her as his personal cooker. She accepts reluctantly but once she has accepted her nomination, Hortense works her heart and soul to produce both a stylish and authentic cuisine. For a while, she manages to impose herself thanks to her sturdy character and despite the jealouse she arouses among the other chefs. For a while only, unfortunately for her and for…the President.
Trailer : http://bit.ly/1Momgd0
22nd March
4:00 pm
Il reste du jambon ?, 2010, France – Director : Anne Depetrini
Synopsis
When Justine Lacroix a charming TV reporter meets a seductive surgeon it is love at first sight and the beginning of a great love story. The cute blonde from Paris and the dark handsome man from Nanterre soon become inseparable although there is a little something Justine forgot to take into consideration: the man she loves is…an Arab, well, a Frenchman of immigrant background…A detail for Justine and Djalil but not for the Lacroix and the Boudaoud families…
Trailer : http://bit.ly/1VevCz7
5:45 pm
La Graine et le Mulet, 2007, France – Director : Abdellatif Kechiche
Synopsis
At the port of Sète, Mr. Slimani, a tired 60-year-old, drags himself toward a shipyard job that has become more and more difficult to cope with as the years go by. He is a divorced father who forces himself to stay close to his family despite the schisms and tensions that are easily sparked off and that financial difficulties make even more intense. He is going through a delicate period in his life and, recently, everything seems to make him feel useless…
Trailer : http://bit.ly/1M9LKzV
24th March
4:00 pm
Un Air de Famille, 1996, France – Director : Cédric Klapisch
Synopsis
In this black comedy from France, a family gathers in a tavern, ostensibly to celebrate a birthday, but poking each other’s sore spots turns out to be the main order of business. Henri runs a saloon that he inherited from his father called “The Sleepy Dad,” and in the near-empty bar, he plays host to several members of the family as they mark the 35th birthday of his sister-in-law, Yolande. Henri’s sister, Betty , is 30, single, and not very happy about it; his brother (and Yolande’s husband), Phillipe, runs a growing software company; Mother is the siblings’ strong-willed matriarch; and Henri’s dog is on hand, whom someone describes as “like a rug, but alive.”
Trailer : http://bit.ly/1RnV2Eo
5:45 pm
Vatel, 2000, France – Director : Roland Joffe
Synopsis
In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, so the extravagances are to impress the king. In charge of all is the steward, Vatel, a man of honor, talent, and low birth. The prince is craven in his longing for stature: no task is too menial or dishonorable for him to give Vatel. While Vatel tries to sustain dignity, he finds himself attracted to Anne de Montausier, the king’s newest mistress. In Vatel, she finds someone who’s authentic, living out his principles within the casual cruelties of court politics. Can the two of them escape unscathed ?
Trailer : http://bit.ly/1Vew68u
