Film Festival - Francophonie and French Language Week

The Alliance Française de Nelson Tasman and the Embassy of France NZ are organising The Francophonie and language week.

A pass including all the movie and the Opening Ceremony is available for purchase from the Suter website.

Once purchased, and chosen your seat, you will keep the same ticket and have the same seat for the rest of the festival. So choose wisely, and fast as the seat won't be able to be exchanged.

Starting on Wednesday 17th March:
4.30 pm: Minga or the Broken spoon - An animation movie from Cameroon
This movie is a Bonus movie and free for all.

Minga is an orphaned girl living with her stepmother Mami Kaba and her stepsister Abena. One day, when she was washing dishes in the river, she accidentally broke a spoon. A furious Mami Kaba then chased her away from the house, asking her to find the only identical spoon hidden by her late mother. An adventurous journey then begins for Minga in the forest.

6.15 pm: the opening ceremony for all pass holders, with drink, nibbles and other gourmandises before the opening movie

7 pm: our first Film " Le Grand Bain " (Sink or Swim)
We chose - Le Grand Bain (Sink or Swim)

A group of 40-something guys form a first men's synchronised swimming team in this French midlife crisis ensemble comedy. Braving the scepticism and ridicule of onlookers, and trained by a fallen champion trying to pull herself together, the group set out on an unlikely adventure.
An assortment of quadragenarian losers banding together in the hope of regaining their self-respect with the unlikely medium that is water ballet.

Le ballet aquatique des bras cassés ( a water ballet of broken arms) as "le Monde" describes it.

Gilles Lellouche builds it into a hilarious major box office success and crowd-pleaser. A french hit in 2018, and with 10 Cesars nominations, It was screened out of competition at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

Le Grand bain ( Sink or Swim ) is a modern spin of the so acclaimed "Full Monty" (1997)... with speedos ( similar to Swim with Men), placed in a synchronised swimming environment.

Saturday 20th March - The International Day of the Francophonie

6.30 pm: Papicha

Directed by: Mounia Meddour
Produced by: The Ink Connection, High Sea Production
Genre: Fiction - Runtime: 1 h 45 min

Nedjma, an 18-year-old student passionate about fashion design refuses to let the tragic events of the Algerian Civil War to keep her from experiencing a normal life and going out at night with her friend Wassila. As the social climate becomes more conservative, she rejects the new bans set by the radicals and decides to fight for her freedom and independence by putting up a fashion show.

8.30 pm: Un divan a Tunis

Directed by: Manele Labidi
Produced by: Kazak Productions
Genre: Fiction - Runtime: 1 h 28 min

Algeria, 1990s. Nedjma, an 18-year-old student passionate about fashion design refuses to let the tragic events of the Algerian Civil War to keep her from experiencing a normal life and going out at night with her friend Wassila. As the social climate becomes more conservative, she rejects the new bans set by the radicals and decides to fight for her freedom and independence by putting up a fashion show.

Please for all ticket pass: see the Suter theatre website
To contact the Alliance: afntsecretary@gmail.com
Facebook& Messenger: @afnelsontasman

No refund available after the start of the festival

Rating: M
French with English subtitles