Fall Kick-Off informational meeting will be Sunday, September 21st at 2:00 PM at Stella Nova Coffee in Edmond. Come on out and hear about upcoming events and officer opportunities!
This is a great opportunity to practice your French and meet new and old friends. Everyone will be responsible for their own orders and all who present their
membership card will receive a 5% discount. Bon Appétit!
Entre les Murs de François Begaudeau
dimanche, 5 octobre
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Virtual Meeting en français via Zoom - For Zoom meeting details or additional information, please email virginieperezwoods@ou.edu
Entre les murs s'inspire de l'ordinaire tragi-comique d'un professeur de français. Dans ce roman écrit au plus près du réel, François Bégaudeau révèle et investit l'état brut d'une langue vivante, la nôtre, dont le collège est la plus fidèle chambre d'échos.
Published in 2006, it won the Prix France Culture/Télérama. The English-language version of Entre les murs was published in 2009 under the title The Class.
In 2008, it was adapted to film by Laurent Cantet, also called Entre les murs; this film received the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
This single-gallery installation explores French sculptor Auguste Rodin’s The Three Shades as well as his unique sculptural process. Often referred to as “the father of modern sculpture,” Rodin is considered one of the most renowned and influential French sculptors of the late nineteenth century.
Alliance Française invites you to grab a good café and join us for our local Café Conversation group (3rd Saturday of each month from 10AM to 12PM).
If you would like to participate or have any questions, please contact our host at verobuck@gmail.com to join our local conversation group at these upcoming sessions! Participants will be contacted by email with the latest Café Conversation details.
We are meeting at All Souls Episcopal Church (in the room called the South lounge). Participants will be contacted by email with any last-minute Café Conversation details.
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This is a great opportunity to practice your French in a casual social setting and meet new and old friends. Everyone will be responsible for their own orders.
This is a great opportunity to practice your French or just meet new and old friends. Everyone will be responsible for their own orders. Bon Appétit!
In Boris Lojkine’s moving and immersive César Award-winning drama, an undocumented Guinean immigrant in Paris (Abou Sangaré, winner of the Un Certain Regard Best Actor prize at Cannes) juggles his responsibilities as a food delivery bike courier with preparations for a high-stakes asylum interview.
In French, Fulah, and Malinka with English subtitles. (94 minutes)
“Stylistically inspired in part by Cristian Mungiu’s 2007 Cannes winner 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Lojkine’s bracing, artful realism offers an equally affecting account of a migrant laborer’s experience finding himself caught up in the mechanisms of an uncaring and unforgiving society. Shooting on city streets with concealed cameras, Lojkine creates a simultaneously pulse-pounding and heartrending view of contemporary Parisian life. Winner of three Cannes Film Festival prizes and four César Awards.” -Rendez-Vous with French Cinema
This is a great opportunity to practice your French and meet new and old friends. Everyone will be responsible for their own orders and all who present their
membership card will receive a 5% discount. Bon Appétit!
Au Bonheur des Dames d’Emile Zola
dimanche, 24 aout
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Virtual Meeting en français via Zoom - For Zoom meeting details or additional information, please email virginieperezwoods@ou.edu
Octave Mouret affole les femmes de désir. Son grand magasin parisien, Au Bonheur des Dames, est un paradis pour les sens. Les tissus s’amoncellent, éblouissants, délicats. Le succès est immense, mais le personnel connaît une vie d’enfer.
Denise échoue de Valognes dans cette fournaise, démunie mais tenace. Zola fait de la jeune fille et de son puissant patron amoureux d’elle le symbole du modernisme et des crises qu’il suscite.
Returning to OKCMOA's Noble Theater in celebration of its 25th anniversary, Wong Kar-wai's richly romantic and profoundly influential modern classic In the Mood for Love is now followed by In the Mood for Love 2001, a nine-minute coda that, until now, only screened during the director's 2001 Cannes masterclass.
In Cantonese, Shanghainese, French, and Spanish with English subtitles (107 minutes)
“Delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching musical soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past 25 years of cinema. Screening in a director-supervised 4K restoration.” —Janus Films
8 Week Session runs September 2 to October 23
Tuesdays or Thursdays from 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Led by fluent and native French speakers, our adult classes will be small and offer maximum opportunities for all students to speak and participate – lessons will be lively, interactive and fun!
Classes will be online via Zoom. If you are unsure about the appropriate level for you or if you have any questions, please contact the Director of Education.
Meet new and old friends & bring along any Francophones and Francophiles who might be interested in joining Alliance Française.
No need to RSVP!
Location: Fallbrook Clubhouse
3001 Fallbrook Ave, Edmond, OK 73012 (The gate will be open)
The celebration La Fête des Rois (Three Kings Day) is a tradition in France that is celebrated after New Year's and includes a king and a special cake. Each year, pastry shops throughout France are teeming with the unique and tasty galette des rois, a mouth-watering puff pastry confection with almond-flavored frangipane filling.
There are three main aspects to the French tradition of La Fête des Rois:
la galette des rois (a mouth-watering puff pastry confection)
the féve (a small object that is placed in the galette des rois)
the crowning of the king (or queen).
Join the Alliance Française d'OKC for a French Pique-Nique et and Pétanque Tournament on Saturday, October 26th at Buddy’s Lawn on the UCO campus in Edmond. Pack a French pique-nique or bring your favorite take out.
Enjoy French music, a puppet show for all ages, learn to play pétanque,
cheer on your friends and compete for some great prizes!
Schedule:
10:00 AM Pétanque
12:00 PM Puppet Show for all ages
12:30 PM Break for a French Pique-Nique
1:00 PM Pétanque and French Music
2:45 PM Medal Ceremony and Wrap up
Scroll down to pre-register your teams online by Friday, October 25th
(or register on site) for a chance to win prizes! Come out to play!
Fun Introduction to Pétanque Video!
Best How to Play Pétanque Video!
(To view videos in full screen mode, first click on ▶️, then click on ⛶ symbol in bottom right corner of video. To exit fullscreen, press ESC button on keyboard)
Youth, Students, and AFdOKC Members are Free!
Adult 2-person non-member teams only $10/person.
