French cinema celebrated at Alliance Francaise

Alliance Francaise Bangkok on Witthayu Road will celebrate the inauguration of its digitalised cinema with the "120 Years Of Cinema: Gaumont, Since Film Exists" from today until April 30.

The exhibition will take visitors on a journey through France's cinema history through artefacts from the Gaumont Museum ranging from film clips to posters.

Gaumont is a French movie-production company with industrial, commercial and artistic achievements. Established in 1895, it's been behind numerous filmmakers who revoltionized film into an art form. They include Louis Feuillade, Jean Vigo, Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Andrzej Wajda, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Maurice Pialat, Jean-Luc Godard, Luc Besson, Mathieu Kassovitz, Jean-Jacques Beineix and many more.

Now that its auditorium has been equipped with a surround sound system and exceptional visual quality, the "French Films Retrospective" programme will put on screen a total of 13 French films from today to Sunday.

The line-up includes The Earrings Madame De... today at 6pm, followed by French Cancan at 8pm; and Eyes Without A Face tomorrow at 6pm followed by Neon Demon at 8pm.

Five films will be screened this Saturday, starting at 11am: Chocolat, 0 For Conduct, Le Grand Restaurant, The Science Of Sleep and Band Of Outsiders. Four more films are reserved for Sunday starting at 2pm: Panic in Bangkok, La Femme Nikita, Léon: The Professional and Monsieur Gangster.

There is no admission fee to the exhibition but the fee for film screenings is 120 baht (60 baht for students and Alliance members).

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