2015 ALLIANCE FRANCAISE CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL

The announcement that Sydney will be host to the inaugural Alliance Francaise Classic Film Festival should delight lovers of French Cinema.

Proudly presented by The Alliance Francaise de Sydney, this annual event is a celebration of vintage cinema and will centre on a French talent who has over the years contributed to making the French Film Industry the outstanding success it is today.

Focus this year is on multi-award winning French actress Catherine Deneuve, who gained stardom by playing distant and mysterious beauties. She has been described as the greatest French actress of her generation in a brilliant career spanning 50 years.

Catherine Deneuve – Une Retrospective screens 6 of her most famous films including:

The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (1964) a drama/musical of a young girl separated from her lover by war, who must make a life-altering decision when alone and pregnant.

The Young Girls Of Rochefort (1967) a comedy/drama revolving around twin sisters who each crave romance and adventure in their lives.

A Cop (1974) a crime/drama centring on a bank robbery in which the loot is utilised for a much bigger crime.

Indochine (1992) an unmarried woman who works in the rubber fields raises a Vietnamese princess as if she were her own daughter and they fall in love with the same man. (MMo)

September 3-6. Event Cinemas George Street, Hayden Orpheum Cremorne. $25. Tickets & Info: afsydney.com.au