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At our multimedia center, members can borrow DVDs (more than 200 DVDs), CDs and books (over 2000 books) related to French culture or in French. We also sell a small selection of French and English books (between rm5 and rm10).
We have a newspaper corner and receive regularly magazines from France (Courrier international, journal des enfants, cuisine actuelle, Biba, Détours en France…). We also file old magazines. The library is a wifi area and 2 computers are connected permanently to internet (free usage for our members, rm3 / hour for non-members). You can buy coffee / tea / fruit juice and ice cream at our café corner and enjoy a French reading afternoon at the Alliance Française …
Teachers corner: Musique
What started as a brief recording session between Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck ended up to be the body of work that is IRM. Over the course of a year and a half of writing and recording together, Beck's role grew to encompass all aspects of the creative process. He worked seamlessly with Charlotte co writing the lyrics and produced and mixed the recording. (This is the first time he has ever been so involved in another artist's work.) The title track from IRM was posted online as a free download via her official website on October 9th, and the official album trailer was featured on Pitchfork.com the same day. The official first single off the album is "Heaven Can Wait" featuring Beck. A video featuring the two stars premiered on AOL Music on November 18th. Sonically, the album is a new direction for Charlotte Gainsbourg and her first in nearly four years. Beck's iconic and spacey production blends flawlessly with Charlotte's unique vocals and delivery. The release will be accompanied by a US promo tour in early 2010. Gainsbourg also recently graced the pages of Rolling Stone, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Nylon Magazine, Village Voice (cover), New York Times, Blackbook, Harper's Bazaar and more. Children Movies L'âge de glace 2 / Ice age
The working title was Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, but for the film's final release, the creators decided to remove the number 2, calling it Ice Age: The Meltdown. However, in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Mexico, and Australia, its title is promoted as Ice Age 2: The Meltdown. Also, most of the sponsors of the film had the 2 in their packaging after the name change (they however did edit the 2 out of their TV ads). The Blu-ray Disc and DVD were released in the United States and Canada on November 21, 2006 according to the official web store.[3] They were released in the UK on October 23, 2006. They both include a brand new Scrat short, No Time for Nuts. Movies Le code a changé / Change of Plans
Danièle Thompson ("Orchestra Seats", "Jet Lag") returns to the Festival with another glistening example of the brand of ensemble comedy she has perfected. A group of forty-something friends, lovers, husbands and wives gather for dinner during the annual 'Fête de la musique' in Paris, and the atmosphere couldn't be friendlier, with great food, wine, and conversation. But anxiety is hidden behind the humour, and slowly the masks of civility drop, dissatisfactions are aired and suspicions, jealousies, and fears emerge. As always, Thompson has gathered a first-rate cast. The seamlessness of their performances is a tribute not only to Thompson's script but also to her very precise orchestration of the action as the disparate stories come together. Darker in tone than Thompson's earlier work, CHANGE OF PLANS still features her knowing and generous wit, and plenty of sexual intrigue (one of the many joys is trying to keep score of who's been with whom!). Books
Marie NDiaye (born 4 June 1967 in Pithiviers, Loiret) is a French novelist and playwright. She published her first novel, Quant au riche avenir, when she was only 17 and she won the Prix Femina in 2001 for her novel Rosie Carpe. Her play Papa doit manger has been taken into the repertoire of the Comédie française. Ndiaye was born in Pithiviers and grew up with her French mother. Her father was Senegalese but she met him for the first time when she was fifteen. She began writing at the age of 12. After her first novel she wrote a further six novels, all published by Minuit, and a collection of short stories. She also wrote her Comédie Classique, a two-hundred page novel made up of a single sentence, which was published by POL at the age of 21. As well as writing novels, Ndiaye has written a number of plays and a screenplay. Papa doit manger is only the second play by a female writer to be taken into the repertoire of the Comédie française.
Children's books
Alice Kingsleigh (Mia Wasikowska) is the daughter of Charles Kingsleigh (Marton Csokas), a wealthy man who planned to find profitable shipping routes through the world in the 19th century. When she tells him of her adventures in Wonderland (later to be revealed as 'Underland'), he declares her mad, but that all the best people are. However, many years afterward, Charles has passed away, and Alice misses his playful attitude. Now feeling trapped in a world of proper etiquette for one such as herself, Alice is taken to a garden party, where it is hoped that she will accept a marriage proposal from Hamish (Leo Bill), the son of one of her father's business partners. However, Alice soon grows distracted seeing a rabbit with a waistcoat nearby, and rushes after the strange creature. Following it, she finds her way to the trunk of an old tree some ways off, and falls down a hole. The hole leads her to a strange room, of which she finds a key, as well as a drink that makes her smaller, and a cake that increases her size. After getting the key and shrinking down to use a small door, she soon finds herself in an enormous garden area….
Voie Express Français
New manuel with CD and CD to be used at Alliance Française (for our students
only).
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