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French film club for English speakers returns to cinemas

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French film club for English speakers returns to cinemas
People sit in a movie theatre in Le Palais in the island of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, on May 19, 2021, as restaurant, bar terraces, museum and cinema reopen today, part of an easing of the nationwide lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. - Cafes and restaurants with terraces or rooftop gardens have been inundated with bookings for the return of outdoor dining, under the second phase of a lockdown-lifting plan that should culminate in a full reopening of the economy on June 30. Museums, cinemas and theatres are also reopening after being closed for more than six months, during which they relied chiefly on state aid to remain afloat. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP)

Lost in Frenchlation, a film club that screens French films with English subtitles in Paris, is returning to cinemas this weekend after holding virtual screenings during lockdown.

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Wednesday saw the reopening of cafés, restaurants, museums, theatres and cinemas in France since October.

This means that Lost in Frenchlation can return to cinemas, and film buffs who struggle to watch French movies without English subtitles can meet up again this weekend at the Luminor Hotel de Ville where the first screening is taking place this Sunday.

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What's on the programme?

The first event taking place on Sunday, May 23rd is a screening of Albert Dupontel'se César awarded film "Adieu les cons" (Bye bye Morons), a comedy drama about a woman who tries to find her long-lost child with a help of a man in the middle of a burnout and a blind archivist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uotsv-vf6I

On Sunday, May 30th there will be a Mother's Day special screening of "Énorme", comedy, starring Marina Foïs and Jonathan Cohen, at Club de l'Étoile in the 17th arrondissement in Paris. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-rNtZWh53I

On Saturday, May 22nd, there will be a virtual screening of "Joli Mai" by Chris Marker (1963) which inspired the documentary film Le Joli Mai 2020. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Chris Marker specialist & journalist Jean-Michel Frodon.

Lost in Frenchlation is a company that sets up screenings of recent French film releases with English subtitles to give Paris's large international community access to French culture and meet others in the same situation.

For more information, check out their website or sign up to their newsletter (link here).

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