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rendez-vousThe Newsletter of the Alliance Française of Hyderabad

OCT - DEC 2019No 85

Plot No.4, Aurora Colony, Road No.3, Banjara Hills (road adj. to Q-Mart) Hyderabad-500034Tel : +91 (40) 23554485/86, +91 9966545652Email: [email protected]: http://hyderabad.afindia.org

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Number of issues: 1500Editor and director of publication: Samuel BerthetWritten by Manisha Kumar, Sujatha D., Vasudha Muralikrishna and Laure-Anne D.Design by Laure-Anne D.Cover page : Shikha Pandey, Civilisation of Banaras, exhibition on October 11-18 (cf p. 10)

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A WORD FROM OUR NEW DIRECTORAlliance Française of Hyderabad has a long history of its own. The connection between France, the city and its adjoin-ing areas goes few centuries back and it is growing strong. Thanks to its wel-coming, competent and dedicated team, it also has a bright future.

Teaching French language to our stu-dents keeping up with the best inter-national standards is our first mission. Teachers in Hy-derabad has been constantly ensur-ing that the city re-mains a major cent-

er of Francophony. Thanks to Bordeaux Nouvelle Aquitaine, Hyderabad has also a direct connec-tion with one of the most dynamic and beautiful regions of France.

Alliance Françaises are platforms for artistic, cultural and intellectual dia-logues around the world. Along with our partners such as the Department of Language & Cul-ture of the Govern-ment of Telangana, Krishnakriti Founda-tion, the Goethe-Zentrum, Quadir Ali Baig Theatre Foun-dation, Phoenix Are-

na, the various art societies and all the artist community of Telangana, we are looking forward to exciting programs.Today’s world calls for a multidimen-sional understand-ing of society. While high technology is redefining many parameters of our lives, the prime and outmost importance of ecological bal-ance is coming back to the fore. Both call for a new look to cultural, and artistic forms. Let us explore the ways to be active players. Hyderabad is the right place!

Samuel Berthet

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When renowned French sculptor Auguste Rodin notices the raw sculpting talent of the beautiful and precocious Camille Claudel, the two artists begin a scandalous love affair.

Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu

Drama/Romance | French with English subtitles | 2h55

OCT 15 |6:30 PM | AF Auditorium

CAMILLE CLAUDELby Bruno Nuytten

6:30 PM | OCT 16 | AF Auditorium

PATERby Alain Cavalier

Cavalier and Lindon play versions of themselves, starting work on a film in which they will play the president of the republic and a politician who will be prime minister, respectively.

Though improvised conversations, they sketch out both their fictional and actual relationships

Cast: Alain Cavalier, Vincent Lindon

Drama | French with English subtitles | 1h46

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CINÉ- CL U B | Free and open to all

Details and information: http://hyderabad.afindia.org

OCT 29 | 6:30 PM | AF Auditorium

FRENCH WAVES by Julian Starke

Through its international tour, documentary, web series, and immersive website, FRENCH WAVES brings the history of French electronic music to life, starting in the 1990 with the early scenes out of Chicago and Detroit and ending with the latest generation of fans and artists.

Julian Starke’s documentary offers a take on French electro from the younger generation’s perspective. He tells the extraordinary tale of French Touch, a music style that has played a pivotal role in the recognition of electronic music throughout the world.

Website: https://french-waves.com/

Documentary | French with English subtitles | 1h05

Jean-Michel Jarre

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|CINÉ-CLUB Free and open to all

Discover the story of

15 French artists and DJs, including

internationally-known Jean-Michel Jarre.

Details and information: http://hyderabad.afindia.orgDetails and information: http://hyderabad.afindia.org

Clement is ecstatic when Alicia, a famous actress whom he greatly admires, becomes his girlfriend. Everything gets complicated when he meets Caprice, an excessive and exuberant young woman who falls for him.

Cast: Emmanuel Mouret, Virginie Efira, Anaïs Demoustier and Laurent Stocker.

NOV 12 | 6:30 PM | AF Auditorium

DILILI IN PARISby Michel Ocelot

Romantic comedy | French with Englishsubtitles | 1h40

Animation | French with Englishsubtitles |1h37

NOV 26 | 6:30 PM | AF Auditorium

CAPRICE by Emmanuel Mouret

In Belle Époque Paris, accompanied by a young scooter deliveryman, little Kanak Dilili investigates mysterious kidnap-pings of girls. She meets extraordinary men and women who give her clues. She discovered underground very particu-lar villains, male masters. The two friends will fight with enthusiasm for an ac-tive life in the light and living together.

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An impoverished actor Louis tries to make his girlfriend Claudia a big star. But in spite of all his efforts he cannot get her proper roles. Eventually she falls in love with another man and cheats on him.

Cast: Louis Garrel and Anna Mouglalis

Drama | French with English subtitles | 1h17

DEC 10 | 6:30 PM | AF Auditorium

JEALOUSYby Philippe Garrel

Documentary | French with English subti-tles | 1h18

DEC 17 | 6:30 PM | AF Auditorium

ONCE UPON A FORESTby Luc Jacquet

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This documentary invites the spectator into an extraordinary exploration of the prehis-toric rainforests. The film delivers a complete sensory immersion in the primeval splen-dour of one of nature’s richest mysteries.

|CINÉ-CLUB Free and open to all


JAN 14 | 6:30 PM | AF Auditorium

REMI, NOBODY’S BOYby Antoine BlossierA young orphan has a series of adventures while traveling across France with an itiner-ant musician, his faithful dog, and his monkey.

Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Maleaume Paquin, Vir-ginie Ledoyen

Adaptation of the French novel by Hector Malot | French with English subtitles | 1h49

Paul, a 33-year-old man who is unable to speak, is raised by his two eccentric aunts in Paris after the death of his parents. His life changes when he drinks a tea at Madame Proust’s home.

Cast: Guillaume Gouix, Anne Le Ny, Berna-dette Lafont

Comedy | French with English subtitles | 1h46

JAN 21| 6:30 PM | AF Auditorium

ATTILA MARCELby Sylvain Chomet

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CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE OF BANARASDr. Shikha Pandey

OCT 11-18 | AF Auditorium

Dr Shikha Agnihotri Pandey has obtained a PhD in Drawing and Painting. She has held 10 solo shows in India and participated in several important group exhibitions & artist camps in India. Her works are included in many private and public collections in India

and abroad.

PREVIEWOCT 11 6:30 PM

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| EXH IB I T IONSFree and open to all

OCT 1 | AF Auditorium | 6:30 PM

VOICES AND VIGNETTE FROM NATUREAnand VishwanadhaOrganized as a part of the Indian Photography Festival 2019, an evening of photo screenings and presentations. "Stray Birds -- a fascinating odyssey into the magnificent world of birds", and "Chi-trak -- call of the leopard!" Anand Vishwanadha is a poet and pho-tographer of nature cocooned by over a decade and half of close encounters with birds, trees and other wildlife. His time amidst nature has moulded his artistic psyche and lent him the ink for three books of English poetry.

OCT 23-31 | AF AuditoriumPREVIEWOCT 23 6:30 PM

Premnath Basa finds pleasure in creating can-vases rich in color and texture. This exhibition will showcase “Bold colors and brushworks” of imaginary landscape art, portraiture and still life with dynamic background.

An artist with a deep and pas-sionate appreciation for beauty in the natural world and within the human spirit, Arti Nagpal have participated in various Art exhibi-tions held in Delhi, Mumbai & Hy-derabad. Her subjects come from real life and her works are exe-cuted in a vibrant, impressionistic style, incorpo-rating abstract elements.

Purnima Gupta loves to explore new ways to paint with a lot of texture. She has been painting for almost ten years.Her interest has been with developing faces and figures and playing with a lot of texture. She doesn’t plan a layout, and follows her instincts to apply colours or texture. She likes vibrant colours, which she imbibes from the bright coloured attire that Indian women.

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Trio Art Exhibition

EXH IB I T IONS | Free and open to all


Aasha RadhikaNOV 3-12 | AF Auditorium PREVIEW

NOV 36:30 PM

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Born and brought up in an urban conservative family, her works majorly depicted her relatives - cousins, nieces and her daughter. Therefore, humans predominate her visual vocabu-lary. Consequentially, human emotions are an integral aspect of the stories narrated upon her canvas. Gradually from very subjective themes she has gravitated toward objective sub-jects in her works. With the shift in location, from urban to rural, since three years there is a gradually shift which makes way for the rural in her current works : The green expanse of unpolluted nature and the rural folk glide into her vision. Es-pecially women make their presence felt as they approach her in the form of self-help groups.

|EXH IB I T IONSFree and open to all


Usha AnnamrajuNOV 15-22 | AF Auditoirum

PREVIEWNOV 15 6:30 PM

Usha Nagasri Annamraju is a self-taught Artist, who used to make black and white drawings as a getaway as he grew up. Graduated in engineering, he is also fond of art. Not only it is medicative and meditative, it was a means to understand things better. Through Art he tried to relate to things happen-ing around him.

He showcased his artwork in Hyderabad, Tenali, Amalapuram, Bangalore, Goa, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Indore, Mumbai and Nepal, that made him win some awards and words of appre-ciation.

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EXH IB I T IONS | Free and open to all


NOV 25-DEC 2 | AF Auditorium PREVIEWNOV 25 6:30 PM

Rosy Mallaparaju

Manohar ChiluveruDEC 3- JAN 3 | AF Auditorium PREVIEW

DEC 3 6:30 PM

Rosy J. Mallaparaju (RJM) is a self-taught artist, an art teacher, Reiki Master and Art Therapy coach. In her presentation titled – Confluence of Impres-sions, she presents the varied impressions from life around us. She captures the radiance of energy of everything around us, many that may even be passed off cas-ually. The paintings capture the vividness of form, shape and colour. The form in the presentation extends to her creation of sculptures made from clay.

Manohar Chiluveru’s work addresses questions con-nected with individual and collective identities, global connectivity and relational aesthetic. His Collective Paintings and performanc-es have been recently pre-

sented in India, Italy (2017) or Egypt (2018).

Odyssey is a series of art works by Manohar Chiluveru, envi-sioned as a project that will travel to 24 art capital cities around the globe.

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|EXH IB I T IONSFree and open to all


INTERNATIONAL HYDERABAD JAZZ FESTIVAL NOV 23 | Phoenix Arena | Time: TBC

THIEFS

“THIEFS” is an emblematic band of the new French Jazz/Hip Hop scene founded by the saxophonist Christophe Panzani. It re-leased its second album called GRAFT (La GREFFE) in 2018. This album has been acclaimed in Europe and in the United States as one of the most powerful album on the avant-garde scene.

The Indian Tour is a way to start and develop a collaboration with two great Indian Artists.

Sushin Shyam, musician and music composer in the Malayalam film industry, and keyboardist of the Indian folk metal band The Down Troddense.

Neha Nair, lead female singer in the Malayalam rock band Avial, and singer and composer in the

Malayalam film industry.

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FES T IV AL | Free and open to all


HYDERABAD LITERARY FESTIVAL JAN 17 | Vidyaranya | Time: TBC

"Violin Nomads" is a fusion of Balkan and classical In-dian music, composed of Rupam Ghosh (Violin, India), An-toine Marhem (Violin, France), Eric Navet (Vibraphone and Ghatam, France), and Antoine Morineau (percussion, France).

Violin Nomads

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|FEST IVA LFree and open to all


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The Festival Choristers is an ecu-menical group of singers and in-strumentalists drawn from differ-ent faiths, walks of life and ages. The performers are united by their commitment to spread the messages of peace, love and har-mony, through music, at Christ-mas. It is their annual gift of love to music lovers in the twin cities.

The Resource Centre brings you the latest films, jeunesse ro-mans, albums & novels for the next four months. We are happy to inform you that you can now watch french series & french films on Netflix in the Alliance Française Library.

Register for “Culturethèque” it is available for the library mem-bers of Alliance Française of Hyderabad. http://www.culture-theque.com/EXPLOITATION/IN/

Please find below the list of the new acquisitions at the Re-source Centre:

For more information, send an email to [email protected]

Children Books• Quatre soeurs• Le Ranch, La rivale • Mystère dans les bois• Cinq Amies pour un spectacle• Je suis en CP • Charivari chez les P’tites Poules • Le bloc-notes de Louise, fan de lui !

Novels• Sky• L’immortalité• Le démon et mademoiselle Prym• Les Vivants et les Morts !• Petites scenès capitales.• Le dernier homme de la tour !• Comment trouver la femme idéale ou le Théorème du Homard !

DVDs • Eva• Guy• Chocolat• Stavisky• Le professionnel • L’Economie du couple• Les femmes de L’ombre

RESOURCE CENTRE

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DELF – DALF EXAMINATIONS

AF candidate

A1/A2: 2900 INR B1/B2: 3900 INR C1/C2: 4400 INR

Details and information:040 23554485/86 or [email protected]

SESSION: DECEMBER 2019

Enrolment dates: between 21/10/2019 to 09/11/2019

External candidate

A1/A2: 6800 INR B1/B2: 8000 INR C1/C2: 9200 INR

Weekend classes:October 19th

November 16th

Weekday classes :October 3rd

November 5thDecember 9th

Timings for classes: Weekdays: 7.30am to 9.30am, 10am to 1pm, 4 to 6pm, 6 to 8pm

Weekends: 9.30am to 1.30pm

FRENCH CLASSES

Mon. 2nd DecTue. 3rd DecWed. 4th DecThu. 5th Dec

Fri. 6th DecSat. 7th Dec

DELF TP A1DELF TP A2 & DELF Junior B2DELF TP B1 & DELF Junior B1DELF TP B2 & DELF Junior A2DALF TP C1 & DELF Junior A1DALF TP C2

LANGUAGE PROGRAM

TARIFS

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DELF – DALF EXAMINATIONS

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Levels Duration Objectives Certification Tariff (extra G.S.T.

@18%)

Basic usage

A1.1 80 hours

Survival French course for those with no prior knowledge

of language

Attestation Alliance Française

INR 12,900 (includes course

material)

A1.2 80 hours Use the language in everyday situations of communication

Diplôme d'étude de langue française

(DELF-A1)


material)

A2.1 80 hours

Can express your ideas & understand most of what you

hear & read

Attestation Alliance Française


material)

A2.2 80 hours Has a good level of

communication


(DELF-A2)


material)

Independent usage

B1 180 hours Has a very good level

of communication


(DELF-B1)


material)

B2 200 hours

Can communicate effectively & fluently

& can tune into different styles of

language


(DELF-B2)


material)

Proficient usage

C1 220 hours

Can specialize in literature, civilization

or commercial French

Diplôme approfondi de

langue française (DALF-C1)


material)

C2 special

package

Can express him/herself

spontaneously, very fluently and precisely

Diplôme approfondi de

langue française (DALF-C2)

special package

Language Classes at the Alliance Française of Hyderabad

Details and information: https://hyderabad.afindia.org/campus-france/

CampusFrance, an agency that operates under the aegis of the French ministries of Foreign Affairs, National Education, and Higher Education and Research, promotes higher education in France across the globe.

In India, CampusFrance works under the guidance of the University Cooperation Sec-tion of the Embassy of France that is Institute Francaise en Inde and in close coop-eration with the network of the Alliance française. CampusFrance offices in India are situated in 12 cities: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Jaipur, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Bhopal, Mumbai and Pune, all of which are located in the respective Alliance Française premises.

Campus France Hyderabad has seen leaps and bounds in increasing the number of students going to France in the past years and this year too has been extremely posi-tive not only in the number but quality of students going too!

CAMPUS FRANCE

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Testimony #1 | Vaishnavi Korupuri

I’ve reached Toulouse on 4th September, 2019 and it’s been great so far. I love the city. It’s very peaceful around here.

The French I’ve learned from Alliance Francaise has been very helpful to communicate with locals regarding direc-tions and in supermarkets for prices and other basic stuff.The biggest advantage about studying in France is explor-ing different culture which also leads to different style of education as well. There are no question banks and important questions here, and the lecturers in France are genuinely interested in teaching. We can see how pas-sionate they are about their job.

I will surely recommend people to study in France. The education here isn’t just budget friendly but also worth every penny we are paying.

All I would like to say is, France is a beautiful place with a lot of student benefits as well. Everyone, either a student or not, one should explore this place.

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Have you ever lived in France?I lived with my family in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, a city close to Paris when I was 7 to 17 years old. I love France. I went back three times, and every time, I visited my house.

How have you learnt to speak French?I have learned in school in France. In 1974, I passed a certificate of French proficiency at the University of Mumbai.

When did you start teaching French?I started teaching French to Indian engineers who were going to France to work in a French company. Nobody could speak English in France at that time, in the 1960s. The story of my teaching started from there. In 1979, I did a 3-month teacher traineeship in Sèvres, France, thanks to a University Grants Com-mission scholarship. I have a PGTC, the Post-Grad-uate Teacher Certificate. When I came back to India in the mid-1960s, I started to teach at the Centre culturel français until it closed in 1969 and at Osma-nia University. Since the Alliance Française of Hyderabad was created in 1980, I have been working here. It will be 40 years next year.

How would you describe in few words your experience with AFH?Passion and enthusiasm for the French language and teaching.

Portrait #1 Meena Reddy

Created in 1980, the Alliance Française of Hyderabad boasts a large community of alumni, many of whom went to study or work in France or other French-speaking countries.

In 2020, the AFH will celebrate its 40th anniversary. For this occasion, the AFH has the ambition to gather its current and former students and to build a strong net-work of AFH members through the organisation of regular social events.

A portrait of an AFH Alumni member will be regularly presented. Below is the first portrait of Meena Reddy, professor at the AFH since its creation in 1980.

Our first Alumni event will be held on Saturday November 30 at AFH Auditorium.

Join the new Alliance Française of Hyderabad Alumni Facebook Group to be updated of the latest events and news.

It will be 40 years in 2020

that I have been working at the Alliance Française of Hyderabad.

NEWS

An Organic Waste Composter was in-stalled at Alliance Francaise Cafeteria on 6th September, 2019 in association with Peepal Waste Managers, a pio-neer Waste Management Company in Hyderabad. The AFH team inaugu-rated the composter by adding the left over kitchen waste from the cafeteria. It is the first step illustrating the new ambition of the AFH to become more sustainable and reduce its ecological footprint in the future.

AFH GOES G R E E N !

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INTERVIEW OF THE CAST OF THE PLAY “ART” BY YASMINA REZA

After the success of the per-formances at AFH, Lamakaan and Our Sacred Space, the members of the AFH cultural team interviewed the cast of the English adaptation of the French play ART by Yasmina Reza.

“We loved the story. We just wanted to show this play to an Indian audience. It’s a masterpiece, it’s shouldn’t remain unheard of or unseen in India.”

Purushothama

Read the full interview of the three actors Aarthy Rajendran, Purushothama Pani Pondi and Srinivas Reddy Ramreddy in the AFH Library or follow this link:

https://hyderabad.afindia.org/interview-cast-of-the-play-art-by-yasmina-reza

On 19 September, the newly-appointed Consul General of France, Dr. Marjorie Vanbae-linghem, visited Hyderabad and was welcomed at T-Hub, In-dia’s largest incubator for start-ups. She had the opportunity to meet Mr. Sameer Chhabra, Business Development Man-ager of T-Hub and Mr. Samuel Berthet, Director of the Alliance française.

AFH wants to congratulate Pondi Pu-rushothama Pani, AFH student, who participated in Concours d’éloquence finals at AF Madras and got the 2nd place. We are proud that our stu-dent was the best irrespective of the position given. We wish him all the very best for his new position as an English assistant in France!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FINALIST OF THE CONCOURS D’ÉLOQUENCE

VISIT OF THE CONSUL GENERAL OF FRANCE IN HYDERABAD

See you soon at

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