Thursday, March 22, 2012 (23)

Mar 22, 2012
March 22, 2012
Thursday
  • French Culture Nights presents French artists Marie Calfopoulos, Hélène Pé and DJ Vinny King on Thursday, March 22

  • Mar 22, 2012 from 2:30pm to 9:00pm
  • Location: World Bar
  • Description:

    On Thursday, March 22, the French Culture Nights will be held at World Bar with two visual artists, Marie Calfopoulos, Hélène Pé and DJ Vinny King. 

    Let’s welcome the most pleasant season of the year at the French Culture Nights with photographer Marie Calfopoulos who offers an original and solar collection of photos along with painter Hélène Pé who expresses hlighthearted stories through her art. DJ Vinny King will play the songs we all love to dance and sing along worldwide. 

    The French Culture Nights will take place at World Bar, a uniquely elegant venue which overlooks the United Nations and its beautiful gardens. It is located on the ground floor of the exclusive Trump World Tower condominium. 

    Register @ www.frenchculturenights.com with CODE: "NYINFRENCH"

    The admission fee of $10 is waived for those who pre-register online before 4PM on March 22. 

    The French Culture Nights is an organization with a mission to promote French and Francophone culture in New York City every month on Wedne

  • Created by: Enrique Gonzalez
 
  • Focus on French Cinema 2012: "The Assault" (L'Assaut) by Julien Leclercq

  • Mar 22, 2012 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm
  • Location: Pepsico Theatre, The Performing Arts Center
  • Description:

    L'ASSAUT


    Genre: Action, Thriller
    DirectorJulien Leclercq
    Screenplay: Simon Moutaïrou, Julien Leclercq
    Running time: 1h 30 min
    StarringVincent ElbazGregori DerangèreMélanie Bernier 
    Distributor: Screenmedia
    France, March 2011


    SYNOPSIS
    Saturday, December 24, 1994.
    Four GIA terrorists (Algerian Islamist Group) take an Air France Airbus-300 and its 227 people on board hostage at the Algiers airport. Their intentions are unknown; they are armed and very determined. The terrorists insist their fellow fighters be set free and demand immediate take-off of the plane. Finally, after extensive diplomatic negotiations between the governments of France and Algeria and the execution of three passengers, the plane takes off and lands in Marseille at 3:33 AM on Monday, December 26.
    Three characters, Thierry, a soldier with GIGN (the French SWAT team), Carole Jeanton, an ambitious technocrat, and Yahia Abdalla are central to the plot. Witnessed by 21 million TV viewers, the SWAT team attack will put a

  • Created by: Nathalie Charles