Marie Pavlenko, author of ‘I Want to Be a Witch’: ‘We need to downplay menopause’
While women’s voices have been raised since #MeToo, especially regarding gender and sexual violence, menopause, that moment around the age of fifty when a woman stops being fertile, remains hidden. To fill a gap, a comic will appear on September 6th I want to be a witcha vivid essay that humorously downplays this period of […]
Luc Besson, director of “Dogman”: “Directing with animals, a challenge like any other!”
He is one of the most famous French directors in the world. Author of films aimed at the general public that are often shunned by critics such as The big blue, Nikita or leonLuc Besson, 64, had made headlines not only in the press but more in the news sector in recent years: his company […]
Marie Amachoukeli for Ama Gloria, a film about what love can and cannot do
Ama Gloria, the film by young French filmmaker Marie Amachoukeli, opened Critics’ Week in Cannes last May. A tender and heartbreaking film about a little girl separated from her nanny: Cléo is six years old, orphaned by her mother and being raised by her nanny Gloria, originally from Cape Verde. When Gloria learns that her […]
With “99 Nights” the Quebecer Charlotte Cardin sings a “hymn to the introverts”
The cultural guest is a 28-year-old singer from Quebec. Her name is Charlotte Cardin and in a few years she has become one of the great voices of Quebec song thanks to her first album Phoenix, released in 2021. Charlotte Cardin just released her second album titled 99 Nights on August 25th, 2023. A title […]
“This role is a real gift”: actress Anaïs Demoustier presents the film “Le temps d’aimer”
Anaïs Demoustier is a presenter at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival time to love : a romantic fresco signed Katell Quillévéré. She plays Madeleine, a young woman who marries a young man from a good family in post-war France. In this marriage, Madeleine hopes to fix a mistake. What she doesn’t know is that her […]
Music: “African Rhapsodies” by Seckou Keita, fusion between African and Western music
It’s an extraordinary 13th album for Seckou Keita, the tireless defender of the kora, with 80 concerts a year around the world and millions of streams. In African RhapsodiesThe Senegalese combines the 22 strings of his Mandinka harp lute with a European symphony orchestra. Together with the BBC Concert Orchestra, one of the most eclectic […]
Sheila: “A singer without an audience doesn’t make a career and the audience is my family”
He is an icon of French song. At 78, Sheila remains a regular performer and doesn’t want to hear about her retirement. Ahead of a concert at Paris’ Grand Rex in November and after a remarkable performance at Francofolies de la Rochelle a month ago, she’s now here to celebrate her 60th career anniversary. Sheila […]
Cinema: Mauritian director David Constantin
He is one of the few directors in Mauritius. Notably, the acclaimed filmmaker and documentary filmmaker David Constantin received a special mention for his feature film from the jury of the last Fespaco, the Ouagadougou film festival look at the stars Since then he has made a career of performing at festivals around the world. […]
Patric Chiha, director of the film “The Beast in the Jungle”
Austrian director Patric Chiha signs this Wednesday the beast in the jungle, a film that will be shown at the Berlinale in February 2023. It takes place behind closed doors in a nightclub where the main characters, played by Anaïs Demoustier and Tom Mercier, have been waiting for a mysterious event for 25 years. Throughout […]
Sébastien Vassant, author of the comic strip “La fabrique des Français”
Telling the recent history of France also means considering the contribution of immigrants from different origins and telling the rejection they suffered at different times. This is what a comic published by Futuropolis does. In La fabrique des Français, the caricaturist Sébastien Vassant shows various examples of the happy integration of anonymous people or celebrities […]