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2009 FAC Calendar



June


16th:     Cinéma Mardi, The Dinner Game, showing at 7PM

 

20th:     La Fête St.Jean-Baptiste; Festival of St. John the Baptist, Québec provincial

celebration; 5 p.m. at the Tower Cafe, 1750 Elm Street in Manchester. Your RSVP includes Dinner with the award ceremony for the Franco-American of the Year 2009 along with entertainment by Roger L'Heureux and  is $40 / person. RSVP with  payment by June 1, 2009


26th:      FAC Annual Meeting


July


10th:     Beliveau Gallery Exhibition: The work of José Anne Bernier , Ethereal Oil Paintings, by Québec artist José Ann Bernier. Opening Reception from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. This exhibit runs July 10th through September 31st.


17th:     La Cave aux Vins, Prices are $ 100 with the raffle included or $35 without.


21st:      Cinéma Mardi,  Balzac et La petite tailleuse chinoise, showing at 7PM


August


17th:      Cinéma Mardi, Priceless, showing at 7PM


September


21st:      Cinéma Mardi, La vie en Rose, showing at 7PM





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Cinéma Mardi

July 21st
Showing at 7:00 PM

Feature Presentation

Balzac et
La petite tailleuse Chinoise

 



In 1971 China, in the lingering grip of the cultural revolution, two university students, Luo and Ma, are sent to a mountain mining village as part of their reeducation duty to purge them of their classical western oriented education. Amid the backbreaking work and stifling ignorance of the community, the two boys find that music, and the presence of the beautiful local young women are the only pleasant things in their miserable life. However, none compare to the young seamstress granddaughter of the local tailor. Stealing a departing student's secret cache of forbidden books of classic western literature such as the works of Honore de Balzac, they set about to woo her and teach her things she had never imagined. In doing so, they start a journey that would profoundly change her perspective on her world and teach the boys about the power of literature and their own ability to change their world in truly revolutionary ways.
Written by KennethChisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)