FALL 2009

FRENCH & ITALIAN - SPECIAL EVENTS

FRENCH CLUB - WEEKLY ACTIVITIES

ITALIAN CLUB - WEEKLY ACTIVITIES

FRENCH FILM SCHEDULE

ITALIAN FILM SCHEDULE

SPECIAL EVENTS FALL 2009 (FRENCH AND ITALIAN)

Sat., 31 Oct. Alliance Française Immersion Day, Hanahau’oli School

 

Sat., 14 Nov., 8:30-11:00, AATF Workshop “Glou glou miam miam”, with Kathryn Klingebiel

 

 

Borse di Studio/ Universita' di Bologna
Master CLE (Master Course Cultures Littéraires Européennes). The University of Bologna (project’s coordinator) in partnership with the Université de Haute-Alsace (Mulhouse, France), Université Marc Bloch (Strasbourg, France) and Aristoteleion Panepistimion (Thessaloniki, Greece), hosts and organizes the Master. The 2 years Master program offers € 42.000 scholarship (for the whole program duration). (Guido Pigliasco guido@hawaii.edu)

 

CLUB FRANÇAIS / FRENCH CLUB WEEKLY ACTIVITIES FOR FALL 2009

Mondays, Table Française (at Paradise Palms) TBA

Mondays, Film Français 2:30-4:00 (program TBA)

Tuesdays, Tutoring for French 101-102 (Moore 468) 10:30-11:30, 12:30-1:30, 2:00-2:50

Wednesdays, Tutoring for French 101-102 (Moore 468) 9:30-2:20

Thursdays, Tutoring for French 101-102 (Moore 468) 11:30-12:20

Fridays, Tutoring for French 101-102 (Moore 468) 11:30-12:20

Fridays, Pétanque, on the lawn in front of Paradise Palms: 9/11, 9/25, 10/9, 10/23, 11/6, 11/20 (jacob@hawaii.edu) -- see below for description of this game

ITALIAN CLUB WEEKLY ACTIVITIES FOR FALL 2009

Film italiano. Contact Guido Carlo Pigliasco at guido@hawaii.edu. (program below)

 

RAI (Italian television) programming now available on ‘Olelo channel 56 (Monday-Friday, 11pm to 1am). Can be recorded to DVD or VCR..

 

 

 

FALL 2009 FRENCH FILM SCHEDULE

All Movies are in French with English subtitles; 2:30-4:00 on selected Mondays.
"Please be advised that most films are geared towards mature audiences and may/will contain images related to drugs, sex, and violence." (films may change without notice)

FALL 2009 ITALIAN FILM SCHEDULE

All Movies are in Italian with English subtitles; Moore 103, Fridays, 3:00 .

 

 

SOME FRENCH FILMS YOU MAY ENJOY:

• Au revoir les enfants is about a Jewish boy who is hidden in a Catholic boy's school during the occupation in World War II. He develops a friendship with Julien Quentin and both come face to face with the Gestapo. Drama Video 3264
  
• Cyrano de Bergerac (the 1990 version starring Gérard Depardieu) is secretly in love with his cousin Roxane but believes himself too ugly to win her hand. He helps Christian woo her. They marry but Christian is soon killed. Many years later, Roxane learns the truth. Video 6486
  
• Diva - a young man obsessed with a beautiful, talented opera singer gets mixed up in the French underworld and meets odd, interesting people. DramaVideo 1942
  
• Germinal Video 10868
  
• Indochine is about the owner (Catherine Deneuve) of a rubber plantation in French Indochina. When her adopted Indochinese daughter falls in love with Eliane's secret lover, trouble brews. Drama Video 9704
  
• Jean de Florette is a hunchback who foolishly hopes to become a gentleman farmer. His neighbor, César Soubeyran, and his nephew, Ugolin, conspire to ruin Jean. The search for water becomes critical to the story. Drama Video 2053
  
• La cérémonie An eccentric housekeeper for a wealthy French family and her boisterous postal worker friend unleash a vicious rampage against the bourgeois family. Mystery Video 18810
  
• La Gloire de mon père is the story of Marcel (this is an autobiography of Marcel Pagnol) who is in Provence for a special summer with his family. He falls in love with the hills, makes new friends, and strengthens the unique bond he has with his father. Biography/comedy Video 17205
  
• La Haine Saïd is an Arab, Hubert is black, Vinz is a Jew. Each of them needs to vent the anger they feel about the police brutality that landed another friend in the hospital. Drama Video 14977
  
• La vie rêvée des anges Drama DVD 166
  
• Le battement d’ailes du papillon A coincidental romance about six complete strangers affected by chance encounters during the course of one day. Comedy DVD 1398
  
• Le Château de ma mère is the continuation of La Gloire de mon père. Marcel returns to Provence for Christmas and on weekends. Here his relationship with his mother develops. Biography/comedy Video 9144
  
• Le Dîner de cons Pierre and his snobbish friends compete each week to see who can bring the biggest idiot to dinner. Comedy DVD 510
  
• Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain. Amélie didn't attend school with other children, but spent most of her time in her room, where she developed a keen imagination and an active fantasy life. She has grown into a healthy and beautiful young woman who works in a cafe and has a whimsical, romantic nature. One day, she decides to step into the lives of others around her to help them out. Comedy DVD 1417
  
• Le placard François Pignon is about to be fired. His neighbor has a solution for him: he has to pretend he is gay so that the management will be scared to be sued for sexual discrimination Comedy DVD1389
  
• Le Retour de Martin Guerre is a medieval mystery about the identity of a man who has disappeared as a young husband and resumes his marriage years later. Is he Guerre or an imposter?
  
• Les 400 coups Fourteen-year-old Antoine Doinet lives in a cramped apartment with his mother and stepfather, neglected by them and unlucky at school. Living an intense imaginative life of his own he gets into trouble and is finally committed to reform school. Drama DVD 4
  
• Les amants criminels Alice and Luc find themselves in a terrifying trap when they sneak out into the woods to cover up a crime they committed together and they cannot find their way back out. Horror DVD 0893
  
• Les Misérables (1995) takes Hugo's novel and relocates it in 1940's France. A man hears the story of Les Misérables and discovers that his life parallels Jean Valjean's. Video 9204
  
• Les ripoux A veteran police detective teaches his new by-the-book partner the finer points of graft and the good life. Comedy Video 3390
  
• Les rivières pourpres In a remote university town hidden in the coldness of the French Alps, a killer is sending a message. When France's leading serial killer investigator, is called to investigate a grisly murder, he enters a world of secrets, lies and unthinkable horrors. Horror/thriller DVD 1175
  
• Les Visiteurs is a hilarious, somewhat earthy tale of two "visitors" from Medieval France and their experiences in the 20th century. Comedy DVD1009
  
• Ma vie en rose is a fun, light-hearted movie which tells the story of a young boy convinced that he is a girl. Comedy Video 17947
  
• Manon des sources is the continuation of Jean de Florette. Jean's beautiful daughter, Manon, takes revenge on the Soubeyran family. Ugolin falls in love with Manon but is rejected. We learn the shattering truth about everyone's ultimate relationship. Drama Video 2054
  
• Métisse is a light yet subtle comedy about a pregnant young woman who deals with the 2 potential fathers of her baby. Comedy Video 13197
  
• Tatie Danielle is a mean-spirited woman who torments everyone. She moves in with her great nephew and his family and makes their life miserable. "You haven't met her yet, but she hates you already." Comedy Video 7992
  
• Toto le héros tells the story of man who believes his neighbor stole his life when they were little boys. Comedy Video 13770
  
• Venus Beauté Institut Angèle, a forty something woman, works in a Parisian spa, her life has been a series of hedonistic and reckless one-night stand until someone truly falls in love with her. Romantic comedy DVD727
   
   
  Crêpe Recipe
  2 cups flour, 3 cups milk, 4 large eggs, and 1 Tbl. melted butter (plus, optional: some grated orange peel or 1 Tbl Calvados, Cointreau, or Grand-Marnier)
  Mix the ingredients together in a large bowl. (It's easiest to put them in a blender and blend on high for a couple of minutes, however if you don't have a blender you can mix them by hand).
  Get a teflon-coated frying pan, if possible. If you have a normal pan, have some melted butter in a cup near you and each time before putting the batter in the pan, butter the pan with a paper towel dipped in the melted butter.
  When you are ready to make the crêpes, heat the pan to a medium high temperature. Then, with a ladle, dip into the batter and fill the ladle about 1/2 to 2/3 full (you'll be able to judge after making your first one). Pour the batter slowly into the hot pan with your right hand. With your left hand, while pouring, move the pan so that the batter travels evenly in order to cover the bottom of the pan producing a THIN coat. It can go up the sides of the pan slightly. One the batter is in, leave it on to cook until you see some bubbling and the sides start detaching from the edge of the pan (not always though, use your own judgement). With a spatula, slightly try to detach the edges of the crêpe from the pan using the spatula all around. To make sure the crêpe is not sticking, shake the pan to see if the crêpe moves. Then, very delicately turn the crêpe over. Let the other side cook (1 to 2 minutes). Then, place the cooked crêpe on a piece of waxed paper on a plate and put another sheet of waxed paper on top. Repeat the process for each crêpe. There should be a sheet of waxed paper in between each crêpe so that they won't stick together. When finished, cover the stack with a large piece of aluminum foil, folding it under the plate. Don't put the crêpes in the refrigerator: the crêpes will harden!
  You can fill the crêpes with any combination of sliced fruit, jam, whipped cream, powered sugar, Nutella or other chocolate gooey stuff. Bon appétit!
  

 Pétanque:
Pétanque is an outdoor bowling game, originated in France and evolved from ancient Greek and Roman games. It is played on any small area of bare ground.
The game starts when the first player tosses a small wooden target ball a distance of 6 to 10 meters. He then follows up by throwing a "boule" to come as close as he can to the target ball. The "boule" is about the size of a baseball and weights about a pound and a half.
The other side (team or individual) then has a chance to try to come closer, throwing from the same point. The round ends when all players have thrown all their "boules" (2 or 3 per player, the rule being no more than 12 boules total in the game). Thewinner of the round gets one point for every ball that he, or his team, have gotten closer to the target than any balls of the opponent.
Play continues in suddessive rounds until one side accumulates the prearranged game score, most usually 13. It is legal to puch or shoot an opponent's bould that is in your way by hitting it with one of your own ("tirer" in French).
The starting team is decided by the toss of a coin. One member of the first team chooses the starting place and draws a circle on the ground about 15-20 inches in diameter in which to stand. Both feet of the thrower MUST remain inside the circle UNTIL THE BOULE LANDS.
The first player throws the jack ("cochonnet", a wooden ball 1-1/4" in diameter) between 18 and 35 feet away and not nearer than 20 inches from any obstacle (wall, tree, etc.) He then throws his first bould, trying to place it as near as possible to the jack. A player on ther other team then comes into the circle and tries to throw his boule nearer to the jack.
Then it is up to a player in the team not leading to throw until his team gets a leading boule by placing it closer or hitting away the bould which "keeps the mark". He may also remove the jack in the same way, but the jack must remain visible from the circle--unless it lies behind a boule.
When a team has no more boules, the players of the other team(s) throw theirs and try to place them as close as possible to the jack. When all the teams have no more boules, the points are counted until game is reached by one of the teams.
A player of the winning team throws the jack from where it is, and the game starts again until one team reaches the 13 points again. ETC.