December 28, 2015

20th French Film Festival Opens With a Bang

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  • The red carpet opening night was filled with friends, free-flowing drinks and fantastic films!

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    SALUT! Notable guests raise their glasses with French Ambassador to the Philippines Gilles Garachon.

    Pleasant smiles greeted everyone who walked down the red carpet at the Greenbelt 5 Fashion Walk last night, June 3, 2015, at the grand opening night of the 20th French Film Festival.

    Despite the sweltering last-of-summer heat that veiled the evening, lively chatter from the guests, cocktails, wine or beer at hand, livened up the night together with the fireworks-filled backdrop.

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    FULL HOUSE. The Fashion Walk has never been more elegant…or more jam-packed.

    Snippets of conversations about the critically-acclaimed La Famille Bélier, the 5PM film screened at Cinema 1 of Greenbelt 3, can be heard: how it was funny and bittersweet, a musical of sorts, a tearjerker.

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    LA FAMILLE BELIER AND TAKLUB were both shown during the opening night.

    An excited buzz can also be heard as everyone waited in anticipation of Taklub, the Filipino masterpiece screened at 8:30 that nightexcitement heightened even more with the presence of film director Brillante Mendoza, film producer Loren Legarda; and its star, Nora Aunor.

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    THE Gilles Garachon, Film Development Council of the Philippines head Briccio Santos, TAKLUB director Brillante Mendoza, veteran actress Nora Aunor and Stores Specialists Inc. marketing communications manager Malu Francisco

    Overall, it was an impressive night filled with art and culture. The French Embassy promised a Cannes-like opening premiere. They ended up delivering so much more.

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    CATCHING UP. Friends enjoyed discussing the film among other topics in an endless stream of chatter.

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    PEUGEOT displays one of their babies as part of the opening night.

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    Celebrating the diversity and the beauty of the film industries in France and the Philippines, the 20th French Film Festival will be held from June 3 to 9 in both Greenbelt and Bonifacio High Street cinemas. Aside from their spectacular movies, other events await Francophiles! For more information, check out our previous article about the festival!

    Article and photos by Madeline Castillo

    Additional photos by Arvee Gomez

               
               
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