Soirée Cinéma: L'argent de poche

Friday, September 12; 7:00pm
Alliance Française de Sacramento Library
2420 N Street, Sacramento
In French with English Subtitles
FREE, RSVP Required

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Please join us Friday, September 12, 7:00pm-10:00pm, in-person for the Alliance Française de Sacramento’s next Soirée Cinéma event in our library / screening room. This month's film is L'argent de poche.  We start promptly at 7:00pm We will start with a short presentation about the film, watch the film, and then open it up for a lively guided discussion in English.

FILM INFO
L'argent de poche/Small Change
Director: François Truffaut
1976  France Comedy / Drama
104 mins

The lives of a motherless boy, who is just starting to get interested in women, and his physically abused friend, who lives in poverty, are mixed with more or less innocent childhood experiences and challenges of a number of children.

In the town of Thiers, summer of 1976, teachers and parents give their children skills, love, and attention. A teacher has his first child, a single mother hopes to meet Mr. Right, another mom reaches out to Patrick, a motherless lad who is just discovering the opposite sex. Patrick befriends Julien, a new student who lives in poverty with his mother and has a terrible secret. Bruno shows his friends how to chat up girls. Sylvie stages a witty protest against her parents. Brothers give a friend a haircut. A toddler falls from a window and is unhurt. Everybody goes to the cinema. At camp, Martine catches Patrick's eye. A teacher explains: "Life is hard, but it's wonderful."

Trailer

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