The French Film Festival 2015

Last Sunday, a group of my friends and I went to the closing night of the French Film Festival, which was a really enjoyable evening. It began with canapés in the foyer, which were so delicious and I wish that I could've eaten more of them. Luckily, no one really liked the pastry with duck pate one, so I got to eat theirs because I thought they tasted really nice. There was also a smoked salmon pate creamy puff thing, which was so delicious too, however, my favourite canapé was these mini pumpkin and pine nut quiches. So it was really fancy and very different to what I usually eat as a snack on my Sunday nights (fruit and then later, a cup of tea). And then it was time to enter the cinema...

Paris, Je t'aime consisted of twenty short films, all of different genres- some funny, some sad, some cute and some just plain weird- and I loved every single moment of it. The majority of the films were in French (being a French film festival and all) with English subtitles, but a few were in English. All films were set in Paris, as each film was inspired by this utterly romantic city. I have always wanted to go to Paris, and I am determined to go there one day; I absolutely love Rodin's sculptures so it is one of the top things on my bucket list to go to the Rodin Museum, and I also really want to visit the famous cemetery (which was featured in one of the films coincidentally, which sparked my desire to go there even more!)


My favourite of the films is one that features Natalie Portman. This is it:

I can't write about every film we saw, so instead, I'll just give a brief synopsis of my other favourite ones, which hopefully demonstrates how eclectic each piece was:

-It was about a man who was having an affair, and the day that he was going to tell his wife that he was going to leave her, she tells him that she is dying from cancer. So he stays with her and pretends to be a loving husband, but at the end, he falls in love with his wife all over again and nursed her until the day she died- it was so sad, but so beautiful.

-This artist goes to a printing place where he believes he found his "soulmate" which he tells him. He declares how there is some connection between the two of them, and it is so poetic and emotive, all the while, the other guy is sitting there in silence. The artist then leaves, giving his number to the guy, and then the boss asks the guy what happened, and then the guy replies in English saying that he didn't know because he doesn't understand French- that ending made me laugh.

It was a great experience, especially as I didn't know what to expect before going, so I wasn't disappointed.