by Alliance Française | Jun 15, 2018 | Blog
Learning French with us is not just discovering the French language, but also French and Francophone cultures. This book has won the prestigious Goncourt Prize, and one of our classes has studied it this year. Here are Hilary’s and Sarah’s reviews...
by Alliance Française | Jun 10, 2018 | Blog
Au début du roman, un narrateur nous parle d’un mort en mer. Il s’appelle Kermeur. Il se trouve dans un petit bateau avec un nommé Lazenec. Ce dernier tombe en mer. Il n’est pas tout de suite évident ce qui s’est passé, mais deux pages plus tard, Kermeur avoue, d’une...
by Alliance Française | May 30, 2018 | Blog
Have you ever been to the French opera house, l’Opéra Garnier or le Palais Garnier as it is also called? You don’t need to go and listen to an opera or go and see the famous ballet de l’Opéra to visit this fabulous building as you can go in as a visitor for 11 euros....
by Alliance Française | May 18, 2018 | Blog
Our students leaning French with Alliance Française Bristol Bath had a memorable evening with French author Antoine Laurain, best selling writer of La femme au carnet rouge and Le chapeau de Mitterrand. If you have missed it, don’t worry: Paul, who takes a...
by Alliance Française | May 8, 2018 | Announcements, Blog, Events
Time to brush up on your French before the summer in our very small and friendly groups (4-6)! 4 weeks in June or July 2 sessions of 1½ hours of French tuition per week Day / evening classes with our French tutors 4 / 6 students maximum Cost: £160 Brush up on your...
by Alliance Française | May 7, 2018 | Announcements, Blog
Antoine Laurain in one of his most famous novels, Le chapeau de Mitterrand, describes les brasseries parisiennes and their plateau de fruits de mer ( seafood platter) which makes your mouth water ( vous met l’eau à la bouche): « Le plateau arriva avec ses fruits de...
by Alliance Française | Apr 28, 2018 | Blog
« La beauté du diable » This film, starring idol Gérard Philippe, is about an alchemist who sells his soul to the devil to become immortal, and is a favourite of one of our students learning French in Alliance Française Bristol: Ce film de René Clair avec entre autres...
by Alliance Française | Apr 22, 2018 | Announcements, Events
Antoine Laurain #1/2-10/2011 Photo Jean Luc Bertini copyright Flammarion Come and join us for this wonderful opportunity to meet Antoine Laurain, French writer of La Femme au Carnet Rouge, and listen to him talking about his books. Please note this event will be...
by Alliance Française | Apr 20, 2018 | Announcements
Enrolment Night: Henleaze Library, BS9 4HP on Wednesday 5th September 2018 between 7.30pm and 9pm Can’t make it? Don’t worry, see below: Assessment You can join us at any point of the year. Before you join a French class, we organize an individual...
by Alliance Française | Apr 15, 2018 | Blog
This week we thought we would share with you some iconic French song, in preparation for our singing workshop with our French tutor and singer Marie next week. This month, they are going to sing La bohème and La mer. But here are some more songs for you to discover....
