Performance of Oratorio “THE CREATION”Screening of “Hôtel Normandy”
Fri 09 May 2014, 8 pm
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening titled “Hotel Normandy” (France, 2013, 97 mins), directed by Charles Nemes.
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 40 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 20 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Photo Exhibition by Réhahn
Opening: Tue 06 May, 6 pm
Exhibition: 06 – 29 May 2014
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
French photographer Réhahn has been living in Vietnam since 2011. His photography skills were self-taught during his travels to over 30 countries. Quickly did his heart turn towards Vietnam and after a dozen trips, he settled down there. In the first exhibition at L’Espace, Réhahn will feature a series of Vietnamese children’s portraits in their spontaneous joy as well as sadness.
It is the innocence of those faces that transcends all expressions, where the eyes turn marvel or darken in a flash. When looking at their eyes, could we keep a little of our inner child?
Free entrance.
Special Concert “Dien Bien Phu”
07 and 08 May 2014, 8 pm
1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the special concert “Dien Bien Phu” with conductor Honna Tetsuji, violin soloist Bui Cong Duy and Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra.
Program
Poem Op.25
Nguyen Thien Dao
Giao huong diem hen – World Premiere
L.V.Beethoven
Symphony no.3 Eb major “Eroica”
Tickets
Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 500000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over ticketvn@gmail.com
For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.
Dien Bien Phu Battle Seminar
Wed 07 May 2014, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
60 years after Indochina war came to an end, three historians from Vietnam, France and Canada together with a journalist from Vietnam gathered to talk about the famous Dien Bien Phu Battle, the key battle leading to the end of Vietnam War I. They belong to a generation that mediates between those who lived in this war and those who were born in peace. 4 people, 4 approaches, 4 angles …
Language: Simultaneous translation French – Vietnamese. For more information, please refer to Vietnamese version of this post.
Free admission.
Exhibition “Smiling Poland”
Opening: Mon 05 May
Exhibition: 02 – 08 May 2014
Exhibition Hall
16 Ngo Quyen, Hanoi
For the first time the smiles were brought to Vietnam in the Exhibition “Smiling Poland” organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Hanoi at the Exhibition Hall 16 Ngo Quyen from the 2nd May to the 8th May 2014 on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of Poland’s accession to the EU.
There’s a saying: “Laughter is the best medicine”. ‘Smiling”, a simple act, but according to Mr. Marek Wysoczynski, it can have a major positive impact on our everyday life.
Marek Wysoczynski, the initiator of the unique Project Smile has been collecting autographs of renown personalities in Poland and all over the world for many years. Numerous celebrities such as Jim Carrey, Michael Jackson, Diego Maradona have donated to the project their smile autographs.
These “smiles” have been demonstrated in different countries in the world such as Poland, Austria, Egypt, China, Spain and Mexico. In these countries, viewers not only had a chance to enjoy viewing a part of the collection of Marek’s thousands of autographs but autographs and smiles were also brought to hospitals like the Children Cancer Hospital in Cairo, pediatric hospital in China, etc., as the Project’s purpose is to create the smiles both on the faces and inside the hearts of disabled children and lonely people, those who are suffering much in their lives and have lost their smiles.
During the trip to Vietnam, in addition to the Exhibition, Marek Wysoczyñski will also visit the children at SOS Children’s Village to smile with them and together draw their own smiles. His desire is by creating smiles for children, we may not cure illness or sorrow, but can help them to reduce pain, get more energy and confidence in life. That is the greatest gift for Marek and the Project Smile.
Information about the Project Smile: Marek Wysoczyński is the founder and the Director of the Project Smile. He is also the Director of the Culture Promotion Office and has organized various concerts and novel exhibitions all over the world. Marek has organized the exhibition of 1000 autographs that he had as part of the Milennial Anniversary of the City of Gdansk. That was the start of the of the idea to collect smiley autographs for children’s hospitals and other Institutions. It was Marek who has managed to inspire and attract people, especially world celebrities to join in an Exhibition where a simple but wonderful concept of “Smile” has become much more important and meaningful.
Screening of “Red” and “Amour”
Screening of “Red”: Sat 03 May 2014, 2 pm
Screening of “Amour”: Sat 03 May 2014, 7.30 pm
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi
In the 2nd week of Cannes month, you are invited to the screening of other two masterpieces: “Red” directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski and “Amour” of director Michael Haneke, both of which will be on Sat 3 May.
Original language with Vietnamese subtitles. The screening is for educational purpose and supportive to TPD Centre’s Young Cinema Fund.
About films:
Red (1994)
Red (French: ROUGE) is a 1994 film co-written, produced, and directed by Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski. It is the final film of The Three Colors Trilogy, which examines the French Revolutionary ideals; it is preceded by Blue and White.
Kieślowski had announced that this would be his final film, which proved true with the director’s sudden death in 1996. Red is about fraternity, which it examines by showing characters whose lives gradually become closely interconnected, with bonds forming between two characters who appear to have little in common.
Amour (2012)
AMOUR (pronounced: [a.muʁ]; French for “Love”) is a 2012 French-language drama film written and directed by the Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke, starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert.
The narrative focuses on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, who are retired music teachers with a daughter who lives abroad. Anne suffers a stroke which paralyses her on one side of her body.
AMOUR is a co-production between the French, German, and Austrian companies Les Films du Losange, X-Filme Creative Pool, and Wega Film.
The film was screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d’Or. It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards, and many well-known awards in other film festival.
Experimental Futurist Electronic Music with Tri Minh and Saxophonist Quyen Thien Dac
Thu 01 May 2014, 9 pm The Rooftop 19th Floor, Pacific Place, No. 83B Ly Thuong Kiet Str, Hanoi
Vietnam’s famous saxophonist Quyen Thien Dac is going to have a special session with DJ Tri Minh, who has been always determined on his way of experimental electronic music. Don’t miss this highly anticipated cultural event.
Call us now for booking 04 3946 1901 – 0913 70 69 66.
Screening of “The Science of Sleep”
Thu 01 May 2014, 8.30 – 10.30 pm
Madake
81 Xuan Dieu Str, Tay Ho Dist, Hanoi
You are invited to the screening of “The Science of Sleep”.
THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP (2006)
105′ / Dir – Michel Gondry
“A film that rates -very- high on the weirdness scale as it tells the story of a man that has trouble keeping reality and dreamworld apart.”
“Shy Stephane has returned to his childhood hometown to accept a new job.
When the prospective employment offer fails to live up to expectations, Stephane is at least comforted by the close bond he has formed with his creative-thinking neighbour Stephanie.
Their blossoming romance finally awakens the sleeping confidence that Stephane was previously capable of displaying only in his dreams.”
“Although The Science Of Sleep delves into tortured love affairs and the fight for creative spirits to survive in a corporate world, it’s loaded with humour and imagination.
At least half of the movie warps into the alternate reality that Stephane dreams about, where stunning visuals feature entire cardboard cities, and boats drifting over seas of cellophane.”
Language: English and French, with English subtitles
FREE ENTRY. 10 FREE prints of an original illustration (based on the film) by Giang Hoang Nguyen
The film is curated by The Onion Cellar
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Đăng ký: VietNam News