French language school in Cebu bares November offerings

THE Alliance Francaise de Cebu announced the holding of a French event, Soirée Beaujolais, which will be held on Nov. 29 at the La Maison Rose Cebu – The Pink House Garden on Gorordo Avenue, Lahug, Cebu City (beside the Mormon temple).

A total of P500,000 in prizes will be raffled off during the event with the theme, “La Rue de Paris or Streets of Paris.”

A two-night stay for two at the Dedon Island Resort in Siargao awaits the grand prize winner.

Tickets are priced at P2,100, inclusive of French cuisine, free-flowing top-quality wines and fine cheeses. Those who buy four tickets will get one free.

Tickets are also available at the Ayala Center Cebu Concierge desk and Marco Polo Plaza Hotel.

For inquiries and reservations, contact the Alliance Française de Cebu at 2321311 or (0917) 7246197 or visit website www.alliancefr.ph.

Aside from the festival, a movie entitled “La Rafle–The Round Up” will also be shown for free at the Alliance Francaise de Cebu, a French language school, on Nov. 15 at 8:30 p.m.

The film is about an 11-year-old Joseph, who has taken refuge with his family at Butte Monmartre in Paris. They live quietly until the morning of July 16, 1942, when a mass arrest of 28,000 Jews was carried out. The drama documents the real experiences of French Jews who were sent from the Vélodrome to concentration camps Beaune-La-Rolande, Vichy and Berghof.