The Stone Concile - A French Film By Guillaume Nicloux: Events in Hyderabad

REVIEW FOR THE STONE CONCILE -...

The French Embassy, in association with Alliance Francaise Hyderabad and Unifrance, is presenting Rendez-vous With French Cinema, from 4th to 7th February, at Prasads Multiplex. This festival will showcase the latest productions of an innovative, diverse and dynamic French film industry, in 5 Indian cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. It will be an important moment in the Indo-French cultural relationship, for which cinema is one of the strongest underpinning ties.

Today, 3rd day, The Stone Consile (Le Concile de Pierre) will be screened at 6:00pm. The movie is directed by Guillaume Nicloux, and has Monica Bellucci, Catherine Deneuve, Moritz Bleibtreu, Sami Bouajila, Elsa Zylberstein, Nicolas Thau, Lorenzo Balducci and Nicolas Jouhet portraying some of the important characters in the film.

Laura Siprien wonders whether she's losing her mind. For some weeks, nightmares and hallucinations have thrown her into a state of uncontrollable anxiety. Who exactly is her son, Liu-San? What does the strange mark that has appeared on his torso signify?

A few days before his 7th birthday, he is kidnapped. Ready to do anything to save her son, Laura throws herself body and soul into an adventure at the edges of the strange and supernatural. What if fate only existed to be swapped?

There will be English subtitles, and entry is by invitations only, available at the Alliance Francaise office at West Marredpally. Please contact 2770-0734/2770-0736 for further details.