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Focus on French Cinema Opening Night Events: Gourmet Cocktail Reception @ L’escale / Opening Ceremony & Film @ Bow Tie Cinemas

Name: Focus on French Cinema Opening Night Events: Gourmet Cocktail Reception @ L’escale / Opening Ceremony & Film @ Bow Tie Cinemas
Start: 2017-03-31T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2017-03-31T23:00:00-04:00
Location: L’Escale Restaruant Bar

March 31, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm

$125

The Focus on French Cinema Festival invites you to it’s Greenwich opening night festivities on Friday March 31 from 6pm-11om. The fun begins with a Gourmet Cocktail Reception @ L’escale (500 Steamboat Rd, Greenwich, CT),

Delicious French and Quebecois Hors-d’oeuvres & Champagne
Raw Bar & Open Bar
Meet with our invited celebrities from France and Québec

Then, follow the red carpet to the Opening Night Ceremony at Bow Tie Cinemas (2 Railroad Ave | Greenwich, CT | 7:45pm), Honoring Legendary Filmmaker Claude Lelouch
Featuring the restored version of his 1976 short film C’était un rendez-vous.
Finally, we will show the Opening Night Film: It’s Only the End of The World (Juste la fin du monde), the most celebrated film of the year in France and Quebec. Special Guest: Actor Théodore Pellerin, who also plays in the short film Sigismond Imageless (Sigismond sans images).
To purchase tickets: http://focusonfrenchcinema.com/tickets-direction/
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