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Liza Minnelli awarded French Medal of Honour

France left Liza Minnelli awestruck on Monday when it presented its Legion of Honour medal to the veteran American entertainer in Paris.

Liza Minnelli awarded French Medal of Honour
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“What I’m really, really so honoured about is to be a part of France, to be a part of the city and the country of my dreams,” said the 65-year-old singer and actress at a ceremony hosted by Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand.

“Thank you for wanting me,” Minnelli added. “Thank you for caring about me. Thank you for giving this wonderful tennis game of life that we have going together.”

Minnelli, who collected an Oscar in 1972 for her performance in “Cabaret”, was playing the Olympia music hall — where her 1969 appearance became a live album — later on Monday as part of an international tour.

Underscoring Minnelli’s contribution not only to show business, but also to the fight against HIV-AIDS, Mitterrand said: “We love you because you make our lives better.”

France often gives the Legion of Honour to American and other foreign entertainers. Former California governor and “Terminator” star Arnold Schwarzenegger received one three months ago during a television festival in Cannes.

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FILM

French film club for English speakers returns to cinemas

Lost in Frenchlation, a film club that screens French films with English subtitles in Paris, is returning to cinemas this weekend after holding virtual screenings during lockdown.

French film club for English speakers returns to cinemas
Photo: LOIC VENANCE / AFP

Wednesday saw the reopening of cafés, restaurants, museums, theatres and cinemas in France since October.

This means that Lost in Frenchlation can return to cinemas, and film buffs who struggle to watch French movies without English subtitles can meet up again this weekend at the Luminor Hotel de Ville where the first screening is taking place this Sunday.

READ ALSO: French cinemas face 400-film backlog as they prepare to reopen

What’s on the programme?

The first event taking place on Sunday, May 23rd is a screening of Albert Dupontel’se César awarded film “Adieu les cons” (Bye bye Morons), a comedy drama about a woman who tries to find her long-lost child with a help of a man in the middle of a burnout and a blind archivist.

On Sunday, May 30th there will be a Mother’s Day special screening of “Énorme”, comedy, starring Marina Foïs and Jonathan Cohen, at Club de l’Étoile in the 17th arrondissement in Paris. 

On Saturday, May 22nd, there will be a virtual screening of “Joli Mai” by Chris Marker (1963) which inspired the documentary film Le Joli Mai 2020. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Chris Marker specialist & journalist Jean-Michel Frodon.

Lost in Frenchlation is a company that sets up screenings of recent French film releases with English subtitles to give Paris’s large international community access to French culture and meet others in the same situation.

For more information, check out their website or sign up to their newsletter (link here).

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