Everyone is warmly invited to our rescheduled French film evening on Saturday 7 March at Foxton Village Hall.
Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Please reserve your tickets by emailing foxtontwinning@gmail.com or messaging/calling Jill on 07758 753792. Tickets will also be available on the door.
We have chose to show the spoof spy comedy OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies from 2008, starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo and directed by Michel Hazanavicius (all of whom went on to do ‘The Artist’). Set in 1955, the film follows the exploits of a French secret agent, Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117, as he is sent to Cairo to investigate the disappearance of his best friend and fellow spy Jack Jefferson, only to stumble into a web of international intrigue. The film won four international awards.
This is what reviews on IMDB say:
Smart, snappy, hilarious, stylish–don’t miss this James Bond spoof! it takes the Sean Connery vintage James Bond film model and really does a parody worthy of 007.
Jean Dujardin is brilliant. He’s funny, campy, silly, serious, and subtle about it all. He plays the role with a kind of oblivious self-ridicule that Woody Allen and Peter Sellers were so good at.
And he’s backed up by a strong, if somewhat predictable, assortment of international thugs, beauties, and oddballs. The true comedy of the film is in its blatant disregard for political correctness. The misogyny, cultural insensitivity, and almost laughable macho-ism of the films of this genre and period are used for major comic effect.
As usual, there will be English sub-titles, popcorn and other snacks, a raffle, and a licensed bar to buy drinks before the film and during the interval. Tickets: £10 adults, £7 under 16s. Cash and card payments are both welcome.
All profits will go towards funding the twinning weekend which is on 8-10th May.
Hope to see you all there!
Foxton Twinning Association 