From Oulipo to Nelson!

FRIDAY 28 October: L'Oulipo: Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle. 09.30am-06.30pm (FREE)
Exhibition about Oulipo, a group of French writers.
@Institut Français d'Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh EH3 7TT.

SATURDAY 29 October: Patrick Caulfied: Some Poems of Jules Laforgue
Work inspired by the poems of Jules Laforgue from Pop artist Patrick Caulfield.
@I2, 34 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6QE. 0131 558 987
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NB : Exhibition on until the 5th of November.

SUNDAY 30 October: Le Roi et l'Oiseau - 1pm (£5.20/£3.70)
The famous cartoon by animator Paul Grimault, with a screenplay by screenwriter and poet Jacques Prévert, inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen story The Sheperdess and the Chimney Sweep.
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@ The Filmhouse, Lothian Road

MONDAY 31 October: The Battle of Trafalgar and the Death of Nelson 1805-2005
Exhibition of work from the collection to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar.
@National Portrait Gallery, Queen Street.
NB: Exhibition on until the 29th of January 2006
NB 2: 07/12/05: Talk on Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805) by Lemuel Francis Abbott @ Scottish National Portrait Gallery (FREE)
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TUESDAY 1 November : French Speaking - 9-11pm (FREE)
@ The World, Thistle Street
Friendly atmosphere as ever... Generally at the back of the lounge, but feel free to ask at the bar!

TUESDAY 1 November : Les quatre cents coups + Zéro de Conduite - 1pm (£5.20/£3.70)
The famous New Wave film about the life of a young teenage boy who seeks escape from his loveless, lonely existence by committing minor crimes and creating fantasies, shown with Vigo’s vision of life in a French boarding school (it was banned until 1945)
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@ The Filmhouse
NB: Both films are also shown on Wednesday 2 November at 6pm


THURSDAY 3 November: FRANCO SCOTTISH SOCIETY: The Auld Alliance and Scottish Renaissance Literature. 6.00 p.m. (FREE)
Talk in English by Professor Ronnie Jack, Emeritus Professor of Scottish and Medieval Literature, University of Edinburgh. (Joint meeting with the French Institute.)
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@The French Institute, 13 Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh EH3 7TT.


FRIDAY 4 November: Director's Choice: Pastorale for Paris - 12.45-01.15pm (FREE)
Talk about the paintings by François Boucher, acquired by the Galleries in the past 21 years.No booking required, unticketed.
@Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound
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