The Fakir’s Extraordinary Journey - Indian charmer Dhanush comes to France
A colourful fast-paced movie with international appeal premiered on Wednesday in France. The Fakir’s Extraordinary Journey stars Dhanush, who is bound to charm audiences in France and elsewhere in...
View ArticleCannes Film Festival awards and The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
Cinefile with RFI's Rosslyn Hyams takes a look back at some of the main features of the Cannes Film Festival this month, a bumper edition in many ways. Also a feelgood pic pools India and French...
View ArticleDafné Kritharas sings 'jewels of the Aegean'
Our guest in this week's edition of World Music Matters is young Franco-Greek singer Dafné Kritharas. Definitely one to watch, she talks to RFI about her new album Djoyas de Mar, a captivating...
View ArticleOne listener’s beliefs
Feast your ears on listener Ijeoma Bristol’s “This I Believe” essay. All it takes is a little click on that “Listen” arrow above!
View ArticleFrench artist to spend week in a prehistoric sculpture
French performance artist Abraham Poincheval on Sunday stepped inside an enlarged reproduction of a paleolithic carving of a lionman where he will spend the next week. Last year Poincheval grabbed...
View ArticleFrench rocker faces investigation over ex-wife's death
French rocker Bertrand Cantat, who has already served jail time for the death of actress Marie Trintignan, has demanded to speak to magistrates following reports that he is to be investigated in...
View ArticleParis' 'Dîner en blanc' toasts 30th anniversary at Invalides
Parisians and tourists wearing seasonally appropriate all-white outfits enjoyed gourmet picnics Sunday in front of the French capital’s 19th century Les Invalides monument.
View ArticleVan Gogh painting sells for over 7 million euros
A painting by a young Vincent Van Gogh was sold at an auction in Paris Monday for more than seven million euros, the Artcurial auction house said.
View ArticleAu Fil du Siècle tapestry exhibition weaves French history in colour since WW1
In this week's Culture in France, Christiane Naffah-Bayle curator of an exhibition of official French tapestry called 'Au Fil du Siècle' - 'A Century-long-thread' talks about textile works which have...
View ArticleDaughter blasts biopic of tragic film star Romy Schneider
The family of the tragic star Romy Schneider have attacked a new movie about the actress which they claim paints her as an alcoholic.
View ArticleSouth Africa's Sam Tshabalala releases 'Back and Forth'
Singer-songwriter and guitarist Sam Tshabalala is a former member of the Malopoets - a leading South African anti-apartheid band in the 70s and 80s. After close to three decades living in exile here in...
View ArticleUS news website Buzzfeed is to shut down French version
US news website Buzzfeed is to shut down its French version after four years online.
View ArticleFrench fake news bill sparks censorship fears
French MPs debated the government's plan to fight fake news into the early hours of Friday morning as opposition MPs expressed fears that the measure could lead to online censorship.
View ArticleChef Anthony Bourdain found dead in French hotel
American chef, writer and TV presenter Anthony Bourdain has been found dead in a hotel in eastern France. Best-known for his CNN series Parts Unknown, he worked in numerous top restaurants, later...
View ArticleLaura Angela Bagnetto in Chad
This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about Ethiopia’s new prime minister. RFI English reporter Laura Angela Bagnetto introduces you to a member of the Club RFI Abéché...
View ArticleFrench right want rapper banned from Paris attacks concert hall
Right-wing French politicians are calling for a ban on a French Muslim rapper appearing at the venue where 90 people were killed by an Islamist commando in 2015. They say the performer, Médine, has...
View Article17th-century French painting fetches 3.6 million euros, Chinese flask 5.1...
Two major artworks were sold for millions of euros at auction in France on Sunday. A painting by 17th-century French artists fetched 3.6 million euros, while a Chinese moon flask made of porcelain...
View ArticleFrance's Queen of Accordeon Yvette Horner dies
Famous French accordeonist Yvette Horner died on Monday at the age of 95. Having become famous as the mascot for the Tour de France, she performed music by David Bowie and Michael Jackson towards the...
View ArticleChinese vase found in attic sells for €16.2 million
An 18th-century Chinese vase forgotten for decades in a shoe box in a French attic sold for 16.2 million euros at Sotheby's in Paris on Tuesday -- more than 30 times the estimate.
View ArticleWhat's happening at the Champs-Elysées film festival
The Champs-Elysées film festival is underway at some of the many cinema halls on and around the famous Parisian avenue. The festival focus is American and French independent cinema. One of its...
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