People from all over the world meet on a weekly basis at the Atelier de conversation of the Bibliothèque publique d'information located in the Centre Pompidou in Paris to practise their French. Refugees of war sit together with businessmen, easy-going students next to victims of political persecution. As diverse as its members might be, they have one goal in common that connects all of them: to learn the language and find companions while living abroad – if not to survive living abroad. At this hopeful place, social and cultural borders dissolve. People, who otherwise would never have been in touch, meet eye to eye.
Conversation Studio Atelier de conversation
People from all over the world meet on a weekly basis at the Atelier de conversation of the Bibliothèque publique d'information located in the Centre Pompidou in Paris to practise their French.
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Parthenope Parthenope
Paolo Sorrentino
Monday, 28. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle
Born in the 1950s in the sea in front of her home villa, Parthenope seeks happiness in the long summers of her youth and falls in love with her native Naples and its many picturesque characters. Paolo Sorrentino has created a seductive epic about a modern heroine’s journey beyond “great beauty” and “youth”.
All We Imagine as Light All We Imagine as Light
Payal Kapadia
Tuesday, 29. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle
In the bustling chaos of Mumbai, the lives of three women from different generations intertwine. The debut feature by Payal Kapadia, winner of the Jury Grand Prize at Cannes, is the first Indian film in thirty years to compete in the festival’s main competition.
The Substance The Substance
Coralie Fargeat
Wednesday, 30. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle
An extravagant and spectacularly bloody body horror film starring the fearless Demi Moore as a faded Hollywood star. A French director delivers a biting critique of society’s obsession with beauty, youth, and fame.