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Mary Stephen grew up in Hong Kong in the 60's. It is through attending screenings at the small cine-club of the city hall and reading student magazines that she will discover cinema and the French new Wave. She then goes to Montreal and Canada where her passion for cinema gets so strong that she decides to study it at university. Later on, an exchange program leads her to Paris and a university where she comes across “the tall and thin man with grey hair, who talks about Perceval, studio shooting, middle age music and…budget”. This man is Eric Rohmer. At that time, Mary actually needs to budget for a project of hers. She then decides to risk one's all by knocking on Eric Rohmer's doors. The director is away but will call her back in the afternoon. A few hours later, Mary Stephen is sitting in front of him, intimidated, drinking tea that he has made for her…the beginning of a long story. Mary will then direct her second independent film, Justocoeur with Matthieu Carrière before working as assistant editor on Rohmer's The Aviator's Wife. She then leaves Paris and moves to the South of France. When she comes back, 8 years later, she's the mother of three. The Rohmer's family welcomes her with open arms and Mary becomes the editor of Autumn tale and of all the films of Eric Rohmer up to the last one. As a musician and a multi-talented person, she will also compose soundtracks for his films. Mary Stephen made other encounters, such as the great South African poet Breytenbach on whom she made a documentary, “a portrait from inside” as she says. Mary Stephen is presently working on the editing of a Hong Kong film The Drunkard by Freddie Wong. Conference conducted in French Free entrance. RSVP : mediatheque@alliancefrancaise.com.hk
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Friday 19 March 2010
The Alliance française invites you for an exceptional literature event on Friday 19 March with French novelist and writer Camille Laurens. The author will talk about romance book and will share with us her experience and inspirations. Camille Laurens was born in Dijon in 1957. After she obtained the highest academic- rank qualification [Agrégation] in Literature, she started to teach in Rouen and then in Morocco from 1984. In 1991, she wrote her first novel : Index , the first volume of a tetralogy whose subsequent volumes, Romance, Les Travaux d'Hercule and L'Avenir were published in 1992, 1994 and 1998 respectively. Her writing style changed drastically in 1996 when she published an autobiographical novel, Philippe , in which she tells of a personal tragedy, the death of her own child. Her work is then characterized by autofiction and Camille Laurens describes the feeling of being in love in all its forms. She subsequently published Quelques-uns , Dans ces bras-là , L'Amour and Ni toi ni moi . In 2000, she was awarded the Femina prize for Dans ces bras-là . A signature, thanks to the support of Parenthèses bookshop, will follow the conference. Free entrance. RSVP : mediatheque@alliancefrancaise.com.hk Thursday 25 March 2010 Conference by Marie Laberge
A playwright with over twenty plays presented to the public in Quebec and in Europe, Marie Laberge was born in the city of Quebec where her career as an actress and director started. The novelist made her debut twenty years ago with Juillet. The writer of nine novels, Marie Laberge received several rewards, notably the public prize. Her trilogy Le goût du bonheur published in 2001 was an unparalleled success in the publishing world of Quebec, with over 600,000 copies sold in Quebec alone. Marie Laberge also wrote and directed a TV movie, Les heures précieuses as well as the lyrics of a song for Celine Dion : Le temps qui compte. Recognized in France (awarded the Officer of the National Order of Arts and Letters nomination), by the French language and culture festival (Order of Pléiade), Quebec (Order of Quebec), this communicator leads conferences all over the world and is getting ready to publish her tenth novel. A signature, thanks to the support of Parenthèses bookshop, will follow the conference. Sponsored by QUAM. Free entrance. RSVP: mediatheque@alliancefrancaise.com.hk
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Hong Kong - Montreal – Paris or the exciting itinerary of Chinese film director and editor Mary Stephen; from her schooldays in Hong Kong to her long lasting collaboration with Eric Rohmer in Paris. Invited by the Alliance française de Hong Kong on the occasion of Women ‘s Day, Mary Stephen will share with the audience the amazing chapters of her life, the numerous encounters she made and her career in the cinema industry. 
The Alliance française de Hong Kong is delighted to welcome the writer, novelist and playwright, Marie Laberge from Quebec, at the library of the Jordan Centre. How does one become a writer ? This is the question that Marie Laberge will endeavour to answer while sharing with us her experiences and her past.