French club is off and running

The French club hosted its opening social this Tuesday with its annual Soiree Cine, this year showing the classic French comedy, "The Dinner Game", otherwise known as "Le Diner de Cons". This 1998 French film was a huge hit and its easy to tell why. A packed room in the basement of the JFSB couldn't help but laugh until they cried.

The whole event was a huge success and attendance was impressive. Before the movie began, there was time for students to mingle, eat popcorn (which they ironically had to eat before they sat down to watch the movie), and pay their dues to become official French club members. This all took place in the Foreign language center across the hall in B003 JFSB.
This is what it looked like at the end. Now imagine it at its peak.

Free Popcorn? Where were you?

French club member and 202 student Landen Gates anxiously awaits the start of the movie.

Attendance really was remarkable and the turn-out was much bigger than it was last year. Congratulations French club presidency! You have done it. The seats were almost all full and there were still a ton of people in the popcorn room trying to get their fill before having to leave it all behind. As you can see from this picture, French Club does not mess around.

As the movie was about to start, an anxious hush fell over the crowd...then suddenly...

The Dinner Game!

If you didn't make it and are thinking of renting it, I highly recommend it. This is one of those comedies were you think that it can't possibly get ant crazier, or worse for the main character, and then somehow, it does. The story is of a group of professionals who hold a weekly dinner where they each bring a guest who they consider "an idiot". These are usually people with very strange hobbies or skills who are completely unaware that their passions are seen as hilariously lame by their invitees. Our main character, Pierre Brochant, has invited a klutzy-but-well-meaning loner who makes models of famous works of architecture out of matchsticks to his dinner. After throwing out his back, he is unable to attend the dinner but his guest arrives at his house anyway. Instead of just going home, François Pignon ends up trying to help out the out-of-commision Brochant who ends up forcing confrontations with an estranged best friend, a tax auditor, a crazed lover and a reknowned Parisian swinger, all for the sake of getting Brochant's wife to return to him. As the night unfurls, the situation becomes more and more ludicrous before François learns the truth about why he was invited.

A word of caution, the attempts of the writers to preserve the feel of the French dialogue in English subtitles has led to a number of offensive words even when those weren't in the original French script. It was interesting indeed to see the reaction of many BYU students during some of the more heated moments of argument during the film.

The French Club is now officially underway. To become a member, swing by the main office on the third story of the JFSB with 10 dollars. Your dues include access to all of the French club activities as well as a T-shirt.

Club advisor Robert Hudson has many fun activities planned this year. Join the French club!

-Peter