Ruby pops into the French Consulate in Sydney to chat with the wonderful Karine Mauris- the French Cultural Attaché for the Embassy of France in Australia and the Artistic Director of the Alliance Française French Film Festival Australia.
Karine tells us about some of the must-see films playing at the festival then discusses her favourite sights, sounds, smells, tastes, sensations and experiences of Sydney. She’s surprised even herself by changing her coffee/croissants breakfast in Montmartre with 7:30am morning swims in Bondi followed by turmeric lattes and smashed avocado on toast as she becomes a typical Sydneysider!

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In episode 9 of Sense in the City Sydney, Ruby pops into the French Consulate in Sydney to chat with the wonderful Karine Mauris- the French Cultural Attaché for the Embassy of France in Australia and the Artistic Director of the Alliance Française French Film Festival Australia. Karine tells us about some of the must-see films playing at the festival then discusses her favourite sights, sounds, smells, tastes, sensations and experiences of Sydney. She’s surprised even herself by changing her coffee/croissants breakfast in Montmartre with 7:30am morning swims in Bondi followed by turmeric lattes and smashed avocado on toast as she becomes a typical Sydneysider! Enjoy the episode. 

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• 2:50 Bondi Beach, perhaps Sydney's most famous makes an appearance in several SITC episodes. 
• 3:45 The Alliance Française Film Festival - The largest festival of French films in the world. 
• 4:47 Lost Illusions - An all-star cast dazzles in the spectacular and exhilarating new film by Xavier Giannoli (Marguerite, The Singer), an adaptation of Balzac’s classic novel about a young idealist who learns that anything can be bought and sold.
• 5:34 La Traviata - La Traviata, My Brothers and I, tells the story of 14-year-old Nour (Maël Rouin-Berrandou), growing up in a housing project in the South of France, with his older brothers, who take turns caring for their ailing mother, who is in a coma.
• 5:58 The Young Lovers - The fabulous Fanny Ardant, Melvil Poupaud and Cécile de France beguile in The Young Lovers, Carine Tardieu’s eagerly anticipated follow up to Just to Be Sure, a modern and emotionally-nuanced romantic dramedy of a woman who embarks on a relationship with a much younger man, and the implications her choices have on those around her.
• 6:45 Other recommended films include - Happening, Peaceful, Mali Twist...
• 12:17 First impressions... "Full of light" 
• 13:28 Wiley’s Baths in Coogee (a couple of beaches south of Bondi) is a dynamic tidal pool environment. It's also a 'living pool' with marine life, a natural rock bottom, octopus, fish, sea urchins, and more! 
• 13:39 Surry Hills is an inner city suburb of Sydney with a colourful history, currently hosting the some of the Biennale of Sydney. 
• 15:00 Parts of Sydney, l

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