Cinéma Le CLAP

Tonight, a few of us decided to go to the cinema on the Université Laval campus - Le CLAP which has a variety of international films shown in their original language as well as American films dubbed into French. A comfortable bus ride from the college residence, the cinema offers a $5 ticket to students with a valid ID after 9:00. This is a good deal, so we decided to take advantage of this. We saw Les Emotifs Anonymes - a France/Belgium co-production in French with no subtitles. The film just premiered this weekend and had received good critiques in the Québec newspaper. The film was good, a cute sort of romantic comedy where boy gets girl at the end, but yet somehow differently than in the standard American rom-com formula.

This was the first time students had seen a French film without subtitles and they told me that although it was difficult to understand, there were enough familiar words and the context and scenes made it possible to follow the plot. Aside from the realization that butter costs a whopping $1.75 extra on top of your popcorn, we all managed to get tickets, snacks and seats with no problems!

A very enjoyable way to spend a Saturday evening and I am happy to have discovered this cinema and its treasure of foreign films.

On y va pour la deuxième semaine!