Alliance Francaise hosts Francophone Week

the French ambassador to Zimbabwe on Wednesday.
The ambassadors and representatives of Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Romania and the Democratic Republic of Congo also graced the occasion.
The movies will be screened at Alliance Francaise. All offerings are in French with English sub-titles allowing a broad audience and entrance is free.
Opening the festival on Monday March 19 is Bad Cop, Bon Cop, a Canadian film which explores the relationship between two different cops forced to investigate the death of a renowned lawyer. 
On Tuesday patrons can explore the story of love, friendship and betrayal experienced by a Romanian air hostess during the communist era in that country.
Mia et Migou is an animation film chronicling how Mia sets out to find her father on the strength of a premonition and ends up rescuing him from a landslide at a remote construction site.
All the movies promise to be very good, but Eldorado — with its storyline of the unlikely friendship between a 40-year-old vintage car dealer and the young burglar and ex-junkie who tries to rob him — is truly touching.
It deals with two souls searching for that definitive something that may just prove to be too elusive.
A dictation at the French School and a cabaret at Reps Theatre will add more pizzazz to the week.
A live concert by Mederic Collignon and Jus de Bosce Quartet will end the celebrations.
No celebration of anything French would be complete without mention of the exquisite and diverse culinary offerings of the myriad of French-speaking cultures.
Fans should be prepared for an explosion of taste from the food that will be on offer at the shows and opening and closing ceremonies.
The International Organisation of la Francophonie was created in 1970 by three African statesmen and now enjoys the membership of 70 states.
Its mission is to embody active solidarity between its member states, respecting cultural and linguistic diversity, and promoting the French language, peace and sustainable development.
About 890 million people around the world speak French of some sort and 96,2 million of these are in Africa which is probably the continent with the largest French speaking population in the world.