Friday 15 MARCH - 7pm
CRIME COMEDY
The crime is mine / mon crime (M)
FRANCE | WHODUNNIT | 2023 | 102 MINS
Directed by: Francois Ozon
Starring: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Rebecca Marden, Isabelle Huppert, Fabrice Luchini, Danny Boon
Paris, France, 1935, and a young actress has just been acquitted of murdering a famous French Producer. However, this is where the story
just begins. Is she really innocent?, or has she gotten away with Murder?
Friday 5 APRIL - 7pm
BIOpic
divertimento (PG)
FRANCE | DRAMA | 2022 | 110 MINS
Directed by: Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
Starring: Oulya Amamra, Lina El Arabi, Neils Arestrup
Based on the true story of Zahia Ziouani and her sister Fettouma. Of Algerian descent and coming from the underprivileged suburbs of Paris, at 17, Zahia dreams of becoming a conductor, while her twin sister Fettouma hopes to be a professional cellist. They both want to make classical music accessible to everyone and create their own orchestra, called Divertimento.
Friday 21 JUNE - 7pm
COMEDY
A GREAT FRIEND / les CHOSES SIMPLES (PG)
FRANCE | COMEDY | 2023 | 95 MINS
Directed by: Eric Besnard
Starring: Grégory Gadebois, Lambert Wilson, Marie Gillain
When Vincent, a famous successful entrepreneur’s car breaks down on a mountain road, Pierre, who lives a reclusive lifestyle in sublime nature, comes to his aid and offers him his hospitality. The meeting between these two men, who are total opposites, will be a turning point in their lives. Isolated in the beauty of the French Alps, the two men that everything seems to oppose may even become friends.
Friday 19 JULY - 7pm
THRILLER
THE SITTING DUCK / LA SYNDICALISTE (M)
THRILLER | FRANCE | 2023 | 122 MINS
Directed by Jean-Paul Salomé
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Grégory Gadebois, François-Xavier Demaison
Is the true story of Maureen Kearney, the union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse, who becomes a whistle-blower, denouncing top-secret deals that shook the French nuclear sector. She fought government ministers and industry leaders to bring the scandal to light and defend more than 50,000 jobs. At first a victim, Maureen becomes a suspect.
Friday
9 AUGUST - 7pm
COMEDY
MR BLAKE AT YOUR SERVICE / COMPLÈTEMENT CRAMÉ (PG)
COMEDY | FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG | 2023 | 100 MINS
Directed by Gilles Legardinier
Starring: John Malkovich, Fanny Ardant, Émilie Dequenne, Philippe Bas, Eugénie Anselin
A widowed British businessman takes the job as a butler of the Domaine de Beauvillier estate, to keep memories of his late French wife. His life takes a turn as he navigates the eccentric behaviour of the graceful and aloof Madame de Beauvillier, and the household staff of the once distinguished estate.
Friday
20 SEPTEMBER - 7pm
DRAMA
JEANNE DU BARRY (m)
DRAMA | FRANCE | 2023 | 117 MINS
Directed by Maïwenn
Starring: Maïwenn, Johnny Depp, Benjamin Lavernhe, Melvil Poupaud, Pierre Richard
Jeanne, a young working-class woman hungry for culture and pleasure, uses her intelligence and allure to climb the rungs of the social
ladder one by one. She becomes the favourite of King Louis XV who, unaware of her status as courtesan, regains through her his appetite for
life. They fall madly in love ad against all propriety and etiquette, Jeanne moves to Versailles, where her arrival scandalises the court
and jeopardises relations with the newly arrived Marie Antoinette...
Friday
18 oCTOBER - 7pm
DRAMA
TONI / TONI EN FAMILLE (m)
DRAMA | FRANCE| 2023 | 96 MINS
Directed by Nathan Ambroioni
Starring: Camille Cottin, Léa Lopez, Thomas Gioria
A former pop sensation whose once successful career has long since dwindled, middle-aged Toni is a single mother of five. Although she loves her children fiercely, as her two eldest children prepare to go to college Toni wonders if it’s time to start a new chapter in her life.
Friday
15 NOVEMBER - 7pm
comedy
TAKE A CHANCE ON ME / MARIE-LINE ET SON JUGE (m)
DRAMA | FRANCE| 2023 | 103 MINS
Directed by Jean-Pierre Améris
Starring: Louane Emera, Michel Blanc, Victor Belmondo, Philippe Rebbot, Nathalie Richard
20 year old Marie-Line is juggling odd jobs to support her agoraphobic father. Despite the precariousness of their lifestyle, she remains lively and cheerful. After a series of unfortunate events, she is fired from her job and sentenced in court by an older male judge. A few days later, this very judge will be able to help her get her life back on track – this is a chance for Marie-Line but also the beginning of an unlikely friendship.