French Fridays Program

 

Bringing you a fantastic program of eight French Friday films to enjoy throughout the year.


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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.

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