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French Film Festival

2011

Romantics Anonymous will open the 19th edition
Romantics Anonymous will open the 19th edition

The 19th edition of the French Film Festival will run from November 9 to December 4, 2011. It will open with Romantics Anonymous.

It aims to showcase the best of the year's French cinema, and Christophe Honoré will be among this year's guests of honour.

Opening in Edinburgh, The FFF UK will screen in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester, Warwick plus Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Stirling, Dumfries and for the first time Bo'ness (at the recently restored Hippodrome).

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  • Beloved
    Review preview for Beloved

    The higher the emotions are supposed to be stacked, the less enjoyable and more obtuse the story becomes.

    Sophie Monks Kaufman · 2.5 out of 5
    A French musical about the contrasting romantic experiences of a mother and daughter.
  • Two Frogs In The West
    Review preview for Two Frogs In The West

    It’s clearly an earnest and (probably) autobiographical effort from Papineau, but there’s no refuge to be found amongst such details as the film blunders on for what seems like an eternity.

    Robert Munro · 1 out of 5
    Marie Deschamps, a 20-year-old French-Canadian girl, quits college to go travel and learn English in Western Canada.
  • Titeuf
    Review preview for Titeuf

    Vibrant, vulgar and pretty damn funny.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A schoolboy tries to cope with his parent's trial separation and win over the girl of his dreams.
  • A Cat In Paris
    Review preview for A Cat In Paris

    Movement is everywhere, from the shadows playing on the characters' faces to the grace with which they move through the city of Paris.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A cat with a double life becomes embroiled in a tale of animated adventure on the rooftops of Paris.
  • The Giants
    Review preview for The Giants

    Whenever the three kids are together and, basically, bullshitting and fooling around the way teenage boys do, the film works like a charm.

    Robert Munro · 4 out of 5
    Coming-of-age yarn which takes a cue from Mark Twain and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
  • The Fairy
    Review preview for The Fairy

    The film has a better narrative flow than their earlier movies, although some of the gags inevitably work better than others.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Anarchic comedy involving a fairy and a receptionist at a seaside hotel.
  • Romantics Anonymous
    Review preview for Romantics Anonymous

    Like the chocolate at its heart, Améris' film is sweet, a little indulgent and over all-too-quickly but leaves a lingering glow of happiness.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Two pathologically shy neurotics connect through a love of chocolate.
  • Angel And Tony
    Review preview for Angel And Tony

    That they make such a fascinating pair is down to Delaporte's spare but beautifully observed script, and the brilliantly understated performances by Clotilde Hesme and Gregory Gadebois.

    David Graham · 4 out of 5
    A touching portrayal of love against the odds.
  • Les Chansons D'Amour
    Review preview for Les Chansons D'Amour

    Love, life, poetry, passion, sensitivity, all magnificently exalted in song – quite a lot of songs actually – for your cross-Channel delectation and savouring.

    Chris · 4 out of 5
    An exceedingly French musical about a menage a trois in Paris.
  • Dans Paris
    Review preview for Dans Paris

    Dans Paris is about love – between brothers, father, girlfriends – and suicide... adding dollops of languor and a good deal of sex.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Love, sex, suicide and depression filmed Truffaut style.

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