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French Film Festival · 2012

French Film Festival 2012

Preview

Early chance to see films coming soon to British cinemas.

Programme

5 films · 2 reviews

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Our Children (À Perdre La Raison)

Review preview for Our Children

Joachim LaFosse's film builds, inexorably, to an ending that we know from the start is coming.

Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
A couple's relationship becomes strained under pressure from one of their adoptive parents.

(Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland; Year: 2012; Director: Joachim Lafosse; Writer: Thomas Bidegain, Joachim Lafosse, Matthieu Reynaert; Stars: Niels Arestrup, Tahar Rahim, Émilie Dequenne, Stéphane Bissot, Mounia Raoui, Redouane Behache, Baya Belal, Nathalie Boutefeu, Yannick Renier, Claire Bodson, Jean-Charles Hautera, Daniel Feis, Joé Michels, Eléa Gillard, Charlie Hoscheck)

Partners In Crime (Associés contre le crime)

Agatha Christie adaptation sees the Beresfords investigate a disappearance.

(Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: Pascal Thomas; Writer: Clémence de Biéville, Nathalie Lafaurie, Pascal Thomas, based on the story by Agatha Christie; Stars: André Dussollier, Catherine Frot, Linh Dan Pham, Nicolas Marié, Agathe de La Boulaye, Eric Naggar, Bernard Verley, Hervé Pierre, Sarah Biasini, François Bettens, Julos Beaucarne, Caroline Pigozzi, Jean-Jacques Lefrère, Georges Chappuis, Alexandre Lafaurie)

Rebellion

Mathieu Kassovitz's auteur comeback combines the pleasures of a thriller with serious political heft.

(Country: France; Year: 2011; Director: Mathieu Kassovitz; Writer: Mathieu Kassovitz, Benot Jaubert, Pierre Geller; Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Sylvie Testud, Philippe Torreton, Malik Zidi, Xavier Jozelon)

Renoir

Review preview for Renoir

It might not be a Renoir, in either of the two historic senses, but it is an elegant and enjoyable drama filled with beauty, passion and a near sublime gentleness of spirit.

Sophie Monks Kaufman · 3.5 out of 5
The old age of the artist, exploring his relationship with a model and his son.

(Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: Gilles Bourdos; Writer: Gilles Bourdos, Michel Spinosa, Jérôme Tonnerre; Stars: Michel Bouquet, Christa Theret, Vincent Rottiers, Thomas Doret, Michèle Gleizer, Romane Bohringer, Carlo Brandt, Hélène Babu, Stuart Seide, Paul Spera)

You Will Be My Son (Tu seras mon fils)

An ageing vintner becomes obsessed with passing on his vineyards.

(Country: France; Year: 2011; Director: Gilles Legrand; Writer: Delphine de Vigan, Laure Gasparotto, Gilles Legrand; Stars: Niels Arestrup, Lorànt Deutsch, Patrick Chesnais, Anne Marivin, Nicolas Bridet, Valérie Mairesse, Jean-Marc Roulot, Urbain Cancelier, Xavier Robic, Nicolas Marié, Hélène de Saint-Père, Shirley Bousquet, Stéphane Roquet, Gilles Kassar, Luc Palun)