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French Film Festival · 2013

French Film Festival 2013

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10 films · 3 reviews

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Capital (Le Capital)

Story of a European banking head facing a takeover from American investors.

(Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: Costa-Gavras; Writer: Karim Boukercha, Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg, Stéphane Osmont; Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Gad Elmaleh, Liya Kebede, Jordana DePaula, Céline Sallette, Hippolyte Girardot, Natacha Régnier, Paul Barrett, Bernard Le Coq, Daniel Mesguich, Vincent Nemeth, Jean-Marie Frin, Eric Naggar, Nick Raio, Hugo Malpeyre)

Hidden Beauties (Mille-Feuille)

Two women decide to stand up for themselves and their rights during the Arab Spring.

(Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: Nouri Bouzid; Stars: BahramAloui, Lofti Ebdelli)

Jappeloup (Jappeloup)

Review preview for Jappeloup

Even viewers who have never cared much about show jumping, should be drawn in by how the movie deals with decision making, risk taking, self doubt, and family obligations

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
The story of a man's faith in a horse that could jump.

(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Christian Duguay; Writer: Guillaume Canet; Stars: Guillaume Canet, Marina Hands, Daniel Auteuil, Lou de Laâge, Tchéky Karyo, Jacques Higelin, Marie Bunel, Joël Dupuch, Fred Epaud, Arnaud Henriet, Donald Sutherland, Antoine Cholet, Edmond Jonquères d'Oriola, Benoît Petitjean, Sébastien Cazorla)

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A Lady In Paris (Une Estonienne à Paris)

Review preview for A Lady In Paris

It's a slender film. A bit pale, like the light at the Baltic Sea, or a piece of ham that's been left on the plate too long.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 3 out of 5
A woman leaves Estonia to look after an elderly Estonian woman... but finds her services are less than welcome.

(Country: France, Belgium, Estonia; Year: 2012; Director: Ilmar Raag; Writer: Agnès Feuvre, Lise Macheboeuf, Ilmar Raag; Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Laine Mägi, Patrick Pineau, François Beukelaers, Fred Epaud, Claudia Tagbo, Ita Ever, Helle Kuningas, Tõnu Mikiver, Helene Vannari, Ago Anderson, Yvonne Gradelet, Piret Kalda, Roland Laos, Corentin Lobet)

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Lovers (Une Autre Vie, Another Life)

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Une Autre Vie marks a distinct change of register.

Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
An exhausted women tries to rebuild her life but finds obstacles intentionally placed in the way of her happiness.

(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Emmanuel Mouret; Writer: Emmanuel Mouret; Stars: Joey Starr, Virginie Ledoyen, Jasmine Trinca )

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The Man Who Laughs (L'homme qui rit)

A disfigured orphan in a travelling show finds he has a past he never dreamed of.

(Country: France, Czech Republic; Year: 2012; Director: Jean-Pierre Améris; Writer: Jean-Pierre Améris, Guillaume Laurant, based on the book by Victor Hugo; Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Marc-André Grondin, Emmanuelle Seigner, Christa Theret, Arben Bajraktaraj, Serge Merlin, Christèle Tual, Swann Arlaud, Vincent de Bouard, Pascal Ternisien, Jan Hnilicka, Ludmila Safárová, Markéta Hrubesová, Ctirad Götz, Monica Foris)

The Other Son (Le fils de l'autre)

An Israeli and a Palestinian discover they were switched at birth.

(Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: Lorraine Levy; Writer: Noam Fitoussi, Lorraine Levy, Nathalie Saugeon; Stars: Emmanuelle Devos, Pascal Elbé, Jules Sitruk, Mehdi Dehbi, Areen Omari, Khalifa Natour, Mahmud Shalaby, Diana Zriek, Marie Wisselmann, Bruno Podalydès, Ezra Dagan, Tamar Shem Or, Tomer Offner, Noa Manor, Shira Naor)

Paulette

A pensioner, struggling to make ends meet, decides to sell cannabis.

(Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: Jérôme Enrico; Writer: Laurie Aubanel, Jérôme Enrico, Jérôme Enrico, Bianca Olsen, Bianca Olsen, Cyril Rambour; Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Carmen Maura, Dominique Lavanant, Françoise Bertin, André Penvern, Ismaël Dramé, Jean-Baptiste Anoumon, Axelle Laffont, Paco Boublard, Mahamadou Coulibaly, Kamel Laadaili, Aymen Saïdi, Soufiane Guerrab, Samir Trabelsi, Alexandre Aubry)

Tenderness (La Tendresse)

15 years after their divorce, Frans and Lisa set off for an Alpine ski resort to look after their adult son who has broken his leg.

(Country: Belgium, France, Germany; Year: 2013; Director: Marion Hänsel)

Today (Aujourd'hui)

Impressionistic drama following the last day of a man's life.

(Country: France, Senegal; Year: 2012; Director: Alain Gomis; Writer: Alain Gomis, Djolof Mbengue, Marc Wels; Stars: Saul Williams, Djolof Mbengue, Anisia Uzeyman, Aïssa Maïga, Mariko Arame, Thierno Ndiaye Doss, Alexandre Gomis, Anette Derneville Ka, Hélène Gomis, Charlotte Mendy, Tony Mendy, Jean Mendy, Marlène Niang, Sané Diankha, Bass Diakhaté)