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French Film Festival · 2016

French Film Festival 2016

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13 films · 5 reviews

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Caprice

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Question: how can attractive women fall for someone as dull and useless as Clement? Answer: who knows.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
A stupid man becomes embroiled in an unlikely love triangle.

(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Emmanuel Mouret; Writer: Emmanuel Mouret; Stars: Virginie Efira, Anaïs Demoustier, Emmanuel Mouret, Laurent Stocker, Thomas Blanchard, Mathilde Warnier, Olivier Cruveiller, Botum Dupuis, Néo Rouleau, Léo Lorléac'h, Michaël Cohen, Jade Nguyen, Laurent Manzoni, Gabrielle Atger, Grégoire Tachnakian)

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Chocolat

The story of the first black circus artist in France.

(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Roschdy Zem; Writer: Cyril Gely, Olivier Gorce, Gérard Noiriel, Roschdy Zem; Stars: Omar Sy, James Thierrée, Clotilde Hesme, Olivier Gourmet, Frédéric Pierrot, Noémie Lvovsky, Alice de Lencquesaing, Alex Descas, Olivier Rabourdin, Thibault de Montalembert, Héléna Soubeyrand, Xavier Beauvois, Christophe Fluder, Antonin Maurel, Mick Holsbeke)

Come What May (En mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît)

As the French inhabitants of a village flee the Nazi invasion with the child of a jailed German in tow, his father is freed and sets out looking for his son.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2015; Director: Christian Carion; Writer: Andrew Bampfield, Christian Carion, Laure Irrmann; Stars: August Diehl, Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner, Alice Isaaz, Matthew Rhys, Joshio Marlon, Thomas Schmauser, Laurent Gerra, Jacques Bonnaffé, François Godart, Florence Masure, Rose Lemaire, Simon Ferrante, Axelle Bossard, Franck Andrieux)

Cézanne And I (Cézanne Et Moi)

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It is the two world-famous guys Thompson tries to pin down like butterflies, as if she were a lepidopterist. They escape, of course, because their works are still alive.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 3 out of 5
Drama about the friendship between Cézanne and Émile Zola.

(Country: France; Year: 2016; Director: Danièle Thompson; Writer: Danièle Thompson; Stars: Guillaume Canet, Guillaume Gallienne, Alice Pol, Déborah François, Pierre Yvon, Sabine Azéma, Gérard Meylan, Laurent Stocker, Isabelle Candelier, Freya Mavor, Félicien Juttner, Flore Babled, Romain Cottard, Alexandre Kouchner, Romain Lancry) , Official site , Trailer

Full review See: Danièle Thompson on exploring 'the intimacy of men' in Cezanne Et Moi , Guillaume Gallienne in conversation on Cézanne Et Moi , Danièle Thompson in conversation on Cézanne Et Moi

The Death of Louis XIV (La mort de Louis XIV, Last Days Of Louis XIV)

Drama about the final days of the Sun King.

(Country: France; Year: 2016; Director: Albert Serra; Writer: Thierry Lounas, Albert Serra; Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Filipe Duarte, Patrick d'Assumçao, José Wallenstein, Bernard Belin, Irène Silvagni, Philippe Crespeau, Marc Susini)

Fanny's Journey

Fanny and her sisters attempt to escape Nazi-occupied France.

(Country: France; Year: 2016; Director: Lola Doillon; Stars: Léonie Souchaud, Fantine Harduin, Juliane Lepoureau, Ryan Brodie, Anaïs Meiringer, Lou Lambrecht, Igor van Dessel, Jeanne Abraham, Pascaline Crêvecoeur, Alice D'Hauwe, Clémentine Dandoy-Crêvecoeur, Cécile De France, Stéphane De Groodt, Elea Körner, Romàn Malempré)

The First, The Last (Les premiers les derniers)

Two bounty hunters encounter two cowboys in the French countryside.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2016; Director: Bouli Lanners; Writer: Bouli Lanners; Stars: Albert Dupontel, Bouli Lanners, Suzanne Clément, Michael Lonsdale, David Murgia, Aurore Broutin, Philippe Rebbot, Serge Riaboukine, Lionel Abelanski, Virgile Bramly, Max von Sydow, Fabrice Adde, Pascale Wouters, Sybille Blouin, Loredana Flori)

From The Land Of The Moon (Mal de pierres)

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Cotillard's face oscillates mysteriously between the past depicted on the screen and a woman of the present who tries to understand.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
Twenty-year story of the loves of a passionate, free-spirited woman.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2016; Director: Nicole Garcia; Writer: Nicole Garcia and Jacques Fieschi, based on the book by Milena Agus; Stars: Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel, Àlex Brendemühl, Brigitte Roüan, Gwendoline Fiquet, Victoire Du Bois, Aloïse Sauvage, Inès Grunenwald, Victor Quilichini, Caroline Megglé)

Full review See: Nicole Garcia in conversation on Marion Cotillard, Catherine Leterrier, François Ozon and From The Land Of The Moon (Mal De Pierres)

Made in France

Thriller about a journalist who infiltrate's a jihadi cell in Paris.

(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Nicolas Boukhrief; Writer: Nicolas Boukhrief, Éric Besnard; Stars: Malik Zidi, Dimitri Storoge, François Civil, Nassim Si Ahmed, Ahmed Dramé, Nailia Harzoune, Nicolas Grandhomme, Assaad Bouab, Malek Oudjail, Laurent Alexandre, Franck Gastambide, Judith Davis, Tidjo Grand, Emilie Parvillers, David Serero)

Parisienne

An intrepid and self-possessed young Lebanese woman restlessly accommodates herself to her new home in Paris during the mid-90s.

(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Danielle Arbid; Writer: Danielle Arbid, Julie Peyr; Stars: Manal Issa, Vincent Lacoste, Paul Hamy, Damien Chapelle, Dominique Blanc, Clara Ponsot, India Hair, Bastien Bouillon, Alain Libolt, Waleed Zuaiter, Mathilde Bisson, Orelsan, Elina Löwensohn, Philippe Résimont, Dima Al Joundi)

The Scent Of Mandarin (L'odeur de la mandarine)

A man who lost a leg during World War I embarks on a relationship with his recently widowed carer.

(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Gilles Legrand; Writer: Guillaume Laurant, Gilles Legrand; Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Georgia Scalliet, Dimitri Storoge, Hélène Vincent, Marine Vallée, Fred Ulysse, Romain Bouteille, Michel Robin, Alix Bénézech, Urbain Cancelier)

Slack Bay (Ma Loute)

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The absurd exaggerations and the wild parishes of humor are completely original, never cruel, and attached to a physicality that is pure cinema.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
Period comedy, set in 1910, about the investigation into disappearances from beaches in France.

(Country: Germany, France; Year: 2016; Director: Bruno Dumont; Writer: Bruno Dumont; Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Juliette Binoche, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Thierry Lavieville, Jean-Luc Vincent, Didier Desprès, Raph, Laura Dupré, Brandon Lavieville, Cyril Rigaux, Angélique Vergara)

Full review See: Interview with Bruno Dumont about Slack Bay and Jeannette, L'Enfance De Jeanne d'Arc , Bruno Dumont in conversation on Slack Bay (Ma Loute) and his Cannes musical

The White Knights (Les chevaliers blancs)

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A fiercely intellectual film, Lafosse shears away any shred of sentimentality, although humanism remains.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Dramatisation of the Zoe's Ark controversy.

(Country: Belgium, France; Year: 2015; Director: Joachim Lafosse; Writer: Zélia Abadie, Bulle Decarpentries, Joachim Lafosse, Thomas van Zuylen; Stars: Vincent Lindon, Louise Bourgoin, Valérie Donzelli, Reda Kateb, Yannick Renier, Stéphane Bissot, Tatiana Rojo, Tibo Vandenborre, Philippe Rebbot, Travis Kerschen, Jean-Henri Compère, Luc Van Gunderbeeck)

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