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French Film Festival

2 November – 17 December 2017

150 Milligrams will screen at the festival
150 Milligrams will screen at the festival

The French Film Festival celebrates its silver anniversary this year, touring locations up and down the UK. Guests attending this year's festival include young French talent Felix Kyskil, who features in two films at this year's event - Redoutable and Lover For A Day.

This year's Classics section includes tributes to Jeanne Moreau and Claude Berri.

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  • Mr Klein
    Review preview for Mr Klein

    Losey had shown how adept he was at claustrophobic interiors before, with the likes of The Servant, but here he also shows a flair for more abstract sweeping cinema.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    A man who is taking advantage of his fleeing Jewish neighbours in the Second World War becomes obsessed with his Jewish 'double'.
  • The Workshop
    Review preview for The Workshop

    There's a potency to this film, largely thanks to a carefully judged performance by Marina Foïs as novelist and tutor Olivia, and a charismatic one by Matthieu Lucci as her most difficult student, Antoine.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    An exploration of group dynamics in a young people’s writing workshop.
  • L'Amant Double
    Review preview for L'Amant Double

    If there is rather more surface than substance and the ending is signposted, it is a surface full of intricacy and a signpost of admirable elegance.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A fragile young woman falls for her psychotherapist... and his twin.
  • I Got Life!
    Review preview for I Got Life!

    This is a film from the perspective of women: and not just one perspective, but many, which is what gives it its richness.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    A woman embraces a new phase in her life.
  • Félicité
    Review preview for Félicité

    The film’s most gripping aspect is the delicacy with which it handles its extraordinary emotional depth

    Evelin Toth · 3.5 out of 5
    Story of a singer who finds herself in desperate circumstances after her son has an accident.
  • Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess: Four Enchanting Tales
    Review preview for Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess: Four Enchanting Tales

    The framing device has a more 'grown-up' sweep, but it is younger children who are likely to get the most out of these simple stories, which often involve a repetition of phrases or ideas in the way of many traditional fairy tales.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Four animated tales give a twist to tradition.
  • Barbara
    Review preview for Barbara

    The best way to get the most out of the film is to succumb completely to the singer’s breathless voice, sultry eyes and her volatile genius.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    Filmmaking and real life start to blur for a director making a biopic about female singer Barbara.
  • Redoubtable
    Review preview for Redoubtable

    Hazanavicius directs with flair for the style and mood of the Sixties.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    Paris 1967. Jean-Luc Godard, the leading filmmaker of his generation, is shooting La Chinoise with the woman he loves, Anne Wiazemsky, 20 years his junior. They are happy, attractive, in love, they marry. But the film’s reception unleashes a profound self-examination in Jean-Luc.
  • Ismael's Ghosts
    Review preview for Ismael's Ghosts

    The writer-director takes great enjoyment in playing around with his various obsessions.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    A filmmaker's life becomes complicated by the return of a former lover.
  • Indochine
    Review preview for Indochine

    Plot points are ticked off a checklist but the characters remain remote.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A plantation owner in Indochina finds herself in a love rivalry with her adopted daughter as France's colonial strength wanes.

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