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French Film Festival · 2017

French Film Festival 2017

Classics

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7 films · 4 reviews

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The Bay Of Angels (La Baie des Anges)

Gambling addiction and romance mix in Demy's second feature.

(Country: France; Year: 1963; Director: Jacques Demy; Writer: Jacques Demy; Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Claude Mann, Paul Guers, Henri Nassiet, André Certes, Nicole Chollet, Georges Alban, Conchita Parodi, Jacques Moreau, André Canter, Jean-Pierre Lorrain)

The Fire Within (Le Feu Follet)

Review preview for The Fire Within

Maurice Ronet gives a towering performance.

Chris · 4.5 out of 5
A suicidal man struggling to avoid sliding back into alcoholism visits former friends and lovers to say goodbye.

(Country: France; Year: 1963; Director: Louis Malle; Writer: Louis Malle, based on the book by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle; Stars: Maurice Ronet, Léna Skerla, Yvonne Clech, Hubert Deschamps, Jean-Paul Moulinot, Mona Dol, Pierre Moncorbier, René Dupuy, Bernard Tiphaine, Bernard Noël, Ursula Kubler, Jeanne Moreau, Alain Mottet, François Gragnon, Romain Bouteille, Jacques Sereys, Alexandra Stewart)

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Indochine

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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.

(Country: France; Year: 1992; Director: Régis Wargnier; Writer: Erik Orsenna, Louis Gardel, Catherine Cohen, Régis Wargnier; Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh Dan Pham, Jean Yanne, Dominique Blanc, Henri Marteau, Carlo Brandt, Gérard Lartigau, Hubert Saint-Macary, Andrzej Seweryn, Mai Chau, Alain Fromager, Chu Hung, Jean-Baptiste Huynh, Thibault de Montalembert)

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Jean De Florette

A greedy landowner conspires against the owner of an adjoining property to force him to sell.

(Country: Switzerland, France, Italy; Year: 1986; Director: Claude Berri; Writer: Claude Berri, Gérard Brach, Marcel Pagnol; Stars: Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu, Margarita Lozano, Ernestine Mazurowna, Armand Meffre, André Dupon, Pierre Nougaro, Jean Maurel, Roger Souza, Didier Pain, Pierre-Jean Rippert, Marc Betton, Clement Cal)

The Lovers (Les Amants)

Review preview for The Lovers

The film is as fresh as it was in 1958. As challenging as it was then. And as beautiful.

Chris · 4.5 out of 5
Controversial drama about a married mum who walks out on her husband.

(Country: France; Year: 1958; Director: Louis Malle; Writer: Louise de Vilmorin, based on the book by Dominique Vivant.; Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Alain Cuny, José Luis de Villalonga, Jean-Marc Bory, Judith Magre, Gaston Modot)

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Manon Of The Spring (Manon des sources)

A beautiful shepherdess is out for revenge against the men who caused her father's death.

(Country: Switzerland, Italy, France; Year: 1986; Director: Claude Berri; Writer: Claude Berri, Gérard Brach, based on the novel by Marcel Pagnol; Stars: Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Hippolyte Girardot, Margarita Lozano, Yvonne Gamy, Ticky Holgado, Jean Bouchaud, Elisabeth Depardieu, Gabriel Bacquier, Armand Meffre, André Dupon, Pierre Nougaro, Jean Maurel, Roger Souza)

Mr Klein (Monsieur 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'.

(Country: France, Italy; Year: 1976; Director: Joseph Losey; Writer: Franco Solinas, Fernando Morandi; Stars: Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Francine Bergé, Juliet Berto, Jean Bouise, Suzanne Flon, Massimo Girotti, Michael Lonsdale, Michel Aumont, Roland Bertin, Jean Champion, Etienne Chicot, Magali Clément, Gérard Jugnot, Hermine Karagheuz)

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