The 26th edition of the French Film Festival UK will run at venues up and down the country between November 7 and December 16.

Among the highlights are Gilles Lellouche's Sink Or Swim and classics including Cyrano De Bergerac and La Grand Illusion.

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The Lady In The Portrait
The Lady In The Portrait
An empress commissions a painting of herself from a French outsider and Jesuit priest in hopes of stirring her husband's interest in this lavish period piece.
Sauvage
Sauvage
A young male sex worker searches for love and companionship.
Woman Up!
Woman Up!
An ambitious woman treads a dangerous path as she attempts to crash the corporate boys’ club.
Mrs Hyde
Mrs Hyde
After a teacher is struck by lightning, she discovers a powerful and dangerous alter ego.
Sink Or Swim
Sink Or Swim
A comedy drama about a male synchronised swimming team.
The Image Book
The Image Book
Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song. A story in five chapters like the five fingers of a hand.
Sorry Angel
Sorry Angel
Two gay men struggle with love in the shadow of mortality.
The Graduation
The Graduation
A documentary about selection procedures at cinema school La Fémis in Paris.
La Grande Illusion
La Grande Illusion
French prisoners in the First World War plot a series of escapes. Currently out to own as part of the seven-disc Jean Renoir Collection.
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
Superior retelling - in verse - of the classic romance.
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French Film Festival Features

Honoré goes back to the future
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A complicated woman
Isabelle Huppert on torturing teachers and playing Mrs Géquil and Mrs Hyde
La Grande Illusion
A book launch, a classic film, and a look at the history of French cinema

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