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French Film Festival · 2020

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Arab Blues (Un Divan A Tunis)

Review preview for Arab Blues

The story develops episodically, with each client given their bit of patter, some of which work better than others.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
A Parisian psychoanalyst tries to set up a practice in a post-Arab Spring Tunis.

(Country: France; Year: 2019; Director: Manele Labidi; Writer: Manele Labidi, Maud Ameline; Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Majd Mastoura, Hichem Yacoubi, Moncef Ajengui, Ramla Ayari, Amen Arbi, Feryel Chammari, Aïsha Ben Miled, Golshifteh Farahani, Majd Mastoura, Hichem Yacoubi, Moncef Ajengui, Ramla Ayari, Amen Arbi, Feryel Chammari)

Cyrano My Love (Edmond)

Period-set biopic reveals the drama behind the playwright’s most famous work, Cyrano de Bergerac.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2018; Director: Alexis Michalik; Writer: Alexis Michalik, Alexis Michalik, Alexis Michalik, Alexis Michalik, Alexis Michalik; Stars: Thomas Solivérès, Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner, Tom Leeb, Lucie Boujenah, Alice de Lencquesaing, Clémentine Célarié, Igor Gotesman, Dominique Pinon, Simon Abkarian, Marc Andréoni, Jean-Michel Martial, Alexis Michalik, Benjamin Bellecour, Olivier Lejeune)

In The Name Of The Land (Au Nom De La Terre)

A farmer in a once idyllic situation find himself falling to pieces under the burden of debt.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2019; Director: Edouard Bergeon; Writer: Edouard Bergeon, Emmanuel Courcol; Stars: Guillaume Canet, Veerle Baetens, Anthony Bajon, Rufus)

Lola (Lola vers la mer)

Just when Lola, 18 years old and transgender, learns that she can finally have surgery her mother, her only financial support, passes away.

(Country: Belgium, France; Year: 2019; Director: Laurent Micheli; Writer: Laurent Micheli; Stars: Mya Bollaers, Benoît Magimel, Els Deceukelier, Sami Outalbali, Jérémy Zagba, Anemone Valcke, Adriana Da Fonseca, Delphine Bibet, Félix Vannoorenberghe, Denis Mpunga, Mathias Sercu, Vincenzo De Jonghe, Anne-Marie Loop, Kris Swinnen, Robbie Cleiren)

My Donkey, My Lover & I (My Donkey, My Lover And I, Antoinette dans les Cévennes)

Antoinette, a school teacher, is looking forward to her long planned summer holidays with her secret lover Vladimir, the father of one of her pupils... but when she discovers he can't come, she decides to follow him.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2020; Director: Caroline Vignal; Writer: Caroline Vignal; Stars: Laure Calamy, Benjamin Lavernhe, Olivia Côte, Marc Fraize, Jean-Pierre Martins, Louise Vidal, Lucia Sanchez, Maxence Tual, Marie Rivière, François Caron, Ludivine de Chastenet, Bertrand Combe, Pierre Laur, Denis Mpunga, Dorothée Tavernier)

Perfumes (Les Parfums)

Review preview for Perfumes

There's a gentle feel-good sweep to Grégory Magne's French dramedy, which though it is built of familiar elements, remains a very watchable blend.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A friendship begins to blossom between a stressed chauffeur and his aloof client.

(Country: France; Year: 2020; Director: Grégory Magne; Writer: Grégory Magne; Stars: Emmanuelle Devos, Gustave Kervern, Sergi López, Grégory Montel, Pauline Moulène, Zelie Rixhon, William Sciortino, Fabien Tucci, Emmanuelle Devos, Gustave Kervern, Sergi López, Grégory Montel, Pauline Moulène, Zelie Rixhon, William Sciortino)

Slalom

Review preview for Slalom

Favier dials down the histrionics to concentrate on the manipulative way the coach plays around with the girl’s fragile emotions, reducing her to a despairing wreck.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
Coming-of-age tale about a young skier who is drawn into an abusive relationship.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2020; Director: Charlène Favier; Writer: Charlène Favier; Stars: Noée Abita, Axel Auriant, Muriel Combeau, Marie Denarnaud, François Godart, Catherine Marchal, Jérémie Renier, Maïra Schmitt)