Skip to main content

French Film Festival · 2022

French Film Festival 2022

Classic

Programme

6 films · 3 reviews

Jump to a film

Dear Louise (Chère Louise)

Divorced and childless in her 40s, Louise becomes infatuated with 20-year-old Italian immigrant.

(Country: France, Italy; Year: 1972; Director: Philippe de Broca; Writer: Jean-Louis Curtis, Jean-Loup Dabadie; Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Julian Negulesco, Didi Perego, Jill Larson, Lucienne Legrand, Pippo Starnazza, Luce Fabiole, Jenny Arasse, Louis Navarre, Yves Robert, Haydée Caillot, Antoine Casez)

Les Enfants du Paradis (Children Of Paradise)

Review preview for Les Enfants du Paradis

Breathtakingly ambitious, exquisitely realised and performed and made under extreme circumstances, Les Enfants Du Paradis is an absolute joy to behold and a monument to the power of the arts to transcend opressive social and political climates.

Neil Mitchell · 5 out of 5
Four men compete for the affections of Garance, a free spirited courtesan.

(Country: France; Year: 1945; Director: Marcel Carne; Writer: Jacques Prvert; Stars: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Maria Casars, Marcel Herrand)

Full review

Falbalas (Paris Frills)

Review preview for Falbalas

The detailing, including the flamboyant naming of dresses and the rush to be finished, feels as right as a perfect necklace, so that it sets off the wider fabric of the story without detracting from it.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A fashion designer woos his best friend's fiancee and finds himself in too deep.

(Country: France; Year: 1945; Director: Jacques Becker; Writer: Maurice Aubergé, Jacques Becker, Maurice Griffe; Stars: Raymond Rouleau, Micheline Presle, Jean Chevrier, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Françoise Lugagne, Christiane Barry, Rosine Luguet, Yolande Bloin, Eveline Volney, Maria Carld, François Joux, Georges Roullet, Marc Doelnitz, Nicolas Amato)

Full review See: Bertrand Tavernier in conversation on Jacques Becker, Claude Sautet, Jean-Pierre Melville, Voyage À Travers Le Cinéma Français

Fearless Little Soldier (Fanfan la tulipe)

Swashbuckling tale about a peasant who joins the army to avoid an arranged marriage.

(Country: Italy, France; Year: 1952; Director: Christian-Jaque; Writer: Christian-Jaque; Stars: Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand)

Madame Bovary

Review preview for Madame Bovary

An exercise in stamina and perseverance.

Domers · 3 out of 5
Emma Bovary thinks to escape her dull, provincial life by marrying the local doctor and moving to town, only to find more of the same.

(Country: France; Year: 1991; Director: Claude Chabrol; Writer: Claude Chabrol, based on the novel by Gustave Flaubert; Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Francois Balmer, Christophe Malavoy, Jean Yanne, Lucas Belvaux, Christiane Minazzoli, Jean-Louis Maury)

Full review

A Room In Town (Une Chambre en Ville)

A sung-through musical about workers during a strike and the relationships that develop against its backdrop.

(Country: France; Year: 1982; Director: Jacques Demy; Writer: Jacques Demy; Stars: Dominique Sanda, Danielle Darrieux, Richard Berry, Michel Piccoli, Fabienne Guyon, Anna Gaylor, Jean-François Stévenin, Jean-Louis Rolland, Marie-France Roussel, Georges Blaness, Yann Dedet, Nicolas Hossein, Gil Warga, Antoine Mikola, Marie-Pierre Feuillard)