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French Film Festival · 2022

French Film Festival 2022

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11 films · 3 reviews

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Bloody Oranges (Oranges Sanguines)

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Bloody Oranges is condemned to straddle between two half-baked tones.

Antoni Konieczny · 2.5 out of 5
A retired couple entering a dance contest, a corrupt politician, a girl eager to lose her virginity, and a young lawyer obsessed with social status - a seemingly benign look into these daily lives goes haywire in this shocking black comedy.

(Country: France; Year: 2021; Director: Jean-Christophe Meurisse; Writer: Yohann Gloaguen, Jean-Christophe Meurisse, Amélie Philippe; Stars: Lorella Cravotta, Olivier Saladin, Christophe Paou, Alexandre Steiger, Lilith Grasmug, Fred Blin, Denis Podalydes)

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Christmas & Co

The 92,000 workers responsible for manufacturing children’s toys all become sick at the same time. This is a tough moment for Santa...

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2017; Director: Alain Chabat; Writer: Alain Chabat; Stars: Alain Chabat, Golshifteh Farahani, Pio Marmaï, Bruno Sanches, Louise Chabat, Audrey Tautou, David Marsais, Grégoire Ludig, Johann Dionnet, Tara Lugassy, Simon Aouizerate, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Mark Grosy, Audrey Giacomini, Ambre Larrazet)

Delicious (Delicieux)

Historic tale of romance and revenge as a sacked cook open's France's first restaurant.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2021; Director: Éric Besnard; Writer: Éric Besnard, Nicolas Boukhrief; Stars: Grégory Gadebois, Isabelle Carré, Benjamin Lavernhe, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Christian Bouillette, Lorenzo Lefèbvre, Marie-Julie Baup, Laurent Bateau, Manon Combes, Félix Fournier, Christophe Rossignon, François De Brauer, Jérémy Lopez, Antoine Gouy, Benjamin Lhommas)

Drift Away (Albatros)

The captain of a police squad finds his life turned upside down in the course of duty.

(Country: France; Year: 2021; Director: Xavier Beauvois; Writer: Xavier Beauvois; Stars: Jérémie Renier, Marie-Julie Maille, Victor Belmondo)

Eugénie Grandet

A woman is set on a collision course with her avaricious father in this historic classic.

(Country: France, UK, Belgium; Year: 2021; Director: Marc Dugain; Writer: Marc Dugain, Honoré de Balzac; Stars: Joséphine Japy, Olivier Gourmet, Valérie Bonneton, César Domboy, François Marthouret, Nathalie Bécue, Bruno Raffaelli, Jean Chevalier, Philippe du Janerand, Pierre-Olivier Scotto, Anne-Marie Philipe, Alexandre Laval, Philippe Dusseau, Olivier Massart, Michel Bompoil)

France (On A Half Clear Morning)

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France is a supremely sad film, maybe the saddest Dumont has made in its interplay of the true and the fake.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
A TV journalist's career, home life, and psychological stability are shaken after a driving accident.

(Country: France, Italy, Germany, Belgium; Year: 2021; Director: Bruno Dumont; Writer: Bruno Dumont; Stars: Léa Seydoux, Blanche Gardin, Benjamin Biolay, Emanuele Arioli, Juliane Köhler, Gaëtan Amiel, Jewad Zemmar, Marc Bettinelli)

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French Tech (Les Deux Alfred)

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This is satire. Sharp, observant, but unlike British films in similar vein, never cutting.

Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
An unemployed man has two months while his wife is away to prove he can take care of the kids and find a job.

(Country: France; Year: 2020; Director: Bruno Podalydès; Writer: Bruno Podalydès, Denis Podalydès; Stars: Denis Podalydès, Bruno Podalydès, Sandrine Kiberlain, Yann Frisch, Luàna Bajrami, Leslie Menu, Michel Vuillermoz, Isabelle Candelier, Samuel Benchetrit, Gábor Rassov, Élodie Huber, Georges Podalydès, Léna Barbaroux, Patrick Ligardes, Florence Muller)

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Gallant Indies (Indes galantes)

The story of what happened when filmmaker Clément Cogitore agreed to stage Jean-Philippe Rameau’s baroque masterpiece Les Indes galantes at Opéra national de Paris, working with acclaimed choreographer Bintou Dembélé.

(Country: France; Year: 2020; Director: Philippe Béziat)

Good Mother (Bonne Mère)

After her son is arrested in a gas station robbery, housekeeper Nora does everything she can to help him as he remains incarcerated awaiting trial.

(Country: France; Year: 2021; Director: Hafsia Herzi; Writer: Hafsia Herzi; Stars: Sabrina Benhamed)

Magnetic Beats

Brittany, 1980s. A bunch of friends yearning for excitement broadcast a free radio station from their hometown in the countryside. Jerome leads it with unique charisma while Philippe, the technical genius, lives in the shadow of Jerome, his big brother. When called for the military service, Philippe has no choice but to leave for West Berlin. He’s determined to keep on broadcasting, but realizes that he just lived the last glorious moments of a world on the verge of extinction.

(Country: France, Germany; Year: 2021; Director: Vincent Cardona; Stars: Marie Colomb, Joseph Olivennes, Thimotée Robart)

Quai d'Orsay (The French Minister)

A political satire revolving around Alexandre Tallard de Vorms, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, a man who calls on the powerful and invokes the mighty to bring peace, to calm the trigger-happy, and to cement his aura of Nobel Peace Prize winner-in-waiting.

(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Bertrand Tavernier; Writer: Christophe Blain, Abel Lanzac; Stars: Thierry Lhermitte, Joséphine de La Baume, Jane Birkin, Niels Arestrup, Anaïs Demoustier, Raphaël Personnaz, Alix Poisson, Julie Gayet, Sonia Rolland, Thomas Chabrol, Thierry Frémont, Didier Bezace, Yvonne Gradelet, Loïc Risser, Bruno Raffaelli)