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French Film Festival · 2022

French Film Festival 2022

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8 films · 3 reviews

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Angry Annie (Annie Colère)

Annie, a pregnant working mother in the mid-1970s, comes into contact with an organisation that performs illegal abortions in the public eye.

(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Blandine Lenoir; Writer: Blandine Lenoir, Axelle Ropert; Stars: Laure Calamy, Zita Hanrot, India Hair, Rosemary Standley, Damien Chapelle, Yannick Choirat, Florence Muller, Cédric Appietto, Lucia Sanchez, Pauline Serieys, Louise Labeque, Pascale Arbillot, Éric Caravaca, Christelle Cornil, Marie Cornillon)

The Blue Caftan

Review preview for The Blue Caftan

Covert glances and dauntless gestures between the three protagonists, that keep us guessing about who knows what, weave a web as diaphanous as the stitching on fine cloth.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
Halim and Mina own a small family tailor shop that specializes in sewing ceremonial caftans. Since traditional hand-crafted work is time-consuming, Halim decides to hire an assistant, Youssef. The presence of the attractive young man arouses long-suppressed feelings in Halim, something that does not go unnoticed by his wife Mina.

(Country: France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark; Year: 2022; Director: Maryam Touzani; Writer: Maryam Touzani, Nabil Ayouch; Stars: Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui)

Full review See: Maryam Touzani on the inspiration for The Blue Caftan and its emotional fabric

The Consequences Of Feminism (Les Résultats Du Féminisme)

Review preview for The Consequences Of Feminism

The real strength of the film is in the way it points up gender role differences that go unnoticed because people are so used to them.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Observations of daily life in a world where men's and women's roles are reversed.

(Country: France; Year: 1906; Director: Alice Guy; Writer: Alice Guy)

Full review

Showing as part of Alice Guy: 13 Short Films

Feminist Riposte

Documentary about the current rise in French feminism.

(Year: 2022; Director: Simon Depardon, Marie Perennès)

Forever Young (Les Amandiers, The Almond Tree)

A group of young people find themselves at a turning point... and facing their first tragedy.

(Country: France, Italy; Year: 2022; Director: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi; Stars: Sofiane Bennacer, Clara Bretheau, Baptiste Carrion-Weiss, Alexia Chardard, Louis Garrel, Léna Garrel, Liv Henneguier, Sarah Henochsberg, Oscar Lesage, Micha Lescot, Farida Rahouadj, Vassili Schneider, Nadia Tereszkiewicz)

Jane By Charlotte (Jane par Charlotte)

Review preview for Jane By Charlotte

The closer and more personal this documentary gets, the more it opens up to the largest of issues.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
The director's portrait of her mother.

(Country: France; Year: 2021; Director: Charlotte Gainsbourg; Stars: Jane Birkin, Charlotte Gainsbourg)

Full review

More Than Ever (Plus Que Jamais)

A terminally ill woman decides to take her life back into her own hands.

(Country: France, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway; Year: 2022; Director: Emily Atef; Writer: Emily Atef, Lars Hubrich; Stars: Vicky Krieps, Gaspard Ulliel, Bjørn Floberg)

Rodeo

Drama about a young woman in an underground dirt bike community.

(Year: 2022; Director: Lola Quivoron)