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New York's Rendez-Vous With French Cinema

2012

Farewell My Queen
Farewell My Queen

The 17th edition of New York's Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films’ celebrated annual showcase of the best in contemporary French film screened at The Film Society, the IFC Center and BAMcinématek from March 1-11.

Filmmakers who attended this year's festival included - Mathieu Amalric, Laurent Achard, Carole Bouquet, Pascal Cervo, François Cluzet, Delphine and Muriel Coulin, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Mathieu Demy, Ismael Ferroukhi, David and Stéphane Foenkinos, Benoit Jacquot, Nicolas Klotz, Jean-François Laguionie, Vincent Lindon, Frédéric Louf, Olivier Nakache, Sylvie Pialat, Tahar Rahim, Audrey Tautou, Eric Toledano and Rabah Ameur-Zaïméche.

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  • Zarafa
    Review preview for Zarafa

    The animated characters have a detailed, Disney-friendly feel, but there is little of the sentimentality that tends to fur the teeth of US animation.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A young boy, a prince and a balloonist escort a young giraffe halfway across the world, having adventures on the way.
  • The Snows Of Kilimanjaro
    Review preview for The Snows Of Kilimanjaro

    Guediguian takes a subtle and even-handed approach, well aware that the selflessness of the central characters will be construed as weakness and misplaced guilt.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    Director Robert Guediguian returns to his old Marseilles stamping ground for an entertaining, politically passionate drama starring the director's ensemble regulars.
  • Les Enfants du Paradis
    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.
  • Free Men
    Review preview for Free Men

    Rahim shows here that A Prophet was no fluke.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    In 1940s Paris, a young Algerian is blackmailed by the police into spying on a mosque and finds his life changing forever.
  • Delicacy
    Review preview for Delicacy

    A stagey, fast-food version of romance.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 2 out of 5
    A woman struggles to find love again after she is widowed
  • Farewell, My Queen
    Review preview for Farewell, My Queen

    Diane Kruger has only four days, all at the Petit Trianon, to leave her mark. And she does - a fervent and poignant, half-aware queen.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    The early days of the French Revolution as seen through the eyes of the servants at Versailles.
  • Last Screening
    Review preview for Last Screening

    The implausibilities pile up to a ludicrous extent and by the time the climax arrived I’m afraid I’d ceased to care what happened to any of them.

    Jeff Robson · 2.5 out of 5
    The projectionist of a small-town French cinema leads a murderous double life.

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