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Sink Or Swim and The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups, The Four Hundred Blows)
(Country: France; Year: 1959; Director: Francois Truffaut; Writer: Francois Truffaut; Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy, Patrick Auffay, Georges Flamant, Guy Decomble)
A classic looking at the life of a 12-year-old in Paris.
Amanda
(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Mikhaël Hers; Writer: Maud Ameline, Mikhaël Hers; Stars: Vincent Lacoste, Isaure Multrier, Stacy Martin, Ophélia Kolb, Marianne Basler, Jonathan Cohen, Nabiha Akkari, Greta Scacchi, Bakary Sangaré, Claire Tran, Elli Medeiros, Zoé Bruneau, Lily Bensliman, Raphaël Thiéry, Leah Lapiower)
A man assumes a new responsibility for his niece as a potential guardian.
US premiere
Coincoin And The Extra-Humans (Coincoin et les z'inhumains)
(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Bruno Dumont; Stars: Alane Delhaye, Bernard Pruvost, Philippe Jore, Lucy Caron)
Sequel to Lil' Quinquin sees ectoplasmic gunk falls from the sky and identical twins materialise without warning.
The Freshmen (Première année)
(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Thomas Lilti; Writer: Thomas Lilti; Stars: Vincent Lacoste, William Lebghil, Michel Lerousseau, Darina Al Joundi, Benoît Di Marco, Graziella Delerm, Guillaume Clérice, Alexandre Blazy, Noémi Silvania, Laurette Tessier, Adrien Schmück, Quitterie Boascals de Reals, Tiphaine Piovesan, Jeremy Corallo, Mehdi Amouri)
NYC premiere
Story of a couple of students in their first year at med school.
Girls Of The Sun (Les Filles Du Soleil)
(Country: France, Belgium, Georgia, Switzerland; Year: 2018; Director: Eva Husson; Writer: Eva Husson; Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Emmanuelle Bercot, Erol Afsin)
A battalion made up entirely of Kurdish female soldiers is on the cusp of taking back control of the city where its commander was captured by extremists a few months earlier.
Amanda and The Truk
Invisibles
(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Louis-Julien Petit; Writer: Marion Doussot, Claire Lajeunie, Claire Lajeunie, Louis-Julien Petit; Stars: Patricia Mouchon, Khoukha Boukherbache, Bérangère Toural, Patricia Guery, Marie-Christine Descheemaker, Laetitia Grigy, Fedoua Laafou, Stéphanie Brayer, Adolpha Van Meerhaeghe, Marie-Thérèse Boloke Kanda, Aïcha Bangoura, Dominique Manet, Assia Menmadala, Marianne Garcia, Audrey Lamy)
North American premiere
Drama about a daytime shelter for women that is scheduled to close.
In Safe Hands (Pupille)
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2018; Director: Jeanne Herry; Stars: Sandrine Kiberlain, Gilles Lellouche, Elodie Bouchez)
When a mother decides not to keep the child she has called Theo, Jean steps in to foster the child until a suitable family is found. Alice has waited years for the chance to adopt and a social worker is among those who must decide if she is ready for the responsibility.
Keep An Eye Out! (Au Poste!)
(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Quentin Dupieux; Writer: Quentin Dupieux; Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Grégoire Ludig, Marc Fraize, Anaïs Demoustier, Orelsan, Philippe Duquesne, Jacky Lambert, Jeanne Rosa, Vincent Grass, Nahel Ange, July Messéan, Johnny Malle, Laurent Nicolas, Michel Hazanavicius, Pedro Winter)
NYC premiere
A story that revolves around a mustachioed man who has found a body close to his home...
Mademoiselle de Joncquières (The Art of Seduction)
(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Emmanuel Mouret; Writer: Denis Diderot, Emmanuel Mouret; Stars: Cécile de France, Edouard Baer, Alice Isaaz, Natalia Dontcheva, Laure Calamy, Manon Kneusé, Arnaud Dupont, Juliette Laurent, Corinne Valancogne, Edith Proust, Gabrielle Atger, Jean-Michel Lahmi, Emilie Aubertot, Alban Casterman, Pierre Giraud)
The widowed Madame de La Pommeraye plots revenge on an ex-lover.
Maya
(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Mia Hansen-Løve; Writer: Mia Hansen-Løve; Stars: Suzan Anbeh, Judith Chemla, Roman Kolinka, Alex Descas, Aarshi Banerjee, Pascal Hintablian, Pathy Aiyar)
NYC premiere
A war reporter with PTSD heads home to India in a bid to find peace.
Raising Colors and Keep An Eye Out!
Meteorites (Les Meteorites)
(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Romain Laguna)
North American premiere
Nina, a 16-year-old girl, dreams of adventure. Meanwhile, she spends the summer between her village in the south of France and the theme park where she works. Just before meeting Morad, a teenage boy from an Algerian family living in the nearby council houses, Nina sees a meteorite falling from the sky which it seems only she can see... like an omen.
Paul Sanchez Is Back! (Paul Sanchez est revenu!)
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2018; Director: Patricia Mazuy; Writer: Patricia Mazuy, Patricia Mazuy, Patricia Mazuy, Yves Thomas, Yves Thomas, Yves Thomas, Yves Thomas; Stars: Laurent Lafitte, Zita Hanrot, Philippe Girard, Idir Chender, Anne-Lise Heimburger, Anthony Paliotti, Achille Reggiani, Diego Bordonaro, Mike N'Guyen, Nicolas Bisquert, Xavier Baratrero, Hocine Bakiri, Sébastien Rossel, Eric Bernardini, Cyrille Laporte)
North American premiere
A young police officer is the only one on the force who believes that a notorious murderer has resurfaced 10 years after he vanished.
Raising Colors (Volontaire)
(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Hélène Fillières; Writer: Hélène Fillières, Mathias Gavarry; Stars: Lambert Wilson, Diane Rouxel, Alex Descas, Corentin Fila, Josiane Balasko, André Marcon, Igor Kovalsky, Jonathan Couzinié, Hélène Fillières, Marc Fraize, Pauline Acquart, Sandra Choquet, Alain Fillières, Jeanne Guittet, Jade Labeste)
Drama about a young woman who decides to join the French Navy.
US premiere
School's Out (L’Heure De La Sortie)
(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Sébastien Marnier; Writer: Sébastien Marnier; Stars: Laurent Lafitte, Emmanuelle Bercot, Gringe)
North American premiere
A group of six classmates harbour a dark and dangerous secret.
Sink Or Swim (Le Grand Bain)
(Country: France; Year: 2017; Director: Gilles Lellouche; Writer: Gilles Lellouche; Stars: Guillaume Canet, Leïla Bekhti, Mathieu Amalric, Virginie Efira, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Benoît Poelvoorde, Marina Fois)
A comedy drama about a male synchronised swimming team.
The Summer House and Maya
Sophia Antipolis
(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Virgil Vernier; Writer: Mariette Désert, Virgil Vernier; Stars: Dewy Kunetz, Sandra Poitoux, Hugues Njiba-Mukuna, Bruck, Lilith Grasmug, Thibault Bru, Dewy Kunetz, Sandra Poitoux, Hugues Njiba-Mukuna, Bruck, Lilith Grasmug, Thibault Bru)
North American premiere
A European technology park becomes the setting for a series of connected stories.
The Summer House (Les Estivants)
(Country: France, Italy; Year: 2018; Director: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi; Writer: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Noémie Lvovsky, Agnès de Sacy; Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Yolande Moreau, Noémie Lvovsky, Pierre Arditi, Valeria Golino, Laurent Stocker, Bruno Raffaelli, Marisa Borini, Stefano Cassetti, Riccardo Scamarcio, Anthony Ursin, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Yolande Moreau, Noémie Lvovsky, Pierre Arditi)
US premiere
A woman coping with a recent break up goes on holiday with her daughter.
The Time Of The Pirates (Seuls les pirates)
(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Gaël Lépingle; Stars: Ludovic Douare, Delphine Chuillot, Renan Prévot, Georges Gay, Ludovic Douare, Delphine Chuillot, Renan Prévot, Georges Gay)
North American premiere
A community theatre owner plots to defend his home against the council who want to evict him.
The Trouble With You (En Liberté!)
(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Pierre Salvadori; Writer: Benjamin Charbit, Benoît Graffin, Pierre Salvadori; Stars: Adèle Haenel, Pio Marmaï, Audrey Tautou, Vincent Elbaz, Damien Bonnard, Hocine Choutri, Christophe Tek, Octave Bossuet, Norbert Ferrer, Emmy Stevenin, Martin Pautard, Adèle Haenel, Pio Marmaï, Audrey Tautou, Vincent Elbaz)
NYC premiere
A widow finds her life thrown into turmoil when she comes to realise that her police chief spouse wasn't quite the hero she thought.
The Truk (L'Enkas)
(Country: France, Ukraine; Year: 2018; Director: Sarah Marx; Writer: Hamé Bourokba, Ekoué Labitey, Sarah Marx; Stars: Sandor Funtek, Sandrine Bonnaire, Alexis Manenti, Lauréna Thellier, Virginie Acariès)
An ex-con makes a plan with his friend to travel from rave to rave selling water and Ketamine from their food truck.
North American premiere
Mademoiselle de Joncquières and When Margaux Meets Margaux
Whatever Happened To My Revolution (Tout ce qu'il me reste de la révolution)
(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Judith Davis; Writer: Judith Davis, Cécile Vargaftig; Stars: Judith Davis, Malik Zidi, Claire Dumas, Simon Bakhouche, Mélanie Bestel, Nadir Legrand, Mireille Perrier, Yasin Houicha, Pat Belland, Samira Sedira, Slim El Hedli, Émilie Caen, Jean-Claude Leguay, Mathilde Braure, Malo Konaté)
North American premiere
Angela was eight years old when the first McDonald's opened in East Berlin - Since then, she has been fighting against the curse of her generation: to be born "too late" at a time of global political depression.
When Margaux Meets Margaux (La Belle Et La Belle)
(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Sophie Fillières; Writer: Sophie Fillières; Stars: Sandrine Kiberlain, Agathe Bonitzer, Melvil Poupaud, Lucie Desclozeaux, Laurent Bateau, Théo Cholbi, Anthony Paliotti, Florence Muller, Aurélie Dupont, Brigitte Roüan, François Deblock, Christophe Odent, Victor Assié, Smadi Wolfman, Raphaël Kahn)
A woman in two stages of her life - as she reaches adulthood and as she enters middle age.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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