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New York's Rendez-Vous With French Cinema

5 March – 15 February 2020

The 25th edition of the festival will screen at Film at Lincoln Center from March 5 to March 15. The festival will open with the New York premiere of Hirokazu Kore-eda's The Truth, starring Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke.

Confirmed to appear in person at the fest are: Stéphane Batut, Juliette Binoche, Pascal Bonitzer, Lucie Borleteau, Maïmouna Doucouré, Bruno Dumont, Ethan Hawke, Mehdi Idir, Cédric Klapisch, Claude Lelouch, Chiara Mastroianni, Mounia Meddour, Safy Nebbou, Nicolas Pariser, Sarah Suco, Alice Winocour and Rebecca Zlotowski.

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  • Deerskin
    Review preview for Deerskin

    The director proves a master of the tragicomic as he observes one man's slip from midlife crisis to madness by way of obsession.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Georges, 44, and his jacket, 100 per cent deerskin, have a plan.
  • Cuties
    Review preview for Cuties

    The complex interactions between the girls are beautifully captured.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Amy, 11 years old, meets a group of dancers called "Cuties”. Fascinated, she initiates herself to a sensual dance, hoping to join their band and escape family dysfunction...
  • Papicha
    Review preview for Papicha

    Engages with an energetic and angry vitality as well as authenticity.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    A student becomes determined to stage a fashion show despite religious opposition.
  • Joan Of Arc
    Review preview for Joan Of Arc

    The whole film adheres to the director’s credo that simple story-telling does not mean a lack of depth or subtlety, or roughness around the edges.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    A sequel to The Childhood Of Joan Of Arc.
  • Who You Think I Am
    Review preview for Who You Think I Am

    Nebbou judges the mood of the moment to perfection.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    A divorced teacher creates a fake Facebook page of a much younger woman and finds herself embarked on an impossible online love affair.
  • The Truth
    Review preview for The Truth

    In less sensitive hands than Kore-eda's, it could have come across as cloyingly introverted but instead there is wit and warmth in the observed relationship between the two women.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    A reunion between a French cinema star and her daughter descends into confrontation.
  • Proxima
    Review preview for Proxima

    The narrative manages to balance the personal with the wider world of space exploration while dealing with the issues of domesticity and family demands and the conflicts of pursuing a demanding work arc.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    A female astronaut finds the demands of work take their toll on her single-mum relationship with her young daughter.
  • The Best Years Of A Life
    Review preview for The Best Years Of A Life

    Dreams, memories and reality all intermingle to rather intoxicating effect

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    A sequel, set decades later, to Un Homme Et Une Femme.
  • On A Magical Night
    Review preview for On A Magical Night

    Deliciously and deliberately theatrical

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    After 20 years of marriage, Maria decides to leave her husband. She moves into room 212 at the hotel across the street, with a bird’s-eye view of her apartment, her husband and the life she shared with him.

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