A SEASON OF FRENCH FILM
10.45am Sunday 16th January 2022
Breathless (A Bout De Souffle)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL 1960 Silver Berlin Bear Best Director BAFTA AWARDS 1962 Best Foreign Actress (nomination) RELEASED AUG 2020 (Il Cinema Ritrovato, Bologna) A small time crook. Michel Poiccard, chased by the police after stealing a car, shoots one of them and flees. Back in Paris he finds an American girlfriend and succeeds in seducing her again. He convinces her to go to Italy with him. But the police have discovered the murderer’s identity and are on his trail... |
1.00pm Sunday 16th January 2022
The Kids Are Back (Chacun Chez Soi)
Director: MICHÈLE LAROQUE (My Brilliant Divorce)
Starring: MICHÈLE LAROQUE (My Brilliant Divorce, Happy Retirement) STÉPHANE DE GROODT (The Game, Do Not Disturb) Catherine and Yann have been happily married for many years. But since he sold his business, Yann has been too busy with his bonsai trees and Catherine starts to feel neglected. Things go from bad to worse when their broke 27-year-old daughter and her boyfriend lose their apartment and come knocking on their door. With Yann’s mid-life crisis spinning out of control and the children’s indefinite stay becoming increasingly invasive, Catherine will try everything to kick them out of the parental home and get her life back on track! |
4pm Sunday 16th January 2022
Black Box (Boite Noire)
Director: YANN GOZLAN (Burn Out, A Perfect Man)
Starring: PIERRE NINEY (Yves Saint-Laurent, Promise at Dawn, Frantz), LOU DE LAÂGE (The Innocents, Breathe) Mathieu is a young and talented black box analyst on a mission to solve the reason behind the deadly crash of a brand-new aircraft. Yet, when the case is closed by authorities, Mathieu cannot help but sense there is something wrong with the evidence. As he listens to the tracks again, he starts detecting some seriously disturbing details. Could the tape have been modified? Going against his boss’ orders, Mathieu begins his own rogue investigation – an obsessional and dangerous quest for truth that will quickly threaten far more than his career... |
7pm Sunday 16th January 2022
Night Shift (Police)
Director: ANNE FONTAINE (Coco Before Chanel, The Innocents)
Starring: OMAR SY (The Intouchables, Two Is A Family, Samba), VIRGINIE EFIRA (Sink or Swim, Elle, Benedetta), GREGORY GADEBOIS (An Officer and A Spy) Virginie, Erik and Aristide work as police officers in a local brigade, trying to hold their personal and emotional lives together while dealing with daily occurrences of violence in homes and on the streets. One night, they are assigned an unusual mission and must drive a migrant back to the border for unspecified reasons. On their way to the airport, Virginie discovers the prisoner will be sentenced to death if he goes back to his country. Faced with an unbearable dilemma, she starts to question their mission… They have the night to decide one man’s fate. |
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