L’Avenir (12A) (Malvern French Film Centre)
Isabelle Huppert is note-perfect in this moving account of a philosophy teacher spiralling through a series of late-life crises. We meet her character, Nathalie Chazeaux, en-route to the tidal island…
Isabelle Huppert is note-perfect in this moving account of a philosophy teacher spiralling through a series of late-life crises. We meet her character, Nathalie Chazeaux, en-route to the tidal island…
This utterly charming debut from writer and director Diane Kurys follows a year in the life of two adolescent sisters at an all-girls school in France, as they experience a…
A Parisienne primary school teacher, Antoinette, accidentally-on-purpose joins the same donkey-trekking holiday as her lover’s family. Antoinette had expected to be spending the first week of summer holidays alone with…
A womanising estate agent and his gorgeous Spanish wife are about to have their lives turned upside down by a lesbian DJ, Marijo (played by director Josiane Balasko), who arrives…
It’s August, the weather is bad and it’s raining. It’s not normal, but nothing is going to be normal. Husband and wife team Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Baci are on…
Agnès Varda‘s vibrant portrayal of the energy and atmosphere of 1960s Paris is seen through the experiences of Cléo, a young and pretty singer, who is awaiting the outcome of…
She is beautiful, she is Catholic, she is the King’s sister, her name is Marguerite de Valois. Her brother has nicknamed her Margot. Henri de Navarre is Protestant and said…
Louis is nine and lives in Paris. He spends his summer holiday in a small town in Brittany. His mother Claire has lodged him with her girlfriend Marcelle and her…
Alain Delon excels in the dual role of hero and villain in this lavish swash-buckler. Guillame de Saint Preuxin is a French Revolution-era count who leads a double life as…
On 6 May 2012, the day of the second round of the French presidential election, TV journalist Laetitia is late leaving home for her assignment covering the events at the…
An atmospheric story of the romantic trials of a tugboat captain, played by the iconic French star Jean Gabin, a man of courage and duty who leads a hard life.…
A young widow and a widowed racing driver find their relationship developing into love, but the memory of their past tragedies proves difficult to overcome, meaning they proceed with utmost…