Exiles 7 Feb 2007 Director: Tony Gatlif France, Japan 2004 104 min Two Algerian immigrants are outsiders in France, Zano and his girlfriend Naima decide to travel back to the land that their families were forced to flee when France colonised Algiers. The lovers travel from Paris making new friends along the way. The couple… Continue reading Exils
Tag: France
Les Égarés
Strayed 8 Nov 2006 Director: André Téchiné France, UK 2003 95 min In June 1940 the German forces are advancing on Paris. There is widespread panic in the city; Odile, a recently widowed mother, succumbs to this and joins the exodus south with her two children. When a German plane attacks the refugees, Odile and… Continue reading Les Égarés
Joyeux Noel
Merry Christmas 20 Dec 2006 Director: Christian Carion France, Germany, UK, Romania 2005 116 min On Christmas Eve in 1914 in the trenches of Northern France the the bloodiest war in human history is well underway. Soldiers from France and Germany have been fighting in trenches barely 100 metres apart. This day, however, witnesses a… Continue reading Joyeux Noel
Angel-A
20 Feb 2008 Director: Luc Besson France 2005 114 min Petty criminal Andre is down on his luck and in debt. With nowhere else to turn he decides to throw himself into the river Seine. As he stands perched on the edge of the river a chance encounter leads him to save the mysterious beautiful… Continue reading Angel-A
Parlez-moi de la Pluie
Let’s Talk About The Rain 17 Mar 2010 Director: Agnés Jaoui France 2008 110 min This is a comedy about middle-class French life. Agathe returns to Provence after the death of her mother to help her sister with the sale of the maternal home. Agathe, feminist and best selling writer, moves in with her sister’s… Continue reading Parlez-moi de la Pluie
Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T’Aime
I’ve Loved You So Long 7 Oct 2009 Director: Philippe Claudel France, Germany 2008 117 min Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) has just been released after a 15 year prison sentence for the murder of her 6 year old son. As she struggles to adjust to her freedom she comes to live with her sister Léa,… Continue reading Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T’Aime
Il Divo
18 Nov 2009 Italy, France 2008 110 min Director: Paolo Sorrentino Paolo Sorrentino, a leading light in the Italian new wave of directors, gives us a bird’s eye view of the controversial post-war figure of Giulio Andreotti. Leader of the centrist Christian Democracy Party, Andreotti became Prime Minister of Italy seven times and remains a… Continue reading Il Divo
Les Plages d’Agnès
The Beaches Of Agnès 3 Feb 2010 Director: Agnés Varda France 2008 110 min Agnés Varda, an early member of the French New Wave of directors, takes a personal and inventive autobiographical journey through her life. Stories from her childhood in Brussels, her teenage years in occupied Paris, her life in 60s’ Los Angeles and… Continue reading Les Plages d’Agnès
Entre Les Murs
The Class 17 Feb 2010 Director: Laurent Cantet France 2008 128 min This film is based on the autobiographical novel of François Begaudeau. It follows a year in the life of François Marin who teaches at a racially mixed school in inner city Paris. Marin starts the year with a determination and passion to give… Continue reading Entre Les Murs
La Fille du Puisatier
The Well Digger’s Daughter 26 Sept 2012 Director: Daniel Auteuil France 2011 107 min Love and forgiveness are the overwhelming themes of Daniel Auteuils’ beautifully shot and hugely enjoyable directorial debut. It is no coincidence that this film reminds viewers of ‘Jean de Florette’ and ‘Manon des Sources’ – all three stories share a writer… Continue reading La Fille du Puisatier