Alliance Française de Cairns 2016 French Film Festival

Alliance Française de Cairns 2016 French Film Festival –
Movie selection & Details
Sessions
Date
Time
Movie
Friday 06 May 2016
20:00
Valley of Love
Saturday 07 May 2016
14:00
16:30
20:00
L’Attente
Marguerite
Mon Roi
Sunday 08 May 2016
16:30
Chic!
Type
Duration
Year
Rating
Drama
91 mns
2015
M
99 mns
127 mns
2h05
2015
2015
2015
M
M
MA15+
1h45
2015
M
Drama
Drama
Drama / Romance
Comedy / Romance
Ticket Prices
Opening night:
$20
all tickets - no concession- includes 1 glass sparkling wine
All other sessions:
$15
per session
Concessions:
$12
Members of Alliance Francaise and End Credits Film Club
Festival Pass
$60
All 5 movies
Festival Pass Concession:
$50
Members of Alliance Francaise and End Credits Film Club
Movies
All movies have English subtitles
Valley of Love
FRANCE • DRAMA • 91 MINS • 2015 • M
DIRECTOR: GUILLAUME NICLOUX
CAST: GÉRARD DEPARDIEU, ISABELLE HUPPERT, DAN WARBER, AURÉLIA THIÉRRÉE
Cannes International Film Festival 2015 – Official Selection
"CAPTIVATING... THE LEADS’ TENDER RAPPORT IS EVIDENT IN EVERY FRAME" - SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
Two of French cinema’s greatest stars – remarkably, sharing the screen for the first time in over 30 years –
unite for this haunting and moving tale of love, loss, memory and the mystical, which received its World
Premiere in Official Competition at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2015.
The extraordinary Isabelle Huppert and an irrepressibly in-form Gérard Depardieu play a former couple
who reunite in the grand landscape of Death Valley, following a mysterious summons from their long dead son. The couple’s past and their unresolved feelings play out in hotel rooms, restaurants and among
the desert perspectives of Nevada, as they move towards a mysterious epiphany that powerfully echoes
Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock.
Perfectly orchestrated by director Guillaume Nicloux, this superb two-hander is touching, playful, grand
and tender, as the two performers, partly playing versions of themselves, discover a new chemistry as
they muse on the past, the present and their own changes, both spiritual and physical.
Visually beautiful and deeply resonant, Valley of Love is a memorable cinematic duet played by major
virtuosos.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNjg19Ua_10
The Wait (L’ Attente)
FRANCE, ITALY • DRAMA • 99 MINS • 2015 • M
DIRECTOR: PIERO MESSINA
CAST: JULIETTE BINOCHE, LOU DE LAÂGE, GIORGIO COLANGELI
Venice International Film Festival 2015 – Official Selection & Winner of Leoncino d’Oro Agiscuola per il Cinema Award
Toronto International Film Festival 2015 – Special Presentation
"A CINEMATICALLY DAZZLING DEBUT" - VARIETY
Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche (Paris, Je T’Aime – Festival 2015) gives one of the finest performances
of her career in this dazzling debut feature from wunderkind Piero Messina, who previously worked as the
assistant director on Paolo Sorrentino’s Oscar winning The Great Beauty.
In a beautiful Sicilian villa, Anna (Binoche) receives an unexpected guest. Twenty-something Jeanne (Lou de
Laâge, Breathe – Festival 2015) has arrived from Paris, declaring herself to be the girlfriend of Anna’s son,
Giuseppe, who has invited her to spend Easter together. But this is news to Anna, and Giuseppe is not yet there.
Despite the disruption, Anna invites her to stay, and as the two women await Giuseppe’s arrival, they begin to
form a connection. Jeanne gives in to the charms of the island, while Anna comes out of her shell. Yet her son’s
absence remains unexplained…
Stunningly shot and performed against a spectacular backdrop, Messina and his brilliant leads navigate a
complex range of emotions in this entrancing tale of two women from different generations. The film gradually
coils with expectation, building to an unforgettable conclusion.
French and Italian with English subtitles
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiF_mz5qH2Y
Marguerite
FRANCE • DRAMA • 127 MINS • 2015 • M
DIRECTOR: XAVIER GIANNOLI
CAST: CATHERINE FROT, ANDRÉ MARCON, DENIS MPUNGA, CHRISTA THÉRET
Venice International Film Festival 2015 – Official Competition - Winner of P. Nazareno Taddei Award
"AN AMUSINGLY ENTERTAINING PORTRAIT OF FORTUNE, INFAMY AND SEVERE MELODIC DYSFUNCTION" - THE
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Wealthy Marguerite Dumont (the multi-award winning Catherine Frot) loves to sing passionately for an avid
crowd of friends and devotees. The only problem is she’s terrible!
Marguerite is kept in the dark about her extreme lack of talent by her husband (André Marcon, Tour de Force –
Festival 2014) and butler (Denis Mpunga, Dead ManTalking). However, an unexpected rave review leads her to
plan a public recital – so how can the charade possibly continue?
As a web of deceit and delusion unfolds, Marguerite’s mammoth performance will fascinate, appal and amuse,
often all at once. Based on the notoriously awful vocal career of Florence Foster Jenkins, director Xavier
Giannoli has made a delectably sharp and mischievous satire which is the opposite of his previous serious
exploration of music performance, The Singer. A merciless dissection of class pretensions, this was a
resounding favourite on the Lido at the Venice International Film Festival in 2015.
Consummately filmed, richly complex and cringingly hilarious, this is one for all lovers of fine cinema done well,
and great music done very badly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX8hM4eQUJE
Mon Roi
FRANCE • DRAMA • 128 MINS • 2015 • MA 15+
DIRECTOR: MAÏWENN
CAST: VINCENT CASSEL, EMMANUELLE BERCOT, LOUIS GARREL, ISILD LE BESCO
Cannes International Film Festival 2015 – Winner of Best Actress Award, Emmanuelle Bercot
"MAÏWENN MASTERFULLY DIRECTS HER ACTORS, REVEALING THEM AS WE HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM" - TF1 NEWS
The multi-talented actor/writer/director Maïwenn has followed up her gritty drama Polisse with Mon Roi. This is
an impeccably nuanced dissection of a volatile marriage between two Parisians, played by Vincent Cassel and
Emmanuelle Bercot, who won the award for Best Actress at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2015 for
this performance.
The film follows a lawyer, Tony (Bercot), who is admitted to a rehab centre following a skiing accident, where
she soon finds herself overly reliant on medication and carers. While recuperating, she reflects on her
relationship with ex-husband Georgio (Cassel), prompted by the observation of a therapist that her accident may
not have been as accidental as it seemed.
Tony recalls the trajectory of her relationship with Georgio, from its lust filled beginnings to the deteriorating
dynamic that inevitably dooms the couple, and their son, to a maelstrom of hurt, anger and broken trust.
Allowing her actors to improvise within defined parameters, Maïwenn has elicited striking performances that
render Mon Roi as a powerful and deeply affecting film.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao2gQji0zdQ
Chic
FRANCE • COMEDY, ROMANCE • 103 MINS • 2015 • M
DIRECTOR: JÉRÔME CORNUAU
CAST: FANNY ARDANT, MARINA HANDS, ÉRIC ÉLMOSNINO, LAURENT STOCKER
"THIS FIVE-STAR CAST DELIVERS HIGH FASHION WITH HUMOUR" - DIRECT MATIN"
Seamless and sleek, Chic! is a hilarious and romantic romp that tears through the fabric of the Parisian fashion
world and will have audiences in stitches.
Superstar Fanny Ardant shows off her gift for larger than-life comedy as Alicia Ricosi, an iconic designer and
colossal drama queen. Bereft of inspiration following a break-up, the only thing between her and a disastrous
show is the savoir-faire of high-powered corporate Hélène (Marina Hands, seen in the hit racing
drama Jappeloup– Festival 2014).
Career-saving romance for Alicia beckons with the arrival of gardener Julien (César Award winner
for Gainsbourg, Éric Élmosnino) – but what if Julien melts the ice cold heart of Hélène as well?
Supremely stylish and polished, Chic! boasts the brilliant talents of writer Jean-Paul Bethany and director
Jérôme Cornuau, filmed in stunning locations around Paris and Brittany. This is a film that manages to both
poke fun at and revel in the nerve-wracking thrill of the catwalk scene, with Ardant’s sublimely funny
performance a true tour de force.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8fGakiJJPc