New York's Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2023
The Five Devils The Five Devils
The Five Devils and Paris Memories
Brother And Sister (Frère et soeur) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Arnaud Desplechin; Writer: Arnaud Desplechin; Stars: Marion Cotillard, Golshifteh Farahani, Melvil Poupaud, Cosmina Stratan, Max Baissette de Malglaive, Benjamin Siksou, Saverio Maligno)
The death of a pair of siblings' parents forces them to cross paths after 20 years of avoiding one another.
Diary Of A Fleeting Affair (Chronique d'une liaison passagère) (Country: France; Year: 2020; Director: Emmanuel Mouret; Writer: Pierre Giraud, Emmanuel Mouret; Stars: Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Macaigne, Georgia Scalliet)
A single mother and a married man meet at a party then go home together, a delightful love tangle.
The Five Devils (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Léa Mysius; Writer: Paul Guilhaume, Léa Mysius; Stars: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Daphne Patakia, Noée Abita, Patrick Bouchitey, Moustapha Mbengue, Sally Dramé, Swala Emati)
Eight-year-old Vicky possesses a special power: a hyperacute sense of smell. She spends her days exploring this gift, and lives happily with her mother Joanne, a swimming teacher whom she adores exclusively - to the despair of her firefighter father. When her mysterious aunt Julia suddenly reappears in their lives, secrets from their past resurface both violently and magically.
Forever Young (Les Amandiers, The Almond Tree) (Country: France, Italy; Year: 2022; Director: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi; Stars: Sofiane Bennacer, Clara Bretheau, Baptiste Carrion-Weiss, Alexia Chardard, Louis Garrel, Léna Garrel, Liv Henneguier, Sarah Henochsberg, Oscar Lesage, Micha Lescot, Farida Rahouadj, Vassili Schneider, Nadia Tereszkiewicz)
A group of young people find themselves at a turning point... and facing their first tragedy.
For My Country (Pour La France) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Rachid Hami; Writer: Rachid Hami, Ollivier Pourriol; Stars: Lubna Azabal, Hugo Becker, Laurent Lafitte, Vivian Sung, Karim Leklou, Shaïn Boumedine, Samir Guesmi, Slimane Dazi, Lyès Salem, Alicia Hava, Arthur Igual, Pierre-Emmanuel Parlato)
A brother tries to come to terms with the loss of his brother in an Army hazing ritual as his family fight for the right for him to be buried in a military cemetery.
The Worst Ones The Worst Ones
The Worst Ones and Brother And Sister
The Gravity (La Gravité) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Cédric Ido; Writer: Cédric Ido; Stars: Hafsia Herzi, Steve Tientcheu, Olivier Rosemberg, Max Gomis,. Florine Silva)
A mysterious cosmic event upsets the Earth's gravity and creates chaos in a futuristic Parisian suburb.
The Green Perfume (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Nicolas Pariser; Writer: Nicolas Pariser; Stars: Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Lacoste, Léonie Simaga, Rüdiger Vogler, Jenna Thiam, Arieh Worthalter, Pascal Rénéric, Thomas Chabrol, Lucie Gallo, Olivier Broche, Vincent Brousseau, Claïna Clavaron, Simon Guélat, Isabelle Bats, Etienne Beurier)
Crime caper sees an actor caught up in international intrigue after the death of a member of his troupe.
Les Harkis (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Philippe Faucon; Writer: Philippe Faucon, Yasmina Nini-Faucon, Samir Benyala; Stars: Omar Boulakirba, Vincent Choirat, Yannick Choirat, Théo Cholbi, Pierre Lottin, Mohamed El Amine Mouffok, Amine Zorgane)
At the end of the 1950s, beginning of the 1960s, the war in Algeria continued. Salah, Kaddour and other destitute young Algerians join the French army as harkis.
The Innocent (L’Innocent) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Louis Garrel; Writer: Louis Garrel, Tanguy Viel, Naïla Guiguet; Stars: Louis Garrel, Roschidy Zem, Anouk Grinberg)
When a man learns his mum is about to marry a man about to get out of prison he decides to follow him when he's released - and gets more than he bargained for.
Mother And Son (Un Petit Frere) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Léonor Serraille; Writer: Léonor Serraille; Stars: Stéphane Bak, Ahmed Sylla, Annabelle Lengronne, Kenzo Sambin)
In the late 1980s, Rose moves from the Ivory Coast to the Paris suburbs with her two young sons, Ernest and Jean. Spanning 20 years from their arrival in France to the present day, the film is the chronicle of the construction and deconstruction of a family.
The Night Of The 12th The Night Of The 12th
The Night Of The 12th and Les Harkis
Neneh Superstar (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Ramzi Ben Sliman; Writer: Ramzi Ben Sliman; Stars: Oumy Bruni Garrel, Aïssa Maïga, Maïwenn, Steve Tientcheu)
A black girl faces prejudice after securing a rare place at the Paris Opera Ballet School.
The Night Of The 12th (La Nuit Du 12) (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2022; Director: Dominik Moll; Writer: Gilles Marchand and Dominik Moll, based on a book by Pauline Guéna; Stars: Bastien Bouillon, Bouli Lanners, Théo Cholbi, Johann Dionnet)
It is said that every investigator has a crime that haunts them, a case that hurts him more than the others, without him necessarily knowing why. For Yohan that case is the murder of Clara.
The Origin Of Evil (L'Origine Du Mal) (Country: France, Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Sébastien Marnier; Writer: Sébastien Marnier; Stars: Laure Calamy, Suzanne Clément, Doria Tillier, Jacques Weber, Dominique Blanc)
Jealousy and bitterness lead a woman to invent a whole other life for herself in order to impress the rich men and women who surround her.
Other People's Children (Les Enfants Des Autres) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Rebecca Zlotowski; Writer: Rebecca Zlotowski; Stars: Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie Ferreira)
A childless woman forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter.
Paris Memories (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Alice Winocour; Writer: Jean-Stéphane Bron, Marcia Romano, Alice Winocour; Stars: Virginie Efira, Benoît Magimel, Maya Sansa, Grégoire Colin, Nastya Golubeva Carax, Amadou Mbow, Ema Zampa, Souleymane Touré, Jean Pierre Horcholle, Clarisse Makundul)
A woman is caught up in a Paris terror attack and three months on she tries to piece together her memory.
Opening night
Smoking Causes Coughing Smoking Causes Coughing
Smoking Causes Coughing and Other People's Children
The Plough (Le grand chariot) (Country: France, Switzerland; Year: 2022; Director: Philippe Garrel)
Three siblings are the latest generation in a family of puppeteers. Will this be the last? A tragic event tests their desire to continue the troupe.
Saturn Bowling (Bowling Saturne) (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2022; Director: Patricia Mazuy; Writer: Patricia Mazuy; Stars: Arieh Worthalter, Achille Reggiani, Y-Lan Lucas, Leila Muse, Frédéric van den Driessche)
Police detective Guillaume decides to gift the family bowling alley to his estranged half-brother following the death of their father only for their elationship to become further strained by a series of murders.
Smoking Causes Coughing (Fumer Fait Tousser, Smoking Makes You Cough) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Quentin Dupieux; Writer: Quentin Dupieux; Stars: Oulaya Amamra, Alain Chabat, Anaïs Demoustier, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Julia Faure, Jules Dhios Francisco, Blanche Gardin, Vincent Lacoste, Gilles Lellouche, Grégoire Ludig, David Marsais, Jérôme Niel, Benoît Poelvoorde, Raphaël Quenard, Anthony Sonigo)
Tobacco Force are superhero avengers, preparing for their clash with the mighty Lezardin. But what if the real horrors are the stories they tell to each other along the way?
Three Nights A Week (Trois Nuits Par Semaine) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Florent Gouëlou; Writer: Raphaëlle Desplechin, Florent Gouëlou; Stars: Pablo Pauly, Romain Eck, Hafsia Herzi, Harald Marlot, Mathias Houngnikpo, Holy Fatma, Calypso Baquey, Jean-Marie Gouëlou)
A man falls for a drag queen.
Winter Boy (La Lyceen) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Christophe Honoré; Writer: Christophe Honoré; Stars: Paul Kircher, Vincent Lacoste, Juliette Binoche, Erwan Kepoa Falé, Christophe Honoré, Xavier Giannoli, Wilfried Capet, Jean-Philippe Salerio, Isabelle Thevenoux)
Set over the course of one winter, a 17-year-old high school student struggles with grief.
Winter Boy Winter Boy
Winter Boy and Mother And Son
The Worst Ones (Les Pires) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret; Writer: Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret, Elénore Gurrey; Stars: Johan Heldenbergh, Matthias Jacquin, Loïc Pech, Mallory Wanecques)
Film within a film about a group of youngsters who are street cast and how it changes their lives.
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