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French Film Festival

French Film Festival

SCREENING Friday July 25 – Sunday Aug 3rd

Join us this July for the 17th annual Wagga Wagga French Film Festival, presented by Alliance Française de Wagga Wagga.

Opening on Friday 25th July, with MY BROTHER'S BAND, a rousing, heart-felt comedy-drama from Emmanuel Courcol.

 

French Film Festival
  • My Brother’s Band (En fanfare)

    My Brother’s Band (En fanfare) Mature Audiences

    Runtime: 118 Minutes
    Starring: Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Lottin, Sarah Suco, Clémence Massart-Weit, Ludmila Mikaël
    Language: In French, with English subtitles
    Diagnosed with leukemia, a successful orchestra conductor learns that he is adopted, and his younger brother is in a village marching band. The conductor decides to help them win a regional contest.
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  • All Stirred Up (Tous toqués!)

    All Stirred Up (Tous toqués!) Mature Audiences

    Runtime: 127 Minutes
    Starring: Julie Le Breton, Édouard Baer, Sylvain Marcel, Élodie Fontaine, Oussama Fares
    Language: In French, with English subtitles
    A French chef in search of fame tries to help the young Lili-Beth win a culinary competition. But to do so he must contend with the hostility of an entire village towards Sonia, the intransigent local customs officer.
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  • Le Comte de Monte-Cristo

    Le Comte de Monte-Cristo Mature Audiences

    Runtime: 193 Minutes
    Starring: Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier, Laurent Lafitte, Pierfrancesco Favino
    Language: In French, with English subtitles
    Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.
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  • Monsieur Aznavour

    Monsieur Aznavour Mature Audiences

    Runtime: 149 Minutes
    Starring: Tahar Rahim, Bastien Bouillon, Marie-Julie Baup, Luc Antoni, Nicolas Chupin
    Language: In French, with English subtitles
    From his poor childhood to his rise to fame, from his triumphs to his failures, from Paris to New York, discover the exceptional journey of an artist. Intimate, intense, fragile and indestructible, devoted to his art until the very end, here is one of the most immortal singers of all time: Charles Aznavour.
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  • The Stolen Painting (Le Tableau volé)

    The Stolen Painting (Le Tableau volé) Mature Audiences

    Runtime: 106 Minutes
    Starring: Léa Drucker, Louise Chevillotte, Matthieu Lucci, Alex Lutz, Olivier Rabourdin, Nora Hamzawi
    Language: In French, with English subtitles
    Inspired by incredible true events, acclaimed writer/director Pascal Bonitzer’s sharp and engrossing new social comedy follows a self-assured auctioneer whose professional and personal integrity is challenged by the discovery of a long-lost masterpiece.
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  • Miss Violet (Louise Violet)

    Miss Violet (Louise Violet) Mature Audiences

    Runtime: 123 Minutes
    Starring: Alexandra Lamy, Grégory Gadebois, Jérôme Kircher, Jérémy Lopez, Patrick Pineau
    Language: In French, with English subtitles
    France. End of the 19th century. Louise Violet 40, a Parisian teacher, is sent on a mission to the French countryside. But in a place where the daily life is linked to the seasons, land and crops, she must first convince parents to send their kids to school. With the help of the mayor, she is gradually accepted by the parents and their children. But soon, her past catches up with her. Despite the obstacles she faces, Miss Violet will give her heart and soul to her belief that education is the key to freedom.
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  • The Good Teacher (Pas de vagues)

    The Good Teacher (Pas de vagues) Mature Audiences

    Runtime: 106 Minutes
    Starring: François Civil, Shaïn Boumedine, Toscane Duquesne, Mallory Wanecque, Bakary Kebe
    Language: In French, with English subtitles
    Julien, a young teacher, is wrongfully accused of sexual misconduct by a teenage girl from his class. As he faces mounting pressures from the girl’s older brother and her classmates, the situation spirals out of control. Allegations spread, the entire school is thrown into turmoil, and the teacher has to fight to clear his name.
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  • The Thread

    The Thread Mature Audiences

    Runtime: 130 Minutes
    Starring: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Grégory Gadebois, Daniel Auteuil
    Language: In French, with English subtitles
    One of France’s most beloved and awarded actors, the remarkable Daniel Auteuil is also an accomplished writer and director in his own right, and the engrossing new legal thriller THE THREAD finds him once again in top form.
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  • The Story of Souleymane (L'histoire de Souleymane)

    The Story of Souleymane (L'histoire de Souleymane) Mature Audiences

    Runtime: 109 Minutes
    Starring: Abou Sangare, Alpha Oumar Sow, Nina Meurisse, Emmanuel Yovanie, Younoussa Diallo
    Language: In French, with English subtitles
    Winner of three major awards at Cannes and Best Actor at the recent European Film Awards, writer/director Boris Lojkine’s propulsive drama follows a young courier as he races across Paris whilst preparing for a life-changing residency interview.
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