Alliance Française French Film Festival

We've partnered with the Alliance Française de Darwin to bring you the Allicance Française French Film Festival!

 

The Alliance Française French Film Festival returns to Deckchair Cinema with five great films screening in partnership with the Alliance Française de Darwin. Come down and enjoy a celebration of French Culture with French wine, cheese and special french catering on the Saturday night. The gates open at 5.45pm, and the first screens at 7pm each night.

 

Opening Night Thursday the 4th May

Mascarade - Alliance Française French Film Fest.

Adrien, an attractive dancer whose career was shattered by a motorbike accident, wastes his youth in the laziness of the French Riviera, where he is looked after by Martha, a former movie star. Adrien’s life is turned upside down when he meets Margot, a captivating beauty who lives for the thrill of scams and romantic entanglements. Together, they fantasise about a better life and set up a diabolical scheme, an emotional masquerade

Mascarade - Alliance Française French Film Fest.

Adrien, an attractive dancer whose career was shattered by a motorbike accident, wastes his youth in the laziness of the French Riviera, where he is looked after by Martha, a former movie star. Adrien’s life is turned upside down when he meets Margot, a captivating beauty who lives for the thrill of scams and romantic entanglements. Together, they fantasise about a better life and set up a diabolical scheme, an emotional masquerade
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Friday the 5th of May

November - Alliance Française French Film Festival

From writer/director Cédric Jimenez (Bac Nord), the all-star new thriller NOVEMBER is an edge-of-your seat deep-dive into one of the most incredible manhunts in European history.

NOVEMBER powerfully explores the perspective of the lead investigators of the French anti-terrorism services, working against the clock in the aftermath of the 2015 attacks across Paris. The unit led by Héloise (Sandrine Kiberlain) and her closest associates, Fred (Jean Dujardin) and Inès (Anaïs Demoustier), having been caught off guard, assembles under immense pressure. With the Interior Ministry pushing for results, and almost overwhelmed with the weight of the responsibility, they’re faced with the near-impossible task of catching the culprits before they can strike again…

November - Alliance Française French Film Festival

From writer/director Cédric Jimenez (Bac Nord), the all-star new thriller NOVEMBER is an edge-of-your seat deep-dive into one of the most incredible manhunts in European history.

NOVEMBER powerfully explores the perspective of the lead investigators of the French anti-terrorism services, working against the clock in the aftermath of the 2015 attacks across Paris. The unit led by Héloise (Sandrine Kiberlain) and her closest associates, Fred (Jean Dujardin) and Inès (Anaïs Demoustier), having been caught off guard, assembles under immense pressure. With the Interior Ministry pushing for results, and almost overwhelmed with the weight of the responsibility, they’re faced with the near-impossible task of catching the culprits before they can strike again…
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Les Femmes Du Square - Alliance Française Fest

English Title: The Nannies

Angèle, a thirty-something from Ivory Coast, always copes thanks to the gift of gab and audacity. To escape from a bunch of dangerous criminals, she becomes a nanny in uptown Paris, hired by Hélène, the single mom of eight year old Arthur. Discovering the work conditions of her colleagues, she decides to stand up for their rights.

Les Femmes Du Square - Alliance Française Fest

English Title: The Nannies

Angèle, a thirty-something from Ivory Coast, always copes thanks to the gift of gab and audacity. To escape from a bunch of dangerous criminals, she becomes a nanny in uptown Paris, hired by Hélène, the single mom of eight year old Arthur. Discovering the work conditions of her colleagues, she decides to stand up for their rights.
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Saturday the 6th of May

La Dégustation - Alliance Française Film Festival

Hortense has a big heart and no one to share it with except her cat, her embittered mom, and a group of homeless people for whom she prepares a gourmet dinner at the local church every week. While buying a nice bottle of wine, Hortense meets Jacques, a fifty-something, grumpy local cellarman. Eager to see him again, she attends a chaotic wine tasting in Jacques' shop - meeting his best friend who clumsily tries to seduce her, and his new apprentice who turns out to have a rare gift for tasting as well as an unfiltered honesty. As Hortense and Jacques grow closer and closer, their past begins to catch up to them.

La Dégustation - Alliance Française Film Festival

Hortense has a big heart and no one to share it with except her cat, her embittered mom, and a group of homeless people for whom she prepares a gourmet dinner at the local church every week. While buying a nice bottle of wine, Hortense meets Jacques, a fifty-something, grumpy local cellarman. Eager to see him again, she attends a chaotic wine tasting in Jacques' shop - meeting his best friend who clumsily tries to seduce her, and his new apprentice who turns out to have a rare gift for tasting as well as an unfiltered honesty. As Hortense and Jacques grow closer and closer, their past begins to catch up to them.
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Saint Omer - Alliance Française French Film Fest.

One of the most buzzed-about films of the 2022/23 awards season, the extraordinary narrative debut feature by acclaimed documentarian Alice Diop depicts the gripping story of a young novelist who is forced to confront her own complex family history as she attends a notorious murder trial.

Northeastern France, 2016. Rama (played with restrained intensity by remarkable discovery Kayije Kagame), a successful Parisian journalist and author, has travelled to the coastal town of Saint-Omer to document the trial of Laurence Coly (Guslagie Malanda), a well-educated young Senegalese Frenchwoman who is accused of abandoning her 15-month-old daughter on a beach at high tide. At work on a modern-day adaptation of Medea, Rama plans to incorporate Laurence’s story into her new novel, but the case affects her in unexpected ways and she soon begins to unravel over complex childhood memories and increasing uncertainty over her own impending motherhood…

Inspired by true events, SAINT OMER is an arresting and profound film of constantly shifting layers; at once a tense courtroom drama, an inquiry into female agency, and a provocative examination of myth. Announcing Alice Diop as a major new voice in world cinema, her film has been selected to represent France at the 2023 Academy Awards with very good reason.

Saint Omer - Alliance Française French Film Fest.

One of the most buzzed-about films of the 2022/23 awards season, the extraordinary narrative debut feature by acclaimed documentarian Alice Diop depicts the gripping story of a young novelist who is forced to confront her own complex family history as she attends a notorious murder trial.

Northeastern France, 2016. Rama (played with restrained intensity by remarkable discovery Kayije Kagame), a successful Parisian journalist and author, has travelled to the coastal town of Saint-Omer to document the trial of Laurence Coly (Guslagie Malanda), a well-educated young Senegalese Frenchwoman who is accused of abandoning her 15-month-old daughter on a beach at high tide. At work on a modern-day adaptation of Medea, Rama plans to incorporate Laurence’s story into her new novel, but the case affects her in unexpected ways and she soon begins to unravel over complex childhood memories and increasing uncertainty over her own impending motherhood…

Inspired by true events, SAINT OMER is an arresting and profound film of constantly shifting layers; at once a tense courtroom drama, an inquiry into female agency, and a provocative examination of myth. Announcing Alice Diop as a major new voice in world cinema, her film has been selected to represent France at the 2023 Academy Awards with very good reason.
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