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If you have missed those films during the French Film Festival, it is still time to watch them on a big screen!

MAMA WEED – on screen now

Mama Weed Digital Poster

DIRECTOR: Jean-Paul Salomé

CAST: Isabelle Huppert, Hippolyte Girardot, Farida Ouchani, Liliane Rovère

GENRE: Comedy

RATING: PG13 (Some Coarse Language and Drug References)

Synopsis: Antoine is the Head of Human Resources of a big company. Managing people is his forte so he figured that taking care of his children while his wife goes on holiday would be an easy task. But Antoine has drastically underestimated what it takes to take care of four kids.

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxJ64hB0G_I

 

LITTLE VAMPIRE – on screen now

Little Vampire

STARRING: Camille Cottin, Claire de la Rüe du Can, Quentin Faure

GENRE: Animation, Family, Fantasy

RATING: PG

RUNTIME: 82 minutes

LANGUAGE: English Language

Synopsis: Little Vampire has been 10 years old for the last 300 years. Despite living in a haunted house with a merry group of monsters, he is bored to death… His dream? Going to school to meet other kids. How will he manage to convince his parents who find it far too dangerous?!!

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcY94xcgpOQ&feature=youtu.be

 

DE GAULLE – on screen now

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DIRECTOR: Gabriel Le Bomin

CAST: Lambert Wilson, Isabelle Carré, Olivier Gourmet, Gilles

GENRE: Drama

RATING: M18 (Some Nudity)

Synopsis: May 1940. The war intensifies, the French army collapses, the Germans will soon be in Paris. The government is in panic as it considers accepting defeat. Charles de Gaulle, who was recently promoted to general, wants to change the course of history. While his wife Yvonne and her children set out on the roads of exodus, Charles returns to London to make another voice heard: that of the Resistance.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vdeUNEwbR4&feature=emb_logo

 

10 DAYS WITHOUT MUM – on screen now

10 Days Without Mum

 

DIRECTOR: Ludovic Bernard

CAST: Franck Dubosc, Aure Atika, Alice David, Alexis Michalik

GENRE: Comedy

RATING: PG (Some Sexual References)

Synopsis: Antoine is the Head of Human Resources of a big company. Managing people is his forte so he figured that taking care of his children while his wife goes on holiday would be an easy task. But Antoine has drastically underestimated what it takes to take care of four kids.

Watch the trailer here.

 

A MERMAID IN PARIS (release 17/12)

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DIRECTOR: Mathias Malzieu

CAST: Nicolas Duvauchelle, Marilyn Lima, Rossy De Palma, Romane Bohringer

GENRE: Drama / Fantasy

RATING: NC16 (Some Nudity)

Synopsis: Gaspard, a man who has gone through breakups, believes he has no more love to give. One day, he crosses paths with an injured mermaid, Lula, by the Seine in Paris and takes her home to heal in his bathtub.

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltO8FXbVdUg

 

POLICE (release 24/12)

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DIRECTOR: Anne Fontaine

CAST: Virginie Efira, Omar Sy, Grégory Gadebois, Payman Maadi

GENRE: Drama

RATING: PG13 (Some coarse language and sexual references)

Synopsis: Virginie, Erik and Aristide, three Parisian cops, are forced to accept an unusual mission to escort a foreigner to the border. On the way to the airport, Virginie realizes that their prisoner risks death if he returns to his country. Faced with this unbearable case of conscience, she tries to convince her colleagues to let him escape.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JPuIEVXN34&feature=youtu.be

 

A FRIENDLY TALE (released 31/12)

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DIRECTOR: Daniel Cohen

CAST: Florence Foresti, Bérénice Béjo, Vincent Cassel, François Damiens

GENRE: Comedy

RATING: PG

Synopsis: Léa, Marc, Karine and Francis are two couples and long-time friends. However, harmony shatters one day. Léa publishes a novel which becomes a best-seller. Far from rejoicing, small jealousies erupt and put their friendship to the test. The saying goes that it is in the face of success that one recognizes one’s true friends. Would the happiness of some make the misfortune of others?

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZbzDaZhN4o

 

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