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For over a century, the Alliance Française has been overseeing an ambitious project: to spread French language and culture well beyond the borders of France. Each Alliance is part of this worldwide network and, while entirely independent, is recognised for its high quality programs and known as a leading French language teaching centre in the world. Today there are 1,040 Alliances Françaises in 136 countries. Each Alliance Française is an independent, local, not-for-profit organisation. With 30 Alliances Françaises in Australia this is a language and cultural network which reaches deep into the Australian community.

The Alliance Française French Film Festival is jointly organised by the Alliances Françaises of Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney in collaboration with the Embassy of France in Australia.

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ALLIANCE FRANÇAISEFRENCH FILM FESTIVAL

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The 24th edition of the Alliance Française French Film Festival marks the return of this major event in Australian cultural life.

The Festival is eagerly anticipated by a great many people beyond the local French community, as evidenced by the 126,000 patrons who attended in 2012. This wonderful level of support is an immense contribution to the strength of our culture in this great country, for which I give you my warmest thanks and heartfelt invitation to join us for the 2013 edition.

Cinema is an industry created by artists, which has reformed, modernised and adapted itself to a globalised economy. The success of French fi lms in Australia is indicative of their universal appeal and clearly illustrates their popularity on screens world-wide. Today French fi lms take fi rst place within their domestic box offi ce and are also exported with success. This is because French fi lms have the ability to tell wonderful stories that make one dream, smile, and at times, cry. It is undoubtedly a cinema rich with emotion and passion.

Once again the Festival will embody the diversity of French cinema through an eclectic program of 43 fi lms. Comedies, romances and dramas feature on the menu, with a notable section devoted to women as well as a compelling selection of documentaries.

As in previous years, we are delighted to present many great stars of French cinema such as Sabine Azéma, Pierre Arditi, Audrey Tautou and Juliette Binoche along with the latest works of esteemed directors including Alain Resnais, Olivier Assayas, François Ozon, Bruno Podalydès, Claude Miller and Raymond Depardon.

This incredible Festival of cinema, which will take place over more than one month, is made possible thanks to the involvement of the teams from the Embassy, the Alliances Françaises of Australia and all those who, not only during the Festival but also throughout the year, prepare, accompany and put into action this event.

The Festival, like many other cultural and social events, could not exist without the faithful and enthusiastic support of numerous sponsors and partners; I hereby express to them my deepest appreciation.

Now let us share with you many great adventures, fi lled with dreams, laughter and emotion, which we are proud to open with a tasty cinematic morsel that I am certain will entice you to sample many more courses within our 2013 edition.

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Cannes Film Festival 2011: Classics Selection

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Consistently hailed as the greatest French fi lm of all time, Children Of Paradise fi nally returns to the big screen in a stunning, newly restored version.

Set in 1830s Paris, the fi lm follows the ill-fated relationship between a mime, Baptiste (Jean-Louis Barrault), and an actress, Garance (Arletty). When Garance is falsely accused of a crime, she seeks the protection of one of her many admirers, however Baptiste’s love never goes away.

Made under extraordinary conditions during the last years of the Second World War, this epic fi lm set in a bygone world of French theatre was the result of a collaboration between poet/screenwriter Jacques Prévert, legendary production designer Alexander Trauner and visionary director Marcel Carné.

Almost seventy years after it fi rst screened, the memorable characters, sweeping romance and dreamlike qualities of this dazzling masterpiece remain as impressive as ever. Painstakingly scanned and restored from the original camera negative, this is a must-see fi lm for all lovers of classic French cinema.

DIRECTOR MARCEL CARNÉ

CAST ARLETTY, JEAN-LOUIS BARRAULT, PIERRE BRASSEUR,MARIA CASARÈS, MARCEL HERRAND

FRANCE | DRAMA | 190 MINS | 1945 | PG

LES ENFANTS DU PARADISChildren of Paradise

LES SAVEURS DU PALAIS

DIRECTOR CHRISTIAN VINCENT

CAST CATHERINE FROT, ARTHUR DUPONT, JEAN D’ORMESSON, HIPPOLYTE GIRARDOT, ARLY JOVER

FRANCE | COMEDY | 95 MINS | 2012 | M

The world of Hortense Laborie (Catherine Frot), a successful chef in Périgord, is tipped upside down when she is appointed as personal cook for the President at the Elysée Palace. At fi rst she faces resentment and resistance from the kitchen staff, but the spirited Hortense gradually wins them over. However, she soon discovers that the real heat is not in the kitchen, but in the halls of the Palace with constant battles for infl uence over the Chief of State.

Hortense’s trials are based on the extraordinary true story of President François Mitterrand’s private cook, Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch, and her challenges to create culinary art in a world of political intrigue.

Jean d’Ormesson, a Paris born novelist and member of the Académie Française, makes his feature fi lm debut playing the President opposite the César award winning and hugely popular actress, Catherine Frot. Her engaging central character’s good humour and mouth-watering dishes make this a piece of cinema that should not be watched on an empty stomach! It’s light in touch, subtle in fl avour and deliciously French.

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“FROM THE TIME IT WAS MADE UNTIL NOW, DECADE AFTER DECADE, THIS FILM HOLDS UP AS A MASTERPIECE”

Woody Allen

“HAUTE CUISINE IS LIGHT ON PLOT, LONG ON FLAVOUR AND DELICIOUSLY FRENCH. IT SLIDES DOWN A TREAT!”

Hollywood Reporter

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“A UNIQUE AND CLEVER COMEDY THAT BENEFITS FROM THE CONVICTION OF TALENTED ACTORS” Le Point

“AN IRRESISTIBLE LEAD TURN FROM JULIETTE BINOCHE CARRIES THIS DELIGHTFUL ROMANTIC DRAMEDY” Hollywood Reporter

Another woman’s life

Amanda suffers from androphobia – an abnormal fear of men that leads her to end love affairs before they get too serious. She jumps at any reason to dump a man, even if all he does is eat the cherry on top of a cake they’re sharing!

When Amanda (Laura Morante) connects with Antoine (Pascal Elbe) at a New Year’s Eve party and begins seeing him regularly, her friends are delighted. That is until they realise Amanda mistakenly believes Antoine to be gay. Amanda’s friends conspire to keep her in the dark until Antoine is so important to her that he can safely reveal his love without her bolting.

Blending wild farce, romance and a slightly bitter message that relationships might not be worth all the effort, this is a rare fi lm about a middle-aged woman that doesn’t make an issue of her age. For romantic comedy fans tired of the usual movie clichés, this piece of confection is sure to appeal.

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FRANCE, ITALY | COMEDY, ROMANCE | 83 MINS | 2012 | 15+*

LA CERISE SUR LE GÂTEAUThe cherry on the cake

Audience favourite and Oscar winner Juliette Binoche stars in this charm-fi lled romantic comedy about second chances.

Twentysomething Marie (Binoche) meets and falls madly in love with Paul (Mathieu Kassovitz). After spending the night with him, Marie wakes to fi nd she has skipped a decade of her life! She is now married to Paul with a son and a successful career. What happened? Has she deliberately forgotten her missing years? If so, why?

Marie’s new life is not all good. She learns she is feared by her colleagues and is about to be divorced from her husband – the romance she thought was just beginning is actually ending. With her world crumbling around her, Marie realises she has only days to seduce her husband, salvage her marriage and straighten up her life.

Juliette Binoche is wonderful in this high concept and utterly delightful comedy, based on the bestselling book by Frédérique Deghelt.

DIRECTOR SYLVIE TESTUD

CAST JULIETTE BINOCHE, MATHIEU KASSOVITZ, AURE ATIKA, FRANÇOIS BERLÉAND, DANIÈLE LEBRUN

LA VIE D’UNE AUTRE

DIRECTOR LAURA MORANTE

CAST LAURA MORANTE, ISABELLE CARRÉ, PASCAL ELBE, SAMIR GUESMI, PATRICE THIBAUD

FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG, BELGIUM | COMEDY, ROMANCE | 97 MINS | 2012 | M

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“A ROM-COM JUST AS WE LOVE THEM!”Elle

Fly me to the moon

Isabelle is a 30-something woman with a successful career and a loving boyfriend, but her family is plagued with a curse: every fi rst marriage ends in divorce. So when her long-term boyfriend, Pierre, proposes, there’s only one thing to do. Isabelle decides she needs to fi nd a total stranger, marry him and divorce him – all before her actual wedding!

Director Pascal Chaumeil has followed up his box offi ce hit, Heartbreaker, with an expertly created and delightful comedy. Diane Kruger, winner of the Golden Camera for Best International Actress for Inglourious Basterds (and also starring in this year’s Farewell, My Queen), shows she is equally at home with frothy comedy as she is with serious drama. One of France’s favorite actors today, Dany Boon from Welcome To The Sticks and Nothing To Declare in last year’s Alliance Française French Film Festival, is equally hilarious.

Can Isabelle break the curse? Or will she fall for her stranger’s charms? Enjoy the ride on this bright and bubbly romantic adventure.

DIRECTOR PASCAL CHAUMEIL

CAST DIANE KRUGER, DANY BOON, ALICE POL, ROBERT PAGNOL, JONATHAN COHEN, ETIENNE CHICOT, DAMIEN BONNARD

FRANCE, RUSSIA | COMEDY, ROMANCE | 103 MINS | 2012 | M

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“A GLOSSY ROMANTIC COMEDY WITH PALPABLE CHEMISTRY”Variety


Sacha (Gad Elmaleh) loves partying and seducing pretty girls. His mantra is “no alarm clock, no wedding ring, no taxes”. Charlotte (Sophie Marceau) has two ex-husbands, three children and a career. When they meet they are completely incompatible and instantly smitten, but will their relationship survive demanding offspring and Charlotte’s wealthy ex-husband who just happens to be Sacha’s boss? Happiness, it seems, never comes without complications.

Gad Elmaleh, a popular stand-up comic, was voted “the funniest personality of France”. He has also been building an impressive resume as an actor in recent years with Woody Allen’s Midnight In Paris and The Round-up. After playing opposite Audrey Tautou in Priceless, Elmaleh now cements his romantic lead appeal. At the same time, Sophie Marceau, with a 30-year acting career and a James Bond movie behind her, adds a wonderful comedy to her repertoire.

The chemistry between the two leads, the hilarious supporting characters, a sensational soundtrack and non-stop laughs make this a delightful romantic comedy that should make everyone happy.

DIRECTOR JAMES HUTH

CAST SOPHIE MARCEAU, GAD ELMALEH, MAURICE BARTHÉLÉMY, FRANÇOIS BERLÉAND, MICHAËL ABITEBOUL

UN BONHEUR N’ARRIVE JAMAIS SEULHappiness never comes alone

FRANCE | COMEDY, ROMANCE | 109 MINS | 2012 | M

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“FUNNY AND CHEERFUL”Ecran Large

“THE GRACE EMERGES FROM A REMARKABLE CAST”Le Monde

Cannes Film Festival 2012: Critics’ Week / Golden Camera

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Louis-Do de Lencquesaing was brilliant as the suicidal producer in Mia Hansen-Løve’s Father Of My Children, and now the talented actor stars in his own directorial debut that is just as fascinating and elegantly made.

The fi lm is narrated by a divorced writer, Paul (de Lencquesaing), who tells the story of his encounter with Ada (Valentina Cervi). Ada has a settled life with a partner and a daughter, but when she meets the wry and brooding Paul they embark on an affair. Meanwhile Paul’s daughter is having her own romantic struggles and his mother has become unpredictable following the death of her husband.

Stylistically, In A Rush is anything but hurried. This is a laidback family drama with a literary tone – what the French call Romanesque. Alice de Lencquesaing is a delight as Paul’s teenage daughter, and veteran actor Marthe Keller is wonderful as the imposing character of Paul’s mother unraveling with dignity. This beautifully acted and handsomely shot fi lm is sure to appeal to lovers of sophisticated, modern French cinema.

DIRECTOR LOUIS-DO DE LENCQUESAING

CAST LOUIS-DO DE LENCQUESAING, VALENTINA CERVI, MARTHE KELLER, DENIS PODALYDÈS, XAVIER BEAUVOIS, ALICE DE LENCQUESAING

FRANCE | COMEDY, DRAMA | 93 MINS | 2012 | 15+*

AU GALOPIn a rush

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Ten years is too long to be single, so one New Year’s Eve, 35 year-old Emilie decides to take the plunge into the world of online dating. With some courage from a bottle of champagne, she signs up to a website called Meet Me, determined to fi nd love in the year ahead.

As she navigates a new life of prospective profi les, photos and emails, Emilie realises she’s having fun online, but not in the real world. The men she meets in person are too cynical, too bizarre or even too romantic. Where can her perfect match be? Should she stop looking and leave love to chance?

The cast of this romantic comedy was encouraged to improvise, and the result is a series of natural, awkward and hilarious blind dates.

Sophie Cattani plays Emilie with a subtle mix of hope and disillusion. Set against picture-postcard Marseille, this is an enjoyable and slightly offbeat look at love in the modern age.

DIRECTOR DOROTHÉE SEBBAGH

CAST SOPHIE CATTANI, MOUSSA MAASKRI, GÉRARD DUBOUCHE, FRANCK LIBERT, FRÉDÉRIC RESTAGNO

FRANCE | COMEDY, ROMANCE | 70 MINS | 2012 | 15+*

CHERCHER LE GARÇONMeet me in real life

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“PATRICK CHESNAIS IS IRREPROACHABLE” L’Express

Taillandier is a washed-up artist who has left his family and his old life for an aimless journey. Marylou is a teenager rejected by her mother who leaves home to fi nd her own way in life. Although they have nothing in common, together they travel the gorgeous landscapes of France’s west coast. Along the journey, this lost pair might just fi nd a reason to live.

Patrick Chesnais (The Diving Bell And The Butterfl y) is one of France’s greatest and most authentic actors, and in his central role of a depressed man rediscovering the joys of life he is simply spellbinding. Making her feature fi lm debut, Jeanne Lambert is equally impressive as a troubled adolescent in need of a family.

Director Jean Becker previously wrote the Alliance Française French Film Festival selections Love Me No More and My Afternoons With Marguerite. He continues to explore the lives of characters struggling to fi nd meaning in existence with this heart-warming adaptation of the popular novel by French author, Éric Holder.

DIRECTOR JEAN BECKER

CAST PATRICK CHESNAIS, JEANNE LAMBERT, MIOU-MIOU, JACQUES WEBER, XAVIER GALLAIS, RAPHAËLINE GOUPILLEAU

FRANCE | COMEDY, DRAMA | 90 MINS | 2012 | M

BIENVENUE PARMI NOUSWelcome aboard

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“IT’S BRILLIANT, MODERN, HEARTRENDING AND OF IMPERTINENT BEAUTY”Le Nouvel Observateur

Cannes Film Festival 2012: Un Certain Regard Selection and Award for Best Actress

Toronto Film Festival 2012: Special Presentation – Winner City of Toronto & Canada Goose Award for Best Canadian Feature Film

“JEANNE MOREAU SHINES THROUGH AND ILLUMINATES A LADY IN PARIS”Screendaily

Locarno Film Festival 2012: Special Mention – International Competition

Locarno Film Festival 2012: Golden Leopard

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Jeanne Moreau, a living legend of French Cinema, is as charismatic as ever in this beautiful and moving fi lm about age, loss and love.

The fi lm begins with Anne (Laine Mägi), all alone in Estonia. Her husband has divorced her, her children have left home and her mother has died. She decides to move to Paris to look after an elderly Estonian woman, Frida (Moreau), who emigrated to France many years before. However Frida doesn’t want any help – and the sparks soon fl y.

Jeanne Moreau steals every scene of this elegant fi lm, relishing her prickly, iron-willed character. Estonian actress Laine Mägi is just as excellent as the mousy caretaker in need of a new life in a new city.

The acclaimed Estonian director Ilmar Raag based his second feature on his own mother who came to Paris to look after an elderly woman. The fi lm premiered at the Locarno Film Festival last year.

DIRECTOR ILMAR RAAG

CAST JEANNE MOREAU, PATRICK PINEAU, LAINE MÄGI, ITA EVER, CORENTIN LOBET

FRANCE, ESTONIA, BELGIUM | DRAMA | 94 MINS | 2012 | M

UNE ESTONIENNE À PARISA lady in Paris Laurence anyways

LAURENCE ANYWAYS

FRANCE, CANADA | DRAMA | 160 MINS | 2012 | MA15+ | NOT SCREENING IN MELBOURNE

DIRECTOR XAVIER DOLAN

CAST MELVIL POUPAUD, SUZANNE CLÉMENT, NATHALIE BAYE, MONIA CHOKRI, SOPHIE FAUCHER

Laurence (Melvil Poupaud) and Fred (Suzanne Clément) love each other passionately. It seems that nothing can come between them – until Laurence confesses that he is a woman trapped in a man’s body. Their relationship collapses under the pressure of family and society, but they are drawn back to each other and to the love they share with all its beauty and pain. Laurence’s awkward transformation is both heartbreaking and confronting to those around him, but he stumbles into his new identity with dignity and class.

Dolan, a 23 year-old wunderkind, has been touted as a young Pedro Almodóvar, as he shares the Spanish director’s bold visuals and ability to extract powerful performances. Clément won a best actress award in the 2012 Cannes Un Certain Regard category for her gutsy performance, matched here by both French cinema icon Poupaud and veteran Nathalie Baye as Laurence’s glacial mother. The epic fi lm’s soundtrack features classical pieces, 90s hits and Quebecois pop. Its eclectic music and fascinating characters, are sure to reverberate with audiences long after the credits role.

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Venice Film Festival 2011: International Critics’ Week

“A SMART AND SENSITIVE FRENCH DRAMEDY FEATURING KARIN VIARD AT THE TOP OF HER GAME” Hollywood Reporter

“THE FILM FEATURES A KNOCK-OUT LEAD PERFORMANCE BY RELATIVE NEWCOMER CORINNE MASIERO” Hollywood Reporter

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The comfortable life of middle-aged Louise Wimmer has been turned upside down. Separated and drowning in debt, she now fi nds herself homeless, forced to sleep in her car and barely scraping together money for food from shiftwork as a hotel maid. Preferring to keep to herself, Louise must somehow build a new life on her own – even if it means accepting the help of others.

This uncompromising character study, and honest look at daily life on the fringes of French society today, has been hailed at fi lm festivals from Venice to London. Critics have praised this fi rst fi ctional feature from fi lmmaker Cyril Mennegun, especially the unforgettable performance of relative newcomer Corinne Masiero.

Louise Wimmer is a riveting and uplifting portrait of a brave woman who fi nds the strength to keep her dignity in the face of adversity and to begin her life again. After premiering in the Venice Critics’ Week (where it was dubbed the “Revelation of the year”), the fi lm has enjoyed continued success at fi lm festivals across Europe.

DIRECTOR CYRIL MENNEGUN

CAST CORINNE MASIERO, JÉRÔME KIRCHER, ANNE BENOÎT, MARIE KREMER, JEAN-MARC ROULOT

FRANCE | DRAMA | 80 MINS | 2012 | 15+*

LOUISE WIMMERLouise Wimmer

Mélina has the most famous voice in France. The 40 year-old host of an evening radio show dispenses frank and funny advice to listeners to help fi x the problems in their lives – but during the day she lives anonymously and avoids contact with everyone. Abandoned as a child, Mélina now decides to seek out her mother and fi nds her living on the outskirts of the city.

Karin Viard, the multiple César winning star of last year’s Alliance Française French Film Festival hit My Piece Of The Pie, is brilliant as the complex and phobia-ridden Mélina. As she begins to stalk her long lost mother (Nadia Barentin), Mélina also gets closer to the handsome Lucas (Nicolas Duvauchelle). Soon Mélina fi nds herself confronting her own social and romantic problems as she is forced to deal with a series of touching and hilarious situations.

Full of laughs and tears, this smart and sensitive fi lm is sure to bring more acclaim to Karin Viard, one of France’s most popular actresses today.

DIRECTOR PIERRE PINAUD

CAST KARIN VIARD, NICOLAS DUVAUCHELLE, NADIA BARENTIN, PATRICK FIERRY, CATHERINE HOSMALIN

FRANCE | COMEDY, DRAMA | 89 MINS | 2012 | PG

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Cannes Film Festival 2012: Un Certain Regard Selection

Cannes Film Festival 2012: Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress

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Joachim Lafosse has created a superb modern domestic tragedy that follows an intense and passionate relationship from fi rst love to a horrifying end.

Based on a real life incident in Belgium, the fi lm begins with Murielle (Emilie Dequenne) and Mounir (Tahar Rahim) falling in love. Mounir lives with the wealthy Dr Pinget (Niels Arestrup, You Will Be My Son), and at fi rst Murielle is happy to move into their home. However as child after child is born, the young couple become more dependent on Dr Pinget, and Murielle begins to suffocate under his infl uence and her workload as mother and live-in maid to the two men. The walls close around her and Murielle’s grip on reality begins to falter.

Our Children isn’t simply a tale of a woman with post-natal depression. It is a complex and psychological drama that explores the effects of perversely close-knit relationships. In an amazing career, this is one of Dequenne’s strongest roles to date. She has created a layered and believable performance of a woman’s slide to the unthinkable.

DIRECTOR JOACHIM LAFOSSE

CAST NIELS ARESTRUP, TAHAR RAHIM, EMILIE DEQUENNE, BAYA BELAL, STÉPHANE BISSOT

BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND | DRAMA | 111 MINS | 2012 | 15+*

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Berlin Film Festival 2012: Special Award Silver Bear

Chicago Film Festival 2012: World Cinema Selection

“A STUNNING MEDITATION ON SECRETS, LIES AND MORAL OBLIGATION.A MOVIE FOR THE AGES” Newsweek

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Léa Seydoux (Midnight In Paris) delivers on her promise as France’s next international superstar with her breakthrough performance in Sister, Ursula Meier’s extraordinary new drama about two siblings searching for a place in the world.

12 year-old Simon (Kacey Mottet Klein) lives with his restless older sister Louise (Seydoux) at the base of the Swiss Alps. Every day he takes the cable car to the ski resorts above to pilfer from rich tourists, while Louise drifts through a series of part-time jobs and promiscuity, sometimes disappearing for days on end. In her absence, Simon forges a strong bond with a wealthy tourist (Gillian Anderson), and his fragile relationship with his sister fractures into profoundly moving new territory…

Against the striking canvas of the Alps, Meier’s deeply humanist drama is in the grand tradition of the Dardenne brothers; an adroit exploration of the intimacy of two souls struggling with an unquenchable thirst for love. Enthusiastically embraced at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival where the Mike Leigh led-jury awarded it the Silver Bear, Sister is an unforgettable Festival highlight.

DIRECTOR URSULA MEIER

CAST LÉA SEYDOUX, KACEY MOTTET KLEIN, JEAN-FRANÇOIS STÉVENIN, MARTIN COMPSTON, GILLIAN ANDERSON

FRANCE, SWITZERLAND | DRAMA | 97 MINS | 2012 | M | NOT SCREENING IN PERTH

L’ENFANT D’EN HAUTSister

“JEAN-PIERRE AMÉRIS EMBODIES A FRAGILE BEAUTY AND GREATNESS WITH A SENSE OF ENCHANTMENT” Télérama

“IMAGINE TWO GLAMOROUS PARISIAN ICONS COLLABORATING TO CELEBRATE FEMININITY!” Marie Claire

Venice Film Festival 2012: Out Of Competition

26 WHEN ART GOES TO CINEMA

Christian Louboutin, the celebrated designer behind the world-famous line of red-soled shoes, has teamed up with the legendary French cabaret institution, Crazy Horse Paris, to create FEU by Christian Louboutin.

Literally translated as ‘fi re’, this fi lmed version of a live production is a sizzling collection of tableaux, mixing erotic cabaret with music, dance, masterpiece paintings, space-age chic and, of course, some seriously stylish footwear.

FEU by Christian Louboutin is the result of a unique collaboration between Louboutin, costumer Mark Fast and Crazy Horse choreographer, Patricia Folly. The music is by renowned fi lmmaker David Lynch and Swiss musician Swizz Beatz. While Crazy Horse Paris has invited ‘guest creatures’ (such as Dita Von Teese) to feature in its shows before, Christian Louboutin is the cabaret’s fi rst ‘guest creator’.

Fans of either French cultural icons – Louboutin or Crazy Horse Paris – will love this irreverent, surreal and saucy show, screening in eye-popping 3D. Spice up your Festival this year with the latest in chic Paris style and feminine French burlesque.

DIRECTOR BRUNO HULLIN

CAST CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN, THE CRAZY HORSE DANCERS

FRANCE | CABARET | 78 MINS | 2012 | 18+* | IN 3D

FEU PAR CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTINFeu by Christian Louboutin

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Based on the acclaimed Victor Hugo novel, The Man Who Laughs is an epic story that is both lavish in scope and deeply personal. César Award winner Marc-André Grondin stars as Gwynplaine, a disfi gured man with a scarred mouth that gives him a permanent smile. When Ursus (Gérard Depardieu), a travelling showman, fi nds the mutilated and abandoned child, he takes him in and raises him along with Déa, a young blind girl.

Together they travel from village to village performing “The Man Who Laughs” – a tender romance between Gwynplaine and Déa that delights audiences wherever they go. However, when Gwynplaine discovers he is the heir to a fortune, he becomes seduced by a life of luxury and a decadent duchess (Emmanuelle Seigner), forgetting the two people who always loved him.

Director Jean-Pierre Améris follows his hit of last year’s Festival, Romantics Anonymous, with a bold adaptation of Hugo’s timeless story. This fascinating fi lm is about power, politics and society’s obsession with appearance but also remains, at heart, a beautiful and tragic love story.

DIRECTOR JEAN-PIERRE AMÉRIS

CAST GÉRARD DEPARDIEU, MARC-ANDRÉ GRONDIN, CHRISTA THERET, EMMANUELLE SEIGNER, SERGE MERLIN

FRANCE | DRAMA | 93 MINS | 2012 | PG

L’HOMME QUI RITThe man who laughs

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“AUDREY TAUTOU DEVOTES HERSELF BODY AND SOUL TO HER CHARACTER CONSUMED BY THE DESIRE TO BREAK FREE” Premiere

Cannes Film Festival 2012: Out Of Competition

Toronto Film Festival 2012: Special Presentation Cannes Film Festival 2012: Un Certain Regard Selection

“A VISUAL TREAT, SENSITIVELY CAPTURING THE MEDITERRANEAN LIGHT AND LANDSCAPES” Hollywood Reporter

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Renoir is the sumptuous and revealing story of two great artists – and the woman who came between them.

It is 1915. The eminent painter Auguste Renoir is in his twilight years, tormented by the loss of his wife and the arthritic pains of old age. When young Andrée enters his life, the grand old artist fi nds his last model a source of renewed inspiration. At the same time, the painter’s son, future fi lmmaker Jean Renoir, returns home to convalesce after being wounded in action. Jean falls in love with the wild and beautiful Andrée against the wishes of his father.

This sun-soaked, gorgeous looking fi lm makes the most of its idyllic Côte d’Azur setting as it tells the true story of muse Andrée Heuschling (Christa Theret) and the impact she had on two celebrated artists. Veteran actor Michel Bouquet is perfect as the grizzled elder Renoir, while Vincent Rottiers brilliantly captures the still unformed younger Renoir artist who is about to fall in love with the new art form of cinema.

DIRECTOR GILLES BOURDOS

CAST MICHEL BOUQUET, CHRISTA THERET, VINCENT ROTTIERS, THOMAS DORET, ROMANE BOHRINGER

FRANCE | DRAMA, HISTORY | 111 MINS | 2013 | M

RENOIRRenoir

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The 2012 Cannes Film Festival ended on a bittersweet note when it closed with Thérèse Desqueyroux. It was directed by one of France’s most beloved and acclaimed fi lmmakers, Claude Miller, who had died just one month before the Cannes screening. Based on François Mauriac’s famous novel, Miller’s elegant last fi lm gloriously brings to life a classic tale based on a real life incident.

Thérèse (Audrey Tautou, star of Amelie and Delicacy) is an intelligent young woman married off to Bernard Desqueyroux (Gilles Lellouche), the chauvinistic son of another local bourgeois dynasty. Thérèse’s avant-garde ideas clash with the local conventions and she yearns to break free. Her freedom becomes tantalizingly close when Thérèse discovers that increasing Bernard’s medicine dose makes him unwell.

Beautifully fi lmed to capture the Landes area in southwest France, this is a memorable epitaph of the talented Miller.

DIRECTOR CLAUDE MILLER

CAST AUDREY TAUTOU, GILLES LELLOUCHE, ANAÏS DEMOUSTIER, CATHERINE ARDITI, ISABELLE SADOYAN

FRANCE | DRAMA | 110 MINS | 2012 | CTC

THÉRÈSE DESQUEYROUXThérèse Desqueyroux

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“THIS IS A MOVIE THAT CELEBRATES THE ACTORS AND THE JOY OF PERFORMING AS RARELY SEEN BEFORE” La Croix

Cannes Film Festival 2012: Offi cial Competition


Alain Resnais, whose career has extended over more than six decades, directs a love letter to both actors and cinema. The fi lm opens with a who’s-who of French acting royalty including Michel Piccoli, Mathieu Almaric, Lambert Wilson, Anne Consigny, Sabine Azéma and Pierre Arditi all being invited to hear a playwright’s will.

The playwright (Denis Podalydès) has left a fi lmed legacy that asks the cast to view a performance of Eurydice, a play they had all worked on at some point in their careers. As the cast watch the new production, they recollect their own performances and begin to interact with each other, no longer observing but performing alongside their younger selves.

Digital technology meets traditional fi lmmaking and the present meets the past in this daring and original work. The fi lm screened at New York and Cannes Film Festivals in 2012 and clearly demonstrated that the 90 year-old director still has many things to say about the relationship between cinema and life.

DIRECTOR ALAIN RESNAIS

CAST DENIS PODALYDÈS, SABINE AZÉMA, MATHIEU AMALRIC, MICHEL PICCOLI, PIERRE ARDITI, JEAN-NOËL BROUTÉ, ANNE CONSIGNY

FRANCE, GERMANY | COMEDY, DRAMA | 115 MINS | 2012 | PG

VOUS N’AVEZ ENCORE RIEN VUYou ain’t seen nothin’ yet!

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“A FUN AND BITING REVOLUTION, A DECLARATION TO SINGULARITY AND DIFFERENCE” L’Express

Cannes Film Festival 2012: Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize Cannes Film Festival 2012 – Directors’ Fortnight: Offi cial Competition

“A CONTEMPORARY FRENCH COMEDY THAT WILL AMUSE AUDIENCES WHEREVER IT IS SHOWN” Screendaily

32 SHOULD WE LAUGH?

Winner of the Special Jury Prize – Un Certain Regard at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, The Big Night is an anarchic black comedy about two brothers and their suburban revolution.

Not (Benoît Poelvoorde, Romantics Anonymous in last year’s Alliance Française French Film Festival) is a self-confessed “world’s oldest punk with a dog” who spends his days wandering aimlessly around the shopping centre where his parents work. His brother, Jean (Albert Dupontel, The Clink Of Ice) is a straight-laced mattress salesman. The brothers have nothing in common, but when Jean’s life begins to unravel after a drunken resignation, Not takes him under his wing and transforms him into a punk. Together, they start a new revolution against soul crushing shopping complexes and suburban life.

Following their absurdist 2010 road trip movie, Mammuth, directors Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine have brought their unique sense of humour to create a wild punk rock comedy about two men looking for something to fi ght against and fi nding something in each other.

DIRECTORS GUSTAVE KERVERN, BENOÎT DELÉPINE

CAST BENOÎT POELVOORDE, ALBERT DUPONTEL, BRIGITTE FONTAINE, ARESKI BELKACEM, BOULI LANNERS

FRANCE, BELGIUM | COMEDY, DRAMA | 92 MINS | 2012 | M

LE GRAND SOIRThe big night

SHOULD WE LAUGH? 33

Poor Armand is going through a mid-life crisis. He’s a pharmacist but his passion is for magic. He’s torn between his wife, Hé lè ne, and his mistress, Alix. He can’t talk to his children and he can’t get away from his mother-in-law. When his grandmother dies, Armand is faced with one more dilemma – burial or cremation – and he is fi nally pushed over the edge.

In this warm-hearted and crowd-pleasing comedy, the hapless Armand is played by Denis Podalydès, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother, director Bruno Podalydès. The entire ensemble is wonderful, especially Valérie Lemercier (Best Supporting Actress César for Orchestra Seats) as the divorced dental nurse, Alix.

This sunny modern day farce has been compared to golden-era Woody Allen fi lms with its light approach to universal themes of love, death and family. Following its Première in the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, where its unpretentious humour won over critics, Granny’s Funeral delighted audiences in France and is sure to do the same here.

DIRECTOR BRUNO PODALYDÈS

CAST DENIS PODALYDÈS, VALÉRIE LEMERCIER, MICHEL ROBIN, PIERRE ARDITI, BRUNO PODALYDÈS

FRANCE | COMEDY | 100 MINS | 2012 | M

Granny’s funeralADIEU BERTHE - L’ENTERREMENT DE MÉMÉ

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“THIS BITTERSWEET COMEDY RELATES WITH FUN AND SENSITIVITY THE DIFFICULTIES IN BECOMING AN ADULT” La Croix

“THE SCRIPT IS A MARVEL, DIALOGUES ARE SPIFFING, AND THE CAST IS METICULOUS” Le Nouvel Observateur

Locarno Film Festival 2012: International Competition Venice Film Festival 2012: Out Of Competition

34 SHOULD WE LAUGH?

Looking For Hortense is a bittersweet ‘comedie de moeurs’ that is French in spirit but universal in appeal. It tells the story of Damien (Jean-Pierre Bacri), a professor of Chinese civilization, and his wife, Iva (Kristin Scott Thomas). Their marriage has turned stale and the only thing they share is the care of their son Noé, a precocious child going through a pre-teen crisis. Damien also has a dysfunctional relationship with his father (Claude Rich), a high-ranking state judge.

When Iva asks Damien to speak to his father on behalf of a woman facing deportation, he is loath to ask for help, but when Damien meets the lovely Zorica (Isabelle Carré), the legalities quickly become more personal. Through Zorica, Damien discovers a long forgotten desire and a way to fi nally grow up.

Looking For Hortense was selected Out Of Competition in last year’s Venice Film Festival. With its laugh-out-loud moments of comedy, deft touches of social satire and richly drawn characters, it is sure to appeal to Australian audiences too.

DIRECTOR PASCAL BONITZER

CAST JEAN-PIERRE BACRI, ISABELLE CARRÉ, KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS, CLAUDE RICH, MARIN ORCAND TOURRES

FRANCE | COMEDY | 100 MINS | 2012 | 15+*

CHERCHEZ HORTENSELooking for Hortense

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35SHOULD WE LAUGH?

Simon and Julien are two twentysomething Belgians who just want to escape the daily grind. They hit the open road in a mobile home with dreams of sunsets, romance and adventure. However in the face of unexpected practicalities, they soon fi nd that getting away from it all is harder than they thought.

The success of this light and funny buddy fi lm is mostly the result of the two charismatic leads, played by Guillaume Gouix (Nobody Else But You in last year’s Festival) and Arthur Dupont (Bus Palladium and Haute Cuisine, this year’s opening fi lm). They make a very likeable and entertaining double act as members of the post baby boom generation struggling to fi nd direction in their lives.

After a solid career as a screenwriter, François Pirot has made an impressive debut as a feature fi lm director with Mobile Home, balancing impressive widescreen cinematography with subtle, endearing performances. This charming anti-road movie premiered at the Locarno Film Festival last year where it scooped a Jury Prize.

FRANCE, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG | COMEDY, DRAMA | 95 MINS | 2012 | 15+*

DIRECTOR FRANÇOIS PIROT

CAST ARTHUR DUPONT, GUILLAUME GOUIX, JACKIE BERROYER, JEAN-PAUL BONNAIRE, CLAUDINE PELLETIER

MOBILE HOMEMobile Home

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36 37SHOULD WE LAUGH?

It’s a decision that faces every parent-to-be: what name will you give your child? In this outrageous new comedy, Vincent (Patrick Bruel) announces to his family and friends at a dinner party the name he has chosen for his fi rst, unborn son. The unexpected reactions from everyone present set off a chaotic night of heated arguments and smashed plates.

In the tradition of such French farces as The Dinner Game, this adaptation of a highly successful stage play (with most of the original cast) keeps the laughs coming thick and fast. With the action mostly confi ned to a single Parisian apartment, there is an added level of pressure heaped on the 40-something characters as their prejudices and petty grievances with each other are brought to the surface.

Beneath this hilarious romp is a sharp-tongued satire of bourgeois-bohemian sensibilities. What’s In A Name? was a smash hit at the French box offi ce. Its universal themes, recognisable characters and hysterical performances are sure to make it a hit around the world.

DIRECTORS MATTHIEU DELAPORTE, ALEXANDRE DE LA PATELLIÈRE

CAST PATRICK BRUEL, VALÉRIE BENGUIGUI, CHARLES BERLING,GUILLAUME DE TONQUÉDEC, JUDITH EL ZEIN

FRANCE | COMEDY | 109 MINS | 2012 | M | NOT SCREENING IN PERTH

LE PRÉNOMWhat’s in a name?

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Cannes Film Festival 2012: Special Screening / Golden Camera Venice Film Festival 2012: Winner Best Screenplay

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“A ROUSING TALE, DIRECTED WITH A GLORIOUS GRACE AND PRECISION”The Guardian

38 BACK INTO THE PAST

Following the internationally acclaimed Summer Hours and Carlos, the Festival is thrilled to premiere celebrated master Olivier Assayas’ After May, a loosely autobiographical and evocative drama about a young French artist caught up in a whirlwind of politics, art and sex in the wake of the electrifying events of May 1968.

It’s 1971, near Paris. Gilles (Clément Métayer) is a high school student torn between left-wing activism and his aspiration to become a painter. After being left behind by his non-committal girlfriend Laure (Carole Combes), he meets political fi rebrand Christine (Lola Créton) and senses a kindred spirit. When one of their protests goes wrong, Gilles, Christine and their friends escape to sun-drenched Italy for the summer, where they live a bohemian life drifting between parties, rallies and agit-prop fi lm screenings, discovering that at their age everything is mutable, and life awaits the curious…

Blissfully nostalgic without being at all sentimental, After May burns with the tingling passion of youth, and is another must-see from one of world cinema’s most vital and infl uential auteurs.

DIRECTOR OLIVIER ASSAYAS

CAST LOLA CRÉTON, CLÉMENT MÉTAYER, FÉLIX ARMAND, CAROLE COMBES, HUGO CONZELMANN

FRANCE | DRAMA | 122 MINS | 2012 | MA15+

APRÈS MAIAfter May

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39BACK INTO THE PAST

In 19th century Paris, ambitious Professor Charcot (Vincent Lindon) is known as the “Napoleon of the neuroses” at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. Charcot selects only the most interesting cases to examine in front of fellow doctors at his weekly seminars. When he witnesses Augustine (Soko), a young patient suffering a violent seizure, he takes her as his special project.

Augustine gradually becomes the exclusive subject of Charcot’s work and his obsession, putting at risk both her mental stability and his marriage to the wealthy Constance (Chiara Mastroianni).

Augustine was a huge success last year at a special screening during Cannes International Critics’ Week and at the Toronto International Film Festival. Director Alice Winocour brings ideas around female madness and sexual politics of the time into sharp focus with sensational performances by four time César nominee Lindon (Anything For Her and Welcome) and singer-turned-actress Soko. This is an engaging, intelligent and sensual period fi lm that captures an interesting era in pre-Freud neurology.

FRANCE | DRAMA | 102 MINS | 2012 | CTC

DIRECTOR ALICE WINOCOUR

CAST VINCENT LINDON, SOKO, CHIARA MASTROIANNI,OLIVIER RABOURDIN, ROXANE DURAN, LISE LAMÉTRIE

AUGUSTINEAugustine

“A DELICATE, GENTLE AND POIGNANT MOVIE, NOT SUITABLE FOR CYNICS”L’Express

Locarno Film Festival 2012: Variety Piazza Grande Award

Cannes Film Festival 2012:Directors’ Fortnight: Offi cial Competition – Winner SACD Prize

“CAMILLE REWINDS IS FULL OF SUCH CROWD-PLEASING TOUCHES”Hollywood Reporter

Camille rewindsCAMILLE REDOUBLE

FRANCE | COMEDY, DRAMA | 115 MINS | 2012 | M

DIRECTOR NOÉMIE LVOVSKY

CAST NOÉMIE LVOVSKY, SAMIR GUESMI, INDIA HAIR, JUDITH CHEMLA, JULIA FAURE

Camille Rewinds is a hilarious fl ashback fairy-tale, reminiscent of Frances Ford Coppola’s Peggy Sue Got Married. It asks, what would happen if we could go back in time and do things differently? Would we make the same choices? Wear the same bad clothes?

Noémie Lvovsky directs, co-writes and stars as Camille, a woman who is about to lose her husband Eric (Samir Guesmi), to a younger woman. Camille and Eric were 16 when they fell in love, but now, 25 years later, their marriage is over. Camille’s life takes a strange turn when she faints on New Year’s Eve and is transported back in time, waking up in the 80s to fi nd her parents, girlfriends and Eric treating her like the 16 year-old girl she used to be. Realising that she can make different choices, Camille embraces her second chance, as well as a garish assortment of fashion and hairstyles. But can she avoid the inevitable?

This bright and breezy comedy closed the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight with Lvovsky applauded for her hilarious and touching performance as Camille.


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DU VENT DANS MES MOLLETSThe dandelions


DIRECTOR CARINE TARDIEU

CAST AGNÈS JAOUI, DENIS PODALYDÈS, ISABELLE CARRÉ, ISABELLA ROSSELLINI, JULIETTE GOMBERT, ANNA LEMARCHAND

Nine year old Rachel (Juliette Gombert) endures her mother’s excessive amounts of love and meatballs and a grandmother who shares her bedroom and surrounds herself with pictures of the dead. She dreams of being accepted into the Barbie Fan Club and becoming best friends with the daughter of an English Lord. But fi rst she must learn to sleep without her schoolbag or wetting the bed.

Colette (Agnès Jaoui), Rachel’s mother, decides that Rachel must see a psychiatrist (Isabella Rossellini), but it is through a new friendship with intrepid young Valérie that Rachel learns how to enjoy life. Together they drive Rachel’s family crazy, but it is the relationship between Rachel’s father (Denis Podalydès) and Valérie’s mother (Isabelle Carré) that could change everything.

Adapted from the novel by Raphaële Moussafi r, the fi lm follows the adventures of two young friends in the 1980s and celebrates the imagination that fi lls each day of a child’s life. This charming movie features excellent child performances, supported by a wonderful cast including César Award winner Carré in luminous form.

41BACK INTO THE PAST

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“BENOÎT POELVOORDE’S PERFORMANCE AS A CALM FATHER IS PLAYED WITH BRILLIANT RESTRAINT, AS IS THE FILM ITSELF” L’Express

“A FASCINATING, MODERN, MAGNIFICENT AND TOUCHING MOVIE”L’Express

Berlin Film Festival 2012: Offi cial Competition

Winner of The Louis Delluc Prize 2012


It is 1789 – the eve of the French Revolution in the Court of Versailles. When news of the storming of the Bastille reaches the nobles, they all fl ee with their servants, fearing for their lives. One of Marie-Antoinette’s devoted ladies-in-waiting stays to be by her Queen’s side, certain that neither will be harmed. History, however, is already in motion…

Celebrated director Benoît Jacquot has created a sumptuous and fascinating drama, skillfully weaving the historical scenes of social upheaval with fi nely drawn characters of the Queen (Diane Kruger), her reader (Léa Seydoux) and her close friend (Virginie Ledoyen). The exquisite period details extend from the gilded drawing rooms of the nobility to the hidden quarters of those who serve.

Based on the best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas, this magnifi cently shot portrait of a dying world premiered at the 2012 Berlinale. The fi lm has been praised for its contemporary subtext and superb performances, with Diane Kruger stunning as the ill-fated Queen.

DIRECTOR BENOÎT JACQUOT

CAST LÉA SEYDOUX, DIANE KRUGER, MICHEL ROBIN, VIRGINIE LEDOYEN, NOÉMIE LVOVSKY, XAVIER BEAUVOIS

FRANCE, SPAIN | DRAMA, HISTORY | 100 MINS | 2012 | M | NOT SCREENING IN PERTH

LES ADIEUX À LA REINEFarewell, my queen

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If you could live your life again, would you change anything? This is the question Jean-Paul Rouve’s wonderful second feature fi lm asks with a tale of regret and new beginnings. Actor/director Rouve stars as Mathias, a happily married man with a good job and a lovely young daughter.

Beneath his picture perfect life, however, there is a well of grief from his childhood when his father died and he was never allowed to mourn. While traveling, Mathias spots a 10 year-old boy he believes is his earlier self. Mathias sees the child as a chance to go back in time to see his father once again, but at what cost to his present life?

The fi lm’s intriguing premise is grounded by a strong cast including Benoît Poelvoorde (Romantics Anonymous) and Gilles Lellouche (Point Blank). Rouve was sensational in last year’s Festival hit, Nobody Else But You, and with this fi lm selected for the 2012 Brussels Film Festival opening night, he is being acknowledged as a real talent behind the camera as well.

DIRECTOR JEAN-PAUL ROUVE

CAST JEAN-PAUL ROUVE, GILLES LELLOUCHE, BENOÎT POELVOORDE, MIOU-MIOU, CLAUDE BRASSEUR


QUAND JE SERAI PETITTwice upon a time

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“A CHARMING, SURPRISING AND EXCITING MOVIE. WITH THIS UNSETTLING, SUBTLE LITTLE MASTERPIECE, OZON IS AT HIS BEST” Télérama

“A STRONG, CREDIBLE AND ACCURATE CAST”Télérama

Toronto Film Festival 2012: Special Presentation – Winner International Critics’ Prize

46 MAKE ME THRILL

Based on the memoirs of real-life gangster Edmond “Momon” Vidal, this fourth fi lm from French policeman-turned-director Olivier Marchal is an action packed tale of crime and loyalty.

Momon (César Award winner Gérard Lanvin, Point Blank and Jo’s Boy in last year’s Alliance Française French Film Festival) is a retired gangster who wants to grow old and raise a family. However his peace is shattered when Serge, a childhood friend, comes back into his life, along with ambitious policemen and vengeful gangsters.

In the 1970s, Momon and Serge had started their own gang, Les Lyonnais, which pulled off a series of spectacularly violent holdups. Momon had hoped this was all long forgotten, but now his code requires him to stand by his old friend.

Cleverly shifting from past to present, with realistic and confronting scenes of violence set in the 1970s, this dark and intense fi lm is a glimpse into the heart of the mafi a, and what people will do when there is everything to lose.

DIRECTOR OLIVIER MARCHAL

CAST GÉRARD LANVIN, TCHÉKY KARYO, DANIEL DUVAL, DIMITRI STOROGE, PATRICK CATALIFO

FRANCE | DRAMA, ACTION | 102 MINS | 2011 | 15+*

LES LYONNAISA gang story

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47MAKE ME THRILL

FRANCE | THRILLER | 105 MINS | 2012 | MA15+

DIRECTOR FRANÇOIS OZON

CAST FABRICE LUCHINI, ERNST UMHAUER, KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS, EMMANUELLE SEIGNER, DENIS MÉNOCHET

High school literature teacher Germain (Fabrice Luchini, Potiche and The Women On The 6th Floor) despairs at the quality of his students’ writing until he reads a story that is both compelling and disturbingly voyeuristic. His talented student, Claude (Ernst Umhauer), writes of charming his way into his friend’s house and of his fascination with his friend’s mother (Emmanuelle Seigner).

Germain’s passion for teaching is reawakened and he offers Claude some private lessons. But who has he let into his house? Gradually the line between Claude’s new stories and reality blur until Germain himself starts appearing in Claude’s writing and Germain’s own life becomes a new obsession.

Celebrated auteur fi lmmaker François Ozon has adapted Juan Mayorga’s play The Boy In The Last Row to create a captivating and ironic look at the art of storytelling itself. He has successfully bridged mainstream hits, such as 8 Women, with his more cerebral works, such as The Swimming Pool, to create a clever and seductive fi lm that was a big hit in France.

DANS LA MAISONIn the house

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“THIS MOVIE HAS NO OTHER PRETENTION THAN TO ENTERTAIN, AND IT’S WORKING VERY WELL” Le Parisien

49MAKE ME THRILL

In this delightfully frothy fi lm, Sandrine Kiberlain stars as Pauline, the workaholic editor of a magazine that covers grisly crimes. Pauline’s life is micromanaged to perfection, but when her boyfriend dumps her, she crumbles. The solution? Her sister, Jeanne (Audrey Lamy, All That Glitters from the 2011 Alliance Française French Film Festival), whisks Pauline off to the Italian Riviera hoping that sunshine will cure a broken heart.

The problem is that it seems Pauline can’t escape crime for long. She stumbles across a murder mystery of her own when an eccentric old woman (Michèle Moretti) disappears. Enlisting the help of a handsome lifeguard (Claudio Santamaria), Pauline takes on the role of amateur detective.

Sandrine Kiberlain starred in The Women On The 6th Floor – an audience favourite at the 2011 Festival. She has established a reputation as one of France’s leading ladies, and her performance in Pauline Detective is both understated and incredibly engaging. Santamaria adds a welcome dose of Italian hunk to a fun Riviera romp that mixes adultery, serial killers, beautiful people, gorgeous beachwear and romance.

DIRECTOR MARC FITOUSSI

CAST SANDRINE KIBERLAIN, AUDREY LAMY, CLAUDIO SANTAMARIA, ANTOINE CHAPPEY, ANNE BENOÎT, MICHÈLE MORETTI

FRANCE | COMEDY | 100 MINS | 2012 | 15+*

PAULINE DÉTECTIVEPauline detective

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Venice Film Festival 2012: Offi cial Competition

“AS THE ORDINARY, UNAMBITIOUS, AVERAGE-LOOKING BLOKE CAUGHT UP IN HUMAN FOLLY, KAD MERAD IS SIMPLY IMPECCABLE” Hollywood Reporter

51MAKE ME THRILL

Martin Kazinsky (Kad Merad from The Italian and Welcome To The Sticks) is a balding, middle-aged bachelor living an ordinary life. Entrenched in the daily grind of the common man, Martin’s world is thrown into chaos when he wakes up one day to fi nd that he is incredibly famous. People smile at him on the subway, take his photo, ask for his autograph and follow his every move. Fleur (Cécile de France from the 2012 Festival’s Butterfl y Kiss), an ambitious TV journalist, helps Martin adapt to new fame and shelters him from his mob of fans.

Why is Martin an instant superstar? Who are the players behind the scenes? And does Fleur have her own agenda? Director Xavier Giannoli keeps the audience guessing throughout, while raising questions about our obsession with an increasing number of reality shows and their stars.

Superstar is a funny and intelligent fi lm with César award winners Merad and De France both delivering impeccable performances. Merad is particularly memorable as a man struggling to fi nd answers in a world he no longer understands.

DIRECTOR XAVIER GIANNOLI

CAST KAD MERAD, CÉCILE DE FRANCE, LOUIS-DO DE LENCQUESAING, BEN, ALBERTO SORBELLI

FRANCE | DRAMA | 112 MINS | 2012 | M

SuperstarSUPERSTAR

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“CATHERINE CORSINI PROVIDES A CRUDE PERSPECTIVE ON THE GAPS BETWEEN SOCIAL CLASSES, AND THE VIOLENCE OF THEIR CONFRONTATION”

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Cannes Film Festival 2012: Un Certain Regard Selection

53MAKE ME THRILL

FRANCE | DRAMA | 101 MINS | 2012 | 15+*

DIRECTOR CATHERINE CORSINI

CAST CLOTILDE HESME, RAPHAËL PERSONNAZ, ARTA DOBROSHI, REDA KATEB, ADÈLE HAENEL

If you were faced with a moral dilemma, would you always do the right thing? Following the successful Leaving, director Catherine Corsini returns with this powerful and complex study of human emotions.

Al (Raphaël Personnaz) has his life on track. He is about to move up in the world by marrying his boss’s daughter and taking over the family business. But on the night of his bachelor party, he and his buddies accidently hit a pedestrian in their speeding car. They fl ee the scene, but Al cannot cope with the guilt. When he inquires after the victim, Al comes face to face with a witness to the accident, Juliette, (Clotilde Hesme, our 2012 Festival guest) but she does not report him. As their unexpected relationship grows, Al’s life begins to spiral out of control.

This brooding, psychological drama opened at Cannes in Un Certain Regard. With mounting suspense and fascinating characters each struggling with their own consciences, Three Worlds will have audiences thinking long after the fi lm is over.

Three worldsTROIS MONDES

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“A WELL-WRITTEN AND WELL-MADE FILM FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY“L’Express

Cannes Film Festival 2012: Directors’ Fortnight: Winner Special Mention SACD Prize

Cannes Film Festival 2012: Golden Camera

“A DELIGHTFULLY OLD-FASHIONED KID’S FLICK”Hollywood Reporter

BRING YOUR KIDS54

Those indomitable Gauls are back for more fun in the fourth instalment of the popular Asterix series.

It is 50 BC and the Roman Empire has its sights set on the mysterious island of Britain. To help defend her country, Queen Cordelia (French screen legend Catherine Deneuve) enlists help from the famous village in Gaul that has withstood Caesar’s forces for so long. Armed with their magic potion, Asterix and Obelix set off to swinging Londinium, along with their chief’s teenage nephew, Justforkix, who needs to be made into a man.

The adventures of Asterix and Obelix are the most popular comic books in French history, and beloved around the world. For this latest big-budget adaptation, Edouard Baer plays the plucky Asterix, Gérard Depardieu returns as his trusty sidekick, Obelix, and the hilarious Dany Boon appears as a Viking warrior.

Mixing wacky action, fun adventure and big laughs about cross-Channel differences, this latest Asterix adventure is a thoroughly entertaining romp.

DIRECTOR LAURENT TIRARD

CAST GÉRARD DEPARDIEU, EDOUARD BAER, GUILLAUME GALLIENNE, VALÉRIE LEMERCIER, CATHERINE DENEUVE, DANY BOON

FRANCE, HUNGARY, SPAIN, ITALY | COMEDY, CHILDREN’S FILM | 110 MINS | 2012 | PG

ASTÉRIX ET OBÉLIX AU SERVICE DE SA MAJESTÉASTERIX AND OBELIX IN BRITAIN

Australian

Première

55BRING YOUR KIDS

DIRECTORS BENJAMIN RENNER, STÉPHANE AUBIER, VINCENT PATAR

VOICES LAMBERT WILSON, PAULINE BRUNNER, ANNE-MARIE LOOP

Ernest & Celestine is a beautifully crafted children’s fi lm based on the beloved books by Belgian author Gabrielle Vincent. It tells the story of Ernest, a grumpy but affable bear who wants to be an artist, and Celestine, a mouse who wants to avoid a dental career! The unlikely friends live in two parallel worlds – the bears above ground and the mice in a subterranean village below. When their improbable friendship and criminal activities are revealed, they must stick together to withstand the disapproval and intolerance from both worlds.

Screenwriter and bestselling novelist Daniel Pennac has created a whimsical adventure and celebration of friendship that contains moments of delightful humour and real suspense. Pitch perfect voice work from Lambert Wilson and Pauline Brunner bring these loveable characters to life with warmth and charm.

The fi lmmakers have constructed a detailed world, realised in vibrant watercolours that reminds us how wonderful 2D animation can be. Ernest & Celestine is destined to become a children’s classic that can also be enjoyed by audiences of all ages.

FRANCE, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG | ANIMATED MOVIE, CHILDREN’S FILM | 80 MINS | 2012 | ALL AGES

Ernest & CelestineERNEST ET CÉLESTINE

“THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO LEARN TO OBSERVE”Télérama

Venice Film Festival 2012: Out Of Competition

57BRING YOUR KIDS

The talented directors of the multi-award winning and phenomenally popular Microcosmos, Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou, now present their latest poetic vision of nature. The story begins when a young boy is sent to the countryside to stay with relatives. Preferring animals to humans, he spends hours alone at a secluded pond observing life above and below the surface of the water.

When a young girl in a red dress appears, they are both drawn together by the pond’s mystery. Through the eyes and imagination of these two lonely children, the pond creatures become magical, wonderful and frightening.

With incredible modern fi lmmaking technology, the fi lmmakers have been able to share their passion for nature with fascinating close-ups of pond life perfectly matched by a stunning score by Bruno Coulais, the composer of the Genesis. This enchanting and memorable fi lm featured in the Out Of Competition section of the Venice Film Festival. With minimal dialogue it has gone on to speak to audiences around the world.

DIRECTORS CLAUDE NURIDSANY, MARIE PÉRENNOU

CAST SIMON DELAGNES, LINDSEY HENOCQUE, JEAN-CLAUDE AYRINHACNARRATED BY DENIS PODALYDÈS

FRANCE | CHILDREN’S FILM | 81 MINS | 2012 | ALL AGES

LA CLÉ DES CHAMPSTHE Field of enchantment

Australian

Première

Saturdays at 9.30pm

Presented by

SANDY GEORGE

GREAT FILMS COME TOGETHER ON SBS ONE

“THEY ARE FUNNY, TOUCHING, VIVACIOUS AND ELEGANT. A TRUE LESSON OF YOUTH AND FREEDOM” Télérama

Cannes Film Festival 2012: Special Screening Cannes Film Festival 2012: Special Screening

“A COMPREHENSIVE AND INTIMATE INTRODUCTION TO A MAJOR CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHER-FILMMAKER” Hollywood Reporter

58 BEYOND FICTION

FRANCE | DOCUMENTARY | 115 MINS | 2012 | 15+*

DIRECTOR SÉBASTIEN LIFSHITZ

This excellent documentary explores the lives of the so-called “invisibles” – homosexual men and women born in the interwar period (1919 to 1939). Eleven people from a range of backgrounds share how they struggled to live openly within society, with all the joy, love, sex, homophobia and aggression they have experienced over their long lives.

Director Sébastien Lifshitz’s fi lm focuses on people from the countryside and regional towns so that their coming-out experiences are seen more as personal journeys than a collective movement. Each man and woman featured (all of them over 70) took a unique step from secrecy to freedom. Supported by incredible photographic records and archival footage, their stories balance compromise and loneliness with an inspiring sense of self-discovery.

The Invisibles featured in the Special Screening section of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival where audiences were touched by its candid and moving recollections. Although there are heartbreaking moments, this is a warm, funny and often joyous cinema experience that will appeal to a wide audience.

LES INVISIBLESThe invisibles

Australian

Première

59BEYOND FICTION

Journal de France is a stunning documentary that follows legendary fi lmmaker and photographer Raymond Depardon as he travels around France with a large-format camera for six years to shoot the country’s ordinary life and landscapes. This very personal story, told from the point of view of a passionate artist, was given a Special Screening at the Cannes Film Festival last year.

The revealing documentary is narrated by Depardon’s partner and collaborator, Claudine Nougaret, and is woven with footage from the fi lmmaker’s early globetrotting career. It includes previously unseen archival interviews with Alain Delon, Jean-Luc Godard and many others.

This comprehensive career retrospective takes a unique look at the working life of Depardon and the evocative images from his past and present. As the title suggests, it is also a fascinating and beautiful vision of France itself. From the country’s cafes and highways to its factories and forests, this is a chance to see France again through the eyes of a master.

DIRECTORS RAYMOND DEPARDON, CLAUDINE NOUGARET

FRANCE | DOCUMENTARY | 100 MINS | 2012 | PG

JOURNAL DE FRANCEJournal de France


“THIS INSPIRING DOCUMENTARY CONNECTS A PAGE OF HISTORY TO A CURRENT BURNING TOPIC” Le Nouvel Observateur

César Ceremony 2012: Best Documentary

Cannes Film Festival 2011: Special Screening

61BEYOND FICTION

One day in October 1971, the head of the French Defense Department, Michel Debré, announced he was going to enlarge the Larzac military camp from 3,000 to 14,000 hectares. ‘We’ve chosen the Larzac, because it’s an abandoned region,’ he said. What the government didn’t count on were the farmers of Larzac. Previously considering themselves isolated and apolitical, they rallied together and fought the system for ten years to keep their land.

Leadersheep tells the story of their struggle (including memorable protest scenes of sheep being herded under the Eiffel Tower) as well as the story of the greater Larzac movement that sprang up all around France. People from all backgrounds joined the cause, and today Larzac is referred to as the birthplace of anti-globalisation.

Christian Rouand’s documentary is the inspiring true story of how ordinary people risked everything to defend their community and their livelihood. Leadersheep enjoyed a Special Screening at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and it won a César Award for Best Documentary.

DIRECTOR CHRISTIAN ROUAUD

CAST PIERRE BONNEFOUS, JOSÉ BOVÉ, CHRISTIANE BURGUIÈRE, PIERRE BURGUIÈRE, MICHEL COURTIN

FRANCE | DOCUMENTARY | 118 MINS | 2011 | 15+*

TOUS AU LARZACLeadersheep

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63BEYOND FICTION

Olivia Ruiz, Jeanne Cherhal, Emily Loizeau, La Grande Sophie, Rosemary Standley and Camille are the most audacious female voices in the young French music scene. In April 2010 they joined forces to create Les Françoises, a one-time show for the Printemps de Bourges Festival. This fascinating fi lm takes you behind the scenes from how they met, through the rehearsal period, and up to the amazing fi nal concert.

The fi lm successfully captures the creative challenges and dynamics that evolve between these six strong and successful women. We see them share their songs, as each singer interprets a song written by another member in the group – rearranging, reinventing and ultimately performing at the Festival.

Le Printemps de Bourges is an annual music festival held over fi ve days in Bourges. This major European event started in 1977 and its focus remains the same today: discovery, genre mixing and audacity. Les Françoises, When French Singers Go Wild epitomises these principals, and their unique performance will now live forever in this engaging and revealing fi lm.

DIRECTOR YVAN SCHRECK

CAST CAMILLE, JEANNE CHERHAL, LA GRANDE SOPHIE, EMILY LOIZEAU, OLIVIA RUIZ, ROSEMARY STANDLEY

DOCUMENTARY | 86 MINS | 2012 | 15+*

LES FRANÇOISES, EN ROUTE VERS LE PRINTEMPSwhen French singers go wildLes Françoises,

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The Alliance Française French Film Festival is the result of collaboration between the Alliances Françaises of Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth and the cultural services of the French Embassy:

Alliance Française de Sydney Frédéric Dart, General Manager 2012 | Anne Leonetti, Acting General Manager 2013 Patricia Noeppel, Festival ManagerDominique Giovanangeli, Finance & Administration ManagerVérane Bonal, Marketing Manager

Alliance Française de Melbourne Saliha Lefevre, Director | Françoise Libotte, Deputy Director & Festival Logistics CoordinatorAurélie Pierre, Course Manager | Marion Nouvel, School Program Coordinator Elise Froumson, Course Assistant | Matthieu Poupinel-Descambres, Festival Assistant

Alliance Française de Canberra Isabelle Faure, Director and Déléguée Générale de l’Alliance Française en AustralieMylène Lourdin, Deputy Director | Felipe Bernabo, Publicist

Alliance Française de Brisbane Frantz Benhayoun, Director | Véronique Becchia, Cultural Events Coordinator

Alliance Française d’Adelaïde Jean-Christophe Trentinella, DirectorViolette Vidal, Events Coordinator | Rebecca Kuchel

Alliance Française de Perth Sylvie Dalier, Director | Niamh Elliot | Patricia Cren | Natacha Delsinne

French Embassy in Australia H.E. Mr. Stéphane Romatet, Ambassador of France to AustraliaCultural offi ce :Eric Soulier, Cooperation and Cultural CounsellorEmmanuelle Denavit-Feller, Cultural Attachée and Artistic Director of the FestivalMarie Arnaudet, Interim of the Cultural Attachée

InternsPalmyre De Sayve | Warren Kazoum | Sarah Ribet | Estelle PagèsAnd all Festival volunteers

We would like to take this opportunity to say merci to our valued Festival partners!

To all National and Local Sponsors: without your fi nancial and in-kind support the Festival would not be possible!

Unifrance and the Département cinéma de l’Institut Français.

Australian Distributors: Curious Film, Hi Gloss Entertainment, Icon Films, Madman Entertainment, Palace Films, Rialto Distribution, Sharmill Films, Transmission Films, Umbrella Entertainment, Vendetta Films.

French Distributors: Doc & Film, Film Distribution, Gaumont, Elia Films, Kidam, Les Films du Losange, MK2, Other Angle Pictures, Pathé, Pyramide International, TF1 International, Urban Distrib International, SBS Production, Shellac France, Wild Bunch.

Exhibition Partner Palace Cinemas: Antonio Zeccola, Benjamin Zeccola, Elysia Zeccola Hill, Antony Zeccola, Stephanie Zeccola, Genevieve Kelly, Alice Foulcher, Kim Petalas, Sarah Bickerton, Ingrid van den Berghe, Sarah Malone, Anna Kouts, Andrew Skinner, Georgina Stegman, Kimberley Allan and Yolanda Sulser.

Festival Partner Exhibitors: Adam Blackshaw, Tracey Langner, Paul Dravet and Rachell Baker.

Special thanks to Patrick Benhamou - Atout France, Eve Garnier, Gabrielle Haumesser, Walter Franck, Gary West, Imagination, The Solid State and Big Words.

Artwork: Havas WorldwideGraphic Designer: Sanja ZekanovicWebsite: Tip Top WebPublicity: Annette Smith (Ned & Co)

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE SYDNEY 257 Clarence StSydney NSW 2000Tel: 02 9292 [email protected]

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE MELBOURNE51 Grey StST KILDA VIC 3182Tel: 03 9525 [email protected]

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE CANBERRA66 McCaughey StTURNER ACT 2612Tel: 02 6247 [email protected]

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE BRISBANE262 Montague RdWEST END QLD 4101Tel: 07 3844 [email protected]

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE D’ADELAÏDE319 Young StreetWAYVILLE SA 5034Tel: 08 8272 [email protected]

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE PERTH75 BroadwayNEDLANDS WA 6009Tel: 08 9386 [email protected]

THANK YOU ALL! MERCI!

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SCREENING SCHEDULE70 SCREENING SCHEDULE 71OOPENIING NIGHT CLOSING NIGHT SPECIAL EEVENTT

6.30PM Our Children P.23

6.45PM Welcome Aboard P.17

8.45PM The Big Night P.32

9.00PM You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet! P.31

WEDNESDAY 20 MARCH

4.00PM Granny's Funeral P.33

6.30PM On Air P.21

6.45PM Leadersheep P.61

8.30PM A Gang Story P.46

9.15PM Journal de France P.59

THURSDAY 21 MARCH

4.00PM After May P.38

6.30PM Superstar P.51

6.45PM* Camille Rewinds P.40

9.00PM Laurence Anyways P.19


FRIDAY 22 MARCH

4.00PM Another Woman's Life P.8

6.30PM Farewell, My Queen P.44

6.45PM The Man Who Laughs P.27

8.45PM Thérèse Desqueyroux P.29

9.00PM Renoir P.28

SATURDAY 23 MARCH

2.00PM Asterix and Obelix in Britain P.54

2.30PM Sister P.25

4.30PM Augustine P.39


6.30PM Looking for Hortense P.34




SUNDAY 24 MARCH

2.15PM The Field Of Enchantment P.57

2.15PM A Lady in Paris P.18


THURSDAY 14 MARCH

7.00PM* Haute Cuisine P.6

FRIDAY 15 MARCH


6.30PM Happiness Never Comes Alone P.13

6.45PM What's in a Name? P.37



SATURDAY 16 MARCH

12.30PM On Air P.21



4.30PM Twice Upon a Time P.45

4.45PM In a Rush P.14


6.45PM The Dandelions P.41



SUNDAY 17 MARCH

2.00PM In the House P.47

2.00PM Meet Me in Real Life P.15

3.45PM Farewell, My Queen P.44


6.00PM Louise Wimmer P.20

6.30PM Three Worlds P.53

8.00PM Sister P.25


MONDAY 18 MARCH

4.00PM On Air P.21





TUESDAY 19 MARCH


palace centro

6.30PM Fly Me to the Moon P.11

6.45PM Renoir P.28

8.45PM Camille Rewinds P.40


SUNDAY 31 MARCH



4.15PM Pauline Detective P.49

4.30PM Sister P.25

6.30PM Haute Cuisine P.6




MONDAY 1 APRIL


1.45PM Sister P.25



6.30PM Mobile Home P.35


8.30PM On Air P.21


TUESDAY 2 APRIL



6.45PM Les Françoises, When French Singers Go Wild

P.63



WEDNESDAY 3 APRIL


6.30PM Sister P.25




THURSDAY 4 APRIL


6.30PM Our Children P.23




4.15PM The Cherry on the Cake P.9





MONDAY 25 MARCH






TUESDAY 26 MARCH



6.45PM The Invisibles P.58


9.15PM On Air P.21

WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH






THURSDAY 28 MARCH




8.30PM On Air P.21


FRIDAY 29 MARCH

4.00PM Sister P.25





SATURDAY 30 MARCH

2.00PM Ernest & Celestine P.55



4.30PM Sister P.25

*Please note this corresponds to the fi lm screening time. For event details please refer to the festival highlights on page 68.

SCREENING SCHEDULE72 SCREENING SCHEDULE 73OOPENIING NIGHT CLOSING NIGHT SPECIAL EEVENTT OPENNINGG NIGHT CLOSING NIGHT SPEECIAL EVENNT

WEDNESDAY 20 MARCH


6.30PM Sister P.25




THURSDAY 21 MARCH






FRIDAY 22 MARCH






SATURDAY 23 MARCH



2.45PM* Ernest & Celestine P.55

4.30PM FEU by Christian Louboutin 3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3DD3D3D3D3DD3D3ININININNININININININNNNNNNNNNN P.26






SUNDAY 24 MARCH



4.15PM What's in a Name? P.37

4.30PM In a Rush P.14


6.45PM Mobile Home P.35



FRIDAY 15 MARCH

1.30PM Sister P.25





SATURDAY 16 MARCH





6.30PM Haute Cuisine P.6


8.30PM Renoir P.28


SUNDAY 17 MARCH


2.45PM FEU by Christian Louboutin 3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3DD3D3D3DDININININININININININNNNNNNNNNN P.26

4.30PM The Cherry on the Cake P.9






MONDAY 18 MARCH


6.30PM On Air P.21

6.45PM The Invisibles P.58



TUESDAY 19 MARCH



6.45PMM* Fly Me to the Moon P.11


9.15PM On Air P.21

palace barracks 6.45PM Farewell, My Queen P.44

9.00PM Meet Me in Real Life P.15


SUNDAY 31 MARCH


2.30PM Sister P.25







MONDAY 1 APRIL









TUESDAY 2 APRIL


6.30PM Louise Wimmer P.20




WEDNESDAY 3 APRIL


6.30PM On Air P.21


8.30PM FEU by Christian Louboutin 3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D33D3D3DD3D3D3DINININININNINNINININNINNINNNNNNNN P.26

9.00PM Sister P.25

THURSDAY 4 APRIL


7.00PM* Children of Paradise P.7

MONDAY 25 MARCH



6.45PM Leadersheep P.61


9.15PM Sister P.25

TUESDAY 26 MARCH

1.30PM On Air P.21


66.45PM* FEU by Christian Louboutin 3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3DD3DDINININNININININNINNNININNNNNNNNN P.26



WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH



6.45PM Les Françoises, When French Singers Go Wild

P.63



THURSDAY 28 MARCH


6.30PM Sister P.25




FRIDAY 29 MARCH






SATURDAY 30 MARCH


2.45PM On Air P.21

4.15PM Another Woman’s Life P.8

4.45PM FEU by Christian Louboutin 3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D33D3D3D3D3D3DININININNINININNINNNNNINNNINNNN P.26

6.30PM Happiness Never Comes Alone P.13

Check our website closer to the date for updates and screening details.

*Please note this corresponds to the fi lm screening time. For event details please refer to the festival highlights on page 68. *Please note this corresponds to the fi lm screening time. For event details please refer to the festival highlights on page 68.

A Gang Story 46

A Lady in Paris 18

After May 38

Another Woman’s Life 8

Asterix and Obelix in Britain 54

Augustine 39

The Big Night 32

Camille Rewinds 40

The Cherry on the Cake 9

Children of Paradise 7

The Dandelions 41

Ernest & Celestine 55

Farewell, My Queen 44

FEU by Christian Louboutin 26

The Field of Enchantment 57

Fly Me to the Moon 11

Granny’s Funeral 33

Happiness Never Comes Alone 13

Haute Cuisine 6

In a Rush 14

In the House 47

The Invisibles 58

A Perdre la Raison 23

Adieu Berthe - 33

L’enterrement de Mémé

Après Mai 38

Astérix et Obélix au Service 54de sa Majesté

Au Galop 14

Augustine 39

Bienvenue Parmi Nous 17

Camille Redouble 40

Chercher le Garçon 15

Cherchez Hortense 34

Dans la Maison 47

Du Vent Dans Mes Mollets 41

Ernest et Célestine 55

FEU par Christian Louboutin 26

Journal de France 59

La Cerise sur le Gâteau 9

La Clé des Champs 57

La Vie d’une Autre 8

Laurence Anyways 19

Le Grand Soir 32

Le Prénom 37

Journal de France 59

Laurence Anyways 19

Leadersheep 61

Les Françoises, When 63French Singers Go Wild

Looking for Hortense 34

Louise Wimmer 20

The Man Who Laughs 27

Meet Me in Real Life 15

Mobile Home 35

On Air 21

Our Children 23

Pauline Detective 49

Renoir 28

Sister 25

Superstar 51

Thérèse Desqueyroux 29

Three Worlds 53

Twice Upon a Time 45

Welcome Aboard 17

What’s in a Name? 37

You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet! 31

english titles french titles

L’enfant d’en Haut 25

Les Adieux à la Reine 44

Les Enfants du Paradis 7

Les Françoises, en Route 63Pour le Printemps

Les Invisibles 58

Les Lyonnais 46

Les Saveurs du Palais 6

L’homme Qui Rit 27

Louise Wimmer 20

Mobile Home 35

Parlez-moi de Vous 21

Pauline Détective 49

Quand Je Serai Petit 45

Renoir 28

Superstar 51

Thérèse Desqueyroux 29

Tous au Larzac 61

Trois Mondes 53

Un Bonheur n’arrive Jamais Seul 13

Un Plan Parfait 11

Une Estonienne à Paris 18

Vous n’avez Encore Rien Vu 31

Ticketing Information& FestivalConditions

78 79

OPENING NIGHTBrisbane Première of HAUTE CUISINE followed by Opening Night Gala

Thursday 14 March, 6.30pm for 7pm, Brisbane Première Screening followed by Opening Night Gala, Palace Centro Tickets: Alliance Française de Brisbane & Palace Movie Club Members $50 / non members $55

Includes drink on arrival, Première Screening, Opening Night Gala with French canapés provided by Chouquette, drinks and live entertainment.

CLOSING NIGHTCelebrate classic French cinema with a glass of wine and themed atmosphere before enjoying the dazzling masterpiece CHILDREN OF PARADISE

Thursday 4 April 2013, 6.15pm Closing Night reception for 7pm Screening, Palace Barracks Tickets: Alliance Française de Brisbane & Palace Movie Club Members $26 / non members $32

Includes themed atmosphere, one glass of wine and a taste of French cuisine.

SPECIAL EVENTSBON VOYAGE! In partnership with FACCI (French Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

Join us for a glass of wine and a taste of French cuisine in a themed atmosphere followed by the screening of FLY ME TO THE MOON

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 6pm Arrival for 6.45pm Screening, Palace Barracks Tickets: Alliance Française de Brisbane & Palace Movie Club Members $23 / non members $27

FLASHBACK In partnership with SYNAPSE (The Brain Injury Association of Queensland)

Join us for a glass of wine and a taste of French cuisine in a themed atmosphere followed by the screening of CAMILLE REWINDS

Tuesday 21 March 2013, 6pm Arrival for 6.45pm Screening, Palace Centro Tickets: Alliance Française de Brisbane & Palace Movie Club Members $23 / non members $27

FILM, FUN & FRIENDSJoin us for kids entertainment, refreshments and the screening of ERNEST & CELESTINE

Saturday 23 March 2013, 2pm Arrival for 2.45pm Screening, Palace BarracksTickets: Alliance Française de Brisbane & Palace Movie Club Members Adults $20 – Children $15 / non members Adults $24 – Children $17

OH LA LA, SOIREE CABARETJoin us for a glass of wine and a taste of French cuisine followed by the screening of FEU BY CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN in 3D!

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 6pm arrival for 6.45pm Screening, Palace BarracksTickets: Alliance Française de Brisbane & Palace Movie Club Members $27 / non members $32. Includes 3D glasses.

Please check Festival website for further detailswww.affrenchfi lmfestival.org

GENERAL ADMISSION (INC. GST)

Alliance Française, AFTV & Palace Movie Club Members* $15.00Adult $19.50Concession** $16.50Children (see classifi cations) $14.50

3D FILMS: An extra $4 fee will apply to all the above prices for 3D fi lms (inc. glasses).*Two discount tickets per membership card per session will apply.

**One discount per concession. Eligible concessions: senior (60+), pensioner, full time student.

Proof of concession/membership must be presented at the cinema box offi ce to obtain discount.

To purchase your Alliance Française Membership, visit www.afbrisbane.com, and your Palace Movie Club Membership, visit www.palacecinemas.com.au.

GROUPS(Excluding Opening/Closing Nights, Special Events and 3D Films)

Group (20+) $14.50School Groups $10.50 per ticket for 20+ students, 1 teacher free for every 20 students. Bookings and all enquiries: [email protected]

MULTIPLE FILM PASSES(Excluding Opening Night, Closing Night, Special Events, and 3D Films)

20 FILM PASS: Alliance Française de Brisbane & Palace Movie Club members $240 / non members $260

10 FILM PASS: Alliance Française de Brisbane & Palace Movie Club members $130 / non members $150

5 FILM PASS: Alliance Française de Brisbane & Palace Movie Club members $70 / non members $80Multi-fi lm passes are for separate, preselected sessions for one person and are available directly from the cinema box offi ces only.

Multi-fi lm passes are valid for sessions of one cinema location only. All sessions must be chosen at the time of purchase.

ADVANCE TICKETSON SALE FROM THURSDAY 31 JANUARY

ONLINE

Tickets for all venues are available securely online at www.affrenchfi lmfestival.org and www.palacecinemas.com.au. All major credit cards accepted (excluding Amex & Diners). Booking fees apply.

IN CINEMAS

Tickets available at box offi ces open daily from 12pm to 8.30pm until sold out at PALACE CENTRO and PALACE BARRACKS. Cinemas can only sell tickets for their respective venues. Credit card fees apply.

PALACE CENTRO39 James Street, FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006(07) 3852 4488

PALACE BARRACKS61 Petrie Terrace

Cnr Petrie Terrace & Caxton St, BRISBANE QLD 4000 (07) 3367 1954

BY PHONE

Call PALACE CENTRO (Tel: 3852-4488), PALACE BARRACKS (Tel: 3367 1954), with any major credit card (except AMEX and Diners). Credit card is debited at time of booking and must be produced when collecting tickets. Patrons are encouraged to collect tickets 30 minutes prior to the session to avoid queues. Credit card transactions by phone will incur booking fees.

FESTIVAL CONDITIONSAll Festival fi lms are restricted to persons 18 years of age and over unless specifi ed. This relates not necessarily to the content of the fi lms, but to the legal requirements of holding the Festival, as set by the Classifi cation Board.

Festival tickets, once acquired, are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. Lost or stolen tickets will not be replaced or refunded.

All seating is reserved. We anticipate that door sales will be available for most sessions, however this cannot be guaranteed. Patrons are urged to purchase their tickets in advance to avoid disappointment.

Palace Cinema passes and other complimentary passes, cinema promotions and free ticket offers are not valid for festival screenings. Alliance Francaise French Film Festival tickets will be accepted.

Dates, times and programs are correct at the time of publication, but may need to be altered. We reluctantly reserve the right to withdraw, change and replace programs without notice.

All non-English language fi lms have English subtitles.

LEARN FRENCH WITH US!Alliance Française de Brisbanewww.afbrisbane.com

Documents

Brisbane 14 March - 4 April - Palace Cinemas · falsely accused of a crime, she seeks the protection of one of her many admirers, however Baptiste’s love never goes away. Made under