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27TH ALLIANCE FRANCAISE FILM FESTIVAL – interview with Emmanuelle Denavit-Feller

by GREG KING The 27th Alliance Francaise French Film Festival screens at Palace Cinemas here in Melbourne from March 2 until March 24. The opening night film Rosalie Blum and the closing night film Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt will screen at the iconic Astor Cinema. Greg spoke to festival curator Emmanuelle Denavit-Feller to find out more about some of the wide variety of films screening at this year's …

THE BELIER FAMILY

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Eric Lartigau Stars: Karin Viard, Francoise Damiens, Loune Emera, Eric Elmosnino, Luca Gelberg, Ilian Bergala, Roxane Duran, Stephen Wojtowicz. This warm, crowd pleasing, feel good French comedy was one of the highest grossing films at the French box office in 2015, and it's easy to see why. The story is both moving, poignant and uplifting, and the film itself is populated with a …

EDEN

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Mia Hansen-Love Stars: Felix de Givry, Roman Kolin ka, Hugo Conzelman, Arsinee Khanjian, Greta Gerwig, Paul Spera, Laurent Cazanave, Vincent Macaigne, Pauline Etienne, Vincent Lacoste, Arnaud Azoulay. The latest film from Mia Hansen-Love (the semi-autobiographical Goodbye, First Love, etc) is a character study that looks at the early development of garage and house dance music …

SAMBA

Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano Stars: Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim, Youngar Fall, Izia Higelin, Isaka Sawadogo, Helene Vincent. The wonderful, upbeat and life affirming comedy drama The Intouchables, about the relationship between a paraplegic and his carer from the wrong side of the tracks, was one of my favourite films from 2011. And it seems that the rest of …

EASTERN BOYS

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Robin Campillo Stars: Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Danil Vorobyev. Eastern Boys offers an exploration of gay male sexuality, xenophobia, and the immigration problems plaguing Europe in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Illegal immigrants from the former Soviet Union come to major European cities where they eke out an existence as grifters. In this compelling …

FOLIES BERGERE – interview with Marc Fitoussi

by GREG KING Folies Bergere is the fourth feature film from French writer/director Marc Fitoussi, who studied English and art history before studying screenwriting at the European Conservatory for screenwriting. He made several short films before making his first feature, La Vie d'artiste in 2007. Folies Bergere is a romantic drama about Brigitte (Isabelle Huppert), a fiftysomething farmer's wife in …

27TH ALLIANCE FRANCAISE FILM FESTIVAL – interview with Emmanuelle Denavit-Feller

THE BELIER FAMILY

EDEN

SAMBA

EASTERN BOYS

FOLIES BERGERE – interview with Marc Fitoussi

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