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2012 French Film Festival: Reviews

Follow the French Film Festival with SBS Film's select reviews of the program line-up.

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A Happy Event

Dir: Rémi Bezançon

Starring: Louise Bourgoin, Pio Marmaï, Josiane Balasko

Synopsis: The arrival of a baby puts the pressure on a young carefree French couple.

All Our Desires

Dir: Philippe Lioret

Starring: Vincent Lindon, Marie Gillain, Amandine Dewasmes

Synopsis: A young judge helps a friend take on the French banking system.

Elles – intervew with director Malgorzata Szumowska

Dir: Malgorzata Szumowska

Starring: Juliette Binoche, Anaïs Demoustier, Joanna Kulig

Synopsis: A French magazine journalist investigates prostitution amongst students.

The Giants

Dir: Bouli Lanners

Starring: Zacharie Chasseriaud, Marthe Keller, Paul Bartel

Synopsis: Three boys look for adventure during the summer.

Goodbye First Love

Dir: Mia Hansen-Løve

Starring: Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Magne-Håvard Brekke

Synopsis: A personal story of love, loss and tender memories from youth.

Jo's Boy

Dir: Philippe Guillard

Starring: Gérard Lanvin, Jérémie Duvall, Olivier Marchal

Synopsis: A boy who comes from a long line of rugby legends discovers a love of maths.

The Look

Dir: Angelina Maccarone

Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Paul Auster, Peter Lindbergh

Synopsis: A documetary on the life of English actress Charlotte Rampling.

My Piece of the Pie

Dir: Cédric Klapisch

Starring: Karin Viard, Gilles Lellouche, Zinedine Soualem

Synopsis: A single mother lands work cleaning the apartment of cocky power broker.

Point Blank

Dir: Fred Cavayé

Starring: Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Gérard Lanvin

Synopsis: A man must rescue his pregnant wife who has been taken hostage.

Romantics Anonymous

Dir: Jean-Pierre Améris

Starring: Benoît Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carré, Pierre Niney

Synopsis: Two chocolatiers must overcome their shyness to fall in love with one another.

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Dir: Robert Guediguian

Starring: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan

Synopsis: Two young men beat and rob a former co-worker and his wife at home.

The Well Digger's Daughter

Dir: Daniel Auteuil

Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Astrid Berges-Frisbey

Synopsis: A teenager gets in trouble with the wealthy son of a shopkeeper.


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