DATE & HEURE | FILM/RÉALISATEUR | DISPONIBILITÉ | SYNOPSIS |
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Wednesday 1-2 p.m. 26 Octobre |
Eiffel (2021) Martin Bourboulon |
Amazon Prime, Hoopla, Vudu | Having just finished the Statue of Liberty, Gustave Eiffel is at the peak of his career. Everything changes the day he crosses paths with his love and their forbidden relationship inspires him to change the Paris skyline forever. |
Wednesday 1-2 p.m. 2 Novembre |
Samba (2014) Eric Toledano et Olivier Nakache |
Amazon Prime, Hoopla | Senegalese Samba has worked 10 years in France. He’s arrested, then sparks fly between Samba (Omar Sy) and the caseworker (Charlotte Gainsbourg) who tries to help him stay in Paris. |
Wednesday 1-2 p.m. 9 Novembre |
La Guerre est déclarée (Declaration of War) (2011) Valérie Donzelli |
Amazon, YouTube | The real life battle of a couple of young parents to save their little boy from a rare brain tumor. It has the particularity of being written, directed and interpreted by these same parents who lived the story. |
Wednesday 1-2 p.m. 16 Novembre |
La Promesse de l’aube (Promise At Dawn) (2018) Eric Barbier |
Amazon Prime, Hoopla, Kanopy | From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in nice to his years as a student in Paris and his training as a World War II pilot, this epic drama tells the story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times. |
Wednesday 1-2 p.m. 30 Novembre |
La panthère des neiges (The Velvet Queen) (2021) Vincent Munier, Marie Amiguet |
Amazon Prime, Vudu | In the heart of the Tibetan highlands, an award-winning photographer guides a writer in his quest to document the infamously elusive snow leopard. Austere but absolutely gorgeous. |
Wednesday 1-2 p.m. 7 Deceembre |
Séraphine (2008) Martin Provost |
Amazon Prime, Hoopla, Kanopy, Vudu | Soon-to-be-legendary primitivist painter, Séraphine “de Senlis” Louis toils as a maidservant in the homes of the bourgeoisie in Senlis, France. For decades she paints in the evenings until discovered by renowned German art collector Wilhelm Uhde. Based on a true story. Winner of seven Césars, including best film. |
Wednesday 1-2 p.m. 14 Decembre |
Les Bronzes font du ski (French Fried Vacation 2) (1979) Patrice Leconte |
Kanopy | Eight tourists who met in a holiday camp on the Ivory Coast are reunited for a skiing holiday. They still suffer from the same emotional problems. During an excursion in the mountains, they get lost and are taken in by locals. |
Wednesday 1-2 p.m. 4 Janvier |
Polisse (2011) Maïween |
Amazon Prime, YouTube | A gripping police drama based on true accounts from the Parisian child protection unit. Polisse illuminates French society with toughness and fidelity. Winner of the Cannes Jury Prize 2011. |
Wednesday 1-2 p.m. 11 Janvier |
Je vais bien, ne t’en fais pas (Don’t Worry, I’m Fine) (2006) Phillipe Lioret |
Kanopy | Upon returning from Barcelona after spending the summer with new friends, Lily discovers that her twin brother, Loic, has fled the family home following a particularly intense confrontation with family patriarch. Two Cesars. |
Wednesday 1-2 p.m. 18 Janvier |
De Gaulle (2020) Gabriel Le Bomin |
Amazon Prime, Hoopla, Kanopy | As World War II intensifies, the French army collapses and the Germans will soon be in Paris. The government panics and considers accepting defeat. Charles de Gaulle, newly promoted, wants to change the course of histroy. |
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