A selection of highlights from the annual French Film Festival UK which celebrates its 20th edition this winter. The festival’s Manchester programme presents some of the best recent contemporary French cinema, including tense family drama, culture clash comedy and a timely look at love in a harsh economic climate.
For more information visit www.frenchfilmfestival.org.uk
Supported by the Alliance française de Manchester
Previously in this Festival
Cinema
My Worst Nightmare
When a lusty and vulgar Belgian workman barges into the ultra-orderly life of a control freak, the gulf between the upper and lower classes gets…
Cinema
Declaration of War
Based on real-life events experienced by filmmaker Valérie Donzelli and co-star/writer Jérémie Elkaïm, Declaration of War tells of a young Parisian couple suddenly dragged from…
Cinema
A Better Life
Revered director Cédric Kahn has created a heartfelt drama about love and ambition during a time of recession. Guillaume Canet, a noted actor (Last Night)…