The French Connection? returns with a diverse selection of drama and documentary filmmaking from the French-speaking world. Screenings and events will take place at both Cornerhouse and the Alliance française de Manchester.
Supported by the Alliance française de Manchester.
Further screenings will be shown at Alliance française between Fri 1 Nov – Tue 10 Dec.
Previously in this season
Cinema
Black Shack Alley
The Martinique-born director, Euzhan Palcy, was just 25 years old when she directed this influential adaptation of Joseph Zobel’s, Black Shack Alley. Set in Martinique…
Cinema
Laurence Anyways
Laurence and his girlfriend Fred share an intimate and idyllic relationship until one day in the 1990s Laurence breaks the news to Fred that he…
Cinema
It’s Not Me I Swear!
Ten-year-old Leon has lots of problems and an overly fertile imagination. In the summer of 1968, Leon’s mother decides to abandon everything and everyone behind…
Cinema
La Pirogue
Baye Laye is the captain of a pirogue, a fishing boat. Like many of his Senegalese compatriots, he dreams of moving away and earning a…
event
Round Table: What’s so French about Francophone cinema?
As part of our film season The French Connection? the Alliance Française de Manchester are hosting a round table to discuss the place of French…
Cinema
Viva Riva!
Viva Riva! is a gangster thriller about a charismatic criminal, Riva, for whom a sudden burst of stolen wealth ignites an exhilarating, hedonistic and perilous…
Cinema
Né quelque part
26-year-old law student Farid has to go to Algeria to try and save his father’s house from demolition. In discovering Algeria, Farid is gradually won…