The French Connection?

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

War Witch

War Witch is a tale of civil war, resilience and love set in a small village in sub-Saharan Africa. After her village is burned down…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Sister

Set in and around an affluent ski resort, Sister is a portrait of an older-than-his-years twelve year old who spends his days stealing ski equipment…

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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…

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Bambi

The extraordinary life of the French music hall star Bambi has been one of perpetual reinvention, from her childhood in Algeria as a boy named…

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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…

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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…

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