French Film Festival Aotearoa 2022: Madeleine Collins

Event Cinemas Havelock North 11 Joll Road, Havelock North, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

In this psychological thriller in the Hitchcockian tradition, Virginie Efira (Bye Bye Morons) deftly embodies the troubled personality of Madeleine Collins, a woman living a double life, whose identity cracks under the weight of her own lies. The film tells the parallel stories of a woman who seems to be the perfect wife and a […]

French Film Festival Aotearoa 2022: The Young Lovers

MTG Century Theatre 65 Marine Parade, Napier South, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

The fabulous Fanny Ardant, Melvil Poupaud and Cécile de France beguile in The Young Lovers, Carine Tardieu's eagerly anticipated follow up to Just To Be Sure, a modern and emotionally-nuanced romantic dramedy of a woman who embarks on a relationship with a much younger man, and the implications her choices have on those around her. Elegant, retired architect […]

French Film Festival Aotearoa 2022: The Villa

Event Cinemas Havelock North 11 Joll Road, Havelock North, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

With an all-star ensemble cast, The Villa joins the ranks of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Calendar Girls and The Intouchables, with it’s touching and oft-hilarious depiction of friendships formed against all odds. An unlikely story of friendship between Milan, a young man on parole, who is forced to work in a retirement home rather than going to jail, and a […]

French Film Festival Aotearoa 2022: A Mermaid in Paris

Event Cinemas Havelock North 11 Joll Road, Havelock North, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

A crooner with a broken heart, Gaspard had sworn never to fall in love again. As for Lula, a pretty mermaid, she has only her singing to defend herself from men, making their hearts race until they explode. When the Seine floods and deposits Lula at the foot of the Flowerburger, the barge-cabaret where Gaspard […]

French Film Festival Aotearoa 2022: Everything Went Fine

MTG Century Theatre 65 Marine Parade, Napier South, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

When André, 85, has a stroke, Emmanuèle hurries to her father’s bedside. Sick and half-paralysed in his hospital bed, he asks Emmanuèle to help him end his life. But how can you honour such a request when it’s your own father? How to buy tickets Tickets are sold through the participating venues. In cinemas: At […]

French Film Festival Aotearoa 2022: Happy 50

MTG Century Theatre 65 Marine Parade, Napier South, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

In this irreverent and feel-good comedy, a group of long-time friends get together for a hilarious and eventful vacation, in which nothing will go as planned and their friendship will be put to the test.To celebrate Yves’ 50th birthday, his friends plan to take him to the sunny paradise of Paros in Greece. But due […]

French Film Festival Aotearoa 2022: La Traviata, My Brothers and I

Event Cinemas Havelock North 11 Joll Road, Havelock North, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Nour, a 14-year-old boy, is enjoying the beginning of the summer holidays in the South of France. He is the youngest of four brothers. They live together in a council estate, taking turns caring for their mother who is in a coma. She used to love Italian Opera, so Nour plays it for her, and […]

French Film Festival Aotearoa 2022: Farewell, Mr. Haffmann

MTG Century Theatre 65 Marine Parade, Napier South, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

The legendary Daniel Auteuil gives one of his most superlative screen performances in the gripping new historical drama from writer/director Fred Cavayé, based on Jean-Philippe Daguerre’s celebrated, multi Molière Award-winning play. Occupied Paris, 1941: the Jewish community is instructed to identify themselves by wearing a yellow star. Dedicated jeweller Joseph Haffmann (Auteuil), fearing the worst, […]

French Film Festival Aotearoa 2022: Little Nicholas’ Treasure

Event Cinemas Havelock North 11 Joll Road, Havelock North, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

From writer/director Julien Rappeneau (Rosalie Blum and Of Love & Lies), the charming and hilarious comedy Little Nicholas' Treasure is a lavish big-screen adventure featuring the beloved children’s character created by Rene Goscinny (Astérix) and illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempé, a young boy with a limitless sense of curiosity and a dangerously overactive imagination. France, early 1960s. In the idyllic world […]

French Film Festival Aotearoa 2022: Madeleine Collins

MTG Century Theatre 65 Marine Parade, Napier South, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

In this psychological thriller in the Hitchcockian tradition, Virginie Efira (Bye Bye Morons) deftly embodies the troubled personality of Madeleine Collins, a woman living a double life, whose identity cracks under the weight of her own lies. The film tells the parallel stories of a woman who seems to be the perfect wife and a […]

French Film Festival Aotearoa 2022: Kompromat

Event Cinemas Havelock North 11 Joll Road, Havelock North, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Based on incredible true events, Jérôme Salle’s gripping new political thriller depicts the remarkable story of a French public servant who unwittingly found himself in conflict with one of the modern era’s most powerful and dangerous forces: Russia’s FSB.  Gilles Lellouche stars as Mathieu, a gregarious and dedicated diplomat who accepts a posting to Irkutsk […]

French Film Festival Aotearoa 2022: Another World

MTG Century Theatre 65 Marine Parade, Napier South, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

The remarkable Vincent Lindon reunites with acclaimed writer/director Stéphane Brizé for the stunning Another World, delivering a powerhouse turn as a driven white-collar manager torn between duty to his job, his family and his principles. Lindon plays Philippe Lemesle, an executive who oversees the regional factory of an industrial multi-national. He has dedicated his life to the […]

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