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: The Young Lovers

Event Cinemas Havelock North 11 Joll Road, Havelock North, Hastings, 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: Happy 50

Event Cinemas Havelock North 11 Joll Road, Havelock North, Hastings, 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: Maigret

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

The legendary Gerard Depardieu brings to remarkable life one of the most beloved characters from 20th century crime fiction in Maigret, the masterfully directed and hugely entertaining new film from multi award-winning writer/director Patrice Leconte (Monsieur Hire, Ridicule, The Girl On The Bridge), based on Georges Simenon’s internationally best-selling novels. Paris, 1953. The body of a beautiful young woman […]

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: Between Two Worlds

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

Marianne Winckler (Juliette Binoche), a well-known author, goes to live in northern France to research for her new book on the subject of job insecurity. Without revealing her true identity, she gets hired as a cleaner, working with a group of other women. In this new role, she experiences financial instability and social invisibility first-hand. […]

French Film Festival Aotearoa 2022: Farewell, Mr. Haffmann

Event Cinemas Havelock North 11 Joll Road, Havelock North, Hastings, 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: Between Two Worlds

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

Marianne Winckler (Juliette Binoche), a well-known author, goes to live in northern France to research for her new book on the subject of job insecurity. Without revealing her true identity, she gets hired as a cleaner, working with a group of other women. In this new role, she experiences financial instability and social invisibility first-hand. […]

French Film Festival Aotearoa 2022: Maigret

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

The legendary Gerard Depardieu brings to remarkable life one of the most beloved characters from 20th century crime fiction in Maigret, the masterfully directed and hugely entertaining new film from multi award-winning writer/director Patrice Leconte (Monsieur Hire, Ridicule, The Girl On The Bridge), based on Georges Simenon’s internationally best-selling novels. Paris, 1953. The body of a beautiful young woman […]

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: Happy 50

Event Cinemas Havelock North 11 Joll Road, Havelock North, Hastings, 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: The Young Lovers

Event Cinemas Havelock North 11 Joll Road, Havelock North, Hastings, 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 […]

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