French Film Fridays

We are excited to release the French Fridays Program screening at Event Cinemas Kotara.  

Proudly sponsored by Hunter Imaging Group,  Cooks Hill Books and Koutchi.

The films are in French with English subtitles.

Friday 23 April - 7pm

La Belle Époque

FRANCE | COMEDY, DRAMA | 2019 | 115 MINS | M | Directed by Nicolas Bedos 

Starring:  Daniel Auteuil, Fanny Ardent, Guillaume Canet, Doria Tillier, Pierre Arditi

Disillusioned by his life as a satirical cartoonist and being left behind by the digitalisation of the press, Victor meets Antoine, a flourishing entrepreneur, who uses a combination of theatrical deception and historical enactment to give his wealthy clients the opportunity to delve back into the period of their choice. Victor decides to relive the most memorable week of his existence, 40 years earlier, when he met the love of his life .....

WINNER - 2020 CĖSAR AWARD - Best Supporting Actress - Fanny Ardent
WINNER - 2020 CĖSAR AWARD - Best Production Design - Stéphane Rozenbaum
WINNER - 2020 CĖSAR AWARD - Best Original Screenplay - Nicolas Bedos

FRIDAY 16 July - 7pm

Délicieux / Delicious

FRANCE | COMEDY, HISTORICAL DRAMA | 2021 | 113 MINS | M | Directed by Éric Besnard

Starring: Grégorie Gadeboid, Isabelle Carré, Benjamin Lavernhe, Patrick Chesnais

It's 1789 prior to the Revolution and gastronomy is the privilege of aristocrats. After serving a disk of his own creation at a dinner hosted by the Duke of Chamfort, talented cook, Manceron is dismissed and loses his enthusiasm for cooking. He moves back to the country where a meeting with the mysterious Louise, renews his culinary passion and leads to a tale of mentorship and revenge and the creation of France's first restaurant. 

FRIDAY 20 AUGUST - 7pm

Un Triomphe / The Big Hit

FRANCE | COMEDY, DRAMA | 2019 | 107 MINS | Directed by Emmanuel Courcol

Starring: Kad Merad, Marina Hands, David Aala, Lamine Cissokho

Based on true events, Etienne, an unemployed actor and past-his-prime, life begins to turn around when he takes a new job giving drama lessons to an unlikely group of prisoners under the watchful eye of warden, Ariane. Surprised by the raw talent of the group, he begins to workshop Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot with surprising results.

FRIDAY 17 SEPTEMBER - 7pm

Antoinette dans les Cévennes / Antoinette in the Cévennes

FRANCE | ADVENTURE, COMEDY, ROMANCE | 2020 | 97 MINS | M | Directed by Caroline Vignal

Starring: Laure Calamy, Benjamin Lavernhe, Olivia Cote

40 something Antoinette, is looking forward to her long planned summer holidays with her secret lover Vladimir, the father of one of her pupils. When learning that he cannot come because his wife has organised a surprise trekking  holiday in the picturesque Cévennes National Park with their daughter and a donkey to carry their load.  Antoinette decides to follow in their track, by herself, along with Patrick, a protective donkey.

WINNER - 2021 CĖSAR AWARD -  Best Actress - Laure Calamy

FRIDAY 22 OCTOBER - 7pm

Eiffel

FRANCE | BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA | 2021 | 115 MINS | M | Directed by Martin Bourboulon

Starring: Emma Mackey, Romain Duris, Pierre Deladonchamps,  Armande Boulanger

In the late 19th century, having already achieved international acclaim for designing the framework for the Statue of Liberty, Gustave Eiffel is in high demand. He wants to design the Paris Subway but is under pressure from the French government to produce something special for the 1889 World's Fair. After initially struggling for inspiration, everything changes when Eiffel encounters a mysterious woman called Adrienne from his past and the iconic Eiffel Tower is the result.