FRENCH CONNECTIONS

L’inhumaine

Marcel L’Herbier
France · 1924

Cinematic futurism and silent melodrama combine in this glittering feature which boasts set design and costuming by a who’s who of the Art Deco era, including Fernand Léger and Paul Poiret.
“A manifesto for modernity and call for film to be considered as art.” – Silent London

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Baden Baden

Rachel Lang
Belgium/France · 2016

First-time director Rachel Lang delivers an utterly distinctive and lively coming-of-age comedy about a flaky French 20-something searching for meaning in her life.

“Very fresh and often very funny.”
– NY Times

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Les Cowboys

Thomas Bidegain
France · 2015

Inspired by John Ford’s The Searchers, screenwriter Thomas Bidegain (A Prophet) debuts as director with this twisty and provocative thriller about a father looking for his daughter, who has run away with a jihadist.

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Neither Heaven Nor Earth
Ni le ciel ni la terre

Clément Cogitore
Belgium/France · 2015

A company of French soldiers mysteriously disappears in a remote Afghan valley. Is it the Taliban or a more existential threat?

“A contemporary ghost story that’s both unabashedly mystical and thrillingly pulpy.” – Slant

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Fidelio: Alice’s Journey
Fidelio, l’odysseé d’Alice

Lucie Borleteau
France · 2014

In this insightful study of a woman at work in an almost exclusively male milieu, Ariane Labed stars as a nautical engineer who runs across an old flame in her new posting aboard a cargo ship.

“A powerful first feature” – Time Out

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