FRENCH CONNECTIONS 2020

Bob le Flambeur

Jean-Pierre Melville
France · 1956

Bob is a thief with a code of honour and a perfect plan to rob the casino in this crime classic.

“Melville’s drollest, most likeable gangster movie… Exceedingly light on its feet.”
– Village Voice

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Léon Morin, Priest
Léon Morin, prêtre

Jean-Pierre Melville
France · 1961

Icons of the French New Wave, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Emmanuelle Riva, star as a cleric and a Communist drawn together through love.
“A triumph of mood, setting, and innuendo.”
– Criterion Collection

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Army of Shadows
L’Armée des ombres

Jean-Pierre Melville
France · 1969

Starring Lino Ventura and Simone Signoret, this tale of the French Resistance during WWII “grips tighter than a Gestapo handcuff… a film of noirish compositions and fantastic cool.”
– The Independent

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A Polar Year
Une année polaire

Samuel Collardey
France · 2018

Set amidst the dazzling, otherworldly landscapes of Arctic Greenland, this richly human documentary, about the unexpected bond between a Danish teacher and an Inuit boy, celebrates our capacity for cross-cultural connection.

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The State against Mandela and the Others
L’état contre Mandela et les autres

Nicolas Champeaux & Gilles Porte
France · 2018

Rare audio recordings alongside animated courtroom sketches bring to life the Rivonia trial in this enthralling account of a pivotal chapter in Mandela and his co-defendants’ fight against apartheid.

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Young Solitude

Claire Simon
France · 2018

A candid and uniquely collaborative group portrait of high school students at a suburban Parisian school from filmmaker Claire Simon, providing a subtly radical model for how young people deserve to be seen and heard.

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