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FRENCH CONNECTIONS

Presented in co-operation with the Institut Français and the Embassy of France
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Queen Margot
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La reine Margot

Patrice Chéreau
​France/Germany/Italy  ·  1994

Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil and Vincent Perez star in Chéreau’s operatic, blood-splattered historical epic of bed-hopping and court intrigue set amidst the religious wars of the 17th century.

​Screening times, reviews and trailer >>​

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La Haine

Mathieu Kassovitz
France/Italy  ·  1995
 
Tensions between residents and police simmer to boiling point in the banlieues outside Paris. Kassovitz’s cinematic sensation contrasts its gritty atmosphere with poetic surrealism. 
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“The style and attitude of true rebellion.” – Independent

​​Screening times, reviews and trailer >>

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Joy House
Les félins

René Clément
France  ·  1964

This stylish ’60s neo-noir psychological thriller stars Alain Delon and Jane Fonda in a tale of a conman hiding out in a Gothic Riviera mansion with two mysterious beauties.

​Screening times, review and trailer >>

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The Black Tulip 
La tulipe noire

Christian-Jacque
​France/Italy/Spain  ·  1964

In this swashbuckling historical adventure set in the French Revolution Alain Delon plays both the headstrong aristocratic hero and his more sensitive twin brother.

​Screening times, reviews and trailer >>​

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Age of Panic
La bataille de Solférino

Justine Triet
France  ·  2013
 
With political protests roiling the streets of Paris, a young mother tries to keep it together on the home front. Justine Triet’s first feature mixes comedy with documentary-style energy.

​​“Funny, intense and alive” – Cahiers du Cinéma

​​Screening times, reviews and trailer >>

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Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
Onoda: 10 000 nuits dans la jungle

 Arthur Harari
France/Japan/Germany/Belgium/Italy/Cambodia  ·  2021

An absorbing epic and the true story of Hiroo Onoda, a WWII Japanese intelligence officer who refused to believe the war was over and spent 30 years fighting on in the Philippine jungle.
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​Screening times, review and trailer >>

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French Connections is presented in co-operation with the Institut Français and the Embassy of France

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    • CANTERBURY
    • TIMARU
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    • QUEENSTOWN
    • DUNEDIN
    • WESTPORT
  • 2026 SEASON
    • MIKHAIL KALATOZOV
    • HONG KONG CLASSICS
    • MUSICAL NOT MUSICAL
    • 70s THRILLERS
    • CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
    • KIWI CINEMA
    • RETRO CLASSICS
    • CULT FAVOURITES
    • FRENCH CONNECTIONS
    • GERMAN CINEMA
    • WORLD CINEMA