FRENCH CONNECTIONS

La Chinoise

Jean-Luc Godard
France · 1967

Godard’s pop-art masterpiece embraces and parodies the revolutionary spirit of a group of middle-class students determined to overthrow the establishment by any means necessary.

“A speed freak's anticipatory vision of the political horrors to come; it's amazing” – Pauline Kael, New Yorker

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Cléo from 5 to 7
Cléo de 5 à 7

Agnès Varda
France/Italy · 1962

Shooting entirely on location in the streets of Paris, Varda chronicles two anxious hours in a pop singer’s life. Score by Michel Legrand, who cameos alongside Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.

“This joyous exercise in elegance and style never gets old.” – Guardian

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Pacifiction
Tourment sur les îles

Albert Serra
France/Spain/Germany/Portugal · 2022

Arthouse maverick Albert Serra takes us on an unsettling tour of the French Polynesian tropics with this anti-epic tale of political paranoia set against a backdrop of picture postcard sunsets.

“Beauty and menace in a kind of uneasy equilibrium” – LA Times

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Falcon Lake

Charlotte Le Bon
France/Canada · 2022

This remarkably assured feature debut melds a dreamy summertime coming-of-age teen romance with an eerie and enigmatic ghost story.

“Striking, stylish, sweetly scary” – Variety

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Chicken for Linda!
Linda veut du poulet!

Sébastien Laudenbach, Chiara Malta
France/Italy · 2023

An innocent request leads to a wild chase as a doting mother tries to gather the ingredients for her daughter’s favourite meal in this charming French animation.

“A sharp mix of pathos and humor” – NYT

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The Crossing
La traversée

Florence Miailhe
France/Germany/Czech Republic · 2021

Oil painted on glass creates a fully dreamlike effect in this poignant animation – a refugee story blending fairytale fantasy with realist drama.

“A marvel of humanity – don't miss it.” – Paris Match

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