"My interest was in talking about the love that binds a couple together" - BONNARD, PIERRE & MARTHE writer/director Martin Provost with ABC Radio National's Jason Di Rosso: "In the film I try to show that Marthe (and Cécile is very good at portraying her) and the choices that she made, shed light on Pierre's own artistic path and on the human he was. She was the woman he always went back to, the cornerstone of the couple and his career.”

The 25th annual ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL will tour cinemas nationally 18 Sep-23 Oct. Among the terrific selection don't miss Margherita Vicario's ebullient, music-fuelled drama GLORIA!, Paolo Sorrentino's spectacular and immersive new romantic drama PARTHENOPE, Christophe Honore's joyous new meta-comedy MARCELLO MIO, Pierfrancesco Favino in the gripping WWII thriller COMANDANTE, and many more!

See the wildly entertaining new comedy from irrepressible filmmaking duo Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache (The Intouchables, C'est la vie!) first at special advance screenings on Fri 20, Sat 21 & Sun 22 September. A DIFFICULT YEAR stars Pio Marmaï and Jonathan Cohen as two compulsive spenders who get much more than they bargained for when they try and scam their way out of trouble. Australian Premiere Season commences 26 Sep.