French Film Festival Aotearoa 2023
Films premiering in New Zealand at the French Film Festival, touring nationally 25 May-5 July 2023
Laure Calamy, Olivia Côte and Kristin Scott Thomas star in the wildly entertaining new comedy from writer/director Marc Fitoussi about estranged childhood friends who tentatively reunite for a trip to the Greek Islands.
Featuring a career-best Virginie Efira, Rebecca Zlotowski’s enchanting new romantic drama follows a woman whose outlook on life is upended when she starts a passionate relationship with a single father-of-one.
2022's #1 box office success in France, Cédric Jimenez’s captivating new thriller is an edge-of-your seat deep-dive into one of the most incredible manhunts in European history.
The uproariously entertaining new comedy hit from Louis Garrel charts the misguided attempts of a dedicated son who, in trying to protect his mother, finds himself embroiled in an elaborate heist plot.
Inspired by true events, Blandine Lenoir's warm and tender new film features the unstoppable Laure Calamy (Antoinette in the Cévennes, Full Time) as an ordinary woman who becomes emboldened by a cause far bigger than herself.
Karin Viard and Gregory Gadebois star in an enchanting, beautifully crafted romantic comedy about an unappreciated woman who finally allows herself to be open up to life and love.