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FRENCH
FILM FESTIVAL
AOTEAROA
2022 CHRISTCHURCH
23 JUNE - 10 JULY
FRENCHFILMFESTIVAL.CO.NZ
N E W L I M I T E D C R E AT I O N Welcome
Fergus Grady Eric Soulier
Festival Director Head of Culture,
Embassy of France
New Zealand
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Bienvenue à la Fête du cinéma français Bonjour à toutes et tous,
en Aotearoa. Dear cinema lovers,
After the success of last year’s festival Welcome to the 16th French Film Festival!
FOR NESPRESSO®* MACHINES where we saw record attendance, we’re
excited to present 21 of the best French On behalf of the Embassy of France in New
films to NZ audiences this June/July. Zealand, we are delighted to be partnering
with the festival, bringing you this selection
It was a strong year for French cinema, of intriguing, and moving stories from the
despite the obvious production problems, “cinéma français”.
and we are proud to premiere a French box
office no. 1: OSS 117: From Africa with Love. Behind the scenes, the work is carried out
by the selection committee headed by
Our opening night film A Mermaid in Paris Fergus Grady and the FFFA team, under the
invites you to experience a refreshingly supervision of Managing Director Simon
original vision, where our protagonist Werry. Thank you for all your dedication,
rescues a mermaid who has washed up on turning the French Film Festival into one
the banks of the river Seine. of the most popular cultural events in New
Zealand in 2021.
We have included some of the funniest
comedies released in France - including Building on last year’s resounding success,
Happy 50, Murder Party & Rumba Therapy the festival’s team has once again packed
- that will have you in fits. We’ve also all the essentials from the latest releases:
highlighted some of the strongest dramas comedies, dramas, romance, topped
in Maigret, Everything Went Fine, and with some discoveries from the Festival
The Young Lovers. de Cannes. The audacity and excellence
of French cinema and its talents will be
For our foodies we have The Kitchen showcased with a generous line-up of films
Brigade, and for our younger cinema lovers to choose from.
the star-studded reboot of Little Nicholas’
Treasure is a great outing for the family. I am looking forward to seeing Ouistreham
(Between Two Worlds), a poignant story
Whichever city or town you live in, we’re of resilience, betrayal and hope, starring
excited to present all 21 films at your local the charismatic Juliette Binoche. Another
participating cinema. The Festival couldn’t highlight is Un autre monde (Another
take place without these 16 dedicated World) with Vincent Lindon and Sandrine
cinema partners, as well as our sponsors Kiberlain, who form a superb duo fighting to
& dedicated Festival team. restore a precious work-life balance.
Vive le cinéma! Take your pick and mark your diary.
Vive les émotions partagées!
Vive le cinéma!
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Festival patron - Francesca Rudkin
I’m honoured to be invited back this year to
take up the role of Festival Patron - and what
a line-up! It was hard to narrow down my top
picks, but these were the standouts:
A MERMAID IN PARIS
A Mermaid in Paris transported me to the
Parisian streets and into the speakeasy club
where our leading man Gaspard (played by
Nicolas Duvauchelle) sings every night to an
FAREWELL, MR HAFFMANN adoring audience. A spectacle of amazing
One of the strongest dramas I’ve seen outfits and locations.
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legendary Daniel Auteuil gives one of his a French government employee can land,
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be any tighter. The film takes the audience on an overdue
LA TRAVIATA, MY BROTHERS AND I journey around the world.
Nour is a 14 year old virtuoso on the way
to becoming the new Luciano Pavarotti.
A touching story of hope, the film breaks
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27 Ju
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• Alliance Française Christchurch
• Ambassade de France en Nouvelle-Zélande
• Academy Gold Cinema, Christchurch Art Gallery,
Deluxe Cinemas and Lumière Cinemas for hosting
this year’s Festival!
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Another World (Un autre monde) A Mermaid in Paris (Une sirène à Paris)
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Drama | Rating TBC | 97 minutes
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French and English with English subtitles
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Vincent Lindon delivers a powerhouse
turn as a driven white-collar manager torn
between duty to his job, his family and his
principles in Another World.
Lindon plays Philippe Lemesle, an executive
who oversees the regional factory of an
industrial multi-national. He has dedicated Academy Gold Cinema
his life to the company, balancing relations
Wed 29 Jun 8:00pm
with his employees while placating his
bosses and their American overlords. But Deluxe Cinemas
it’s come at a high personal cost - he Thu 23 Jun 2:00pm Sat 25 Jun 6:20pm
and partner Anne (Sandrine Kiberlain)
Thu 30 Jun 1:15pm Fri 01 Jul 4:00pm
are separating, and his relationship with
troubled son Lucas (Anthony Bajon) is also Wed 06 Jul 2:00pm
foundering. So when the already-frayed Lumière Cinemas
Philippe is tasked by management with a
downsizing operation, he faces a major Mon 27 Jun 11:30am Wed 06 Jul 6:00pm
crisis of conscience… Sat 09 Jul 4:00pm
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | M | 103 minutes | French with English subtitles
You are invited to the Opening Night of
Between Two Worlds (Ouistreham) L’OR French Film Festival Aotearoa 2022,
and the premiere of A Mermaid in Paris!
Drama | Rating TBC | 107 minutes Thu 23 June at Christchurch Art Gallery
French with English subtitles Wine and cheese from 5:00pm
Screening starts 6:00pm
Juliette Binoche (How to Be a Good Wife)
A crooner with a broken heart, Gaspard had
stars in this immersive drama based
sworn never to fall in love again. As for Lula,
on French journalist Florence Aubenas’
a pretty mermaid, she has only her singing
bestselling non-fiction book, Le Quai de Academy Gold Cinema
to defend herself from men, making their
Ouistreham (The Night Cleaner). Wed 29 Jun 11:15am Mon 04 Jul 1:45pm
hearts race until they explode.
Fri 08 Jul 8:00pm
Marianne (Binoche), a writer posing as a Christchurch Art Gallery
When the Seine floods and deposits
cash-strapped divorcée who needs work, is Academy Gold Cinema Thu 23 Jun 6:00pm
Lula at the foot of the Flowerburger, the
hired as a cabin cleaner on a ferry boat at Deluxe Cinemas
Sun 26 Jun 1:15pm Thu 30 Jun 6:00pm barge-cabaret where Gaspard sings, it is a
the port of Ouistreham which serves the city Fri 24 Jun 4:00pm Sun 26 Jun 1:45pm
Tue 05 Jul 1:30pm Thu 07 Jul 8:00pm mini-tsunami that will upset and change
of Caen. Marianne’s disquiet grows as she Mon 27 Jun 5:45pm Sun 03 Jul 3:00pm
their lives. He, the man who has suffered
forms a tight bond with her co-workers, all Deluxe Cinemas
from having loved too much, and she, the Fri 08 Jul 2:00pm Sat 09 Jul 8:00pm
the while secretly taking notes on them. She Mon 27 Jun 8:00pm Tue 28 Jun 2:00pm Lumière Cinemas
creature who has never known love, will get
then faces the awful situation of having to Sat 02 Jul 6:00pm Sun 03 Jul 12:45pm to know each other. And to sing with the Sat 25 Jun 3:45pm Thu 30 Jun 1:45pm
confess to her new friends that she has
Sat 09 Jul 5:45pm same voice... Sat 02 Jul 6:00pm Wed 06 Jul 8:00pm
been using their life stories as raw material
for her book. Lumière Cinemas
Fri 24 Jun 11:30am Wed 29 Jun 11:15am
“A Mermaid in Paris is a refreshingly original film about what it means to believe in the things
Fri 01 Jul 8:00pm Wed 06 Jul 3:45pm
you love, and in doing that, makes a strong argument of why you should love the film itself.”
- Film Inquiry
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Maigret
Employee of the Month (Irréductible)
Crime | Rating TBC | 88 minutes
French with English subtitles
Comedy | Rating TBC | 85 minutes
French with English subtitles
The legendary Gérard Depardieu brings to
remarkable life one of the most beloved
From South America to Sweden, Employee characters from 20th century crime fiction
of the Month will make you cry with laughter, in Maigret, based on Georges Simenon’s
and takes the audience on an overdue internationally best-selling novels.
journey around the world.
Paris, 1953. The body of a beautiful young
An irresistible force meets an immovable woman is discovered at Place Ventimille, Academy Gold Cinema
object when a zealous ministerial inspector dressed in an elegant evening gown. There Fri 24 Jun 4:15pm Wed 29 Jun 6:00pm
(Pascale Arbillot), determined to do Academy Gold Cinema is nothing to identify her, and no witnesses. Sun 03 Jul 5:30pm Mon 04 Jul 6:00pm
everything in her power to make cuts in civil Fri 24 Jun 6:15pm Tue 28 Jun 1:45pm Pensive and world-weary Inspector Jules
service spending, comes up against Vincent Thu 07 Jul 6:00pm Fri 08 Jul 1:45pm
Fri 01 Jul 4:15pm Tue 05 Jul 8:15pm Maigret (Depardieu) endeavours to piece
Peltier (Jérôme Commandeur), a peaceful Sun 10 Jul 3:00pm
Thu 07 Jul 11:45am Sat 09 Jul 4:00pm
together her story, and in doing so uncovers
civil servant at the Water and Forestry details about her past and character. In Deluxe Cinemas
Department in Limoges. As far as he’s Deluxe Cinemas
his enquiries, he encounters Betty (Jade Sat 25 Jun 4:15pm Sat 02 Jul 4:10pm
Mon 27 Jun 4:00pm Wed 29 Jun 6:15pm
concerned, his job, is “guaranteed for life”! Labeste), a woman who bears an uncanny Wed 06 Jul 4:00pm
Tue 05 Jul 4:10pm Fri 08 Jul 6:30pm resemblance to the victim, but who also Lumière Cinemas
The war of nerves has only just begun Lumière Cinemas reminds him of one even closer to his Sun 26 Jun 3:30pm Fri 01 Jul 6:00pm
when she transfers him to some of the Thu 23 Jun 8:15pm Sat 25 Jun 8:15pm own life… Tue 05 Jul 1:45pm Sun 10 Jul 5:15pm
must inhospitable places on Earth, Thu 30 Jun 12:00pm Sat 02 Jul 1:45pm
including the North Pole! Sun 03 Jul 5:45pm
Centrepiece Films
Everything Went Fine (Tout s’est bien passé)
Farewell, Mr. Haffmann (Adieu Monsieur Haffmann)
Drama | R13 | 113 minutes
French with English subtitles
Drama | Rating TBC | 116 minutes
French with English subtitles
When André, 85, has a stroke, Emmanuèle
hurries to her father’s bedside. Sick and
half-paralysed in his hospital bed, he asks Occupied Paris, 1941: all members of the
Emmanuèle to help him end his life. But how Jewish community are instructed to
can you honour such a request when it’s come forward and identify themselves
your own father? to authorities. Dedicated jeweller Joseph
Haffmann (Daniel Auteuil), fearing the worst,
From François Ozon, director of 8 Women, arranges for his family to flee the city and
Academy Gold Cinema
Swimming Pool, and Potiche. offers his employee François Mercier (Gilles
Thu 23 Jun 1:15pm Sat 02 Jul 8:00pm
Lellouche) the chance to take over his store Academy Gold Cinema
Thu 07 Jul 1:30pm
Starring Sophie Marceau, André Dussollier, until the conflict subsides. But his own Thu 23 Jun 5:45pm Sun 26 Jun 5:45pm
Deluxe Cinemas attempts to escape are thwarted,
Géraldine Pailhas and Charlotte Rampling. Thu 30 Jun 11:30am Mon 04 Jul 11:15am
Tue 28 Jun 4:00pm Thu 30 Jun 5:45pm and Haffmann is forced to seek his Wed 06 Jul 1:15pm Sat 09 Jul 8:00pm
Tue 05 Jul 2:00pm Sun 10 Jul 3:00pm assistant’s protection. Deluxe Cinemas
Sat 25 Jun 2:00pm Wed 29 Jun 2:00pm
Lumière Cinemas
It’s a risky proposition for both men, and one Fri 01 Jul 8:15pm Mon 04 Jul 8:00pm
Fri 24 Jun 3:45pm Sun 26 Jun 7:30pm
that Mercier’s wife Blanche (Sara Giraudeau) Thu 07 Jul 8:15pm
Wed 29 Jun 1:30pm Sun 03 Jul 3:30pm
is sceptical of. As the couple move in to the Lumière Cinemas
Tue 05 Jul 8:15pm Fri 08 Jul 3:45pm Sat 25 Jun 6:00pm Sun 26 Jun 1:00pm
Haffmann home, the agreement turns into
Sat 09 Jul 8:15pm Tue 28 Jun 8:00pm Sat 02 Jul 3:30pm
a Faustian bargain, one that will forever
Fri 08 Jul 8:00pm Sat 09 Jul 11:15am
change the fate of all...
Sun 10 Jul 3:00pm
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Happy 50 The Kitchen Brigade (La brigade)
Comedy | Rating TBC | 99 minutes Comedy | Rating TBC | 97 minutes
French with English subtitles French with English subtitles
In this irreverent and feel-good comedy, Cathy is a stubborn 40-year-old sous
a group of long-time friends get together chef. This year, she is finally about to
for a hilarious and eventful vacation, in fulfill her lifelong dream: opening her own
which nothing will go as planned and their gastronomic restaurant. But nothing goes
friendship will be put to the test. as planned.
To celebrate Yves’ 50th birthday, his friends Facing serious financial difficulties, she
plan to take him to the sunny paradise of Academy Gold Cinema reluctantly accepts a job in the cafeteria of a Academy Gold Cinema
Paros in Greece. But due to a cancelled shelter for young migrants. While she hates Thu 23 Jun 11:15am Mon 27 Jun 6:00pm
Fri 24 Jun 11:45am Mon 27 Jun 2:00pm
flight, the holiday will take place in a far less her new position, Cathy’s skills and passion Thu 30 Jun 2:00pm Fri 08 Jul 11:45am
glamorous and much rainier destination: Sat 02 Jul 6:00pm Wed 06 Jul 8:00pm for cuisine start to change the kids’ lives.
Deluxe Cinemas
Yves’ family home in Brittany. During the Sun 10 Jul 1:00pm And they also have a lot to teach her...
Sun 26 Jun 3:50pm Wed 29 Jun 8:00pm
vacation, their bonds are challenged by Deluxe Cinemas
Antoine’s constant complaining, Yves’ Tue 05 Jul 6:00pm Thu 07 Jul 4:00pm
Thu 30 Jun 8:00pm Mon 04 Jul 1:30pm
pride, Baptiste’s superstition and Laurent’s Sun 10 Jul 7:30pm
Lumière Cinemas Lumière Cinemas
jealousy of Jean-Mich’s perfect life and
family. On top of that, Antoine’s supposedly Sun 26 Jun 5:30pm Wed 29 Jun 3:45pm Fri 24 Jun 1:45pm Tue 28 Jun 6:00pm
harmless joke – offering Yves a DNA ancestry Sun 03 Jul 7:30pm Wed 06 Jul 11:30am Fri 01 Jul 4:00pm Sat 02 Jul 8:15pm
test – has unforeseen consequences… Fri 08 Jul 6:00pm Mon 04 Jul 1:45pm
Hear Me Out (On est fait pour s’entendre) Kompromat
Comedy, Romance | Rating TBC | 93 minutes Drama, Thriller | Rating TBC | 127 minutes
French with English subtitles French and Russian with English subtitles
Antoine, a history teacher in his early 50s, Gilles Lellouche stars as Mathieu, a
learns that he has become very hard of gregarious and dedicated diplomat who
hearing. Unable to own up to his handicap, accepts a posting to Irkutsk as the head
he resigns himself to living in his bubble, of Siberia’s Alliance Française. He hopes
even though his entourage finds his behavior the change will be good for his family
increasingly odd. and struggling marriage, but before long
Mathieu’s staging of cultural events and
His encounter with Claire, widow and mother Academy Gold Cinema support of artistic expression sees him
Academy Gold Cinema
of a young girl who has stopped speaking, fall afoul of local authorities. Accused of a
Sat 25 Jun 3:30pm Sun 26 Jun 11:15am
will lead him to open up to the world. terrible crime, he soon realises someone Sat 25 Jun 5:30pm Tue 28 Jun 8:15pm
Thu 30 Jun 4:00pm Wed 06 Jul 11:15am has fabricated a case with Russia’s Federal Sat 02 Jul 3:30pm
The well-rounded cast of Hear Me Out Fri 08 Jul 6:00pm Security Service; he has been framed.
delivers a touching exploration of the risks Deluxe Cinemas Deluxe Cinemas
and rewards of revealing our vulnerabilities Thu 23 Jun 6:10pm Tue 28 Jun 6:10pm
Arrested, imprisoned and isolated, Mathieu
Sun 03 Jul 7:30pm Tue 05 Jul 8:00pm
and that shows there’s no shame in asking has nowhere to turn. Defending himself
for help. Sat 02 Jul 8:15pm Sun 10 Jul 1:00pm is impossible, the French authorities are Lumière Cinemas
Lumière Cinemas helpless... it seems he has no choice:
to try and escape. Fri 24 Jun 8:15pm Thu 30 Jun 8:00pm
Mon 27 Jun 3:45pm Fri 01 Jul 2:00pm
Mon 04 Jul 8:00pm Thu 07 Jul 3:45pm Mon 04 Jul 11:15am Thu 07 Jul 1:15pm
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La Traviata, My Brothers and I (Mes frères et moi) Love Songs for Tough Guys (Cette musique ne joue pour personne)
Drama | Rating TBC | 108 minutes Drama | Rating TBC | 106 minutes
French with English subtitles French with English subtitles
La Traviata, My Brothers and I, Love Songs for Tough Guys is a charmingly
tells the story of 14-year-old Nour (Maël affectionate fable of a disparate group of
Rouin Berrandou), growing up in a housing ordinary people finding love and fulfillment
project in the South of France. Nour and his through an unexpected source: the arts.
older brothers care for their ailing mother
who is in a coma. In the port city of Dunkirk, weary crime boss
Jeff (François Damiens) has a big problem:
Nour dreams of becoming the new Luciano Academy Gold Cinema young punks are muscling in on his turf. But Academy Gold Cinema
Pavarotti, inspired by La Traviata, an opera Jeff is distracted: he’s fallen for Roxane, a
Sat 25 Jun 8:00pm Wed 29 Jun 3:45pm Mon 27 Jun 8:00pm Sat 02 Jul 11:00am
he knows well because his Italian father supermarket cashier he adores from afar. He
Sun 03 Jul 3:15pm Sat 09 Jul 11:30am
wooed his North African mother by singing tries to win her heart by writing love poems, Wed 06 Jul 3:45pm Sat 09 Jul 1:45pm
its arias to her. Between his work in the Deluxe Cinemas but doesn’t have the courage to deliver
Deluxe Cinemas
community and rising tensions at home, Tue 28 Jun 8:10pm Fri 01 Jul 1:45pm them. Meanwhile, Jeff’s grizzled enforcer is
Nour dreams of escaping to a faraway place. sent to shake down local suburban widow Thu 23 Jun 4:00pm Fri 24 Jun 2:00pm
Fri 08 Jul 8:15pm Sun 10 Jul 5:15pm
When he crosses paths with Sarah (Judith Suzanne (Vanessa Paradis), who is preparing Mon 04 Jul 5:45pm
Lumière Cinemas
Chemla), an opera singer teaching summer to portray Simone de Beauvoir in the
Fri 24 Jun 6:00pm Tue 28 Jun 1:30pm Lumière Cinemas
classes, he finally finds the opportunity community theatre’s annual musical,
to come out of his shell and explore Tue 05 Jul 6:00pm Wed 06 Jul 1:30pm but instead finds himself drawn into the Sun 26 Jun 10:45am Wed 29 Jun 8:00pm
new horizons. Sat 09 Jul 6:00pm Sun 10 Jul 12:45pm actual production… Fri 08 Jul 1:30pm
Little Nicholas’ Treasure (Le trésor du petit Nicolas) Madeleine Collins
Comedy, Family | Rating TBC | 103 minutes Drama, Thriller | Rating TBC | 104 minutes
French with English subtitles French with English subtitles
France, early 1960s. In the idyllic world of In this psychological thriller in the
9-year-old Nicholas (Ilan Debrabant), there Hitchcockian tradition, Virginie Efira (Bye
is Papa (Jean-Paul Rouve), Mum (Audrey Bye Morons) deftly embodies the troubled
Lamy), his school and - most importantly personality of a woman whose identity
- his ragtag group of friends. Cheeky, cracks under the weight of her own lies.
inseparable and mischievous, they call
themselves ‘The Invincibles’ and life Judith leads a double life between
couldn’t be better. Switzerland and France. In the first country, Academy Gold Cinema
Academy Gold Cinema
she lives with Abdel, with whom she is
Thu 23 Jun 3:30pm Tue 28 Jun 11:30am
But when his father receives a sought-after Sat 25 Jun 11:15am Sat 02 Jul 1:15pm raising a little girl; in the latter, she lives with
promotion and announces that the family Melvil with whom she has two older boys. Thu 30 Jun 8:15pm Sun 03 Jul 10:45am
Tue 05 Jul 3:45pm Sun 10 Jul 10:45am
must move to the south of France, it’s the
Tue 05 Jul 6:00pm
worst news imaginable. Nicholas simply Deluxe Cinemas Gradually this fragile balance, based on
can’t fathom life without his pals, and secrets, lies and back-and-forth trips begins Deluxe Cinemas
Sat 09 Jul 1:30pm
neither can they. Before long a plan is to veer dangerously off the rails. Trapped, Sat 02 Jul 2:00pm Thu 07 Jul 6:00pm
afoot to prevent this terrible relocation… Lumière Cinemas Judith choses to plow forward despite the
Lumière Cinemas
dizzying escalation this entails.
Sat 25 Jun 1:30pm Sun 03 Jul 1:15pm Mon 27 Jun 5:45pm Tue 05 Jul 11:30am
Sun 10 Jul 10:30am Sat 09 Jul 1:45pm
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Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Hommes au bord de la crise de nerfs) OSS 117: From Africa with Love (OSS 117: Alerte rouge en Afrique noire)
Comedy | Rating TBC | 97 minutes Action, Comedy | Rating TBC | 116 minutes
French with English subtitles French with English subtitles
Seven men, all city-dwellers aged between It’s 1981, the world has changed since the
17 and 70, with nothing in common apart last adventure of OSS 117, France’s finest
from the fact that they are all on the verge secret agent. Feminism is gaining ground;
of a nervous breakdown, meet up at a lonely computer technology is developing and
station for an unusual course in the wild that Communists lurk everywhere. In the midst
is supposed to get them back on their feet. of all this, France sends its top spy to Africa
to help out President Bamba, whose
Each step in this boot camp, designed by an re-election is threatened by rebels.
Academy Gold Cinema Academy Gold Cinema
eccentric and feisty female coach, aims to
reveal them to themselves. The task seems Sat 25 Jun 1:30pm Mon 27 Jun 4:00pm This mission is trickier, more treacherous, Fri 24 Jun 1:45pm Tue 28 Jun 5:45pm
to be a tough one, especially as nothing goes Fri 01 Jul 12:00pm Mon 04 Jul 4:00pm
and more torrid than ever and OSS 117 must, Mon 04 Jul 8:00pm Sun 10 Jul 7:30pm
as planned between these men. for the first time, team up with a young rival
Deluxe Cinemas with considerable assets. Deluxe Cinemas
Wed 06 Jul 6:00pm Sat 09 Jul 3:45pm Thu 30 Jun 3:15pm Fri 08 Jul 4:10pm
Starring Oscar winner, Jean Dujardin,
Lumière Cinemas OSS 117: From Africa With Love is a Lumière Cinemas
delightful and entertaining movie with
Thu 30 Jun 4:00pm Thu 07 Jul 11:15am Mon 27 Jun 8:00pm Sat 02 Jul 11:15am
a healthy dose of satire.
Sun 10 Jul 7:15pm Thu 07 Jul 5:45pm
Murder Party Rumba Therapy (Rumba la vie)
Comedy, Mystery | Rating TBC | 103 minutes Comedy | Rating TBC | 103 minutes
French with English subtitles French with English subtitles
Sink your teeth into this juicy murder Rumba Therapy is a feel-good comedy
comedy! made by actor-turned-Director Franck
Dubosc who plays Tony, a bus driver in his
Was it Colonel Mustard in the kitchen with 50s, going through a midlife crisis. He lives
the candlestick? Or was it Mrs Peacock alone, having abandoned his wife and baby
in the conservatory with the lead pipe? decades earlier. Deciding to reconnect with
Murder Party follows Jeanne (Alice Pol), a his daughter (Louna Espinosa), who has
brilliant architect on a new job, renovating Academy Gold Cinema become a dance teacher, Tony signs up for Academy Gold Cinema
a beautiful mansion owned by an eccentric her classes, even though he hates dancing
Thu 23 Jun 8:00pm Sun 26 Jun 3:30pm Tue 28 Jun 3:30pm Fri 01 Jul 8:15pm
family who head a board game empire. and has two left feet.
Jeanne turns from architect to investigator Fri 01 Jul 6:00pm Sun 03 Jul 1:00pm
Tue 05 Jul 11:15am Fri 08 Jul 3:45pm
when the landlord and patriarch is found Thu 07 Jul 3:45pm A touching film telling the story of a father
Sun 10 Jul 5:15pm
dead and suddenly everybody is a suspect. Deluxe Cinemas desperate to reconnect with his daughter
and who will go to any lengths and correct Deluxe Cinemas
Mon 27 Jun 2:00pm Wed 29 Jun 4:10pm
Director Nicolas Pleskof has brought the the mistakes of his past. Rumba Therapy Sun 03 Jul 5:15pm
Wed 06 Jul 8:00pm
family favourite board game, Cluedo, to life is all about getting out of your comfort
with his first full-length feature film. Lumière Cinemas zone and sheds a tenderly funny light on Lumière Cinemas
Tue 28 Jun 3:45pm Fri 01 Jul 11:45am father-daughter relationships in adulthood. Thu 23 Jun 11:30am Sat 25 Jun 11:15am
Mon 04 Jul 5:45pm Fri 08 Jul 11:15am Wed 29 Jun 5:45pm Tue 05 Jul 3:45pm
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The Villa (Maison de retraite) Christchurch schedule Book online at frenchfilmfestival.co.nz
Comedy | M | 97 minutes
French with English subtitles Thu 23 June Fri 24 Jun Sat 25 Jun Sun 26 Jun
With an all-star ensemble cast led by Gérard
Academy Gold Academy Gold Academy Gold Academy Gold
Depardieu, The Villa joins the ranks of The
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Calendar Girls The Kitchen Brigade Happy 50 Little Nicholas’ Hear Me Out
and The Intouchables, with its touching and 11:15am 11:45am Treasure 11:15am
oft-hilarious depiction of friendships formed 11:15am
against all odds. Everything Went Fine OSS 17: From Africa Between Two Worlds
1:15pm with Love Men on the Verge 1:15pm
1:45pm of a Nervous
An unlikely story of friendship between Madeleine Collins Murder Party
Academy Gold Cinema 3:30pm Breakdown 3:30pm
Milan, a young man on parole, who is forced Maigret
Mon 27 Jun 12:00pm Fri 01 Jul 2:00pm 4:15pm 1:30pm
to work in a retirement home rather than Farewell, Farewell,
going to jail, and a larger-than-life group of Wed 06 Jul 6:00pm Mr. Haffmann Employee of Hear Me Out Mr. Haffmann
3:30pm
retired people who are not really prepared to Deluxe Cinemas
5:45pm the Month 5:45pm
accept this new recruit. 6:15pm Kompromat
Fri 24 Jun 6:10pm Sun 26 Jun 5:50pm Murder Party The Young Lovers
8:00pm 5:30pm 8:00pm
The Young Lovers
Thu 07 Jul 2:00pm 8:00pm
Christchurch La Traviata, My
Lumière Cinemas Art Gallery Brothers and I Deluxe Cinemas
Deluxe Cinemas 8:00pm
Thu 23 Jun 1:45pm Tue 28 Jun 11:30am
A Mermaid in Paris A Mermaid in Paris
Thu 30 Jun 6:00pm Mon 04 Jul 3:45pm 1:45pm
6:00pm Opening Night Love Songs For Deluxe Cinemas
Tough Guys The Kitchen Brigade
Deluxe Cinemas 2:00pm Farewell, 3:50pm
The Young Lovers (Les jeunes amants) Another World A Mermaid in Paris
4:00pm
Mr. Haffmann
2:00pm The Villa
2:00pm 5:50pm
The Villa Maigret
Drama | Rating TBC | 113 minutes Love Songs For 6:10pm 4:15pm
Tough Guys Lumière Cinemas
French with English subtitles Another World
4:00pm
Lumière Cinemas 6:20pm Love Songs For
Fanny Ardant, Melvil Poupaud and Cécile Hear Me Out Tough Guys
6:10pm
de France beguile in The Young Lovers, a Between Two Worlds Lumière Cinemas 10:45am
modern and emotionally-nuanced romantic 11:30am
Lumière Cinemas Farewell,
dramedy of a woman who embarks on a The Kitchen Brigade Rumba Therapy Mr. Haffmann
relationship with a much younger man, 1:45pm 11:15am 1:00pm
Rumba Therapy
and the implications her choices have 11:30am Little Nicholas’
Everything Went Fine Maigret
on those around her. 3:45pm Treasure 3:30pm
The Villa 1:30pm
Academy Gold Cinema 1:45pm La Traviata, My Happy 50
Elegant, retired architect Shauna (Ardant)
Fri 24 Jun 8:00pm Sun 26 Jun 8:00pm Brothers and I A Mermaid in Paris 5:30pm
crosses paths with Pierre (Poupaud), a The Young Lovers 3:45pm
6:00pm
married oncologist in his 40s, who first made Wed 29 Jun 1:30pm Sun 03 Jul 7:30pm 3:45pm Everything Went Fine
an impression on her in a brief meeting over Kompromat Farewell, 7:30pm
Sat 09 Jul 5:45pm Employee of 8:15pm Mr. Haffmann
a decade earlier. Both are drawn to each the Month 6:00pm
other, and begin a passionate affair. While Deluxe Cinemas 8:15pm
Pierre’s family life is soon turned upside Fri 01 Jul 6:00pm Mon 04 Jul 3:30pm Employee of
down - his wife Shauna struggles with the Month
feelings she thought well-belonged to the Lumière Cinemas 8:15pm
past, and the promise of what may remain… Thu 23 Jun 3:45pm Mon 27 Jun 1:30pm
Sun 03 Jul 11:00am Thu 07 Jul 8:15pm
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Mon 27 June Tue 28 Jun Wed 29 Jun Thu 30 Jun Fri 01 Jul Sat 02 Jul Sun 03 Jul
Academy Gold Academy Gold Academy Gold Academy Gold Academy Gold Academy Gold Academy Gold
The Villa
12:00pm
Madeleine Collins
11:30am
A Mermaid in Paris
11:15am
Farewell,
Mr. Haffmann
Men on the Verge
of a Nervous
Love Songs For
Tough Guys
Madeleine Collins
10:45am
CRÈME
Happy 50
2:00pm
Employee of
the Month
The Young Lovers
1:30pm
11:30am
The Kitchen Brigade
Breakdown
12:00pm
11:00am
Little Nicholas’
Murder Party
1:00pm DE LA
CRÈME
1:45pm 2:00pm The Villa Treasure
Men on the Verge La Traviata, My La Traviata, My
2:00pm 1:15pm
of a Nervous Rumba Therapy Brothers and I Hear Me Out Brothers and I
Breakdown 3:30pm 3:45pm 4:00pm Employee of Kompromat 3:15pm
4:00pm
OSS 17: From Africa Maigret Between Two Worlds the Month
4:15pm
3:30pm
Maigret OF
The Kitchen Brigade with Love 6:00pm 6:00pm Happy 50 5:30pm
6:00pm 5:45pm
Another World
8:00pm
Madeleine Collins
8:15pm
Murder Party
6:00pm
6:00pm
The Young Lovers
7:30pm
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Love Songs For Kompromat Everything Went Fine
Tough Guys
8:00pm
8:15pm
Deluxe Cinemas Deluxe Cinemas
Rumba Therapy
8:15pm
8:00pm
Deluxe Cinemas
CINEMA
Deluxe Cinemas Deluxe Cinemas
Deluxe Cinemas Farewell, Another World Deluxe Cinemas Between Two Worlds
Between Two Worlds Mr. Haffmann 1:15pm Madeleine Collins 12:45pm
Murder Party 2:00pm 2:00pm La Traviata, My 2:00pm
OSS 17: From Africa A Mermaid in Paris
2:00pm Brothers and I 3:00pm
Everything Went Fine Murder Party with Love Maigret
4:00pm 4:10pm 3:15pm 1:45pm 4:10pm
Employee of Rumba Therapy
the Month Hear Me Out Employee of Everything Went Fine Another World Between Two Worlds 5:15pm
4:00pm 6:10pm 5:45pm 4:00pm 6:00pm
the Month Kompromat
A Mermaid in Paris 6:15pm The Young Lovers 7:30pm
La Traviata, My Happy 50 Hear Me Out
5:45pm 8:00pm 6:00pm 8:15pm
Brothers and I The Kitchen Brigade
Between Two Worlds 8:10pm 8:00pm Farewell, Lumière Cinemas
8:00pm Lumière Cinemas Mr. Haffmann Lumière Cinemas
Lumière Cinemas Lumière Cinemas 8:15pm The Young Lovers
Lumière Cinemas Employee of OSS 17: From Africa 11:00am
The Villa Between Two Worlds the Month Lumière Cinemas with Love Little Nicholas’
Another World 11:30am 11:15am 12:00pm 11:15am
Treasure
11:30am Murder Party
La Traviata, My Everything Went Fine A Mermaid in Paris Employee of 1:15pm
1:30pm 1:45pm 11:45am
The Young Lovers Brothers and I the Month Everything Went Fine
1:30pm 1:30pm Hear Me Out 1:45pm
Happy 50 Men on the Verge 3:30pm
3:45pm 2:00pm
Hear Me Out Murder Party of a Nervous Farewell, Employee of
3:45pm 3:45pm Breakdown The Kitchen Brigade Mr. Haffmann
Rumba Therapy the Month
5:45pm 4:00pm 4:00pm 3:30pm
Madeleine Collins The Kitchen Brigade 5:45pm
5:45pm 6:00pm Maigret A Mermaid in Paris
Love Songs For The Villa Happy 50
6:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm
OSS 17: From Africa Farewell, Tough Guys 7:30pm
with Love Mr. Haffmann 8:00pm Kompromat Between Two Worlds The Kitchen Brigade
8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:15pm
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Mon 04 Jul Tue 05 Jul Wed 06 Jul Thu 07 Jul Fri 08 Jul Sat 09 Jul Sun 10 Jul
Academy Gold Academy Gold Academy Gold Academy Gold Academy Gold Academy Gold Academy Gold
GOT AN
Farewell, Rumba Therapy Hear Me Out Employee of The Kitchen Brigade La Traviata, My Little Nicholas’
Mr. Haffmann
11:15am
11:15am 11:15am the Month
11:45am
11:45am Brothers and I
11:30am
Treasure
10:45am
IM
PECK
Between Two Worlds Farewell, Maigret
A Mermaid in Paris 1:30pm Mr. Haffmann Everything Went Fine 1:45pm Love Songs For Happy 50
1:45pm 1:15pm 1:30pm Tough Guys 1:00pm
Little Nicholas’ Rumba Therapy
ABLE
3:45pm 1:45pm
Men on the Verge Treasure Love Songs For Murder Party Maigret
of a Nervous 3:45pm Tough Guys 3:45pm Employee of 3:00pm
Hear Me Out
Breakdown 3:45pm 6:00pm the Month
Madeleine Collins Maigret Rumba Therapy
LINEUP
4:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 4:00pm 5:15pm
The Villa A Mermaid in Paris
Maigret 6:00pm The Young Lovers
Employee of Between Two Worlds 8:00pm OSS 17: From Africa
6:00pm 5:45pm
the Month Happy 50 8:00pm with Love
OSS 17: From Africa 8:15pm 8:00pm Deluxe Cinemas Farewell, 7:30pm
with Love Deluxe Cinemas Mr. Haffmann
8:00pm Deluxe Cinemas Deluxe Cinemas A Mermaid in Paris 8:00pm Deluxe Cinemas
The Villa 2:00pm
Deluxe Cinemas Everything Went Fine Another World 2:00pm Deluxe Cinemas Hear Me Out
OSS 17: From Africa 1:00pm
2:00pm 2:00pm
The Kitchen Brigade with Love
Happy 50 Employee of Maigret 4:00pm 4:10pm Little Nicholas’ Everything Went Fine
1:30pm 4:00pm Treasure 3:00pm
the Month Madeleine Collins Employee of 1:30pm
The Young Lovers 4:10pm 6:00pm
Men on the Verge the Month La Traviata, My
3:30pm
The Kitchen Brigade of a Nervous 6:30pm Men on the Verge Brothers and I
Farewell, of a Nervous
Love Songs For 6:00pm Breakdown 5:15pm
Mr. Haffmann La Traviata, My Breakdown
Tough Guys 6:00pm
Kompromat 8:15pm Brothers and I 3:45pm The Kitchen Brigade
5:45pm 8:00pm 8:15pm 7:30pm
Murder Party
Farewell, 8:00pm Lumière Cinemas Between Two Worlds
5:45pm
Mr. Haffmann Lumière Cinemas Lumière Cinemas Lumière Cinemas
8:00pm Lumière Cinemas Men on the Verge A Mermaid in Paris
Madeleine Collins of a Nervous Murder Party 8:00pm Little Nicholas’
Lumière Cinemas 11:30am Happy 50 Breakdown 11:15am Treasure
11:30am 11:15am Lumière Cinemas 10:30am
Maigret Love Songs For
Kompromat 1:45pm La Traviata, My Kompromat Tough Guys La Traviata, My
11:15am 1:30pm Farewell,
Rumba Therapy Brothers and I 1:15pm Brothers and I
The Kitchen Brigade 3:45pm 1:30pm Mr. Haffmann 12:45pm
Hear Me Out Everything Went Fine 11:15am
1:45pm 3:45pm
La Traviata, My Between Two Worlds 3:45pm Farewell,
The Villa 3:45pm Madeleine Collins Mr. Haffmann
Brothers and I OSS 17: From Africa Happy 50 1:45pm
3:45pm 3:00pm
6:00pm Another World 6:00pm
with Love
Murder Party 6:00pm 5:45pm Another World Maigret
Everything Went Fine Farewell, 4:00pm 5:15pm
5:45pm 8:15pm A Mermaid in Paris The Young Lovers Mr. Haffmann
Hear Me Out 8:00pm 8:15pm 8:00pm La Traviata, My Men on the Verge
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8:00pm Brothers and I of a Nervous
6:00pm
Breakdown
Everything Went Fine 7:15pm FILM FESTIVAL
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Academy Gold Cinema Terms and conditions
The Colombo Some cinemas will charge a booking fee for tickets
22/363 Colombo Street booked online and over the phone. Please check
Sydenham with your local cinema.
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(seniors, students) and for all restricted films when
Christchurch Art Gallery collecting or purchasing tickets.
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Corner Worcester Boulevard complimentary passes. No cinema vouchers, movie
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