The 15th French Film Festival to be held from June 3 to 13 at the Shangri-la Cineplex 4 features films that allow local viewers to experience French culture through a panorama of various genres of film, from comedy to drama, to love stories, and adventures, set in different situations.
On June 12, the French Film Festival plays tribute to Philippine cinema with a screening of Lola by Brillante Mendoza.
The films are open to the public with free admission on a first come-first served basis at the Shang Cineplex Cinema 4. The festival will also run in Cebu from June 18 to 20 at the Ayala Center and a retrospective of classic films of Eric Rohmer will run at the Cultural Center of the Philippines from June 15 to 19.
L'Amour c'est mieux a deux (The Perfect Date)
Michel dreams of the perfect encounter, one that happens completely by accident like the way that his parents and his grandparents met. Meanwhile, Vincent has only one thing on his mind: sex. Friends from childhood with diametrically opposed views about women, they discover the limits of their respective reasoning when they meet Angèle and Nathalie.
Director: Dominique Farrugia, Arnaud Lemort
Cast: Clovis Cornillac, Virginie Efira, Manu Payet, Annelise Hesme, Laurence Arne, Shirley Bousquet, Jonathan Lambert, Laurent Lafitte, Sophie Vouzelaud, Emmanuel Suarez , Lancelot Roch, Marie Vincent, Diane Dassigny, Clémence Aubry, Étienne Drabert, Monique Martial
Screening schedule:
June 3, 7:30 p.m.
June 7, 6 p.m.
June 10, 9 p.m.
Les Bureaux de Dieu (God's Offices)
In this choral film, we get a glimpse of the lives of five family planning counselors who advise the adolescent girls and women who come to speak with them. They want to learn about the conditions of a choice that they must or wish to take, rather than to be subjected to it.
Director: Claire Simon
Cast: Nathalie Baye, Nicole Garcia, Isabelle Carré, Michel Boujenah, Béatrice Dalle, Rachida Brakni, Anne Alvaro, Lolita Chammah, Emmanuel Mouret, Marie Laforet, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Manon Garcia
Screening schedule:
June 4, 9 p.m.
June 7, 3 p.m.
June 9, 12 noon
June 13, 6 p.m.
La Graine et le Mulet (The Secret of the Grain)
The film tackles life at the port via main character Monsieur Beiji, a 60-year-old divorcee with a complicated family. Despite his problems, he dreams of building his own restaurant, which surprisingly becomes the one thing that will bind his family together.
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Cast: Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Faridah Benkhetache, Abdelhamid Aktouche, Bouraouïa Marzouk, Cyril Favre, Alice Houri, Leïla D'Issernio, Abdelkader Djeloulli, Bruno Lochet, Olivier Loustau, Sami Zitouni, Sabrina Ouazani, Mohamed Benabdeslem, Hatika Karaoui, Henri Rodriguez, Nadia Taouil , Jeanne Corporon, Henri Cohen, Violaine Carné (de)
Screening Schedule:
June 4, 6 p.m.
June 6, 3 p.m.
June 9, 3 p.m.
June 11, 9 p.m.
June 13, 9 p.m.
