French Film Festival 2015

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40-Love and Tokyo Fiancée
40-Love (Terre battue) (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2014; Director: Stéphane Demoustier; Writer: Stéphane Demoustier, Gaëlle Macé; Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Charles Mérienne, Vimala Pons, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Sam Louwyck, Husky Kihal, Sandrine Dumas, Olivier Brabant, François Godart, Fanny Roussel, Sylvain Pottiez, Elisabeth Tissot-Guerez, Antoine Loison, Tristan Martins)
When a man loses his job he is forced to become more involved with his tennis prodigy son.
All Cats Are Grey (Tous les chats sont gris) (Country: Belgium; Year: 2014; Director: Savina Dellicour; Writer: Matthieu de Braconier, Savina Dellicour; Stars: Manon Capelle, Anne Coesens, Dune de Braconier, Danièle Denie, Alain Eloy, Bouli Lanners, Aisleen McLafferty, Jacques Picron, Benoît Verhaert, Alexandre von Sivers)
An amateur detective, who has been spying on the daughter who doesn't know him, is hiredby her to find her father...
The Anarchists (Les anarchistes) (Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Elie Wajeman; Writer: Gaëlle Macé, Elie Wajeman; Stars: Tahar Rahim, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Swann Arlaud, Guillaume Gouix, Cédric Kahn)
When a policeman infiltrates a group of anarchists he finds himself becoming sympathetic towards them.
A Perfect Man (Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Yann Gozlan; Writer: Yann Gozlan, Guillaume Lemans, Grégoire Vigneron; Stars: Pierre Niney, Ana Girardot, André Marcon, Valéria Cavalli, Thibault Vinçon, Marc Barbé, Sacha Mijovic, Eric Savin, Luc Antoni, Soria Moufakkir, Olivier Antoine, Frédéric Pellegeay, Karina Beuthe, François Rabette, Serge Grünberg)
Thriller sees a novelist faced with blackmail.
SK1 (L'affaire SK1) (Country: France; Year: 2014; Director: Frédéric Tellier; Writer: David Oelhoffen, Frédéric Tellier; Stars: Raphaël Personnaz, Nathalie Baye, Olivier Gourmet, Michel Vuillermoz, Adama Niane, Christa Théret, Thierry Neuvic, William Nadylam, Marianne Denicourt, Chloé Stefani, François Rabette, Anthony Paliotti, Olivier Balazuc, Syrus Shahidi, Norah Lehembre)
Drama about the multi-year hunt, arrest, and trial of serial killer Guy Georges — nicknamed The Beast of Bastille.
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SK1 and Two Friends
Tokyo Fiancée (Il fascino indiscreto dell'amore) (Country: France, Canada, Belgium; Year: 2014; Director: Stefan Liberski; Writer: Amélie Nothomb, Stefan Liberski; Stars: Pauline Etienne, Taichi Inoue, Julie LeBreton, Alice de Lencquesaing, Akimi Ota, Hiroki Kageyama, Tokio Yokoi, Hiromi Asai, Shinnosuke Kasahara, Masaki Watanabe, Miho Suzuki)
A young Japanophile Belgian woman in Tokyo falls into a whirlwind romance with a Francophile Japanese student.
Two Friends (Les deux amis) (Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Louis Garrel; Writer: Louis Garrel, Christophe Honoré; Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Vincent Macaigne, Louis Garrel, Mahaut Adam, Pierre Maillet, Christelle Deloze, Rhizlaine El Cohen, Yen Tram Le Thi, Hitomi Ryoke Duran, Ulysse Korolitsky, Laurent Laffargue, Rachid Hami, Emmanuel Matte, Manon Combes, Pierre Devérines)
Drama about a man who falls for a woman who is already in a relationship.
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