French Film Festival 2022

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Jane By Charlotte Jane By Charlotte
Jane By Charlotte and The Consequences Of Feminism
Angry Annie (Annie Colère) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Blandine Lenoir; Writer: Blandine Lenoir, Axelle Ropert; Stars: Laure Calamy, Zita Hanrot, India Hair, Rosemary Standley, Damien Chapelle, Yannick Choirat, Florence Muller, Cédric Appietto, Lucia Sanchez, Pauline Serieys, Louise Labeque, Pascale Arbillot, Éric Caravaca, Christelle Cornil, Marie Cornillon)
Annie, a pregnant working mother in the mid-1970s, comes into contact with an organisation that performs illegal abortions in the public eye.
The Blue Caftan (Country: France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark; Year: 2022; Director: Maryam Touzani; Writer: Maryam Touzani, Nabil Ayouch; Stars: Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui)
Halim and Mina own a small family tailor shop that specializes in sewing ceremonial caftans. Since traditional hand-crafted work is time-consuming, Halim decides to hire an assistant, Youssef. The presence of the attractive young man arouses long-suppressed feelings in Halim, something that does not go unnoticed by his wife Mina.
The Consequences Of Feminism (Les Résultats Du Féminisme) (Country: France; Year: 1906; Director: Alice Guy; Writer: Alice Guy)
Observations of daily life in a world where men's and women's roles are reversed.
Showing as part of Alice Guy: 13 Short Films
Feminist Riposte (Year: 2022; Director: Simon Depardon, Marie Perennès)
Documentary about the current rise in French feminism.
Forever Young (Les Amandiers, The Almond Tree) (Country: France, Italy; Year: 2022; Director: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi; Stars: Sofiane Bennacer, Clara Bretheau, Baptiste Carrion-Weiss, Alexia Chardard, Louis Garrel, Léna Garrel, Liv Henneguier, Sarah Henochsberg, Oscar Lesage, Micha Lescot, Farida Rahouadj, Vassili Schneider, Nadia Tereszkiewicz)
A group of young people find themselves at a turning point... and facing their first tragedy.
The Blue Caftan The Blue Caftan
The Blue Caftan and Forever Young
Jane By Charlotte (Jane par Charlotte) (Country: France; Year: 2021; Director: Charlotte Gainsbourg; Stars: Jane Birkin, Charlotte Gainsbourg)
The director's portrait of her mother.
More Than Ever (Plus Que Jamais) (Country: France, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway; Year: 2022; Director: Emily Atef; Writer: Emily Atef, Lars Hubrich; Stars: Vicky Krieps, Gaspard Ulliel, Bjørn Floberg)
A terminally ill woman decides to take her life back into her own hands.
Rodeo (Year: 2022; Director: Lola Quivoron)
Drama about a young woman in an underground dirt bike community.
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