Discover below the list of films (and their streaming links) that we discussed in our Ciné-salon in 2020.
FALL 2020 LIST OF FILMS
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WHERE TO WATCH |
SYNOPSIS & DOCUMENTS |
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La Môme (La Vie en Rose) |
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Born into poverty and raised in a brothel, Édith Piaf manages to achieve worldwide fame. Though her extraordinary voice and charisma open many doors that lead to friendships and romances, she experiences great personal loss, addiction and an early death. |
| Un prophète (A Prophet)by Jacques Audiard | An imprisoned petty criminal of Algerian origins who rises in the inmate hierarchy, becoming an assassin and drug trafficker as he initiates himself into the Corsican and then Muslim subcultures. | ||
| Les Saveurs du palais (Haute Cuisine)by Christian Vincent | Watch/rent on Prime or watch on Vudu |
Based on true facts, this comedy tells the story of an obscure cook from a Périgord truffle farm who
becomes the personal chef of France's president, making waves in the Élysée Palace. |
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Dheepan |
Watch/rent on Hulu, on Criterion,on Amazon Prime or on Youtube |
Winner of the 2015 Palme d'Or, Dheepan tells the story of a Tamil tiger who flees Sri Lanka during the civil war, only to find more conflict awaiting in Paris. |
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La Tête en friche (My Afternoons with Margueritte) by Jean Becker |
A semi-literate and lonely odd-job man bonds with a much older and well-read woman. | |
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Odette Toulemonde by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt |
Odette Toulemonde (Odette Everybody) has no objective reason to be happy, but she is. In her awkward 40s, between her luscious hairdresser son and her teenage daughter stuck in puberty, she dreams of thanking her favorite writer for the optimism which she believes emanates from him. The story of a meeting between two unusual castaways who have nothing in common... | |
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Amour by Michael Haneke |
Watch/rent on Prime, Youtube or Vudu | Palme d'Or winner. Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested. | |
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Timbuktu by Abderrahmane Sissako |
Winner of Cannes' Prize of the Ecumenical Jury & François Chalais Prize. A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed | |
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Bande de filles (Girlhood) by Céline Sciamma |
Watch/rent on Prime, or Youtube or watch free on Kanopy |
Marieme joins an all-girl gang in the projects of Paris and is slowly turned out of her shell by her three
sassy neighbours. As she falls further under their bravado and volatile energy, she begins making brave and foolish choices. |
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Tomboy by Céline Sciamma |
Among the kids in her new community, ten-year-old Laure enjoys posing as a boy, unsuspected by her family.
Finding resourceful ways to hide her true self, Laure takes advantage of her new identity, as if the end of the summer would never
reveal her secret. | |
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Les Plages d'Agnès (The Beaches of Agnes) by Agnès Varda |
Watch/rent on Prime or watch free on Kanopy |
The film is an autobiographical essay where Varda revisits places from her past, reminisces about life and
celebrates her 80th birthday on camera. | |
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Camille Claudel by Bruno Nuytten |
Watch/rent on Youtube or Prime or watch free on Kanopy | When renowned French sculptor Auguste Rodin (Gérard Depardieu) notices the raw sculpting talent of the beautiful and precocious Camille Claudel (Isabelle Adjani), the two artists begin a scandalous love affair. |
SUMMER 2020 PROGRAM
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FILM |
WHERE TO WATCH |
SYNOPSIS & DOCUMENTS |
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La Promesse de l'Aube |
Watch free on Kanopy or Rent/Buy on Amazon Prime |
The life of French author Romain Gary, from his childhood through his experiences in World War II; and the story of his self-sacrificing mother, who raised him alone. |
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La Femme Nikita |
Watch free on Kanopy or Rent/Buy on YouTube / Vudu |
Convicted felon Nikita, instead of going to jail, is given a new identity and trained to be a secret police assassin controlled by the government. Her lonely life is warmed when she falls in love with a man who knows nothing of her mysterious life. |
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Monsieur Lazhar by Philippe Falardeau |
Watch free on Kanopy or Rent/Buy on YouTube / Vudu / Amazon Prime / iTunes |
An 11-year-old pupil discovers that one of the school teachers has just committed suicide. Bachir Lazhar arrives at the school to fill the tragic void and help the children cope with their loss. |
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Au revoir là-haut (See You Up There) by Albert Dupontel |
In 1918, just days before the Armistice, a tragic act of war intrinsically links two soldiers. |
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OSS 117 : Le Caire, nid d'espions by Michel Hazanavicius |
Watch free on Kanopy or Rent/Buy on YouTube / Vudu / Amazon Prime / iTunes |
In this spy movie parody, French Office of Strategic Services agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath
investigates the disappearance of his fellow agent and longtime friend Jack Jefferson. Disguised as the head of a wholesale chicken
company, Hubert dispatches to Cairo amid the Suez Crisis. |
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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud |
Rent/Buy on YouTube / Vudu / Amazon / Sundance Now |
Based on Satrapi's graphic novel about her life in pre- and post-revolutionary Iran and then in Europe, this animated film traces her growth from child to rebellious, punk-loving teenager in Iran. In the background are the growing tensions of the political climate in Iran in the 70s and 80s, and the disastrous Iran/Iraq war. |
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Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) by Céline Sciamma |
Rent/Buy on YouTube |
France, 1770. Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who
has just left the convent. Héloïse is a reluctant bride to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day,
to paint her secretly. |
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Relève : Histoire d'une création (Reset) by Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai |
Watch free on Kanopy or Rent/Buy on YouTube / Vudu / Amazon Prime / iTunes |
Renowned choreographer and dancer Benjamin Millepied attempts to rejuvenate the Paris Opera Ballet in his
position as director. |
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120 Battements par minute (BPM (Beats Per Minute)) by Robin Campillo |
Watch free on Kanopy or Rent/Buy on YouTube / Vudu / Amazon Prime |
Nathan is a young man who joins an AIDS activist group in 1990s Paris. As he attends the weekly meetings, he learns that some members prefer a more radical approach to their protests. |
SPRING 2020 PROGRAM
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FILM |
WHERE TO WATCH |
SYNOPSIS |
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Paris, je t'aime |
Watch on YouTubeor rent/buy on Amazon Prime |
Set against a romantic Parisian backdrop, twenty filmmakers explore the many faces of love in this delightful anthology film. |
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Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob (The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob) by Gérard Oury |
Rent/Buy on YouTube or Amazon Prime |
A satirical laugh riot of mistaken identities starring beloved |
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Le Nom des gens (The Names of Love) by Michel Leclerc |
Watch free on Kanopyor rent/Buy on YouTube |
Baya is a young, extroverted liberal who lives by the hippie slogan "Make love, not war." She
seduces right-wing men to convert them |
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Visages, Villages (Faces, Places) by Agnès Varda |
Rent/Buy on YouTube |
Agnes Varda and artist JR travel around the villages of France in a photo truck meeting locals, learning their stories, and producing epic-size portraits of them. |
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Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (Welcome to the Sticks) by Dany Boon |
Watch free on Kanopy or rent/Buy on YouTube |
In this popular comedy, Philippe, a post office manager, plots to get transferred to the Côte d'Azur to make his wife happy. But it backfires, and he ends up in a small town in northern France. |
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Mauvaises herbes (Bad Seeds ) by Kheiron |
Watch on Netflix |
Troubled by his past, a scam artist who runs a petty racket with his adoptive mom finds redemption while mentoring a group of difficult students. |
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Paris pieds nus (Lost in Paris) by Fiona Gordon, Dominique Abel |
Watch free on Kanopy or Amazon Prime or rent/Buy on YouTube |
Filmed in Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon's signature whimsical style Lost in Paris stars the filmmakers as a small-town Canadian librarian and a strangely seductive, oddly egotistical vagabond. |
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J'ai perdu mon corps (I lost my body) by Jérémy Clapin |
Watch on Netflix |
Romance, mystery, and adventure intertwine as a young man falls in love and a severed hand scours Paris for its owner in this mesmerizing animated film. |
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Les Amours imaginaires (Heartbeats) by Xavier Dolan |
Rent/Buy on YouTube |
Two close friends find themselves fighting for the affections of the same striking young man. The more intimate the trio becomes, the more unattainable the object of their infatuation seems, sending the friends' obsession into overdrive. |
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Le Grand Bain (Sink or Swim) by Gilles Lellouche |
Watch free on Kanopy or Rent/Buy on YouTube |
A group of 40-something men, all on the verge of a mid-life crisis, decide to form their local pool's first
ever all-male synchronized swimming team. Braving the skepticism and ridicule of those around them, the group set out an unlikely adventure. |
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