Encore! Encore! French Film Festival
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This is the time of year that all lovers of quality world cinema don’t look forward to – the closing of the Alliance Françoise French Film Festival, which year after year has increased in popularity.
This year represents the 34th edition of this festival, a festival that has presented an outstanding program of movies which has made audiences laugh, cry and ultimately marvel at the high quality of movies on offer.
With so many movies to watch it’s common that festival enthusiasts may not have had the opportunity to watch all the movies they would have liked, so encore screenings have been added at Palace cinemas to give audiences one last chance to watch the 10 biggest box office hits from the festival.
November is an action packed thriller which had 2.5 million people in France scrambling to see it. The biggest and craziest box office hit seen in cinemas in ages delves on the French anti-terrorism services and the 2015 attacks across Paris.
The Tasting follows a divorced man bordering on bankruptcy as his wine business falters. Not knowing what the future holds gloom settles in – but what happens when a woman who is seeking love enters his shop?
Sugar And Stars will have audiences laughing and crying as champion pastry chef Yazid Ichemraham’s story comes to the screen. A must see movie that should have audiences leaving cinemas with big smiles on their faces!
Masquerade opened the festival and proved to be a crowd-pleaser. The story surrounds a dancer with high hopes who suffers a debilitating injury. He loses his mojo and decides to seduce older and much wealthier women to provide for his luxurious lifestyle. But what happens when he meets a beautiful young woman?
Two Tickets To Greece tells the story of three estranged women who reunite in Greece. This is another comedy that won’t disappoint. Laugh and cry and enjoy the picturesque scenery.
Driving Madeleine is a cheerful and heart-warming movie about the friendship that develops between a cranky old woman and a much younger man.
Happy 50 asks, what would you do if your dream holiday was a total disaster? This hilarious movie takes audiences on a man’s quest for a fun vacation on his 50th birthday but what transpires is far from a perfect vacation!
On The Wandering Paths is based on Sylvain Tesson’s critically acclaimed novel and is a retelling of his path to healing and power.
Tenor is the story of a man who works as a delivery driver but is desperate to be a successful rap artist.
Saint Omer is one of the most talked about films in France that surrounds a young novelist who comes to the realization of what transpired in her family history whilst attending a murder trial.
There’s a movie in this top ten list that should appeal to everybody. Come along and revisit a favourite from the festival or just catch a screening of a movie which you may have wanted to watch but just didn’t have the time.
