Annual French Film Festival

Presented by Alliance Française of Armidale Inc. Experience the best of French cinema with a selection of films!

30 May, 6.30pm – Opening Night (optional drinks in the foyer)

30 May, 6.30pm; 4 June, 10.00am; 7 June, 12.30pm; 11 June, 6.30pm – Monsieur Aznavour (M (mature themes), 2hrs 14 mins, Biographical Drama, France, Belgium – French, Armenian, English) – A refugee’s son with a husky voice defies expectations. Through hard work and determination, Charles Aznavour overcomes poverty to become a legendary singer and icon of French culture.

30 May, 4.00pm; 4 June, 6.30pm; 7 June, 10.00am; 10 June, 10.00am – My Brother’s Band (M (coarse language), 1hr 43 mins, Comedy, Drama, France, 2024) – Diagnosed with leukemia, a successful orchestra conductor learns that he is adopted, and his younger brother is in a village marching band. The conductor decides to help them win a regional contest.

31 May, 10.00am; 5 June, 6.30pm; 7 June, 2.30pm; 11 June, 10.00am – The Stolen Painting (M (coarse language), 1hrs 31 mins, Comedy, Drama, France, 2024) – André Masson, specialist in modern art, receives a letter according to which a painting by Egon Schiele had been discovered in Mulhouse. He finds that the work has been missing since 1939. This discovery puts his career in danger.

31 May, 3.00pm; 3 June, 12.30pm; 6 June, 10.00am; 10 June, 6.30pm – The Count of Monte Cristo (M (mature themes), 2hrs 58 mins, Action, Drama, Historical Epic, France, 2024 – French, Romanian, Italian, English) – Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.

31 May, 7.00pm; 3 June, 10.00am; 8 June, 2.45pm; 11 June, 12.00pm – Love Boat (Comedy, 1hr 36 mins, France, 2024 – French) – To overcome their financial problems, Justine, her husband and their whole group of friends organize a fake romantic cruise for Franck, a big investor, who is trying to seduce a woman.

1 June, 7.30pm; 5 June, 4.00pm; 6 June, 6.30pm; 19 June, 12.15pm – Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (Comedy, Romance, 1hrs 38 mins, France, 2024, CTC – French, English) – An aspiring author looking to get more out of life takes up a writing residency and finds herself in the sort of romantic entanglements that could come from the pages of a Jane Austen novel.

1 June, 2.30pm; 4 June, 12.30pm; 6 June, 4.30pm; 8 June, 5.00pm – The Scammers (M, 1hr 29 mins, Comedy, France, 2024) – Two friends on a small island in Brittany discover the lottery winner is dead with the winning ticket. They plan a village-wide scam to take his place.

1 June, 4.30pm; 3 June, 6.30pm; 5 June, 10.00am; 8 June, 7.00pm – All Stirred Up (M, 1hr 29 mins, Comedy, France, 2024) – Two friends on a small island in Brittany discover the lottery winner is dead with the winning ticket. They plan a village-wide scam to take his place.