Denver French Film Festival
The 2009 Denver French Film Festival will present a showcase of contemporary French cinema that includes 14 feature films, the Denver French Film Festival is a lively combination of popular romantic comedies, historical dramas, and numerous other stunning works by artistic visionaries. Highlights include the latest achievements by veteran directors Agnes Varda BEACHES OF AGNES, Daniel Vigne JEAN DE LA FONTAINE, and Pascal Thomas’ adaptation of an Agatha Christie story, TOWARDS ZERO. Acclaimed productions from mid-career artists Christophe Honoré’s LA BELLE PERSONNE and Pierre Jolivet’s COULD THIS BE LOVE will also be presented.
Opening night features Rémi Bezançon’s THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, a bittersweet and poignant comedy that follows five days in the lives of the members of a Parisian family that manages to both be unmistakably French but undeniably universal.
The Festival closes with the area premiere of Martin Provost’s SÉRAPHINE the winner of seven César awards including Best Film and Best Actress (Yolande Moreau). “Ms. Moreau invests the tragedy and humor of the human condition with a spiritual luminosity.” –The New York Times
The festival also includes the area premiere of one of this year’s most honored films on the international film festival circuit, Claire Denis’s 35 SHOTS OF RUM.
Festival info: Wednesday, June 17 – Sunday, June 28, 2009.
Location: Starz FilmCenter, 9th & Auraria Parkway, Downtown Denver
Tickets: Opening & Closing Nights- $12 DFS Members
$15 General Public
Regular Screenings- $6.00 DFS Members
$9.50 General Admission
Films and Events in Program...
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France
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2008
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114 min.
Director:
Remi Bezancon
Opening Night Film - Wednesday, June 17 - 7:00pm
General Admission (includes reception) - $15
Denver Film Society Members (w/ reception) - $12
Five random days in the lives of a French family, spread out over a dozen years, paint a telling picture of the ups and downs of human relationship...
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France
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2008
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107 min.
Director:
Claire Denis
Thursday, June 18 - 8:15pm & Saturday, June 20 - 6:00pm
Claire Denis has created a sensual and contemplative body of films over the years, but nothing in her work prepares us for this deeply emotional yet light-of-touch story set among a small circle of Parisians and their friends. In fact, ...
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France
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2007
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97 min.
Director:
Phillipe Ramos
Friday, June 19 - 6:00pm
1840. Who could have imagined that this boy, an avid bible-reader who lives in a small hut in the woods, would become one day the captain of a whaling ship ? Nobody. Nevertheles, following a difficult childhood, Achab sets sail, becomes a great captain, and one day ...
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France
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2007
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90 min.
Director:
Pierre Jolivet
Friday, June 19 - 8:30pm & Sunday, June 28 - 4:00pm
Lucas, a rich 43 years old industrialist, is just getting over a terrible breakup when he meets Elsa, a nice looking, famous, 38 year-old ceramist to whom he commissions a fresco. Irresistibly attracted to the young lady, Lucas tries to con...
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France
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2007
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109 min.
Director:
Pascal Thomas
Saturday, June 20 - 3:30pm & Friday, June 26 - 8:15pm
This film is an adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel « Towards Zero ». Guillaume Neville decides to bring together his ex-wife Aude and his new wife Caroline to aunt Camillia’s House in Britanny. He is hoping that they can become friends...
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France
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2008
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95 min.
Director:
Anne Fontaine
Saturday, June 20 - 8:30pm
A brilliant and neurotic attorney (Fabrice Luchini) goes to Monaco to defend a famous criminal. But, instead of focusing on the case, he falls for a beautiful she-devil (Louise Bourgoin), who turns him into a complete wreck. Hopefully, his zealous bodyguard (Roschd...
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France
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2007
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75 min.
Director:
Philippe Faucon
Sunday, June 21 - 2:00pm & Thursday, June 25 - 6:00pm
Esther, an old jewish woman, needs a full-time care-taker. But because of her bad mood, all of her nurses leave her. Her son Elie no longer knows how to deal with her. Selima, a visiting nurse, suggests that her mother Halima, a practicin...
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France
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2007
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134 min.
Director:
Nadir Mokneche
Sunday, June 21 - 4:00pm
Need a building permit? Feeling lonely tonight? Call the national benefactress, Madame Aldjeria - she has the answer. When it comes to surviving in today's Algeria, no scam is too daunting for the woman who has adopted her country's name. If they're pretty and lackin...
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France
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2008
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110 min.
Director:
Agnes Varda
Wednesday, June 24 - 5:30pm & Saturday, June 27 - 5:30pm
Returning to the beaches which have been part of her life, Varda invents a kind of selfportrait- documentary. Agnès stages herself among excerpts of her films, images and reportages. She shares with humor and emotion her beginnings as ...
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France
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2007
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100 min.
Director:
Daniel Vigne
Wednesday, June 24 - 8:00pm & Saturday, June 27 - 3:00pm
On September 5th 1661, an astonishing news fall: Fouquet, the powerful king’s counselor, has been arrested on the order of Colbert. Louis XIV becomes the only master of France.
While all artists fall in line behind the king, a man ...
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France
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2009
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99 min.
Director:
Jean-Claude Brisseau
Thursday, June 25 - 8:00pm
Following SECRET THINGS and EXTERMINATING ANGELS, A L'AVENTURE concludes director Jean-Claude Brisseau's trilogy of sexual taboos. Sandrine is a young woman who finds herself sexually unsatisfied by her boyfriend. Through a psychologist, she is introduced to Sophie...
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France
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2008
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93 min.
Director:
Christophe Honore
Wednesday, March 17 at 7:00pm
Film is followed by a pastry and wine reception and discussion presented by Alliance Francaise de Denver.
La Belle Personne opens for an Exclusive One week Engagement at the Starz FilmCenter March 19 - 25
Junie (Lea Seydoux) is a beautiful 16 year-old girl who...
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France
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2008
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93 min.
Director:
Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche
Friday, June 26 - 6:00pm
In an old industrial area, Mao, a muslim boss, owns a wood pallets factory and a truck repair shop. He decides to open a mosque for his employees and appoints the iman without consultation…...
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France
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2008
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125 min.
Director:
Martin Provost
Closing Night Film - Sunday, June 28 - 7:00pm
General Admission (includes reception) - $15
Denver Film Society Member (w/ reception) - $12
SÉRAPHINE is the true story of Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis (Yolande Moreau), a simple and profoundly devout housekeeper who in 1905 at age ...
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