Francophonie 2018.13th Film Festival
The French Institute of Cyprus and the Association Friends of Cinema, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus and the Embassies of Switzerland, Bulgaria, Romania and Lebanon present the 13th Film Festival.
All films start at 9:00 pm, except on Sunday: 8:00 pm. Venue: Cine studio, University of Nicosia
The Friends of Cinema Society is a cinema club. According to the terms and conditions for its operation and screening of films, NO admission is allowed to anyone under the age of 18.
Cliquez sur l'image de chaque film pour voir la bande-annonce
Irreplaceable (Médecin de campagne)
Sunday 4th March - Wednesday 7th March 2018
Director: Thomas Lilti (France, 2016, 102’, o.v. French with Greek subtitles)
Actors: François Cluzet, Marianne Denicourt, Christophe Odent
Synopsis: All the people in this countryside area, can count on Jean-Pierre, the doctor who auscultates them, heals and reassures them day and night, 7 days a week. Now Jean-Pierre is sick, so he sees Natalie, a young doctor, coming from the hospital to assist him. But will she adapt to this new life and be able to replace the man that believed to be irreplaceable?
To Aγόρι στη Γέφυρα (The Boy on the Bridge)
Monday 5th March 2018 - This film is proposed by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus. Free entrance
Director: Petros Charalambous (Cyprus, 2016, 85’, o.v. Greek with French subtitles)
Actors: Constantinos Farmakas, Giorgos Demetriou, Kika Georgiou
Synopsis: 1988. In a seemingly idyllic Cypriot village, twelve-year-old Socrates’ careless summer comes to an abrupt end when he finds himself at the center of a murder investigation, which exposes a dark family secret and changes his life forever.
Based on the book The Land of the Golden Apple by Eve Makis
Moka
Friday 9th March 2018 - This film is proposed y the Embassy of Switzerland. Free entrance
Director: Frédéric Mermoud (Switzerland / France, 2016, 89' , o.v. French with English subtitles)
Actors: Emmanuelle Devos, Nathalie Baye, David Clavel
Synopsis: Diane Kramer is led by one obsession: to find the driver of the mocha color Mercedes which hit her son and devastated her life. With a few belongings, some money and a gun, she goes to Evian, where she's learned the driver lives. But sometimes, the path of revenge is more tortuous than it seems… Diane will have to face another woman, friendly and mysterious.
Followed by a cocktail offered by the Ambassador of Switzerland.
The Midwife (Sage Femme)
Sunday 11th March 2018 - Wednesday 14th March 2018
Director: Martin Provost (France, 2017, 117’, o.v. French with Greek subtitles)
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Frot, Olivier Gourmet
Synopsis: Claire is a midwife in a maternity hospital. She is humane and helpful and gives herself entirely to her patients. But despite that her life is not a bed of roses. Her hospital is about to close its doors and the devoted woman is determined not to work in the new modern hospital she regards as a "baby factory". It is the moment that Béatrice, her dead father's former mistress, chooses to resurface. The eccentric, spendthrift, sensual, amoral woman is really the last kind of person she needs to mix with.
Solitaire
Monday 12th March 2018 - This film is proposed y the Embassy of Lebanon. Free entrance
Director: Sophie Boutros (Lebanon, 2016, 92’, o.v. Arabic with English subtitles)
Actors: Julia Kassar, Ali El Khalil, Bassam Kousa
Synopsis: Therese, the mayor's wife in a Lebanese village, joyfully prepares for an overnight visit of her daughter's suitor and his parents. She excitedly shares the happy news of the engagement with pictures of her beloved brother who was killed by a Syrian bomb 20 years ago and is still bizarrely present in every corner of her house. Only when the long-awaited guests are at her doorstep, she discovers they are Syrian; this engagement will only happen over Therese's dead body!
Happy end
Friday 16th March - Sunday 18th March 2018
Director: Michael Haneke (France, Austria, Germany, 2017, 107’, o.v. French with Greek subtitles)
Actors : Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz
Synopsis: A well-off French family living in a bourgeois bubble in northern France, oblivious to the human misery unfolding in migrant camps around the port town of Calais, a few miles from their home.
Aniversarea (The Anniversary)
Monday 19th March 2018 - This film is proposed by the Embassy of Romania. Free entrance
Director: Dan Chisu (Romania, 2017, 100’, o.v. Romanian with English subtitles)
Actors: Mircea Albulescu, Razvan Vasilescu, Emanuel Parvu
Synopsis: At Radu Maligan's 94th anniversary, the family members and the former colleagues and friends of the old man come to his birthday party. Everything gets complicated when half of the guests try to convince Radu to confess his sins to a priest, while the others think that no one should be forced to do something beyond their will.
Families (Belles Familles)
Wednesday 21st March - Friday 23rd March 2018
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau (France, 2015, 110’, o.v. French with Greek subtitles)
Actors: Mathieu Amalric, Marine Vacth, Gilles Lellouche
Synopsis: Jérôme Varenne, a French financier, lives and works in Shanghai with Chen-Li, his life and business partner. One day, during a short stay in Paris, while paying a call to his mother, he is very displeased to learn from her and his hated brother, that the family house in Ambray is going to be sold. Jerome decides to go to the town where he grew up to see what is going on. Little does he know how eventful his escapade will be. Little does he know that it will change his life from soup to nuts...
Let the Sun Shine In (Un Beau Soleil Interieur)
Sunday 25th March- Friday 30th March 2018
Director: Claire Denis (France, belgium, 2017, 94’, o.v. French with Greek subtitles)
Actors: Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois, Philippe Katerine
Synopsis: Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love at last.She is now single, lives alone, and unable to decide if searching for the One is an urgent priority or a fatuity which is preventing her from enjoying life and experiencing pleasure. She has lovers and these liaisons are dangerous in that they don’t seem to provide the satisfaction they ought.
Omnipresent
Monday 26th March 2018 - This film is presented by the Embassy of Bulgaria. Free entrance
Director: Ilian Djevelekov (Bulgaria, 2017, 120’, o.v. bulgarian with English subtitles)
Actors: Velislav Pavlov, Teodora Duhovnikova, Vesela Babinova
Synopsis: Emil, writer and owner of an advertising agency gradually becomes obsessed with spying on his family, friends and employees via hidden spy cameras. What starts as an innocent hobby ends up as a total disaster, as in the process, he abuses his new power and eventually comes to realize that some secrets should be left uncovered.
The Dancer (La Danseuse)
Wednesday 28th March - Sunday 1st April 2018
Director: Stéphanie Di Giusto (France, Belgium, 2016, 108’, o.v. French with greek subtitles)
Actors : Soko, Gaspard Ulliel, Mélanie Thierry
Synopsis: Loïe Fuller was the toast of the Folies Bergères at the turn of the 20th century and an inspiration for Toulouse-Lautrec and the Lumière Brothers. The film revolves around her complicated relationship with protégé and rival Isadora Duncan.
Films screened in Larnaka
Moka
Tuesday 20th March 2018 - 8:30 pm - Larnaka, Skala Theater (15, Kyriakou Matsi Str.). This film is proposed y the Embassy of Switzerland. In coopération with the Larnaka-Famagusta Cinema Society. Free entrance
Director: Frédéric Mermoud ( Switzerland / France, 2016, 90' , o.v. French with English subtitles )
Actors: Emmanuelle Devos, Nathalie Baye, Samuel Labarthe
Synopsis: Diane Kramer is led by one obsession: to find the driver of the mocha color Mercedes which hit her son and devastated her life. With a few belongings, some money and a gun, she goes to Evian, where she's learned the driver lives. But sometimes, the path of revenge is more tortuous than it seems… Diane will have to face another woman, friendly and mysterious.
Films screened in Limassol
To Aγόρι στη Γέφυρα (The Boy on the Bridge)
Monday 12th March 2018 - 8:15 pm - Limassol, Rio Cinemas (125, Ellados Str.). This film is proposed by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus, in collaboration with the Alliance française of Limassol and the Cineclub of Limassol. Free entrance
Director: Petros Charalambous (Cyprus, 2016, 85’, o.v. Greek with French subtitles)
Actors: Constantinos Farmakas, Giorgos Demetriou, Kika Georgiou
Synopsis: 1988. In a seemingly idyllic Cypriot village, twelve-year-old Socrates’ careless summer comes to an abrupt end when he finds himself at the center of a murder investigation, which exposes a dark family secret and changes his life forever.
Based on the book The Land of the Golden Apple by Eve Makis
Films screened in Pafos
To Aγόρι στη Γέφυρα (The Boy on the Bridge)
Thursday 8th March 2018 - 7:00 pm - Pafos, Stegi Grammaton kai Texnon (41 - 43 Athinas Str.). This film is proposed by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus. Free entrance
Director: Petros Charalambous (Cyprus, 2016, 85’, o.v. Greek with French subtitles)
Actors: Constantinos Farmakas, Giorgos Demetriou, Kika Georgiou
Synopsis: 1988. In a seemingly idyllic Cypriot village, twelve-year-old Socrates’ careless summer comes to an abrupt end when he finds himself at the center of a murder investigation, which exposes a dark family secret and changes his life forever.
Based on the book The Land of the Golden Apple by Eve Makis