29th Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, ready to kick off in Adelaide

THE FESTIVAL OPENS THIS THURSDAY!

We are delighted to launch with you the 29th season of the Festival in Adelaide on Thursday 22 March!

Prepare for a line-up filled with comedies, starting with the Opening Night film C'est la vie! from the directors of The Intouchables.

Keep reading for more giggles & grins from our line-up.

C'EST LA VIE!

LE SENS DE LA FÊTE

Thursday 22 March

OPENING NIGHT - Palace Nova Eastend

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6:30pm - Arrival

7:00pm - Screening, followed by Opening Night Party

Let yourself be carried away by the energy of the hugely entertaining new hit from the directors of The Intouchables. Enjoy a glass of wine, some finger food and live entertainment, sit back and laugh it up with us.

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DR. KNOCK

KNOCK

Friday 30 March, 6:00 PM - Palace Nova Eastend

Monday 2 April 12:30 PM - Palace Nova Eastend

Friday 6 April, 3:45 PM - Palace Nova Prospect

"The Intouchables actor Omar Sy headlines this 1950s-set update of the 1923 Jules Romains play."

Hollywood Reporter

"Omar Sy is perfectly cast in a role worthy of his talents."

Screen Daily

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THE RETURN OF THE HERO

LE RETOUR DU HÉRO

Saturday 24 March, 6:15 PM - Palace Nova Prospect

Sunday 25 March, 6:30 PM - Palace Nova Eastend

Monday 26 March, 9:00 PM - Palace Nova Eastend

"It's a Jean-Paul Belmondo character suddenly arriving in a Jane Austen world." Laurent Tirard

Starring Academy Award winner Jean Dujardin (The Artist) and nominee Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Bastards), The Return of the Hero is the latest from Laurent Tirard, one of France's top 5 comedy directors in box office.

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ROCK'N ROLL

Wednesday 28 March, 6:15 PM - Palace Nova Prospect

Friday 30 March, 6:30 PM - Palace Nova Eastend

Saturday 7 April, 6:30 PM - Palace Nova Eastend

In this droll comedy, Guillaume Canet, married to real-life partner, Marion Cotillard, leads a happy and fulfilling life. But when a chance remark leads him to feel that he has lost his sex appeal, he embarks upon on an ego trip into the ridiculous.

"Cotillard offers up such a sincere performance that you can't help but laugh." Hollywood Reporter

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PROBLEMOS

Wednesday 28 March, 4:30 PM - Palace Nova Eastend

Friday 30 March, 8:30 PM - Palace Nova Eastend

Sunday 1 April, 1:20 PM - Palace Nova Eastend

Tuesday 3 April, 8:20 PM - Palace Nova Prospect

Thursday 12 April, 2:30 PM - Palace Nova Eastend

In this hilarious apocalyptic romp, cultures and ideologies collide when a chic Parisian couple find themselves marooned in a community of hippies, at a time when a deadly pandemic has extinguished civilisation, as we know it.

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