From January 11 to February 22, the New York FIAF screens a French comedy every Tuesday with English subtitles. For the pleasure of having fun in the language of Molière and to start the year with a good laugh, Ciné Salon has prepared a series of the latest French and French-speaking comedies with Catherine Frot, Audrey Tautou, Marina Foïs, Vincent Elbaz or again Blanche Gardin. A must see !
In New York, comedies in French
The screening starts on Tuesday January 11 with The fine flower, film released in France in 2020. Now showing, Catherine Frot, Melan Omerta, Fatsah Bouyahmed and Olivia Côte. Eve Vernet was the greatest designer of roses. Today, it is on the verge of bankruptcy, on the verge of being acquired by a powerful competitor. Véra, her loyal secretary, believes she has found a solution by hiring three back-to-work employees without any horticultural skills … While almost everything separates them, they embark together on a most unique adventure to save the small farm.
Then will follow each Tuesday, seven other comedies. Among them, Freely, with Adèle Haenel, Pio Marmaï, Audrey Tautou, Vincent Elbaz ; Huge, with Marina Foïs, Jonathan Cohen, Jacqueline Kakou ; Crazy life, Belgian comedy starring Jo Deseure, Jean Le Peltier, Lucie Debay. On February 8, spectators will be able to see on screen Vincent Cassel, Reda Kateb and Hélène Vincent in Extraordinary. The story: Bruno and Malik have lived for 20 years in a world apart, that of children and adolescents with autism. Within their two respective associations, they train young people from difficult neighborhoods to supervise these cases qualified as “hyper complex”. An extraordinary alliance for extraordinary personalities.
February 15 is Clear history which will be screened at the Florence Gould Hall of the FIAF. Blanche Gardin, Denis Podalydès, Corinne Masiero, Vincent Lacoste make up the cast of this French comedy. In a subdivision in the provinces, three neighbors are in touch with new technologies and social networks. There is Marie, a victim of blackmail with a sextape, Bertrand, whose daughter is harassed in high school, and Christine, a private driver, upset to see that her clients’ notes refuse to take off. Together, they decide to go to war against the internet giants. A battle damned in advance, although …
February 22 is My glory days with Vincent Lacoste, Emmanuelle Devos, Christophe Lambert and Noée Abita which will close this series of French and French-speaking comedies.
The comedies are screened on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. and at 7 p.m.
FIAF – Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th Street,
New York, NY 10022
Free for members
$ 14 for non members
$ 7 for students
For more information, click here
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