Schools Screenings [20 February - 1 March ]
This year the French Film Festival Cinéma Junior (Education Screenings) will take place in mid-February and bring to school audiences two delightful movies: L'AVION (The Plane) and LE TEMPS DES PORTE-PLUMES (A Year in My Life)
You can download the Study Packs for each
film from this website.
L'avion Study Pack
Le temps des porte-plumes
Study Pack
The Plane / L'avion (U)
Glasgow Film Theatre [ 22 & 25 Feb ]
Dundee DCA [ 20 Feb ]
Aberdeen The Belmont [ 27 Feb & 1 Mar ]
Edinburgh Filmhouse [ 21 Feb ]
The Plane is a delightful, exhilarating and poignant film for all ages, faithfully based on the beloved Charly series of comic books. Charly (Roméo Botzaris – pictured on the welcome page) lives with his mothier (Isabelle Carré) and father (Vincent Lindon) in a large house in the mountains. Dad is a respected pilot and engineer in the military, and this often keeps him away from his adoring son. Charly begs him to bring home a bike for Christmas, but instead, Dad gives him a large model aeroplane – sleek, white and very light – to his clear dissatisfaction. Soon after however, his father is tragically killed in an unseen accident, and the toy plane suddenly comes to life for Charly, gliding, and then flying on its own. Dad’s co-worker Xavier (Nicolas Briançon) is called, and takes the miraculous plane away from Charly for examination. With the help of his neighbour Mercedes and her bicycle, Charly must rescue his beloved plane and come to terms with the family’s loss.
Cast: Roméo Botzaris, Isabelle Carré, Vincent Lindon
Dir/scr: Cédric Kahn. 2005 -100 mins
A Year in My Life / Le temps des porte-plumes (PG)
Dundee DCA [ 23 Feb ]
Aberdeen The Belmont [ 1 March ]
Summer, 1954. Pippo, 9 years old, secretive and independent, is taken in by Gustave and Cécile, a farming couple living in rural France. It’s the season for working the fields – offering the prospect of a new life for the little boy. Earlier events in Pippo's life have left their mark, and he has difficulty adapting to this new world. However, little by little, he opens up to the people around him. The barriers slowly fall and Pippo starts to shape his identity.
Cast: Jean-Paul Rouve, Anne Brochet, Annie Girardot, Raphaël Katz, Denis Podalydès, Lorànt Deutsch.
Dir: Daniel Duval. 2006 - 94mins