16 JULY 2021

Screening in cinemas

From Friday 16 July

This week sees two exciting new French films hit UK cinemas. The line-up includes Deerskin which stars Jean Dujardin and Adèle Haenel, who starred in French Film Festival UK 2019 hit Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Read on to find out more.

Deerskin / Le Daim

Georges (Jean Dujardin), is a man whose one obsession is his designer deerskin jacket which cost his life savings. With his relationship with his wife in tatters, and in love with the jacket, Georges retreats to a remote mountain village where he can actually wear the coat of his dreams.

Dir Quentin Dupieux
Cast Jean Dujardin, Adèle Haenel, Albert Delpy
2019 | France | 77 mins
French with English subtitles

Awards & Festivals

Winner, Dublin Film Critics’ Special Jury Prize, Dublin International Film Festival (2020)

Watch FFF Director Richard Mowe Introduce The Trailer

Two of Us / Deux

When Nina Dorn (Barbara Sukowa) met Madeleine Girard (Martine Chevallier) on holiday in Rome, they instantly fell in love and became inseparable. Decades later, their bond is put to the test when they are suddenly unable to move freely between each other’s apartments.

Dir Filippo Meneghetti
Cast Barbara Sukowa, Martine Chevallier, Léa Drucker
2020 | France | 91 mins
French and German with English subtitles

Awards & Festivals

Winner, Best First Feature, César Awards (2021)

Watch FFF Director Richard Mowe Introduce The Trailer

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