Films from around the world at Summerhall Edinburgh

The autumn Screen Horizons programme is an exciting selection of French films screening on Sundays at Edinburgh’s Summerhall Cinema. The programme kicks off on 25 September running through to the end of November. With titles like the César award-winning Le Brio (with the legendary Daniel Auteuil), and sumptuous period drama Eugénie Grandet, there really is something for everyone! Read on to find out more and start planning your Sundays.

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Screen Horizons

All Hands on Deck

À l'abordage

Director: Guillaume Brac

Endearing comedy which sees three friends take an eventful trip to the south of France.

Authentik

Suprêmes

Director: Audrey Estrougo

In 1989 a group of friends finds a means of expression thanks to the hip-hop movement newly arrived in France

Eugénie Grandet

Director: Marc Dugain

Sumptuous costume adaptation from the oft filmed novel by Honoré de Balzac.

France

Director: Bruno Dumont

Léa Seydoux stars as a celebrity journalist who falls out of love with fame after a freak car accident.

France

Director: Bruno Dumont

Léa Seydoux stars as a celebrity journalist who falls out of love with fame after a freak car accident.

Le Brio

Director: Yvan Attal

Punchy drama starring Daniel Autueil as a provocative law professor who must prep a young student for a prestigious public speaking contest.

Magnetic Beats

Les Magnétiques

Director: Vincent Maël Cardona

In the early 1980s a burst of post-punk creativity in the cultural landscape of Brittany provides an outlet for two brothers.

Papicha

Director: Mounia Meddour

Powerful female drama set against the backdrop of the Algerian Civil War.

Promise at Dawn

La promesse de l'aube

Director: Éric Barbier

A riveting biopic which follows acclaimed novelist Romain Gary, the only writer to have twice won the Goncourt Prize for French literature.

Skies of Lebanon

Sous le ciel d’Alice

Director: Chloé Mazlo

In the fifties, a young girl leaves her native Swiss mountains for the sunny vibrant shores of Beirut in this tale of love and war.

The Sleeping Car Murders

Compartiment tueurs

Director: Costa-Gavras

A humorous, visually punchy first feature by Franco-Greek director Costa-Gavras, adapted from a novel by Sébastien Japrisot.

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