Watch African films this June

June 10, 2022

Watch African films this June

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This month, TV5MONDEplus have curated an amazing selection of visionary films that will take you all across Africa. Included in the line-up is Moussa Touré‘s compelling drama The Pirogue, screened during the 2012 French Film Festival. Read on to find out more.

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May 9, 2022

9 May 2022

 

 

Great coming-of-age cinema

Available FREE on TV5MONDEplus!

 

To celebrate the Cannes Film Festival later this month, our friends at TV5MONDEplus are screening a unique selection of coming-of-age films previously shown at Cannes. Best of all they’re free and available to watch throughout May from the comfort of home.

 

 

 

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March 5, 2022

5 MARCH 2022

 

 

Great French language cinema from Africa

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Our friends at TV5MONDEplus aim to support and broadcast audio-visual works in French from around the world. Here we focus on four exceptional films from Mali, Senegal and Burkina Faso that they are screening this March.

 

 

 

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September TV5MONDE Selection

September 4, 2021

4 SEPTEMBER 2021

 

 

This September, TV5MONDE are screening some exciting French films, which you can watch from the comfort of home. Included in the line-up is Pierre Jolivet‘s Victor & Célia – Jolivet was a guest at the 16th French Film Festival UK in 2008 with his film Could this be Love?  Read on to find out more.

 

 

SUNDAY 5 SEPTEMBER (20:00)

Perfume of the Lady in Black / Le parfum de la dame en noir 

Just married, Mathilde and Robert go to stay with their friends Edith and Arthur Rance at the Château d’Hercule, but Larsan reappears and frightens beautiful Mathilde. Rouletabille, again assisted by his loyal sidekick Sainclair, investigates how Larsan has managed to get into the stronghold.

Dir Bruno Podalydès
Cast Denis Podalydès, Jean-Noël Brouté, Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azéma
2004 | France | 115 mins
French with English subtitles

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

Winner, Exploration Spirit Award, Shanghai International Film Festival (2006)

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SUNDAY 19 SEPTEMBER (20:00)

Maestro / Maestro

Henri, a young actor who dreams of playing in Fast and Furious, finds himself committed to a film by Cédric Rovère, superstar of arthouse cinema. Although filming does not go exactly as expected, both are enraptured by the experience.

Dir Léa Fazer
Cast Pio Marmaï, Michael Lonsdale, Déborah François
2013 | France | 85 mins
French with English subtitles

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

Official Selection, Lisbon French Film Festival (2015)

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THURSDAY 23 SEPTEMBER (20:00)

Victor & Célia / Victor et Célia

In his thirties, Victor is planning to open his own hairdressing salon and invites Célia, his ex, to become his associate. She accepts on condition that the project remain strictly professional. However the entanglements of their earlier romance rapidly return to haunt them.

Dir Pierre Jolivet
Cast Arthur Dupont, Alice Belaïdi, Adrien Jolivet
2018 | France | 91 mins
French with English subtitles

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

Pierre Jolivet was a guest at the 16th French Film Festival UK in 2008 with his film Could this be Love?

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WEDNESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER (17:40)

The Brave Judge / La révolte des innocents 

In 1911 ten year-old Gaston is sent to Les Vermiraux, an establishment considered to offer disadvantaged children a good education. In reality they are abused and exploited until a revolt breaks out. This eventually leads to the torturers being put on trial, and the first child protection laws in France.

Dir Philippe Niang
Cast Julie Ferrier, Bruno Debrandt, Théo Frilet
2018 | France | 96 mins
French with English subtitles

 

 

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August TV5MONDE Selection

July 24, 2021

24 JULY 2021

 

 

This August, TV5MONDE explores the destinies of children facing bereavement, violence or fanaticism. Included in the line up are Amanda and The Dazzled, both previously screened during the French Film Festival UK. Read on to find out more.

 

 

SUNDAY 1 AUGUST (20:00)

Amanda / Amanda

A magnificent melodrama, and a devastating performance from Vincent Lacoste.
David, aged 24, lives life as it comes, without incident. In a touching story of resilience, this era of placidity is brutally ruptured, and a grief-stricken David must assume new responsibility for his niece Amanda.

Dir Mikhaël Hers
Cast Vincent Lacoste, Stacy Martin, Isaure Multrier
2018 | France | 107 mins
French with English subtitles

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

Winner, Best Screenplay, Tokyo International Film Festival (2018)
Official Selection, French Film Festival UK (2019)

 

 

SUNDAY 8 AUGUST(20:00)

A Childhood / Une enfance

A childhood cut short.
As summer drags by, 13-year-old Jimmy, forced by circumstance to become an adult too soon, runs up against the limits of his small hometown and his turbulent life, caught between a mother on the slide and a stepfather who keeps her down.

Dir Philippe Claudel
Cast Alexi Mathieu, Angélica Sarre, Pierre Deladonchamps
2015 | France | 100 mins
French with English subtitles

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

Official Selection, Chicago International Film Festival (2015)

 

 

SUNDAY 15 AUGUST (20:00)

The Dazzled / Les Ēblouis

A disturbing look at family and fanaticism.
When her parents join a charismatic religious community, Camille’s life is turned upside down, cutting her off from the outside world. She will have to fight for her own freedom and to save her younger siblings.

Dir Sarah Suco
Cast Céleste Brunnquell, Camille Cottin, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
2019 | France | 99 mins
French with English subtitles

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

Winner, Air France Award, Rendez-Vous With French Cinema à New York (2020)
Official Selection, French Film Festival UK (2020)

 

 

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July TV5MONDE Selection

June 30, 2021

30 JUNE 2021

Celebrate Cannes with

TV5MONDE

Four award-winning features screening for free in July

 

To celebrate the Cannes Film Festival taking place in July, TV5MONDE will be screening online another selection of award-winning films from previous years. Here are some of the highlights.

 

 

SUNDAY 4 JULY (20:00)

All About Yves / Yves

Jérem moves into his grandmother’s house to write his first rap album. There he meets the beautiful So, a market researcher for the start-up Digital Cool. She persuades him to try out Yves, a revolutionary intelligent refrigerator that is supposed to simplify his life.

Dir Benoît Forgeard
Cast Doria Tillier, William Lebghil
2019 | France | 107 mins
French with English subtitles

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival (2019)

 

 

THURSDAY 8 JULY (20:00)

The Trouble with You / En liberté!

Police detective Yvonne, young widow of Police Chief Santi, a local hero, discovers that her husband was in fact a crooked cop. Determined to make amends for the wrongs he committed, she crosses paths with Antoine, who had been unjustly imprisoned for eight long years…

Dir Pierre Salvadori
Cast Adèle Haenel, Pio Marmaï, Damien Bonnard, Audrey Tautou
2018 | France | 108 mins
French with English subtitles

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival (2018)

 

 

SUNDAY 11 JULY (20:00)

Beauty and the Dogs / La Belle et la Meute

A college student goes from hospitals to police stations and back again seeking help after a brutal assault at a party but faces a bureaucratic nightmare when she reveals that her perpetrators are police officers.

Dir Kaouther Ben Hania
Cast Mariam Al Ferjani, Ghanem Zrelly, Noomen Hamda
2017 | Tunisia, France, Sweden, Lebanon, Norway | 95 mins
Arabic with French subtitles

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival (2017)

 

 

SUNDAY 18 JULY (20:00)

The Long Absence / Une aussi longue absence

Thérèse Langlois, who runs a small café in the suburbs of Paris, lives alone, awaiting her long lost husband, deported by the Germans during the Second World War and since declared dead. However she thinks she recognises him in a tramp she often sees but he has amnesia.

Dir Henri Colpi
Cast Alida Valli, Georges Wilson, Charles Blavette
1961 | France | 85 mins
French with English subtitles

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

Palme d’or, Cannes Film Festival (1961)

 

 

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June Cinema Selection from TV5MONDE

May 29, 2021

FROM 29 MAY 2021

June Cinema Selection from TV5MONDE

This June, TV5MONDE will be screening a selection of films by award-winning director Fabienne Godet. Here are some of the highlights.

Festival favourite Olivier Gourmet stars in Burnt Out on Sunday 6 June. He has appeared in several Festival films over the years, including De Gaulle and Cyrano My Love last year and Conviction in 2019.

All films will be available to watch on TV5MONDE live via their website, or via the new TV5MONDE Smart TV App for Samsung / Android / Amazon Fire TVs at their scheduled time, just like in the cinema – tune in at the scheduled time and sit back and enjoy the film. Catch up is also available via the TV5MONDE Smart TV App – just search in your TV App Store to find it.

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Burnt Out / Sauf le respect que je vous dois

Screening on Sunday 6 June (20:00)

Synopsis

Aged 40, François has everything one could wish for; a family, a job, friends… But a tragic event at work will call into question the principles that govern his life. Will François be able to stir himself and refuse what he now regards as intolerable?

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Credits

Dir Fabienne Godet
Cast Olivier Gourmet, Dominique Blanc, Julie Depardieu, Marion Cotillard
2005 | France | 90 mins | French with English subtitles.

My Greatest Escape / Ne me libérez pas, je m’en charge

Screening on Sunday 13 June (20:00)

Synopsis

A former hold-up man, Michel Vaujour has spent 27 years behind bars, 17 of them in solitary confinement. Longing for freedom, he has made five spectacular escapes. While this tumultuous lifestyle has often exposed him to the worst situations, it has also put him face to face with himself…

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Awards

César Awards (2010)
Nominated: Best Documentary

Credits

Dir Fabienne Godet
2008 | France | 107 mins | French with English subtitles.

Our Wonderful Lives / Nos vies formidables

Screening on Sunday 20 June (20:00)

Synopsis

Thirty-two-year-old Margot has just arrived in a rehab centre where she meets Jérémy, Salomé, César, Sonia… They have nothing in common except an urgency to rebuild their lives and recreate the connection with others destroyed by addiction. Because there’s always a greater chance of recovering with others, than alone.

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Credits

Dir Fabienne Godet
Cast Julie Moulier, Zoé Héran, Bruno Lochet, Françoise Pinkwasser
2017 | France | 117 mins | French with English subtitles.

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TV5MONDE April Cinema Selection

April 4, 2021

FROM 3 April 2021

April Cinema Selection from TV5MONDE

This week we take a look at some of the great classic French films that TV5MONDE will be screening for free online in April. Here are some of the highlights.

The April line-up commences with Lucky Jo, directed by previous Festival guest Michel Deville. There’s also the original 1951 version of Knock, by Guy Lefranc. It was later re-made into the 1997 version, Dr Knock, starring Festival favourite Omar Sy. Also screening is Marc Allégret’s romantic comedy Julietta starring Jeanne Moreau, a past patron of the Festival.

All films will be available to watch on TV5MONDE live via their website, or via the new TV5MONDE Smart TV App for Samsung / Android / Amazon Fire TVs at their scheduled time, just like in the cinema – tune in at the scheduled time and sit back and enjoy the film. Catch up is also available via the TV5MONDE Smart TV App – just search in your TV App Store to find it.

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Lucky Jo / Lucky Jo

Available Sunday 4 April (20:00)

Dir Michel Deville

Synopsis

Jo the black sheep.
Jo has bad luck. When he comes out of prison, everyone turns their back on him except just one friend, who lends him a car. And Jo then promptly finds himself in the midst of a hold-up!

Credits

Dir Michel Deville
Cast Eddie Constantine, Pierre Brasseur, Christiane Minazzoli
1964 | France | 90 mins | French with English subtitles.

Knock / Knock

Available Sunday 11 April (20:00)

Dir Guy Lefranc

Synopsis

“Does it itch, or does it tickle you?”
Newly installed in Saint-Maurice where everyone is in perfect health, Dr Knock convinces everyone that “healthy people are sick people who just don’t know it yet”.

Credits

Dir Guy Lefranc
Cast Louis Jouvet, Jean Brochard, Pierre Renoir
1951 | France | 99 mins | French with English subtitles.

Julietta / Julietta

Available Sunday 18 April (20:00)

Dir Marc Allégret

Synopsis

Falsely naïve or a real pain in the neck? 
Julietta is promised to a man she doesn’t want. She falls in love with someone else, who is already engaged, and decides to do everything in her power to win him over.

Credits

Dir Marc Allégret
Cast Jean Marais, Dany Robin, Jeanne Moreau
1953 | France | 96 mins | French with English subtitles.

Fric-Frac / Fric-Frac

Available Sunday 25 April (20:00)

Dirs Maurice Lehmann & Claude Autant-Lara

Synopsis

A stooge in a world of comics. 
Marcel, an employee of a jewellery store, falls under the spell of beautiful Loulou. He has no idea that she and her companion plan to rob the jewellery store…

Credits

Dirs Maurice Lehmann & Claude Autant-Lara 
Cast Fernandel, Michel Simon, Arletty, Hélène Robert
1939 | France | 105 mins | French with English subtitles.

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Titles from TV5MONDE this month

February 12, 2021

FROM 3 FEBRUARY 2021

February Cinema Selection from TV5MONDE

This time we take a look at some of the great films that TV5MONDE will be screening for free online in February. Here are some of the highlights.

To celebrate Valentine’s Day on 14 February they’ll be screening Isabelle Mergault’s comedy Je vous trouve très beau about a farmer from the countryside looking for love. Daniel Auteuil (from 2019 Festival favourite La Belle Epoque) stars in another Isabelle Mergault comedy Donnant, donnant later in the month.

All films will be available to watch live on the TV5MONDE website, or via the new TV5MONDE App for Samsung / Android and Amazon Fire TV at their scheduled time – just visit the platform and the film will be ready to watch. Catch up is also available via the TV5MONDE App: just search in your TV App Store to find it.

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Blame it on Fidel / La faute á Fidel!

Dir Julie Gavras

Available Sunday 7 February (20:00)

Synopsis

1970. Nine year old Anna leads a peaceful, comfortable life. The only concern is her communist uncle fighting Franco. His execution and a trip to Chile, where Allende has just been elected, completely transform her parents.

Awards

Deauville Film Festival 2006
Winner, Michel d’Ornano Award

Credits

Director Julie Gavras
Cast Nina Kervel-Bey, Julie Depardieu, Stefano Accorsi, Marie Kremer, Olivier Perrier
2006 | France | English subtitles | 99 mins.

You Are So Beautiful / Je vous trouve très beau

Dir Isabelle Mergault

Available Sunday 14 February (20:00)

Synopsis

When farmer Aymé Pigrenet loses his wife, he is not exactly overwhelmed by sorrow, rather by the sheer amount of work that suddenly falls on his shoulders. He decides he needs to find a new wife.

Awards

César Awards (2007)
Winner – Best First Feature Film

Credits

Director Isabelle Mergault
Cast Michel Blanc, Medeea Marinescu, Wladimir Yordanoff, Benoît Turjman
2006 | France | English subtitles | 97 mins.

Daydreams / L’indomptée

Dir Caroline Deruas-Garrel

Available Sunday 21 February (20:00)

Synopsis

Past and present, fantasy and reality collide in this boldly original feature debut from Caroline Deruas-Garrel. A group of young French artists converge at Rome’s Villa Medici for a one-year residency. One is haunted by spectral visions of the villa’s past. A beguiling tale of creative struggle, romantic rivalry, and ghosts.

Awards

Les Arcs European Film Festival (2016)
Winner: Best Original Score
Winner: Young Jury Prize

Credits

Director Caroline Deruas-Garrel
Cast Clotilde Hesme, Jenna Thiam, Tchéky Karyo, Bernard Verley
2016 | France | French with English subtitles | 98 mins

Donnant, donnant / Donnant, donnant

Dir Isabelle Mergault

Available Sunday 28 February (20:00)

Synopsis

A man escapes from prison and holes up in an abandoned barge near an isolated village by a canal. One of his new neighbours recognises him, but she agrees to keep silent on condition that he commits murder for her. He agrees but events take a different turn…

Credits

Director Isabelle Mergault
Cast Daniel Auteuil, Sabine Azéma, Medeea Marinescu, Ariane Pirié
2010 | France | French with English subtitles | 100 mins

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