Edinburgh – Institut Français d’Ecosse

The story of a film star whose life comes undone when he is upstaged by a look-alike intent on the star's very persona.

One of the highest-grossing French films of recent years, Le Dîner de cons features a particularly French blend of social satire and adultery.

Albert Topaze, a serious schoolteacher addicted to “rote” morality, works at a private school run by supremely money-grubbing M. Muche, whose daughter, also a teacher, makes cynical use of the knowledge that Topaze loves her.

Rigorously absurd contemporary film noir which presents every character, incident and situation known to the genre, but none of the customary explanations, motivations or consequences.

Rigorously absurd contemporary film noir which presents every character, incident and situation known to the genre, but none of the customary explanations, motivations or consequences.

When the village baker refuses to bake bread because his unfaithful wife has left with a handsome shepherd, the individual drama takes on a collective dimension.

First episode of the legendary Gaumont silent series with live piano and cello accompaniment by Jane Gardner and Caroline Salmon.