The Marching Band

Leicester - Phoenix 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
Surprise family connections bring a renowned composer to lead a community marching band.

The Mountain

Leicester - Phoenix 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
An engineer flees civilisation to live in the glaciers of Mont Blanc.

The Swimming Pool

Leicester - Phoenix 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
Violence and jealousy are brought to the fore for a vacationing couple when an old acquaintance and his daughter arrive.

The Tasting

Leicester - Phoenix 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
A jaded wine merchant is energised by a lighthearted, kindly nurse.

Boléro

Leicester - Phoenix 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
A biopic of Maurice Ravel, one of France’s great twentieth century composers.

The President’s Wife (Bernadette)

Leicester - Phoenix 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
A biopic of Bernadette Chirac, and her attempt to restore her reputation and assert her role as first lady.

Holy Cow

Leicester - Phoenix 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
A young man must take care of his little sister after a tragic accident.

The Taste of Things

Leicester - Phoenix 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
A mouthwatering and sensual exercise in haute cuisine and late-flowering romance.

The Origin of Evil

Leicester - Phoenix 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
Between suspicions and lies, a mystery grows and the evil spreads.

Driving Madeleine

Leicester - Phoenix 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
When taxi driver Charles (Dany Boon) takes a booking to drive a passenger across Paris he discovers his passenger is 92-year-old Madeleine.

India Song

Leicester - Phoenix 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
Marguerite Duras’s most celebrated work is a mesmerising experience with few stylistic precedents in the history of cinema.

Children of Paradise

Leicester - Phoenix 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
Cited at the Cannes Film Festival as the greatest French film of all time, and shot in Nice and Paris during the Nazi occupation.

Bloody Oranges

Leicester - Phoenix 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
A satirical commentary on political correctness, weaving together the tales of an indebted retired couple, a social-climbing lawyer and a teenager.

Gallant Indies

Leicester - Phoenix 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
Thirty dancers descend on Paris’ legendary Opéra Bastille for a mesmerising ode to life and art.

Delicious

Leicester - Phoenix 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
A wildly enjoyable tale of reignited passion, mentorship, revenge and gastronomy in pre-Revolutionary France.

French Tech

Leicester - Phoenix 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
An upbeat and moving comedy starring the Podalydès brothers as two characters overwhelmed by the modern world and new technologies.

France

Leicester - Phoenix 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United Kingdom
Léa Seydoux stars as a celebrity journalist who falls out of love with fame after a freak car accident.

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