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Movie Review – The Energy Within (2017)

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The Energy Within, 2017. Directed by Samuel de Ceccatty. Starring Stefanie Reid, Daniel Adegboyega, Marie-Helene Boyd, Aasiya Shah, and Suzy Bastone. SYNOPSIS: After recently recovering from an accident that cost her leg, a professional athlete aims to get her life and running career back on track. Based on her own real-life experiences, The Energy Within stars Paralympian Stefanie Reid in […]

Movie Review – The Divine Order (2017)

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The Divine Order, 2017. Written and Directed by Petra Volpe. Starring Marie Leuenberger, Maximilian Simonischek, Rachel Braunschweig, Sibylle Brunner, Marta Zoffoli, Bettina Stucky, Ella Rumpf, Sofia Helm, and Nicholas Ofczarek. SYNOPSIS: In 1971, a young Swiss mother and wife helps to raise awareness of the burgeoning local women’s suffrage movement. An informative and entertaining drama, […]

Movie Review – November (2017)

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November, 2017 Directed by Rainer Sarnet Starring Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Katariina Unt, Arvo Kukumägi, Dieter Laser, Taavi Eelmaa SYNOPSIS: In 19th Century Estonia, peasant girl Liina longs for village boy Hans, who is in turn infatuated with a visiting German baroness. The two attempt to win their heart’s desire amidst a backdrop of spirits, werewolves, plagues, and the devil […]

DVD Review – Brakes (2016)

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Brakes, 2016 Directed by Mercedes Grower Starring Julia Davis, Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Kerry Fox, Steve Oram, Paul McGann, Kate Hardie SYNOPSIS: A two-part semi-improvised film examining couples as they break-up and meet in and around London. Relationship break-ups can be messy. And so too can film-making, particularly if an improvisational freedom is allowed too […]

DVD Review – A Caribbean Dream (2017)

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A Caribbean Dream, 2017. Directed by Shakirah Bourne. Starring Adrian Green, Susannah Harker, Sam Gillett, Jherad Alleyne, Marina Bye, Patrick Michael Foster, and Aden Gillett. SYNOPSIS: A reworking of the Shakespeare fairy tale “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, set in a modern day Barbados. A Caribbean Dream offers a fresh approach to telling the Shakespeare comedic fairy tale A Midsummer Night’s Dream. […]

Movie Review – Desolation (2017)

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Desolation, 2017. Directed by David Moscow. Starring Dominik García-Lorido, Raymond J. Barry, and Brock Kelly. SYNOPSIS: A young woman is plunged into confusion after meeting and agreeing to stay with a Hollywood actor in his Los Angeles apartment. Offering up a disturbing look at the Hollywood industry and the trappings of fame, this psychological thriller […]

MyFrenchFilmFestival Review – Crash Test Aglaé (2017)

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Crash Test Aglaé, 2017. Directed by Éric Gravel. Starring India Hair, Julie Depardieu, and Yolande Moreau. SYNOPSIS: A young worker learns that her factory is going to be relocated abroad, and surprises everyone by accepting to go to India in order to hold on to her job. Aglaé (India Hair) is a young woman dedicated to her […]

MyFrenchFilmFestival Review – Into the Forest (2016)

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Into the Forest, 2016. Directed by Gilles Marchand. Starring Jérémie Elkaïm, Timothé Vom Dorp, and Théo Van de Voorde. SYNOPSIS: Two young boys whose parents are divorced travel to Sweden to spend their vacation with their father. When he suggests they spend a few days at a lakeside cabin in the middle of a forest, the boys are delighted. But […]

New films showcased completely online at 2018 MyFrenchFilmFestival

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French and Francophone films are set to be shown online as part of MyFrenchFilmFestival. Available from 19 January to 19 February, the festival has been organised into six thematic sections with features and shorts offering a wide range of material. A mixture of new works playing alongside classic films such as Man Bites Dog and […]

Movie Review – A Woman’s Life (2016)

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A Woman’s Life, 2016. Directed by Stéphane Brizé. Starring Judith Chelma, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Yolande Moreau, Swann Arlaud, and Nina Meurisse. SYNOPSIS: A young woman sets out on the path to adulthood and gradually experiences the harsh realities of a woman’s life in the mid 19th-century. Life is never as good or as bad as one thinks, wrote Guy de Maupassant […]