Rockhampton French Film Festival

Rockhampton Film Festival Programme 2011
Walter Reid Cultural Centre
East Street, Rockhampton

Ticket Prices

Season Ticket (5 Films)

$60

$54 *

( * indicates - Concession Price for Seniors, Alliance Francaise members & Rocky Flix members)

$10 *

$12

$20

Adult

Opening night film

Opening night includes film, glass of wine, and light supper

Bookings - Pilbeam Theatre, Victoria Pde Rockhampton, Ph 49274111

Opening Night

Friday April 29 - 7:30pm for 8pm start

Ensemble, Cest Trop (Together's a crowd)

Directed by Léa Frazer, with Nathalie Baye, Pierre Arditi, Eric Cantona

A French farce that turns the tables: this time it’s the older generation that has the problems. Marie-France (Nathalie Baye) decamps to the home of her son and daughter-in-law seeking their support. She has good reason - she’s coming to terms with her philandering husband (Pierre Arditi). Billed in France as an ‘inter-generational comedy’ it can also be viewed as a satire on ‘the extended family’. This family is about to be extended in a most unusual direction. How on earth will it cope? Light hearted fun with a talented cast.

Saturday April 30 - 10am

Capitaine Achab

An adventure inspired by Herman Melville’s 1851 literary classic Moby Dick. Director Philippe Ramos expands the story of Captain Achab’s obsessive hunt for the elusive white whale. He invokes his childhood in nineteenth century Massachusetts, with its backdrop of hunting, religiously inspired cruelty, criminals on the run, and the call of the sea. Achab became the greatest of whale killers, but at what price? A film enriched by outstanding photography and imaginative music.

Directed by Philippe Ramos, with Denis Lavant, Virgil Leclaire, Dominique Blanc

Saturday April 30 - 4pm

La Princesse de Montpensier)

Directed by Bertrand Tavernier, with Mélanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet

A gripping, superbly mounted drama set against the savage Catholic/Protestant wars in the 16th century. Based on a novella by Madame de Lafayette, the action centres on the love of Marie de Mezières for her dashing cousin Henri de Guise, thwarted when her father’s political ambitions force her into marriage with the well-connected Philippe de Montpensier. When Philippe is called away to fight, she is left in the care of Count Chabannes, an aging nobleman with a disdain for warfare, and soon becomes exposed to the sexual and political intrigues of court..

Saturday April 30 - 7pm

HORS-LA-LOI (Outside the Law)

Directed by Rachid Bouchareb, with Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila

Moscow 1952, the last year of a dictator’s terrifying rule. Stalin (André Dussolier), sensing a plot against him, sacks his bodyguard as well as his medical team. He recruits a young female doctor (Marina Hands) to tend him, thereby transforming her life down an unexpected path. Can she trust a man responsible for so many acts of unperpetrated evil? As he ingratiates himself into her private life, the plot focuses on how the doctor has to deal with his manipulations. Great performances, and a convincing recreation of the paranoia of the Soviet regime.

A spectacular epic that moves from post WWII Algeria to Indochina and France. Its theme is that of three brothers whose family is torn apart during the Algerian struggle for independence from France. Their fates lead them to different paths - yet their destinies bring them together. They fight for freedom under a rule where the only justice is outside the law.

Sunday April 30 - 7pm

UNE EXÉCUTION ORDINAIRE (An ordinary execution)

Directed by Marc Dugain, with André Dussollier, Marina Hands, Edouard Baer

All films contain English subtitles.