Hue – French Films in Francophone Film Festival 2016
Film Screening “Belle et Sébastien”: Tue 22 Mar 2016, 7.15 pm
Film Screening “Le Jour des Corneilles”: Mon 28 Mar 2016, 7.15 pm
Film Screening “Timbuktu”: Tue 29 Mar 2016, 7.15 pm
Institut français de Huế
From Institut français de Huế:
You are invited to the French film screening under the framework of the Francophone Film Festival 2016 in Hue with “Belle et Sébastien”, “Le Jour des Corneilles”, “Timbuktu”.
About “Belle et Sébastien”:
Director: Nicolas Vanier
Country: France
Length: 104 mins
Year: 2013
Category: Psychological, adventurous
“Our story takes place high up in the Alps.
There where the snow is immaculate, where chamois chase marmots, where the summits touch the clouds.
High up in a peaceful village – until the day the Germans arrive.
It’s the story of a lonely boy and a wild dog.
The story of Sébastien who tames Belle.
It’s the adventure of an indestructible friendship.
It’s the extraordinary tale of a resourceful and appealing child in the middle of World War Two.
It’s the odyssey of a little boy searching for his mother, of an old man searching for his past, of a member of the Resistance searching for love, of a young woman looking for adventure, of a German lieutenant searching for forgiveness.
It’s the life of Belle and Sébastien.”
Watch the film’s trailer here:
About “Le Jour des Corneilles”:
Director: Jean-Christophe Dessaint
Country: France
Length: 96 mins
Year: 2012
Category: Animation
Adapted from an adult novel by Jean-François Beauchemin, this cartoon starts the reach of children without falling into the trap of sentimentality. Visually, each shot of the movie is a table with vibrant colors, which makes you believing that you are breathing tree resin, feeling the warmth of the real autumn sun. In this beautiful setting, the characters are sketched with humor, tenderness and sometimes cruelly, they have the simplicity and bold colors of pure cartoon. The co-production by France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Canada is mesmerized with a story of a jungle boy coming to the modern city, referring Asian audience to the well-known Japanese comic – “Dragon Ball”.
Watch the film’s trailer here:
About “Timbuktu”:
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
Year: France
Time: 97 mins
Year: 2014
Category: Psychological
16+
Not far from the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, proud cattle herder Kidane (Ibrahim Ahmed aka Pino) lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima (Toulou Kiki), his daughter Toya (Layla Walet Mohamed), and Issan (Mehdi Ag Mohamed), their twelve-year-old shepherd. In town, the people suffer, powerless, from the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists determined to control their faith. Music, laughter, cigarettes, even soccer have been banned. The women have become shadows but resist with dignity. Every day, the new improvised courts issue tragic and absurd sentences. Kidane and his family are being spared the chaos that prevails in Timbuktu. But their destiny changes abruptly.
Watch the film’s trailer here:
Language: Original language with Vietnamese subtitles
Free entrance.
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