In the aftermath of Chad’s civil war, 16 year old Atim is sent to avenge his father. The man he finds is charitable, benevolent and with a young pregnant wife. Soon Atim is working as his apprentice and is confronted with difficult moral decisions.
Parrainé par l’Association Eric Tabarly, le film de Pierre Marcel évoque le parcours hors norme du marin et son extrême sensibilité. S’appuyant sur une documentation unique d’archives radiophoniques et audiovisuelles, françaises et étrangères, professionnelles et amateurs, inédites pour la plupart, le documentaire nous fait revivre les courses au large, les arrivées discrètes ou triomphales, en solitaire ou en équipage, au long des trente cinq années de suprématie des Pen Duick sur toutes les mers du monde.
D’affaires sulfureuses en déflagrations terroristes, le réalisateur Barbet Schroeder suit les méandres empruntés par ” L’avocat de la terreur “, celui qui a défendu Anis Naccache et Klaus Barbie, aux confins du politique et du judiciaire.
After a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father’s killers, and stop them from taking over his financial empire.
Married with three children, Jean Gabriel lives on odd jobs and spends his time at the corner bar. One day, to make his daughter happy, he promises to take the whole family on a skiing holiday. The only problem: this time, he doesn’t keep his promise.
On Thursday, December 10 join us for a screening of the French documentary L’Enfer de matignon, parts 1 & 2, directed by Raphaëlle Bacqué and Philippe Kohly.
(Ciné Francophone with Alliance Française)
Thursday, October 22 @ 7:00pm This biographic drama from director Diane Kurys is the second film in our Ciné Francophone series with Alliance Française. Sagan is about the life of French author Françoise Sagan. The film starts in the mid 1950s as Sagan (then still known under her real name Quoirez) closes a publishing deal [...]
Join us for the first film in our Ciné Francophone series with Alliance Française de Washington. French comedian Gad Elmaleh stars as the titular character, Coco, a forty-year-old man who has made a fortune from his invention of a new type of sparkling water. But his biggest challenge is yet to come: his son’s bar [...]
