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Get ready to paint the city red, white, and blue. The French Film Festival celebrates 26 years of bringing the best movies from France to the Philippines
Romance. Politics. Music. From November 25 to December 3, French films of different genres will be shown simultaneously at SM Mall of Asia and SM Megamall, with a selection of new releases, some of the biggest box office hits of the year, and a few classics featuring icons of French cinema—all thanks to The French Embassy in the Philippines and Micronesia and their partnership with SM Supermalls and SM Cinema.
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Film is the most suitable medium to promote cultural understanding, which the French Film Festival aims to achieve. The public conveys and appreciates the values and traditions of society through the selected movies. It is also a platform for advocacies, such as women’s and environmental rights.
This year’s festival opens with Acide (Acid Rain), which tells the story of the plight of a family caught in a climatic catastrophe.
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Additionally, to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Children (VAWC), the documentary film Un Silence Si Bruyant (Such A Resounding Silence) by Emmanuelle Béart and Anastasia Mikova prompts victims of incest to speak out—a current controversial topic in French society.
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Bernadette (The President’s Wife), the latest movie starring French icon Catherine Deneuve, provides a glimpse into French politics as she portrays the life of former First Lady Bernadette Chirac in the corridors of the Elysée Palace.
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Two films about the hip-hop scene in France also made the roster: the fusion of opera singing and urban dance in Indes Gallantes and the birth of Suprême NTM.
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Other films show different angles of modern-day French society. One is about family life in the comedy Alibi.com 2. Some depict romantic relationships and friendships like Les Choses Qu’on Dit, Les Choses Qu’on Fait (The Things We Say, The Things We Do), or maybe forging new forms of familial love—father-son—in a dystopic, sci-fi film Le Regne Animal (Animal Kingdom).
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Literary adaptations like Les Trois Mousquetaires – D’Artagnan (The Three Musketeers – D’Artagnan) from the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas and Asterix Et Obelix: L’Empire Du Milieu (Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom) from the popular comic books have become international blockbusters.
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Additionally, the festival renews its partnership with the QCinema International Film Festival in bringing some of the most critically-acclaimed titles of World Cinema to local moviegoers, such as Daaaaaali! and La Passion De Dodin Bouffant (The Taste of Things), the French entry in the Oscars.
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French Ambassador to the Philippines and Micronesia Marie Fontanel believes that the young population of the Philippines should be exposed to diverse cultures. Through cinema, Filipino youth can have the chance to see a different perspective of life beyond the regular programming of theatres.
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In the words of French President Emmanuel Macron, “The French spirit continues to astonish, fascinate and change the world.” French cinema entertains the audience with unexpected twists and turns and delivers messages that can help build a better world.
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Angela Nicole Regis Guiral is a digital editor at Tatler Philippines. She studied journalism and has since written features that look closely at how culture, lifestyle and social impact converge, while occasionally wandering into the worlds of style and travel.
