COMING SOON TO US THEATRES BEFORE A DIGITAL RELEASE

BONNARD, PIERRE & MARTHE

| 2024 – 122′ – Biopic, Drama, Romance.
Written by: Martin Provost.
Directed by: Martin Provost.
Starring: Cécile de France, Vincent Macaigne, Stacy Martin, Anouk Grimberg, André Marcon, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet.
Official Selection: Cannes International Film Festival 2023.
In French with English subtitles.
A Cohen Media Group release. |

Bonnard, Pierre & Marthe painted over five decades a portrait of Bonnard and his wife Marthe de Méligny who became the cornerstone of her husband’s life and work, appearing in more than a third of his paintings. A beautiful portrait of French artist Pierre Bonnard and his muse. A touching, visually fetching and educational look at the intertwining of art and stubborn romance.

MADEMOISELLE CHAMBON

| 2010 – 95′ – Drama, Romance.
Written by: Stéphane Brizé, Florence Vignon.
Directed by: Stéphane Brizé.
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Sandrine Kiberlain, Aure Atika, Jean-Marc Thibault, Arthur Le Houerou.
Winner César Award 2010 for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Official Competition COLCOA 2010.
In French with English subtitles.
A Kino Lorber Films release. |

Jean is an upstanding man: a good builder, a good son, a good father, and a good husband. In his ordinary, placid life, divided between family and work, he crosses paths with Mademoiselle Chambon, his son’s teacher. He is a man of few words; she comes from a different world. They become overwhelmed by the obviousness of their feelings.

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SPARE KEYS

| 2024 – 108′ – Romance, Comedy, Drama, Coming of Age.
Written by: Jeanne Aslan, Paul Saintillan.
Directed by: Jeanne Aslan, Paul Saintillan.
Starring: Céleste Brunnquell, Quentin Dolmaire, François Négret, Laurent Poitrenaux, Anthony Sonigo, Megan Northam, Shirel Nataf, Lily Aubry.
Official Selection San Sebastian International Film Festival, MyFrenchFilmFestival.
In French with English subtitles.
A Distrib Films US release. |

BANEL & ADAMA

| 2024 – 87′ – Drama, Romance – A Senegal-France-Mali Co-production.
Written by: Ramata-Toulaye Sy.
Directed by: Ramata-Toulaye Sy.
Starring: Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo, Binta Racine Sy, Moussa Sow, Ndiabell Diallo, Oumar Samba Dia, Amadou Ndiaye, Amadou Hady Sall.
Official Selections Cannes International Film Festival 2023, Toronto International Film Festival 2023, Rendez-vous with French Cinema in New York 2024. Senegalese entry for Best International Feature Film at the 2024 Academy Awards.
In Pulaar with English subtitles.
A Kino Lorber release. |

Set against the terrestrial majesty of the Sahel, Banel & Adama is a tragic romance following two young lovers as they strive for independence and self-possession in the face of imperious tradition. Neither Senegal nor the rest of the world has known a love like Banel (Khady Mane) and Adama’s (Mamadou Diallo), each eager to begin their adult lives away from the stifling demands of their families and community. The young couple were married by an ostensible combination of chance and duty when Adama’s older brother Yero died, leaving a still-young Banel, his second wife, a too-young widow. Now, the same duty dictates that Adama accept the role of village chief. However, the fated lovers have plans that do not include the expectations of others. That is, until something in the air changes. The rains do not come, the cattle begin to die, the men leave and Banel, once lovelorn and lost in responsibility, surrenders to the call for a life lived beyond prescription. Premiering in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival — the sole debut granted the honor — Banel & Adama is a lyrical odyssey that takes a hypnotic descent into mythic fabulism with the profundity of a timeless fable. Sy delivers a lesson in craft, building lush, inspired, and strong-willed characters who command perspective, seeking to carve out a future for themselves in a narrative atmosphere hauntingly alive from sand to sky.

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MARGUERITE’S THEOREM

| 2024 – 112′ – Drama / Romance – A France/Switzerland Coproduction.
Written by: Anna Novion, Mathieu Robin, Agnès Feuvre, Marie-Stéphane Imbert.
Directed by: Anna Novion.
Starring: Ella Rumpf, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Clothilde Courau, Julien Frisson, Sonia Bonny.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2023, Rendezvous With French Cinema in New York 2024. Two César Awards nominations 2024 (Best Female and Male Revelations).
Winner Best New Actress, César Awards 2024 (Ella Rumpf).
Official Competition TAFFF 2023.
In French with English subtitles.
A Distrib Films US release. |

The only female student in her class — and head and shoulders above the boys — math whiz Marguerite Hoffman is a PhD candidate at Paris’s prestigious Ecole Normale Supérieure, an institution legendary for its genius quotient. Not only does Marguerite love math, it’s her entire life, and she’s determined to prove the famously unsolved Goldbach Conjecture. However, when an equally brilliant transfer student from Oxford points out a flaw in her hypothesis during a seminar presentation before specialists in her field, Marguerite’s entire world is shaken, all her certainties vanish, and the insecure brainiac decides to drop out of school. Nevertheless, it seems that mathematics has a different fate in store for her.

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COMING NEXT TO US THEATRES AND ON DIGITAL.

BLACK TEA

| 2024 – Romance, Drama
Written by: Abderrahmane Sissako, Kessen Tall
Directed by: Abderrahmane Sissako.
Starring: Nina Melo, Han Chang, Wu Ke-Xi, Michael Chang.
Official Competition Berlin International Film Festival 2024.
In French with English subtitles.
A Cohen Media Group release. |

Joice leaves the Ivory Coast after walking out on her wedding day and sets off to start a new life in Guangzhou, China. In this district where the African diaspora meets Chinese culture, she gets hired in a tea boutique owned by Cai, a Chinese man. In the secrecy of the back shop, Cai decides to initiate Aya to the tea ceremony and their relationship slowly turns into tender love.

OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN

| 2023 – 104′ – DRAMA, ROMANCE, COMEDY
Written by: Rebecca Zlotowski.
Directed by: Rebecca Zlotowski.
Starring: Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie-Ferreira Gonzalves, Yamée Couture, Henry-Noël Tabary.
Official Competition Venice International Film Festival 2022.
In French with English subtitles.
A Music Box Films release. |

When dedicated high school teacher Rachel (Virginie Efira) falls in love with Ali (Roschdy Zem), it’s not long before she also falls for his 4-year-old daughter Leila. The adolescent giddiness of Rachel and Ali’s late night rendezvous and secret sleepovers evolves into the familiar warmth of family picnics and after-school pickups. Although she feels like a mother, Rachel is not allowed to forget that Lelia is another woman’s daughter. She begins to long for a child of her own, but as a forty-something woman, she is abundantly aware that she has limited time to begin a family. Rachel must decide whether to embrace the inherent entanglements of her current situation, including the looming presence of Ali’s ex-wife Alice (Chiara Mastroanni) or strike out again on her own. Other People’s Children becomes a soulful, sexy, and resolutely grown-up story of the elusive quest for agency and belonging.

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THE TASTE OF THINGS

| 2024  –  117′  – Romance, Drama, French Food & Wine.
Written by: Tran Anh Hung.
Directed by: Tran Anh Hung.
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Emmanuel Salinger, Patrick d’Assumçao.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2023, Winner Best Directing. Official French entry Best International Movie Academy Awards 2024.
In French with English subtitles.
A IFC Films release. |

1885. Peerless cook Eugenie has worked for the famous gourmet Dodin for the last 20 years. As time went by, the practice of gastronomy and mutual admiration turned into a romantic relationship. This collaboration gives rise to dishes, one more delicious than the next, that confound even the world’s most illustrious chefs. But Eugenie is fond of her freedom and has never wanted to marry Dodin. So, he decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.

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