Romance – The American French Film Festival in Los Angeles https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org The American French Film Festival in Los Angeles Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:03:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 APRÈS VOUS https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/apres-vous/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:05:56 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20947 APRÈS VOUS

| 2005 – 101′ –  Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Romance.
Written by: Pierre Salvadori, Benoît Graffin, Danièle Dubroux, David Léotard.
Directed by: Pierre Salvadori.
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Sandrine Kiberlain, José Garcia, Marilyne Canto, Michèle Moretti, Garance Clavel, Fabio Zenoni.
Official Competition COLCOA 2004.
In French with English subtitles.
A Paramount Pictures release. |

Antoine works in a bar in Paris. One evening on his way home from work, he intervenes when a man tries to commit suicide. He feels strangely guilty about having saved the man’s life and constantly tries to help him make things better. No matter what Antoine does, he can’t get Louis’s mind off Blanche, the woman of his dreams, his sole obsession, the reason why he wanted to die. Antoine decides to look for her, but doesn’t let Louis know. However things don’t happen the way he planned. Blanche isn’t alone and she’s beautiful…

 

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BONJOUR TRISTESSE https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/bonjour-tristesse/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/bonjour-tristesse/#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:31:18 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20927

OPENING IN US THEATRES IN 2025.

BONJOUR TRISTESSE

| 2025 – 94′ – Drama, Romance, Films & Literature.
Written by: Durga Chew-Bose.
Based on the book by: Françoise Sagan.
Directed by: Durga Chew-Bose.
Starring: Chloë Sevigny, Aliocha Schneider, Nailia Harzoune, Claes Bang, Lily Mclnerny.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2024.
In French with English subtitles.
A Greenwich Entertainement release. |

At the height of summer, 18-year-old Cécile (Lily McInerny) is languishing by the French seaside with her handsome father, Raymond (Claes Bang) and his lover Elsa (Naïlia Harzoune) when the arrival of her late mother’s friend Anne (Chloë Sevigny) changes everything. Amid the sun-drenched splendour of their surroundings, Cécile’s world is threatened and, desperate to regain control, she sets in motion a plan to drive Anne away with tragic consequences. An adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s unforgettable coming of age novel by the same title, Durga Chew-Bose’s Bonjour Tristesse masterfully captures the complexity of relationships between women and how they wield influence over one another’s fates.

 

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BLOCK PASS https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/block-pass/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/block-pass/#respond Mon, 13 Jan 2025 20:01:25 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20902

OPENING IN THE US IN 2025.

BLOCK PASS

| 2025 – 98′ – Drama, Romance, LGBTQ+, Coming of Age.
Written by: Bérénice Bocquillon, Antoine Chevrollier, Faïza Guène.
Directed by: Antoine Chevrollier.
Starring: Sayyid El Alami, Amaury Foucher, Damien Bonnard, Florence Janas, Arthus, Léonie Dahan-Lamort, Mathieu Demy, Laëtitia Clément.
Official Selection Cannes Critics Week 2024.
In French with English subtitles.
A Distrib Films US release. |

 

Willy and Jojo are childhood friends who never leave each other’s side. Training at the motocross track is their way to beat boredom. One evening, Willy discovers Jojo’s secret. 

 

 

 

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IT HAPPENED IN SAINT-TROPEZ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/it-happened-in-saint-tropez/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/it-happened-in-saint-tropez/#respond Tue, 07 Jan 2025 22:33:16 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20789

IT HAPPENED IN SAINT-TROPEZ

| 2013 – 125′ – Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Romance.
Written by: Danièle Thompson, Christopher Thomson.
Directed by: Danièle Thompson.
Starring: Eric Elmosnino, Lou de Laâge, Kad Merad, Clara Ponsot, Max Boublil, Monica Belluci, Ivry Gitlis, Valérie Bonneton.
Official Competition COLCOA 2013 (Opening Film).
In French with English subtitles.
An Under The Milky Way release. |

 

Brothers Zef and Roni could not be more different; different career paths, different taste in women, one all religious austerity, the other enjoying the high-life. All they have in common is their ageing and addle brained father, and their daughters who are best friends. So when the funeral of Zef’s wife falls on the day of Roni’s daughter’s wedding this stroke of unfortunate timing that brings to a head the simmering antagonism between the two brothers.

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LET ME GO https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/let-me-go/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/let-me-go/#respond Tue, 07 Jan 2025 22:17:25 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20780

OPENING ON DIGITAL ON JUNE 27, 2025.

LET ME GO

| 2025 – 92′ – Switzerland/France/Belgium Co-Production, Drama, Romance.
Written by: Maxime Rappaz.
Directed by: Maxime Rappaz.
Starring: Jeanne Balibar, Thomas Sarbacher, Pierre-Antoine Dubey, Véronique Mermoud, Alexia Hébrard, Marie Probst, Marco Calamandrei, Yvette Théraulaz.
Official Selection Cannes Acid Competition 2023 (Opening Film).
In French with English subtitles.
An Omnibus Entertainement release. |

 

Every Tuesday, Claudine entrusts her handicapped son to the neighbor and goes to a mountain hotel to meet men passing through. When she meets Michael and he decides to extend his stay for her, Claudine’s daily life is disrupted and finds herself dreaming of another life.

 

 

 

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JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/jane-austen-wrecked-my-life/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/jane-austen-wrecked-my-life/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2024 23:28:39 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20567

OPENING IN US THEATRES IN 2025 BEFORE A DIGITAL RELEASE.

JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE

| 2025 – 94′ – Romance, Romantic Comedy, Comedy.
Written by: Laura Piani.
Directed by: Laura Piani.
Starring: Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly, Annabelle Lengronne, Charlie Anson, Liz Crowther, Alan Fairbarn, Alice Butaud, Frederik Wiseman.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2024.
In French with English subtitles.
A Sony Pictures Classics release. |

Agathe, hopelessly clumsy yet charming and full of contradictions, finds herself in desperate singlehood. Her dream is to experience love akin to a Jane Austen novel and her ultimate aspiration is to become a writer. Instead, she spends her days selling books in the legendary British Bookshop, Shakespeare & Co, in Paris. Invited to the Jane Austen Writers’ Residency in England, she must confront her insecurities to finally fulfill her ambition of becoming a novelist and put an end to wasting her sentimental life.

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SHAFTED https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/shafted/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/shafted/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2024 23:16:58 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20557

SHAFTED

| 2025 – 6 x 52′ – Season 1 – Series,  Comedy, Romance, Romantic Comedy.
Written by: Noémie Saglio, Estelle Koening, Julien Teisseire.
Directed by: Noémie Saglio, Olivier Rosemberg.
Starring: Manu Payet, Guillaume Labbé, Vincent Heneine, Antoine Gouy, Ariane Mourier, Mélanie Bernier, Olga Kurylenko.
In French with English subtitles.
A Netflix Original release. |

 

An outrageous comedy about four friends Cédric, Tom, Jérémie and Tonio, whose romantic and professional lives are turned upside down by the women in their lives.

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I KISSED A GIRL https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/i-kissed-a-girl/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/i-kissed-a-girl/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:34:04 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20553

I KISSED A GIRL

| 2015 – 90′ – Comedy, Romance, Romantic Comedy, LGBTQ+.
Written by: Noémie Saglio, Maxime Govare.
Directed by: Noémie Saglio, Maxime Govare.
Starring: Pio Marmaï, Lannick Gautry, Adriane Gradziel, Camille Cottin, Frank Gastambide, Frédéric Pierrot, Isabelle Candelier, Sébastien Castro, Nicole Ferroni, Diane Tell.
Official Competition Alpe d’Huez Film Festival, COLCOA 2015.
In French with English subtitles.
A Gaumont release. |


Jérémie (Pio Marmaï), 34, wakes up in an apartment he doesn’t know, next to a woman he doesn’t know. She is Adna, a stunning Swede, as funny as she is attractive. The beginning of a fairy tale? Not quite. Because Jérémie is about to get married… to another man.

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REMAKE https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/remake/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/remake/#comments Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:29:48 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20550

REMAKE

| 2007 – 91′ – Comedy, Romance, Romantic Comedy.
Written by: Antoine de Caunes, Peter Stuart, Jeanne le Guillou.
Directed by: Antoine de Caunes.
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Jean Rochefort, Isabelle Nanty, Damian McCann, James Gerard, Charles Dance, Bryonie Pritchard, David Stanley.
Official Competition COLCOA 2007.
In French with English subtitles.
An Under The Milky Way release. |

 

Alice d’Abanville, an immensely famous London stage actress, and Louis Ruinard, a cult French film director, are two extraordinary personalities. But this legendary pair haven’t seen each other in thirty years. What do you do with the great love of your life thirty years later when you no longer have anything in common?

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ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/romantics-anonymous/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/romantics-anonymous/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:14:13 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20543

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ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS

| 2010 – 80′ – Comedy, Romance, Romantic Comedy.
Written by: Jean-Pierre Améris, Philippe Blasband.
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Améris.
Starring: Isabelle Carré, Benoît Poelvoorde, Lorella Cravotta, Lise Lametrie, Swann Arlaud, Pierre Niney, Alice Pol, Grégoire Ludig, Jacques Boudet, Stephan Wojtowicz.
Official Selection San Sebastian International Film Festival 2010, Tribeca International Film Festival 2011.
In French with English subtitles.
A Giant Interactive release. |


Jean-René (Benoît Poelvoorde), the boss of a chocolate factory, and Angélique (Isabelle Carré), a talented chocolate maker, are two highly emotional people. Their shared passion for chocolate brings them together and they both fall in love with each other, without daring to let on. Unfortunately, their pathological timidity tends to keep them apart. But they’ll overcome their lack of self-confidence, at the risk of revealing their feelings.

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