Family 10 + – The American French Film Festival in Los Angeles https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org The American French Film Festival in Los Angeles Sat, 18 Oct 2025 12:28:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 WAR OF THE BUTTONS  ../../../war-of-the-buttons-2/ ../../../war-of-the-buttons-2/#respond Thu, 10 Jul 2025 19:34:49 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=22904

WAR OF THE BUTTONS

| 2011 – 109′ – DRAMA,  COMEDY, ADVENTURES, FAMILY+10, FILMS & LITERATURE, PERIOD & HISTORY.
Written by: Yann Samuel.
Based on the Book by: Louis Pergaud.
Directed by: Yann Samuel.
Starring: Eric Elmosnino, Mathilde Seigner, Fred Testot, Vincent Bres, Alain Chabat, Salomé Lemire, Théo Bertrand, Tristan Vichard.
In French with English subtitles.
An Under The Milky Way release. |

1960. The thrilling battles waged by a band of kids from two rival villages in the Southern France countryside. A new adaptation of the novel by Louis Pergaud.

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BELLE & SEBASTIAN: THE LAST CHAPTER

| 2018 – 90′ – Drama, Adventure, Family 10+, Period & History, Coming of Age, Film & Literature.
Written by: Fabien Suarez, Juliette Sales.
Based on the Book by: Cécile Aubry.
Directed by: Clovis Cornillac.
Starring: Félix Bossuet, Tchéky Karyo, Clovis Cornillac, Thierry Neuvic, Margaux Chatelier, André Penvern, Anne Benoit, Lilou Fogli.
In French with English subtitles.
A Gaumont release. |

This new adventure starts right where the last one ended. Belle is now a mother of three puppies and Sebastian is 12 years old. His father is planning to move to Canada with Angelina and Sebastian does not want to go. Faced with the prospect of being alone, Sebastian also has to contend with a new threat: Joseph, who claims to be Belle’s rightful owner.

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INTO THE WONDERWOODS

| 2025  – 84′ – Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Family 10+.
Written by: Vincent Paronaud.
Directed by: Vincent Paronaud, Alexis Ducord.
Starring (French Voices): Yolande Moreau, Philippe Katerine, José Garcia, Marie Nonnenmacher, Emmanuel Garijo, Antoine Tomé, Boris Rehlinger, Augustin Jacob.
Official Selections: Cannes International Film Festival 2024, Annecy International Film Festival 2024.
In English or in French with English subtitles.
A Shout! Factory release. |

10-year-old Angelo dreams of becoming an explorer and a zoologist. When he hits the road with his family to visit his beloved granny, his distracted parents leave him behind at a rest stop. Left to his own devices, Angelo decides to cut through the forest in search of his family. He enters a dark and mysterious world inhabited by strange creatures, some friendlier than others.

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TWO BROTHERS

| 2004  – 109′ – Drama, Adventure, Nature & Environment, Family 10+.
Written by: Alain Godard, Jean-Jacques Annaud.
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud.
Starring: Guy Pearce, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Freddie Highmore, Moussa Maaskri, Oanh Nguyen, Bernard Flavien, Annop Vorapanya.
2 César Awards nominations 2005, including Best Cinematography. Winner: Best Editing.
In English.
A Universal release. |


Set not so long ago in a distant land, the film follows the adventures of twin tiger cubs–one shy and gentle, the other bold and fierce–who are born among the temple ruins of an exotic jungle. However, on a fateful day, the brothers are separated by fate. The bold brother is sold off to a circus, where homesickness and living in a cage rob him of his spirit. Meanwhile, the shy cub becomes the beloved companion of the governor’s lonely young son, until an accident forces the family to give him away to a man who resolves to break his gentle nature and turn him into a fighter for sport. When they are fully grown the brothers find themselves reunited–but as forced enemies, pitted against each other.

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THE BEAR

| 1989  – 100′ – Drama, Adventure, Classic, Nature & Environment, Family 10+.
Written by: Gérard Brach.
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud.
Starring: Tchéky Karyo, Jack Wallace, André Lacombe.
Academy Award Nomination 1989 for Best Editing. 5 César Awards nominations 1989, including Best Film & Best Director (Winner Best Director and Best Editing).
In English.
A Shout! Factory release. |

An infant bear cub witnesses the death of his mother in a rockslide and is forced to set out to fend for himself. The young bear encounters a giant grizzly (Bart the Bear), who at first cannot abide the young bear’s presence. However, the grizzly is soon ambushed by a pair of hunters — Bill (Jack Wallace) and Tom (Tcheky Karyo) — after an altercation with their pack animals. As the injured beast cleans his wounds in a stream, the young bear comes to his aid, and the giant takes the youngster under his wing. However, Bill and Tom have sworn revenge on the grizzly, and when they capture the young bear, it lures the giant back into the hunters’ camp.

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]]> ../../../the-bear/feed/ 0 ASTERIX & OBELIX VS. CAESAR ../../../asterix-obelix-vs-caesar/ ../../../asterix-obelix-vs-caesar/#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:27:45 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=21857

ASTERIX & OBELIX VS. CAESAR

| 2000 – 109′ –  Adventure, Comedy, Family 10+, Classic.
Written by: Claude Zidi, Gérard Lauzier.
Based on the Comic Book by: Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny.
Directed by: Claude Zidi.
Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Roberto Benigni, Michel Galabru, John Gottfried, Laetitia Casta, Claude Pieplu.
In French with English subtitles.
A Discovery Global Comedy release. |


In the first ever cinematic adaptation of the Asterix series with real actors, Asterix and Obelix must rescue the druid Panoramix after a Roman official kidnaps him to get ahold of a magic potion.

 

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PARADE

| 1974 – 90′ – Comedy, Classic, Family 10+.
Written by: Jacques Tati.
Directed by: Jacques Tati.
Starring: Jacques Tati, Michèle Brabo, Karl Kossmayer
Official Selection Venice International Film Festival 1949 (Winner Best Screenplay).
In French with English subtitles.
A The Criterion Collection release. |

In a small French town, the local postman, scatterbrained and bumbling François (Jacques Tati), spends his working hours casually delivering the mail, while being the subject of the townsfolk’s teasing. When a traveling carnival arrives in town, a drunken François is goaded into watching a film depicting the efficiency of the U.S. Postal Service. Inspired by the footage, the hapless François sets out on his bicycle to become just like the mail carriers in the United States.

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JOUR DE FÊTE

| 1949 – 90′ – Comedy, Classic, Family 10+.
Written by: Jacques Tati.
Directed by: Jacques Tati.
Starring: Jacques Tati, Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur, Santa Relli, Maine Vallée, Robert Balpo, Delcassan, Jacques Beauvais, Valy, Roger Rafal.
Official Selection Venice International Film Festival 1949 (Winner Best Screenplay).
In French with English subtitles.
A The Criterion Collection release. |


In a small French town, the local postman, scatterbrained and bumbling François (Jacques Tati), spends his working hours casually delivering the mail, while being the subject of the townsfolk’s teasing. When a traveling carnival arrives in town, a drunken François is goaded into watching a film depicting the efficiency of the U.S. Postal Service. Inspired by the footage, the hapless François sets out on his bicycle to become just like the mail carriers in the United States.

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PLAYTIME

| 1967 – 124′ – Comedy, Classic, Family 10+.
Written by: Jacques Tati, Jacques Lagrange, Art Buchwald.
Directed by: Jacques Tati.
Starring: Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Jacqueline Lecome, John Abbey, Valérie Camille, Billy Kearns, Rita Maiden, Georges Montant.
Official Selection COLCOA 2017 (Digitally Restored Version).
In French with English subtitles.
A The Criterion Collection release. |

Jacques Tati’s gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis in this monumental cinematic achievement. A nearly three-year-long, bank-breaking production, Tati again thrust the lovably old-fashioned Monsieur Hulot, along with a host of other lost souls, into a baffling modern Paris. With every inch crammed with hilarity and inventiveness, PLAYTIME is a lasting record of a modern era tiptoeing on the edge of oblivion.

 

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TRAFFIC

| 1971 – 92′ – Comedy, Classic, Family 10+.
Written by: Jacques Tati, Jacques Lagrange, Bert Haanstra.
Directed by: Jacques Tati.
Starring: Jacques Tati, Maria Kimberly, Francois Maisongrosse, Marcel Fraval, Honore Bostel, Tony Kneppers, Franco Resel, Mario Zanuelli.
In French with English subtitles.
A The Criterion Collection release. |

In Jacques Tati’s Trafic, the bumbling Monsieur Hulot, kitted out as always with tan raincoat, beaten brown hat, and umbrella, takes to Paris’s highways and byways. In this, his final outing, Hulot is employed as an auto company’s director of design, and accompanies his new product (a “camping car” outfitted with absurd gadgetry) to an auto show in Amsterdam. Naturally, the road there is paved with modern-age mishaps. This late-career delight is a masterful demonstration of the comic genius’s expert timing and side splitting knack for visual gags, and a bemused last look at technology run amok.

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