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UNIFRANCE AND FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCE
\nTHE COMPLETE LINEUP FOR THE 27TH
\nRENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA, MARCH 3\u201313\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Opening Night\u2014Claire Denis’s Fire<\/i>\u00a0starring Juliette Binoche, with Denis and Binoche in person
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The annual French cinema showcase celebrates the latest from\u00a0Mathieu Amalric,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Jacques Audiard, Arnaud Desplechin, and more, with brilliant debut features from\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, Vincent Ma\u00ebl Cardona, Emilie Carpentier, Vincent Le Port,\u00a0<\/span><\/b>and Constance Meyer\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n New York, NY (February 9, 2022)<\/b> \u2013 Unifrance and Film at Lincoln Center announce the complete lineup for the 27th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the celebrated annual festival that exemplifies the variety and vitality of contemporary French filmmaking, taking place March 3\u201313.<\/p>\n The 2022 Opening Night selection is Claire Denis\u2019s Fire<\/i>, featuring screen legend Juliette Binoche as Sara, navigating the reemergence of her ex-lover Fran\u00e7ois (Gr\u00e9goire Colin), who coincidentally contacts her partner Jean (Vincent Lindon) for a business proposition. The melancholic drama showcases Denis\u2019s characteristic knack for capturing the intimate sensuality of everyday life, bolstered by a gorgeous score from regular collaborators Tindersticks.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a great honor this year to be joined by the great Claire Denis and icon Juliette Binoche,\u201d said Daniela Elstner, Executive Director of Unifrance. \u201cTheir presence highlights what French cinema represents for American audiences today: an alternative voice and vision on human relationships, world issues, and collective consciousness, which is reflected throughout this year\u2019s selection. This feels especially relevant this year: in March 2020, Rendez-Vous with French Cinema was the last big film event in NYC before everything shut down. Two years later, it feels great to say that we are back with an in-person festival and more than 20 French filmmakers and talent, including exciting new voices and returning favorites, in attendance.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat a great way to rejoice in the return to spring with Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, celebrating its 27 years of collaboration with Unifrance” said Florence Almozini, FLC Senior Programmer at Large. “This year\u2019s lineup is not to be missed, proving the strength, the diversity, and the vitality of French cinema, thanks to remarkable works from returning directors Claire Denis, Arnaud Desplechin, Mathieu Almaric, Jacques Audiard, and Emmanuel Carr\u00e8re, as well as exciting films from up-and-coming talents Emilie Carpentier, Vincent Ma\u00ebl Cardona, Rachel Lang, Leyla Bouzid, and many others. We truly cannot wait to share with you this mesmerizing lineup of French gems.”<\/p>\n Highlights of the 23-film lineup include Authentik<\/i>, Audrey Estrougo\u2019s crowd-pleasing and galvanizing biopic of rap duo Supr\u00eame NTM, offering a dynamic reconstruction of a moment in hip-hop\u2019s global explosion; Emmanuel Carr\u00e8re\u2019s Between Two Worlds<\/i>, taking inspiration from investigative journalist Florence Aubenas\u2019s 2010 best-selling nonfiction book The Night Cleaner<\/i> and a longtime passion project for star Juliette Binoche; Deception<\/i>, master filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin\u2019s adaptation of Philip Roth\u2019s classic novel encompassing a fusion of rigorous intellectual discourse and fervid emotionality.<\/p>\n Rendez-Vous regular Christophe Honor\u00e9\u2019s Guermantes<\/i>, cunningly shot and wonderfully imagined by Honor\u00e9\u2019s theatrical community despite the production\u2019s debilitating COVID delays; Hold Me Tight<\/i>, Mathieu\u2019s Amalric\u2019s daringly fluid portrait of one woman\u2019s fractured psyche; Antoine Barraud\u2019s third narrative feature Madeleine Collins<\/i>, equal parts drama and thriller, starring Virginie Efira (Paul Verhoeven\u2019s Benedetta<\/i>); Our Men<\/i>, starring director and Rendez-Vous regular Louis Garrel and directed by Rachel Lang, drawing upon her own background as an officer in the French army reserves; Paris, 13th District<\/i>, Palme d\u2019Or\u2013winner Jacques Audiard\u2019s exploration of casual sex, webcams, and relationships in an unsparing but nonjudgmental portrait of young Parisians; and much more.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s lineup also features a number of highly anticipated debut features, including Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet\u2019s Ana\u00efs in Love<\/i>, which premiered in the Critics\u2019 Week section at last year\u2019s Cannes; Vincent Le Port\u2019s Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer<\/i>, a cold and unnervingly charged portrait of a sexually driven killer; Emilie Carpentier\u2019s The Horizon<\/i>, following disaffected teenagers discovering a sense of purpose in political engagement; Magnetic Beats<\/i>; Vincent Ma\u00ebl Cardona\u2019s heady, emotionally rich reconstruction of an intense moment of social and cultural change and a Directors\u2019 Fortnight selection at last year\u2019s Cannes; and Constance Meyer\u2019s Robust<\/i>, featuring G\u00e9rard Depardieu and a premise reminiscent of the unlikely friendship in 2012\u2019s Rendez-Vous selection The Intouchables<\/i>, but with a drier sense of humor that\u2019s all its own.<\/p>\n Confirmed to appear in person at the festival are: Mathieu Amalric, Jacques Audiard, Antoine Barraud, Philippe B\u00e9ziat, Juliette Binoche, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, Leyla Bouzid, Vincent Ma\u00ebl Cardona, Emilie Carpentier, Emmanuel Carr\u00e8re, Claire Denis, Arnaud Desplechin, Eric Dumont, D\u00e9borah Lukumuena, Aur\u00e9lia Georges, Axelle Ropert, with more to follow.<\/p>\n Free talks include a sit-down with filmmakers Claire Denis and official Guest of Honor at this year\u2019s Rendez-Vous Jim Jarmusch, in an extended conversation about their decades-spanning careers; Juliette Binoche and D\u00e9borah Lukumuena, meeting to discuss their professional trajectories and creative influences; and \u201cWorking the image : a French-American look at cinematography,\u201d a special panel organized in partnership with French In Motion and the Gotham Film & Media Institute and bringing together French and American filmmakers and cinematographers to discuss their varied inspirations, creative philosophies, and artistic practices.<\/p>\n Moviegoers will have the opportunity to recognize their favorite film in the lineup with the third annual Rendez-Vous Audience Award. This year\u2019s festival will also feature the inaugural Best Emerging Filmmaker Award, a new initiative to bring attention to the unique cinematic point of view of emerging filmmakers and their interpretation of France\u2019s new and diverse identities, and to encourage young people to attend the festival. Six students pursuing film and French studies degrees from NYC colleges will be invited to participate in the jury and to choose their favorite first or second feature from this year\u2019s Rendez-Vous slate. Each jury member will receive a free all-access pass to view every screening in the festival.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The jury-awarded film will be announced shortly after the end of the festival alongside the Rendez-Vous Audience Award.To further encourage young people to be part of Rendez-Vous, two free school screenings of The Horizon<\/i> will be organized on March 10 and 11, with director Emilie Carpentier in attendance for a post-screening discussion with middle-, high-school, and college students.<\/p>\n Member ticket presale for Rendez-Vous with French Cinema begins on February 15 at noon, with tickets for the general public available starting February 18 at noon. Tickets are $17; $13 for students, seniors (62+), and persons with disabilities; and $12 for Film at Lincoln Center members. Opening Night tickets for Claire Denis\u2019 Fire <\/i>are $25 and $20 for all Film at Lincoln Center members. Students can see more and save with the purchase of the $35 Student All-Access Pass.<\/p>\n Tickets to the free talks will be distributed at the corresponding box office on a first-come, first-served basis beginning one hour prior to the event start. Please note that the line may form in advance. Limit one ticket per person, subject to availability.<\/p>\n FILMS & DESCRIPTIONS<\/b> \u2605 Opening Night<\/b><\/p>\n Fire \/ Avec amour et acharnement<\/b><\/p>\n Claire Denis, 2021, France, 116m<\/b><\/p>\n French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n The legendary Claire Denis delivers an understated yet psychologically vivid romantic drama, co-written with her Let the Sunshine In<\/i> collaborator Christine Angot. On her way to work one day, Sara (Juliette Binoche) spies her ex-lover Fran\u00e7ois (Gr\u00e9goire Colin) outside of the metro; shortly thereafter, by a seeming coincidence, Fran\u00e7ois gets in touch with Jean (Vincent Lindon), his old friend\u2014and Sara\u2019s partner\u2014to propose they go into business together on a new venture. Fran\u00e7ois\u2019s unexpected reemergence in their lives, and the emotional destabilization that comes with it, propel this finely wrought and melancholic narrative, with Denis\u2019s characteristic knack for capturing the intimate sensuality of everyday life on full display, bolstered by a typically gorgeous score from regular collaborators Tindersticks. An IFC Films release.<\/p>\n Thursday, March 3, 6:30pm (Introduced by Claire Denis and Juliette Binoche)<\/b><\/p>\n Thursday, March 3, 9:15pm<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Ana\u00efs in Love \/ Les Amours d’Ana\u00efs<\/b><\/p>\n Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, 2021, France, 98m<\/b><\/p>\n English and French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n Behind on her rent, contemplating breaking up with her boyfriend, and struggling to complete her thesis, thirtysomething Ana\u00efs (Ana\u00efs Demoustier) is in a manic search for stability. An affair with middle-aged publisher Daniel (Denis Podalyd\u00e8s, also in this year\u2019s Rendez-Vous selection Deception<\/i>) seems like a dead end until Ana\u00efs discovers the literary work of his formidable partner Emilie (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi). Writer-director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet\u2019s effervescent feature debut (which premiered in the Critics\u2019 Week section at last year\u2019s Cannes) draws in part upon her background in publishing to ground a tale of self-discovery as literate and delightful as it is unexpected, keeping both Ana\u00efs and viewers off-balance until the very final, clich\u00e9-shattering final shot. A Magnolia Pictures release.<\/p>\n Sunday, March 6, 12:45pm (Q&A with Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet)<\/b><\/p>\n Friday, March 11, 3:30pm<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Authentik \/ Supr\u00eames<\/b><\/p>\n Audrey Estrougo, 2021, France, 112m<\/b><\/p>\n French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n Doing for French rap duo Supr\u00eame NTM what Straight Outta Compton <\/i>did for N.W.A., Audrey Estrougo\u2019s crowd-pleasing and galvanizing biopic kicks off in 1989. A collaboration that begins on a whim between two friends takes off after an electrifying debut performance unexpectedly thrusts JoeyStarr (Th\u00e9o Christine) and Kool Shen (Sandor Funtek) into the spotlight. The pair court controversy as their music increasingly speaks to their marginalized community\u2019s struggles, building to a head when their single \u201cPolice\u201d attracts official outrage. A dynamic reconstruction of a moment in hip-hop\u2019s global explosion, Estrougo takes viewers back to a key moment in French society when long-dismissed voices started, quite literally, to be heard in a new way.<\/p>\n Tuesday, March 8, 6:00pm (Q&A with director of photography Eric Dumont)<\/b><\/p>\n Friday, March 11, 1:00pm<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Between Two Worlds \/ Le Quai de Ouistreham<\/b><\/p>\n Emmanuel Carr\u00e8re, 2021, France, 106m<\/b><\/p>\n French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n Famed journalist Marianne Winckler (Juliette Binoche) goes undercover to investigate the exploitation of cleaning people in the north of France, eventually landing a job on a ferry. As she learns more about the plight of these workers on the margins, Marianne grows closer to her new comrades\u2014while simultaneously beginning to harbor concerns that she\u2019ll be complicit in their exploitation when she returns to Paris and writes a book about her experiences. A longtime passion project for star Binoche, Between Two Worlds <\/i>takes inspiration from investigative journalist Florence Aubenas\u2019s 2010 best-selling nonfiction book The Night Cleaner<\/i>; the writer would only agree to let it be adapted by the great French novelist Emmanuel Carr\u00e8re, who co-wrote and directed this feature\u2014his first since 2005\u2019s acclaimed La Moustache<\/i>. A Cohen Media Group release.<\/p>\n Saturday, March 5, 6:15pm (Q&A with Emmanuel Carr\u00e8re and Juliette Binoche)<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer \/ Bruno Reidal<\/b><\/p>\n Vincent Le Port, 2021, France, 101m<\/b><\/p>\n French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n 1905: When Bruno Reidal (Dimitri Dor\u00e9), a young seminary student, confesses to the brutal murder of a 13-year-old, three doctors are tasked with determining whether or not he\u2019s insane. At a moment when the separation of church and state has just been legally codified in France, determining the motivations of a future member of the Catholic Church proves especially tricky. Under the supervision of Dr. Alexandre Lacassagne (Jean-Luc Vincent), Bruno is tasked with writing his memoirs to help the committee make their decision. Working from the real Reidal\u2019s lucid, extraordinarily detached, and analytical volume, Vincent Le Port\u2019s feature debut is a chilly, unnerving, and existentially charged portrait of a sexually driven killer within a religious milieu.<\/p>\n Wednesday, March 9, 1:00pm<\/b><\/p>\n Friday, March 11, 9:00pm<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Deception<\/b> \/ Tromperie<\/b><\/p>\n Arnaud Desplechin, 2021, France, 105m<\/b><\/p>\n French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m a talk fetishist!\u201d exclaims novelist Philip (Denis Podalyd\u00e8s) in one of the many conversations before, during, and after sex with his married (but not to him) partner (L\u00e9a Seydoux). Love, Israel, regret, and mortality are all in the heady conversational mix in the latest from master filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin (A Christmas Tale<\/i>, My Golden Days<\/i>). A longtime dream project for the co-writer and director, Deception<\/i> is a faithful adaptation of Philip Roth\u2019s novel of the same name, whose fusion of rigorous intellectual discourse and explosive emotionality is a perfect fit for Desplechin. The bold chorus of voices from lovers past, present, and possibly imaginary includes a deeply moving supporting turn from Emmanuelle Devos, the auteur\u2019s frequent leading lady.<\/p>\n Saturday, March 5, 9:15pm (Q&A with Arnaud Desplechin)<\/b><\/p>\n Sunday, March 13, 3:30pm<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Everything Went Fine \/ Tout s’est bien pass\u00e9<\/b><\/p>\n Fran\u00e7ois Ozon, 2021, France, 113m<\/b><\/p>\n French and German with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n After a stroke leaves him paralyzed in one arm, 85-year-old Andr\u00e9 Bernheim (Rendez-Vous favorite Andr\u00e9 Dussolier) demands that his eldest daughter, Emmanu\u00e8le (Sophie Marceau), help him commit suicide. With the grudging support of her younger sister Pascale (G\u00e9raldine Pailhas), Emmanu\u00e8le begins sorting through the complicated processes and bureaucratic hurdles necessary to fulfill her father\u2019s request. Based on an autobiographical novel by Emmanu\u00e8le Bernheim, the latest film from the ever-unpredictable, genre-hopping Fran\u00e7ois Ozon is a dramatic change of pace from last year\u2019s nostalgic and romantic Rendez-Vous selection Summer of 85<\/i>. Unsentimental and often surprisingly funny, Everything Went Fine<\/i> offers both a look at the logistics of approaching death on one\u2019s own terms and a nuanced portrait of a complicated family, featuring the legendary Charlotte Rampling (Ozon\u2019s Under the Sand<\/i> star) as Andr\u00e9\u2019s estranged wife. A Cohen Media Group release.<\/p>\n Monday, March 7, 6:00pm<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Gallant Indies \/ Indes galantes<\/b><\/p>\n Philippe B\u00e9ziat, 2020, France, 108m<\/b><\/p>\n English and French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n In 2019, eight opera singers and 30 dancers from a wide variety of artistic and demographic backgrounds convened at Paris\u2019s Op\u00e9ra Bastille to begin work on an ambitious new production of Les Indes galantes<\/i>. The baroque composition by Jean-Philippe Rameau is a cornerstone of French musical history, but its beautiful melodies come alongside a host of outdated conceptions of \u201cexotic\u201d locations and peoples. Philippe B\u00e9ziat\u2019s documentary captures the work of this multifaceted troupe under the direction of artist and filmmaker Cl\u00e9ment Cogitore; together, they work to deliver Rameau\u2019s opera into the 21st century and the everyday diversity of contemporary France, integrating questions of racism, classism, and colonialism into a radical new staging that both honors and transforms the original text. A Distrib Films US release.<\/p>\n Saturday, March 12, 6:15pm (Q&A with Philippe B\u00e9ziat)<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Guermantes<\/b><\/p>\n Christophe Honor\u00e9, 2021, France, 139m<\/b><\/p>\n French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n When Rendez-Vous regular Christophe Honor\u00e9 (Love Songs<\/i>, On a Magical Night<\/i>) began work on a stage adaptation of Proust in spring 2020, the COVID pandemic quickly shut it down. Rehearsals resumed that summer, but when performances were once again canceled until fall, Honor\u00e9 decided to adapt by continuing to rehearse for the pure, communal joy of the theatrical experience\u2014even if there would be no in-person audience to witness the performances that resulted. That\u2019s the part-real, part-fictional premise of Honor\u00e9\u2019s latest film, which\u2014for the first time\u2014places the writer-director front and center as a character in his own work. Despite the obstacles around them, Honor\u00e9 and his theatrical community forge ahead, finding love, inspiration, and a healthy helping of casually nude conversations along the way.<\/p>\n Tuesday, March 8, 3:00pm<\/b><\/p>\n Sunday, March 13, 12:30pm<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Hold Me Tight \/ Serre moi fort<\/b><\/p>\n Mathieu Amalric, 2021, France, 97m<\/b><\/p>\n French and German with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread<\/i>, Bergman Island<\/i>) gives another riveting performance as Camille, a woman on the run from her family for reasons that aren\u2019t immediately clear. Widely renowned as an actor but less well-known here for his equally impressive work behind the camera, Mathieu Amalric\u2019s sixth feature directorial outing\u2014his most ambitious to date\u2014is a virtuosic, daringly fluid portrait of one woman\u2019s fractured psyche. Alternating between Camille\u2019s adventures on the road and her abandoned husband Marc (Arieh Worthalter) as he struggles to take care of their children at home, Amalric\u2019s film keeps viewers uncertain as to the reality of what they\u2019re seeing until the final moments of this richly rewarding, moving, and unpredictable portrait of grief.<\/p>\n Sunday, March 6, 9:00pm (Q&A with Mathieu Amalric)<\/b><\/p>\n Sunday, March 13, 6:00pm<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 The Horizon \/ L\u2019Horizon<\/b><\/p>\n Emilie Carpentier, 2021, France, 85m<\/b><\/p>\n French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n As Emilie Carpentier\u2019s debut feature The Horizon<\/i> begins, 18-year-old Adja (Tracy Gotoas) is disconnected from her community\u2014indifferent to climate change and mocking the efforts of activists to oppose construction of a new mixed-use facility. But when she grows closer to classmate Arthur (Sylvain Le Gall)\u2014an earnest activist and fellow intern at a nursing home\u2014Adja begins to find a sense of purpose in political engagement, drifting away from her shallow group of friends. At The Horizon<\/i>\u2019s center is an in-depth immersion in the routines, self-constructed communities, and urgent day-to-day efforts of an organically diverse coalition of young activists. Harnessing flawless performances from her young leads, Carpentier plunges viewers into the midst of a new generation of activists\u2019 coming of age.<\/p>\n Tuesday, March 8, 1:00pm<\/b><\/p>\n Thursday, March 10, 6:00pm (Q&A with Emilie Carpentier)<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Lost Illusions \/ Illusions perdues<\/b><\/p>\n Xavier Giannoli, 2021, France, 149m<\/b><\/p>\n French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n In 1821, Lucien de Rubempr\u00e9 (Benjamin Voisin) arrives in Paris as a sensitive and idealistic young poet determined to write a reputation-making novel. Instead, he finds himself swept into journalism, whose influence and reach is booming with the help of the printing press, widely available of late. Under the mentorship of editor \u00c9tienne Lousteau (Vincent Lacoste), Lucien agrees to write rave theater reviews for bribes, achieving material success at the expense of his conscience. With this sweeping, sumptuous adaptation of one of Honor\u00e9 de Balzac\u2019s greatest novels, Xavier Giannoli crafts a surprisingly contemporary tale of corruption amidst an early form of \u201cfake news,\u201d boasting an all-star cast that includes G\u00e9rard Depardieu and Jeanne Balibar. A Music Box Films release.<\/p>\n Tuesday, March 8, 9:00pm<\/b><\/p>\n Friday, March 11, 6:00pm<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Madeleine Collins<\/b><\/p>\n Antoine Barraud, 2021, France\/Belgium\/Switzerland, 102m<\/b><\/p>\n French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n Judith Fauvet (Virginie Efira, most recently acclaimed for her leading performance in Paul Verhoeven\u2019s Benedetta<\/i>) leads a double life with two families: raising a daughter with one partner in Switzerland, and another two sons in France with another. The mysterious reasons for Judith\u2019s lies, and the complications that ensue from her increasingly futile efforts to keep the two lives separate, propel the third narrative feature from Antoine Barraud (Portrait of the Artist<\/i>, Rendez-Vous 2015), anchored by a virtuoso turn from Efira in all of her character\u2019s many guises. The question of what Judith wants is slowly unraveled in this gorgeously shot film that\u2019s equal parts drama and thriller\u2014unpredictable in its unfolding, full of unexpected twists, and unexpectedly satisfying in its resolution.<\/p>\n Friday, March 4, 3:45pm (Q&A with Antoine Barraud)<\/b><\/p>\n Saturday, March 12, 9:15pm (Q&A with Antoine Barraud)<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Magnetic Beats \/ Les Magn\u00e9tiques<\/b><\/p>\n Vincent Ma\u00ebl Cardona, 2021, France\/Germany, 98m<\/b><\/p>\n English, German, and French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n Brittany, early 1980s: With political and cultural transition in the air, little brother Philippe (Thimot\u00e9e Robart) stands in awe of moody, indulgent, but charismatic older sibling J\u00e9r\u00f4me (Joseph Olivennes). The two are passionate about operating a post-punk pirate station named (in homage to Joy Division) Radio Warsaw. J\u00e9r\u00f4me is the silver-tongued but mercurial on-air DJ, Philippe the shy technical support with a talent for sonic collage. Both fall for single mother Marianne (Marie Colomb), just before Philippe has to begin his compulsory year of military service abroad in Berlin. Vincent Ma\u00ebl Cardona\u2019s feature-film debut (which premiered in Directors\u2019 Fortnight at last year\u2019s Cannes) is a heady, emotionally rich reconstruction of an intense moment of social and cultural change, complete with an excellent soundtrack.<\/p>\n Saturday, March 5, 3:30pm (Q&A with Vincent Ma\u00ebl Cardona)<\/b><\/p>\n Wednesday, March 9, 8:30pm<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Our Men \/ Mon l\u00e9gionnaire<\/b><\/p>\n Rachel Lang, 2021, Belgium\/France, 106m<\/b><\/p>\n French, Russian, and English with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n U.S. Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n In a dramatic change of pace from his usual urbane parts, Louis Garrel (a regular presence in Rendez-Vous selections and a talented director in his own right) stars as Maxime, a stoic commander in the French Foreign Legion. Stationed at an outpost in Corsica, Maxime is placed in charge of a dangerous and sensitive mission to Mali. Under his command is Ukrainian soldier Vlad (Aleksandr Kuznetsov), whose fianc\u00e9e Nika (Ina Marija Bartait\u00e9) babysits for Maxime\u2019s wife (Camille Cottin). Deftly juggling the perspectives of officers, the men they command, and the partners of both, Our Men<\/i> is an impressively assured and unsensational drama about an oft-misunderstood organization, given palpable realism by writer-director Rachel Lang, who draws upon her own background as an officer in the French army reserves.<\/p>\n Friday, March 4, 1:00pm<\/b><\/p>\n Monday, March 7, 8:30pm<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Paris, 13th District \/ Les Olympiades, Paris 13e<\/b><\/p>\n Jacques Audiard, 2021, 105m<\/b><\/p>\n French, Mandarin, and English with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n Transplanting the work of graphic novelist Adrian Tomine from the U.S. to France, Palme d\u2019Or\u2013winner Jacques Audiard (Dheepan<\/i>) dives into the mores of modern love in his latest film. A series of overlapping characters and stories begins with \u00c9milie (Lucie Zhang), a young woman who hooks up with the first roommate she finds to supplement her income. Meanwhile, young Nora (No\u00e9mie Merlant) is mistaken for an online sex worker, Amber Sweet (Jehnny Beth, of the post-punk band Savages), and gets in touch with her, only to unexpectedly develop a connection. Casual sex, webcams, and fluidly intertwining relationships are all explored in this unsparing but nonjudgmental portrait of young Parisians in and out of love and lust. An IFC Films release.<\/p>\n Friday, March 4, 9:00pm (Q&A with Jacques Audiard)<\/b><\/p>\n Monday, March 7, 1:00pm<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Petite Solange<\/b><\/p>\n Axelle Ropert, 2021, France, 86m<\/b><\/p>\n French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Jade Springer makes an extraordinary feature-film debut as Solange, a lively 13-year-old living in Nantes with her music-shop-owner father Antoine (Philippe Katerine) and actress mother Aur\u00e9lia (L\u00e9a Drucker). When their marriage starts falling apart, the normally cheerful Solange is unprepared and emotionally destabilized. While her brother Romain (Gr\u00e9goire Montana) takes advantage of an opportunity to avoid turmoil by going abroad, Solange feels increasingly alone and erratic in navigating this unexpected familial collapse. Deftly transitioning from comedy to drama, director Axelle Ropert (Miss and the Doctors<\/i>, Rendez-Vous 2014) takes inspiration from The 400 Blows<\/i> in a sensitive divorce drama that places children, rather than adults, at the center of attention.<\/p>\n Monday, March 7, 3:30pm<\/b><\/p>\n Saturday, March 12, 12:30pm (Q&A with Axelle Ropert)<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Rise \/ En corps<\/b><\/p>\n C\u00e9dric Klapisch, 2022, France\/Belgium, 117m<\/b><\/p>\n French and English with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Ballerina Elise (Marion Barbeau) suffers two injuries at the same time: a devastating fall on stage that leaves her injured and unable to dance for up to two years, and her partner suddenly and humiliatingly breaking up with her for another dancer. Initially devastated, Elise slowly rebuilds her life while redirecting her efforts to contemporary dance in the troupe of real-life Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter, playing himself. Opening with a lengthy performance sure to delight ballet aficionados, Rise <\/i>places real-life ballerina Barbeau at the center of the latest crowd-pleaser from C\u00e9dric Klapisch (L’Auberge espagnole<\/i>; Rendez-Vous 2020 selection Someone, Somewhere<\/i>). In a star-making performance, Barbeau\u2014a principal in the Paris Opera Ballet\u2014proves every bit as talented an actress on screen as she is a dancer on stage.<\/p>\n Wednesday, March 9, 6:00pm<\/b><\/p>\n Sunday, March 13, 8:30pm<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Robust \/ Robuste<\/b><\/p>\n Constance Meyer, 2021, France\/Belgium, 95m<\/b><\/p>\n French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n Well past his prime, once-famed actor Georges (G\u00e9rard Depardieu) is struggling with health problems and a reputation for being difficult to work with. While preparing for his latest role, Georges is thrown for a loop when his assistant takes time off, leaving him temporarily dependent on help from replacement security guard (and amateur female wrestler) A\u00efssa (D\u00e9borah Lukumuena). The two develop an increasingly warm and supportive relationship in Constance Meyer\u2019s assured feature debut, whose premise is reminiscent of the unlikely friendship in 2012\u2019s Rendez-Vous selection The Intouchables<\/i>, but with a drier sense of humor that\u2019s all its own. Front and center is Depardieu, winking at his own image as an increasingly difficult and divisive legend in a part as hilarious as it is poignant.<\/p>\n Sunday, March 6, 3:30pm (Q&A with D\u00e9borah Lukumuena)<\/b><\/p>\n Thursday, March 10, 3:45pm<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Secret Name \/ La Place d’une autre<\/b><\/p>\n Aur\u00e9lia Georges, 2021, France, 112m<\/b><\/p>\n French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n While serving on the front lines of World War I, a former sex worker who\u2019s now a nurse, N\u00e9lie Laborde (Lyna Khoudri, The French Dispatch<\/i>), is given the unexpected chance to start a new life when one of her patients, Rose Juillet (Maud Wyler), is seemingly killed by invading German troops. N\u00e9lie assumes Rose\u2019s identity and leaves the field of battle for the north of France, where the well-off El\u00e9onore de Lengwil (Rendez-Vous favorite Sabine Az\u00e9ma) lives. Rose was to be her ward, and\u2014under her false identity\u2014N\u00e9lie grows closer to El\u00e9onore over their shared love of literature. Loosely adapted and updated from a Wilkie Collins novel, Aur\u00e9lia Georges\u2019s film (which premiered at last year\u2019s Locarno Film Festival) brings the intensity of a thriller to a thoughtful drama about female identity.<\/p>\n Thursday, March 10, 1:00pm<\/b><\/p>\n Saturday, March 12, 3:15pm (Q&A with Aur\u00e9lia Georges)<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 A Tale of Love and Desire \/ Une histoire d’amour et de d\u00e9sir<\/b><\/p>\n Leyla Bouzid, 2021, France\/Tunisia, 102m<\/b><\/p>\n French and Arabic with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n Two students from very different backgrounds, both enrolled at the Sorbonne, find themselves passionately attracted to each other in Tunisian-born writer-director Leyla Bouzid\u2019s sophomore feature. Ahmed (Sami Outalbali) is a shy, socially conservative Arab of Algerian background, born and raised in Paris; Farah (Zbeida Belhajamor) is an outgoing, sexually confident young Tunisian immigrant. They meet on the way to the same bookstore to purchase ancient, sexually charged Arabic poetry, and their mutual study of these texts helps kindle a spark between the two that causes Ahmed to increasingly question his values. Bouzid\u2019s sensual and sensitive drama is a cross-sectional portrait of the diverse varieties of Arab diaspora life unfolding in the heart of a very contemporary Paris. A Distrib Films US release<\/p>\n Saturday, March 5, 12:30pm (Q&A with Leyla Bouzid)<\/b><\/p>\n Wednesday, March 9, 3:30pm<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Touchez pas au grisbi<\/b><\/p>\n Jacques Becker, France\/Italy, 1954, 94m<\/b><\/p>\n French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n Aging hoods Max le Menteur (Jean Gabin) and Riton (Ren\u00e9 Dary) are sitting pretty after pulling off the heist of a lifetime\u201450 million francs in gold bullion snatched at Orly airport. For Max, this grisbi<\/i> (loot) will ensure him a cushy retirement; for Riton, it will help him hold onto his two-faced girlfriend Josy (Jeanne Moreau, in one of her earliest film appearances), who, along with Max\u2019s moll Lola, is appearing in a new floor show at the nightclub of their longtime underworld buddy, Pierrot (nicknamed \u201cFats\u201d). But Max and Riton have another thing coming. Director Jacques Becker\u2019s brilliantly crafted, surprisingly poignant crime drama features Gabin in a tremendous performance that helped relaunch his sagging career and won him the Best Actor award at the 1954 Venice Film Festival.<\/p>\n Friday, March 4, 6:30pm (Introduced by Jim Jarmusch)<\/b><\/p>\n \u2605 Undercover \/ Enqu\u00eate sur un scandale d’\u00c9tat<\/b><\/p>\n Thierry de Peretti, 2021, France, 121m<\/b><\/p>\n French with English subtitles<\/b><\/p>\n U.S. Premiere<\/b><\/p>\n Based on the real-life scandal that led to the 2017 indictment of police chief Fran\u00e7ois Thierry for drug smuggling, Undercover<\/i> patiently untangles a complicated trafficking scheme that unfolded within the legal system itself. When informant Hubert Antoine (Roschdy Zem) makes his initial outreach to Lib\u00e9ration<\/i> journalist St\u00e9phane Vilner (Pio Marma\u00ef), he produces documentation that reveals narcotics chief Jacques Billard (Vincent Lindon, also in this year\u2019s Opening Night selection Fire<\/i>) to be a high-level trafficker. The dogged, sometimes thorny relationship between the two men over three years\u2014and the consequences of their revelations\u2014drive this methodical procedural in the tradition of All the President\u2019s Men<\/i> and Spotlight<\/i>, shot by Claire Mathon (Portrait of a Lady on Fire<\/i>) with classical restraint and elegance.<\/p>\n Sunday, March 6, 6:15pm<\/b><\/p>\n Thursday, March 10, 8:45pm<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n FREE TALKS<\/b> Free Talk: Claire Denis & Jim Jarmusch<\/b><\/p>\n Claire Denis, the singular cinematic visionary behind Beau Travail <\/i>(NYFF37), Let the Sunshine In<\/i> (NYFF55), and High Life<\/i> (NYFF56), <\/i>returns to Film at Lincoln Center with this year’s Opening Night selection Fire<\/i>, a searing and unsparing romantic drama. We’re excited to bring together Denis and Jim Jarmusch\u2014an icon of the American independent filmmaking landscape, and the official Guest of Honor at the 2022 edition of Rendez-Vous\u2014for an extended conversation about their decades-spanning careers.<\/p>\n Friday, March 4, 5:00pm, Francesca Beale Theater<\/b><\/p>\n Free Talk: Juliette Binoche & D\u00e9borah Lukumuena<\/b><\/p>\n In a Rendez-Vous lineup that features an abundance of extraordinary performances from women, two names stand out: Juliette Binoche, a much-acclaimed icon of French and international cinema, anchoring new films from directors Claire Denis (Fire<\/i>) and Emmanuel Carr\u00e8re (Between Two Worlds<\/i>); and D\u00e9borah Lukumuena, a singular talent and rising star who embodies the best of a new generation of young French actors, performing opposite G\u00e9rard Depardieu in Constance Meyer’s Robust<\/i>. Join us for a conversation in which we’ll explore two women’s professional trajectories and creative influences, their philosophies and priorities in selecting new projects, and their respective relationships with the American film industry.<\/p>\n Saturday, March 5, 4:30pm, Amphitheater<\/b><\/p>\n Free Talk: Working the image: A French-American look at cinematography<\/b><\/p>\n The collaboration between a film’s director and its director of photography is central to crafting the film’s visual language, defining its forms and rhythms, and bringing its characters and setting to life. This special panel conversation will bring together French and American filmmakers and cinematographers\u2014working across a range of genres, styles, and moods\u2014to discuss their influences, their creative philosophies and working methods, and the choices that shape their artistic practice. In partnership with French In Motion and the Gotham Film & Media Institute<\/p>\n Monday, March 7, 5:00pm, Amphitheater<\/b><\/p>\n UNIFRANCE<\/b> Located in Paris, Unifrance employs around 50 staff members, as well as representatives based in the U.S., in China, and soon in Japan. The organization currently brings together more than 1,000 French cinema and TV content professionals (producers, talents, agents, sales companies, etc.) working together to promote French films and TV programmes among foreign audiences, industry executives, and media.<\/p>\n Unifrance is supported by the French government, the CNC, the PROCIREP and by many public and private partners. Visit <\/b>UNIFRANCE.ORG<\/b><\/a> for more information.<\/b><\/p>\n FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER<\/b><\/p>\n Film at Lincoln Center is dedicated to supporting the art and elevating the craft of cinema and enriching film culture.<\/p>\n Film at Lincoln Center fulfills its mission through the programming of festivals, series, retrospectives, and new releases; the publication of Film Comment<\/i>; and the presentation of podcasts, talks, special events, and artist initiatives. Since its founding in 1969, this nonprofit organization has brought the celebration of American and international film to the world-renowned Lincoln Center arts complex, making the discussion and appreciation of cinema accessible to a broad audience and ensuring that it remains an essential art form for years to come.<\/p>\n This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. For more information, visit\u00a0<\/b>www.filmlinc.org<\/b><\/a> and follow @filmlinc on <\/b>Twitter<\/b><\/a> and <\/b>Instagram<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UNIFRANCE AND FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCE THE COMPLETE LINEUP FOR THE 27TH RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA, MARCH 3\u201313\u00a0 Opening Night\u2014Claire Denis’s Fire\u00a0starring Juliette Binoche, with Denis and Binoche in person The annual French cinema showcase celebrates the latest from\u00a0Mathieu Amalric,\u00a0 Jacques Audiard, Arnaud Desplechin, and more, with brilliant debut features from\u00a0 Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, Vincent…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[335],"tags":[2874,7153,7158,7148,7152,7154,6529,739,7149,2149,7150,7157,2503,7146,7155,1051,2470,7145,7151,7156,7147],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nAll talks are held at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center (144 W. 65th St.)<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Founded in 1949 and strengthened thanks to its merger with TV France International in 2021, Unifrance is the organization responsible for promoting French cinema and TV content worldwide.<\/p>\n