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The Great Arch (L’Inconnu de la Grande Arche) (15)

French Film Festival 2025 Based on the 2016 novel by Laurence Cossé, la Grande Arche, this latest film from director Stéphane Démoustier, tells the largely unknown story surrounding the architect of the now iconic Grande Arche de la Défense in Paris. In anticipation of the bicentenary of the French Revolution in 1989, the then President, FrançoisContinue reading “The Great Arch (L’Inconnu de la Grande Arche) (15)”

Colours of Time (la Venue de l’Avenir) (15)

French Film Festival 2025 A 21st century photo shoot in Musée de l’Orangerie, where Monet’s water lilies paintings serve as a backdrop to a model’s poses and tourist selfies, perfectly sets the tone to this beautifully layered film from director Cédric Klapisch. An old house in rural Normandy owned by a woman called Adèle MeunierContinue reading “Colours of Time (la Venue de l’Avenir) (15)”