Window on French Cinema
The Deauville American Film Festival fosters a silent and secret dialogue that flows between filmmakers from France and those from the United States. The festival’s values of transmission and sharing are reflected in this selection, particularly in Judith Godrèche’s French-American opus.
For a third year following the success of the 2021 and 2022 editions, the festival welcomes an exclusive selection of three world-premiering films, including one series, for a window on France, with their creative teams in attendance.
Bruno Barde, Festival Director
PARTY OF FOOLS by Arnaud des Pallières
With Mélanie Thierry, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet, Marina Foïs, Yolande Moreau
Paris, 1894. Who is Fanny, who claims to have voluntarily let herself be committed to the Salpêtrière Hospital? Searching for her mother amid the multitude of women convinced of their “madness,” Fanni discovers the reality of an asylum far different from what she imagined, as well as the unexpected friendship of her unlucky fellow patients. Preparations for the Salpêtrière’s last grand ball are underway. Politicians, artists and socialites will be there in full force. A last hope to escape the trap that’s closing in…
ICON OF FRENCH CINEMA by Judith Godrèche (series)
With Judith Godrèche, Tess Barthélémy, Liz Kingsman, Gina Cailin, Alma Struve, Carole Bouquet.
Judith Godrèche, playing her fictitious alter ego, returns to Paris after 10 years of Hollywood exile, intent on making her big comeback. Haunted by her past, Judith must face the realities of her own personal ambition and maternal anguish with humor and disillusionment.
THE LAST MEN by David Oelhoffen
With Andrzej Chyra, Guido Caprino, Nuno Lopes, Arnaud Churin, Teng Va, Axel Granberger, Yann Goven, Felix Meyer, Antonio Lopez, Wim Willaert, Francesco Casisa, Aurélien Caeyman, Maxence Perrin, Guillame Verdier
March 9th, 1945. The Japanese army launches a lightning strike against French garrisons in Indochina. Trailed by the Imperial enemy, a column of Legionnaires, already weakened by alcohol and tropical diseases, makes for the heart of the jungle in order to reach Allied bases over 300 kilometers away…
