By : Chha
Le French Festival is back ! It is time to watch your favorite French movie on big screen or to catch up on those good French movie that you missed out previously. The French Film Festival is now back at GSC Cinema where you can book your tickets at GSC and enjoy the movie there at GSC. The French movie screening will happen in Penang from 8 June to 18 June 2023. The festival will showcase French culture through various forms of art, such as movie screenings, visual arts and music events.
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Listed below are the movies that will be screen in GSC Penang throughout the entire period of the French Film Festival. Use promo codes: FFFJAY00001A2 for discount and watch the movie you want at GSC. There are movie Genre that range from Drama, Comedy and Romance all the way to Thriller or Documentary for everyone to enjoy.
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EVERYBODY LOVES JEANNE [TOUT LE MONDE AIME JEANNE] LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – Tout le monde aime Jeanne (FR) / Everybody Loves Jeanne (ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 93 Rating – 16 Genre – Drama, Comedy, Romance Cast – Blanche Gardin, Laurent Lafitte, Maxence Tual, Marthe Keller Director – Céline Devaux Producer – Les films du Worso Release year – 2022 Awards – Shown at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival International Critics’ Week Synopsis – Everybody has always loved Jeanne. These days, she hates herself. Up to her ears in debt, she has to go to Lisbon and sell her mother’s apartment, who passed away one year ago. At the airport, she runs into Jean, a whimsical and somewhat intrusive former high school classmate. Movie trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEV5zpLs1g8 |
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FATHER & SOLDIER [TIRAILLEURS] LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – Tirailleurs (FR) / Father & Soldier (ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 101 Rating – 13 Genre – Historical, Drama Cast – Omar Sy, Alassane Diong, Jonas Bloquet, Alassane Sy Director – Mathieu Vadepied Producer – Unité, Korokoro Release year – 2023 Awards – shown at Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard section) Synopsis – 1917. Bakary Diallo enlists in the French army to be near Thierno, his 17-year-old son, forced to serve. Sent to the front, father and son must brave the war together. Animated by the ardor of his Captain who wants to lead him into the heart of the battle, Thierno must emancipate himself and become a man. Meanwhile Bakary does whatever it takes to spare his son from fighting, and to bring him home safe and sound. Movie trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb_HUTRsvso&ab_channel=Gau mont |
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TENOR [TÉNOR] LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – Ténor (FR) / Tenor (ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 101 Rating – 18 Genre – Comedy Cast – Michèle Laroque, MB14, Guillaume Duhesme Director – Claude Zidi Jr. Producer – Firstep, Darka Movies Release year – 2022 Awards – Synopsis – Antoine, a young Parisian suburbanite, studies accounting without much conviction, dividing his time between the rap battles he practices with talent and his job as a sushi delivery boy. During an errand at the Garnier Opera, his path crosses that of Mrs Loyseau, a singing teacher in the venerable institution, who detects in Antoine a raw talent to be developed. Despite his lack of operatic culture, Antoine is fascinated by this form of expression and is convinced to follow Mrs Loyseau's teaching. Antoine has no choice but to lie to his family, his friends and the whole city, for whom opera is a bourgeois thing, far from their world. Movie trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx1Q-vGmPh4 |
 | ROBUST [ROBUSTE]
LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – Robuste (FR) / Robust (ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 95 Rating – 16 Genre – Drama, Comedy Cast – Gérard Depardieu, Déborah Lukumuena, Lucas Mortier Director – Constance Meyer Producer – Dharamsala Release year – 2022 Awards – Shown at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival International Critics’ Week Synopsis – When his right-hand man and only mate has to go away for a few weeks, Georges - an ageing film star - is given a substitute, Aïssa. The disillusioned actor and the young female security guard forge a special relationship. Movie trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1VboSE374g&ab_channel=Unifra nce |
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NOVEMBER [NOVEMBRE]
LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – Novembre (FR) / November (ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 107 Rating – 16 Genre – Thriller, Drama Cast – Jean Dujardin, Anaïs Demoustier, Sandrine Kiberlain, Jérémie Rénier Director – Cédric Jimenez Producer – Récifilms, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions Release year – 2022 Awards – Nominated for the following César Awards in 2023: Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects Synopsis – Plunge into the heart of the Anti-Terrorist investigation during the 5-day manhunt following the November 13 terrorist attacks. Movie trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa-p7W-4TkY |
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THE NANNIES [LES FEMMES DU SQUARE]
LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – Les Femmes du square (FR) / The Nannies (ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 105 Rating – 16 Genre – Comedy Cast – Eyé Haidara, Ahmed Sylla, Léa Drucker, Vidal Arzoni Director – Julien Rambaldi Producer – Les Films du Kiosque Release year – 2022 Awards – Shown at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival Synopsis – Angèle, a young undocumented woman in her thirties lives off small tricks and scams in the outskirts of Paris. One day, threatened by gangsters she conned, she has to hide. Her plan: working as a nanny in a chic Parisian neighborhood for Hélène, a single mom of 10-year-old Arthur. Movie trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGYLLoseO2k |
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THE NEW TOY [LE NOUVEAU JOUET] LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – Le Nouveau Jouet (FR) / The New Toy (ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 112 Rating – P12 Genre – Comedy Cast – Jamel Debbouze, Daniel Auteuil, Alice Belaïdi, Simon Faliu Director – James Huth Producer – Eskwad Release year – 2022 Awards – Synopsis – Samy lives happily outside the system, in the housing projects, alongside his childhood friends and his wife Jihane, who is expecting their first child. To provide for the needs of his future family
– very reluctantly – he takes a job as a night watchman in a luxury goods store. Philippe Etienne is the wealthiest man in France. Cold, unfeeling, since his wife died a year ago, he has devoted himself entirely to his business. Alexandre – his only son, and heir to the entire Etienne fortune – keeps his father at arms’ length, seeking refuge in the lonely world of the spoiled child. For his birthday, Philippe opens the toy department of the store where Samy works and tells Alexandre he can take whatever he wants. Alexandre chooses Samy! Movie trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8V07T5ZJjA |
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ALL YOUR FACES [JE VERRAI TOUJOURS VOS VISAGES]
LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – Je verrai toujours vos visages (FR) / All Your Faces (ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 118 Rating – TBC Genre – Drama Cast – Adèle Exarchopoulos, Dali Benssalah, Leïla Bekhti, Elodie Bouchez Director – Jeanne Herry Producer – Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, Trésor Films Release year – 2023 Awards – Synopsis – Since 2014, in France, Restorative Justice has offered victims and perpetrators of offences the opportunity to dialogue through secure systems, supervised by professionals and volunteers such as Judith, Fanny or Michel. Nassim, Issa, and Thomas, sentenced for theft with violence, Gregoire, Nawelle and Sabine, victims of home jacking, robbery and purse snatching. Also Chloe, victim of incestuous rape, all engage in measures of Restorative Justice. On their journey, there is anger and hope, silence and words, alliances and heartbreaks, awareness and regained confidence. And at the end of the road, sometimes, reparation. Movie trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLNZ-1v6a-U&t=1s&ab_channel=Unifrance |
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THE INNOCENT [L’INNOCENT]
LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – L’Innocent (FR) / The Innocent (ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 99 Rating – 16 Genre – Comedy Cast – Louis Garrel, Noémie Merlant, Roschdy Zem, Anouk Grinberg Director – Louis Garrel Producer – Les Films des Tournelles Release year – 2022 Awards – Won the following César Awards in 2023: Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay. Nominations for the following César Awards: Best Film, Director, Best Actor, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Original Music Synopsis – When Abel learns that his 60-year-old mother Sylvie is about to marry a man in prison he freaks out. With the help of his best friend, Clémence, he will do whatever it takes to protect her. But meeting Michel, his new stepfather, may well offer him a new perspective… Movie trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2kjh2Z1K0A |
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RISE [EN CORPS]
LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – En corps (FR) / Rise (ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 118 Rating – 18 Genre – Drama, Comedy Cast – Marion Barbeau, Pio Marmaï, François Civil, Denis Podalydès Director – Cédric Klapisch Producer – Ce qui me meut Release year – 2022 Awards – Nominated for the following César Awards in 2023: Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Most Promising Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound Synopsis – Elise thought she had the perfect life: an ideal boyfriend and a promising career as a ballet dancer. It all falls apart the day she catches him cheating on her; and after she suffers an injury on stage, it seems like she might not be able to dance again. The path to physical and emotional recovery will lead her away from Paris to a picturesque location in Brittany – where her friends, a new love and the freedom of contemporary dance will help her reconnect with her father and most importantly, herself. Movie trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYuukZndeAU&t=1s |
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PEACEFUL [DE SON VIVANT]
LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – De son vivant (FR) / Peaceful (ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 119 Rating – P12 Genre – Drame Cast – Catherine Deneuve, Benoît Magimel, Gabriel Sara, Cécile de France Director – Emmanuelle Bercot Producer – Les Films du Kiosque Release year – 2021 Awards – Won the César Awards for Best Actor in 2022 Synopsis – A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor and a nurse fighting to do their job and help them find acceptance. The four of them have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to die while living. Movie trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkU8oWivgH0&ab_channel=Unifr ance |
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ROOKIES [ALLONS ENFANTS]
LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – Allons enfants (FR) / Rookies (ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 113 Rating – 13 Genre – Documentary Cast – Director – Thierry Demaizière, Alban Teurlai Producer – Falabracks Release year – 2022 Awards – shown at the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival; nominated for Best Documentary at the 2023 Césars awards Synopsis – In the heart of Paris, a prestigious high school takes an audacious bet: To integrate students from working-class districts and to make them break the circle of school failure through hip hop dance. Rookies tells their story. Movie trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA6aMsTH7To&ab_channel=Unifr ance |
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FAREWELL, MR HAFFMANN [AU REVOIR MONSIEUR HAFFMANN]
LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – Adieu Monsieur Haffmann (FR) / Farewell, Mr Haffmann (ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 116 Rating – 18 Genre – Drama, Historical Cast – Daniel Auteuil, Sara Giraudeau, Gilles Lellouche, Nikolai Kinski Director – Fred Cavayé Producer – Vendôme Films Release year – 2022 Awards – Shown at the Sarlat Film Festival Synopsis – Paris 1941. François Mercier is an ordinary man whose only goal is to start a family with Blanche, the woman he loves. François works for Mr. Haffmann, a talented Jewish jeweler. Under the German occupation, the employer and employee are forced to strike a deal which, over the following months, will upend the fate of our three protagonists. Movie trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8MBt66VxHw |
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FULL TIME [A PLEIN TEMPS]
LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – A plein temps (FR) / Full Time (ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 85 Rating – 16 Genre – Drama, Thriller Cast – Laure Calamy, Anne Suarez, Geneviève Mnich Director – Eric Gravel Producer – Novoprod Release year – 2022 Awards – Orizzonti Award for Best Film and Orizzonti Award for Best Actress at 2021 Venice International Film Festival Synopsis – Marie goes to great lengths to raise her two children in the countryside while keeping her job in a Parisian luxury hotel. When she finally gets a job interview for a position she had long been hoping for, a national strike breaks out, paralyzing the public transport system. The fragile balance that Marie has established is jeopardized. Marie then sets off on a frantic race against time, at the risk of foundering. Movie trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY8tQ_J2QTE&ab_channel=Unifr ance |
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THE THREE MUSKETEERS: D’ARTAGNAN [LES TROIS MOUSQUETAIRES : D’ARTAGNAN]
LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – Les Trois Mousquetaires - D’Artagnan (FR) / The Three Musketeers - D’Artagnan (ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 121 Rating – TBC Genre – Adventure, Historical Cast – François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmaï Director – Martin Bourboulon Producer – Chapter 2, Pathé Films Release year – 2023 Awards – Synopsis – D'Artagnan, a spirited young Gascon, is left for dead after trying to save a young woman from being kidnapped. When he arrives in Paris, he tries by all means to find his attackers. He is unaware that his quest will lead him to the heart of a real war where the future of France is at stake. Allied with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, three musketeers of the King with a dangerous temerity, D'Artagnan faces the dark machinations of the Cardinal of Richelieu. But it is when he falls madly in love with Constance Bonacieux, the Queen's confidante, that d'Artagnan truly puts himself in danger. For it is this passion that leads him into the wake of the one who becomes his mortal enemy: Milady de Winter. Movie trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if4AL4fXrT8&ab_channel=Pathe |
There are also some for Kids too with their Le Petit Festival movie screening. So that kids can enjoy the movie together with their Parents or Friends. The French Film Festival is something for everyone.
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BEST OF ANNECY KIDS 2022
LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – Best Of Annecy Kids 2022 (FR and ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 55 Rating – TBC Genre – Animation movie Cast – Director – Britt Raes, Ana Chubinidze, Amandine Meyer, India Barnardo, Philip Watts, Marina Rosset Producer – Release year – 2022 Awards – Synopsis – The Annecy International Animation Film Festival offers a "Best of" selection. The "Best of Annecy Kids 2022" assembles funny, touching and poetic short films that children will adore! Movie trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5UmM-kNB9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NgGcQUWvw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfgQ5U-ieYE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVR_QOliMSs https://vimeo.com/634118338 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGTe9lX64_g |
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HELLO WORLD! [BONJOUR LE MONDE !] LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – Bonjour le monde (FR) / Hello World (ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 61 Rating – TBC Genre – Animation movie Cast – Director – Anne-Lise Koelher, Eric Serre Producer – Normaal Animation Release year – 2019 Awards – Synopsis – 10 species of animals among so many others are born, live, and become accustomed to each other along beside a river. They all shout: "Hello world!" Movie trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To8Bh4G5MV4&ab_channel=Pala isdeRumine |
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STINKY DOG, HAPPY LIFE IN PARIS! [CHIEN POURRI, LA VIE A PARIS !]
LIMITED SCREENING Movie title – Chien Pourri, la vie à Paris! (FR) / Stinky Dog, Happy Life in Paris (ENG) Language – French Subtitles – English Running time – 60 Rating – TBC Genre – Animation movie Cast – Director – Davy Durand, Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier Producer – Folivari, Dandeloo Release year – 2019 Awards – Synopsis – Once upon a time there was a Parisian dog, naive and passionate, called Chien Pourri (rotten dog). With Chaplapla, his faithful gutter companion, Chien Pourri walks the streets of Paris, truffles blowing in the wind. No matter what disasters it causes, it always gets back on its feet! So much so that other dogs are starting to find it suspicious… Movie trailer – https://vimeo.com/475412500 |
The movie ticket will go on sale starting 18 May. The movie information and showtime will be available on GSC website : https://www.gsc.com.my/film-festival/french-film-festival-2023
Terms and Condition for using the Promo Code : FFFJAY00001A2
10 free tickets are available for you to enjoy the French movies using the Promo Code
1. Can be redeemed via GSC e-kiosk and GSC e-payment (website and mobile app)
2. Not applicable for re-sale/exchangeable for cash
3. Redemption for FFF 2023 is subject to seat availability.
4. Valid for one-time use only including advance sales, adult ticket single seat for FFF 2D movie format only.
5. Booking fees is inclusive.
6. Non-redeemable or expired promo code are not refundable or extendable, valid for FFF 2023 period from May 25- June 25, 2023 only.
7. Not valid with other GSC promotions and offers.
8. Valid at GSC Mid Valley Megamall, GSC Nu Sentral, GSC MyTown, GSC 1 Utama, GSC Gurney Plaza, GSC Paradigm Mall JB and GSC CityOne Megamall Kuching only.
To know more about Le French Festival, visit : https://www.alliancefrancaise.org.my/le-french-festival/
Posted Date : 17 May 2023
Posted Time : 6.34 pm
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