• The Angoulême Francophone Film Festival takes the pulse of French cinema.

  • This 14th edition was marked by excellent films and a musical encounter with Valérie Lemercier.

  • “A story of love and desire”, a sensual and subtle work by Leyla Bouzid, was awarded twice.

For almost fifteen years now, the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival, founded by Marie-France Brière and Dominique Besnehard, has signaled the return of French cinema.

This fourteenth edition was rich in favorites proving the dynamism of national production.

Great moments such as a magnificent musical encounter sponsored by Julie Gayet and her Twin Sisters association around Valérie Lemercier and her cheerful

Aline

thrilled film buffs and music lovers alike.

But the quality of the selection made an equally strong impression on festival-goers, both for the films in competition and for the previews.

Love and sexuality on the program

The jury chaired by director and actress Nicole Garcia chose to distinguish some of our favorite films.

A story of love and desire

by Leyla Bouzid, discovered at the Critics' Week of the Cannes Film Festival, received the Valois diamond as well as the best actor award for Sami Outalbali (seen in the

Sex Education

series

). These deserved distinctions celebrate a delicate and sensual work around a young man terrified at the idea of ​​taking action while he is madly in love with a college friend. The film will be in theaters next Wednesday.

Another enthusiasm shared with the jury for

My Legionnaire

by Rachel Lang, revealed at the Directors' Fortnight and

La Vraie famille

by Fabien Gorgeart.

The award-winning scenario of the first evokes the life of the soldiers of the Foreign Legion and their wives, and the second crowned by the jury prize and for the magnificent performance of Mélanie Thierry tells how the mother of a foster family struggles to leave leave a child entrusted to his care.

We can also mention the wonderful

Little Nature

by Samuel Theis, also seen at the Semaine de la Critique, which seduced French-speaking students by recounting the emotion of a kid in front of his teacher played by the remarkable Antoine Reinartz.

A trio of future successes

Equally successful Black box

by Yann Gozlan, a breathtaking thriller in which Pierre Niney leads the investigation into an air crash was celebrated with the Audience Award.

This film, which hits theaters on September 8, has everything to be a big hit at the box office.

The same goes for two other nice surprises coming out in the coming months and which tackle disability with talent.

Almost

from Bernard Campan, comedy full of humanity where he sympathizes with disabled motor played by Alexandre Jollien and

We are made to get along

with Pascal Elbé where he plays a man suffering from deafness in front of Sandrine Kiberlain made the spectators laugh and cry .

Enough to make you want to go back to the cinema to taste French films.

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