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MSPIFF (Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival) showcases hundreds of international, independent, and documentary films and hosts scores of filmmakers and artists at the annual event. Now in its 43rd year, the festival’s success has made it one of the Midwest’s premier spring events. ! MSPIFF43 promises another exciting lineup of around 200 buzzworthy films from around the world, a bouquet of French and Francophone films<\/strong> and selected titles from our\u00a0Young French Cinema Program<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ALL TO PRAY FOR<\/strong><\/a>
Dir. Delphine Deloget | France, Belgium.
Virginie Efira, who won Best Actress at last year’s C\u00e9sar Awards, gives a poignant performance as a mother of two who, despite all her efforts to keep her family together in the face of adversity, still finds her legitimacy as a mother called into question. This film is part of Young French Cinema, a program of Unifrance and Villa Albertine.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0MA GLORIA<\/strong><\/a>
Dir. Marie Amachoukeli | France, Cape Verde
The story follows Cl\u00e9o, a six-year-old Parisian girl cared for by Gloria from Cabo Verde, who, upon Gloria’s need to return home due to her mother’s passing, accompanies her, prompting Cl\u00e9o to navigate the dynamics of sharing compassion and attention with other children for the first time. Louise Mauroy-Panzani\u2019s work as Cl\u00e9o has already been regarded as one of the great child performances in cinema history. This film is part of Young French Cinema, a program of Unifrance and Villa Albertine.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AMAL<\/strong><\/a>
Dir. Jawad Rhalib | Belgium, France
Amal, a teacher at a school in Brussels, inspires her students to embrace a passion for reading and the importance of expressing themselves freely, even at personal risk. Her bold teaching methods have a profound impact on the lives of both her students and her family circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE BEAST<\/strong><\/a>
Dir. Bertrand Bonello | France, Canada
2044: Gabrielle is terrified of her emotions. To suppress them, she undergoes a surgical process to extract past lives from her DNA. But when she meets Louis, she realizes that her fate, and those troubling emotions, are inexorably linked with his. Starring L\u00e9a Seydoux and George MacKay and based on Henry James\u2019 short story \u201cThe Beast in the Jungle\u201d, The Beast is unlike anything you\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHICKEN FOR LINDA!<\/strong><\/a>
Dir. Chiara Malta, S\u00e9bastien Laudenbach | France
This vibrant animated feature follows Paulette, a harried French mother, and her spirited 8-year-old daughter, Linda, in a delightful slapstick comedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A DIFFICULT YEAR<\/strong><\/a>
Dir. \u00c9ric Toledano, Olivier Nakache | France
This crazy comedy comes to us from filmmakers \u00c9ric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, whose The Intouchables<\/em> opened the 2012 MSPIFF. One day, Albert (Pio Marma\u00ef) and Bruno (Johnatan Cohen) stumble on an environmental activist group offering free food and brews, and they slip in, and immediately sense a way to scam these true believers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LAST SUMMER<\/strong><\/a>
Dir. Catherine Breillat | France
When Anne decides to begin a passionate affair with Th\u00e9o, she is confronted by what she believes is love and the grim reality of manipulation and cruelty. L\u00e9a Drucker and Samuel Kircher are brilliant as Anne and Th\u00e9o, playing their sad game of cat-and-mouse, and have left audiences at film festivals amazed and disturbed. This remake of the 2019 Danish film Queen of Hearts<\/em> is perfect fodder for provocateur Catherine Breillat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LES IND\u00c9SIRABLES<\/strong><\/a>
Dir. Ladj Ly | France
When a well-meaning doctor is chosen as an interim mayor in a Parisian suburb, and finds himself confronting a brave activist fighting for immigration rights (and herself running for mayor), his overreaction may destroy lives in Ladj Ly\u2019s incendiary film. A follow-up to Ly\u2019s Cannes prize-winning Les mis\u00e9rables (2019), Les ind\u00e9sirables is a gorgeous film shot with righteous anger, but leavened with hope from Anta Diaw\u2019s activist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAMBAR PIERRETTE<\/strong><\/a>
Dir. Rosine Mbakam | Cameroon, Belgique<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first fiction film from acclaimed Cameroonian documentarian Rosine Mbakam sees Mambar Pierrette (played by the director\u2019s cousin, Pierrette Aboheu), working diligently to support her children and their grandmother. Despite a tsunami of challenges, both financial and emotional, the resilient Pierrette\u2019s connection to her family and community vibrates with compassion and humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE NATURE OF LOVE<\/strong><\/a>
Dir. Monia Chokri | Canada, France
Sophia and Xavier have been together for over a decade, but they seem like an old couple, comfortable more than passionate. When Xavier hires Sylvain, a charismatic and handsome contractor, the door to passion is opened to Sophia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE SUCCESSOR<\/strong><\/a>
Dir. Xavier Legrand | France, Canada, Belgium
Ellias Barn\u00e8s, a 30-year-old artistic director at Maison Orsini in Paris, is compelled to return to Canada following his father’s death, where he unravels unsettling mysteries surrounding his father’s estate and encounters bizarre neighbors, transforming his mundane responsibilities into a harrowing ordeal. Director Xavier Legrand\u2019s The Successor<\/em> is at once a searing family drama and a terrifying horror epic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TEHACHAPI<\/strong><\/a>
Dir. JR | France
JR (co-director of Faces Places<\/em> with Agn\u00e8s Varda) spent three years at the California Correctional Center, a supermax prison near Tehachapi in Northern California. He not only recruited the inmates as subjects of his art project but also as intimate collaborators. Working with director Tasha Van Zandt (After Antarctica<\/em>), JR created one of the most moving exhibits\u2013and documentaries\u2013about prison life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":540457,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[231,219],"app_city_tax":[223],"app_event_type":[237,239],"class_list":["post-535036","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-audiovisual","app_discipline-cinema","app_city_tax-chi","app_event_type-festival","app_event_type-film"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFrench Films at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival - Villa Albertine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/french-films-at-the-minneapolis-st-paul-international-film-festival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"French Films at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival - Villa Albertine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MSPIFF (Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival) showcases hundreds of international, independent, and documentary films and hosts scores of filmmakers and artists at the annual event. 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