Presented by the El Encanto Hotel, the historic Riviera Theatre is screening 11 French films as part of the French Wave Film Festival July 14-20.<\/p>\n
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival\u2019s (SBIFF\u2019s) French Wave is back! 11 new French films will play from July 14 \u2013 20. The festival opens with a reception at the El Encanto Hotel, followed by screenings at SBIFF\u2019s Riviera Theatre. Make sure to check out the hotel\u2019s specially curated menu of quintessentially French dishes in between screenings. Don\u2019t miss this wonderful selection of acclaimed French films in this historic venue! Tickets and special passes are available for purchase on the festival\u2019s website.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Films this year include:<\/p>\n
Diary of a Fleeting Affair<\/em><\/strong> A single mother and a married man enter into an affair with the understanding that their relationship is purely sexual. Though they agree the relationship has no future, they find themselves increasingly drawn into each other’s company.<\/p>\n Nominee – Best Actor – C\u00e9sar Awards Showing:<\/u> Final Cut<\/em><\/strong> The opening night selection of last year\u2019s Cannes Film Festival was this wacky horror comedy, a remake of Shin\u2019ichir\u00f4 Ueda\u2019s cult hit One Cut of the Dead<\/em>. A small film crew attempts to shoot a zombie horror movie on a shoestring budget, but they encounter more than just technical difficulties when real zombies suddenly begin attacking them.<\/p>\n Nominee – Best Adapted Screenplay and\u00a0 Best Original Score – C\u00e9sar Awards Showing:<\/u> The Innocent<\/em><\/strong> Part crime thriller, part family farce, Louis Garrel’s The Innocent<\/em> shows with panache and pathos the dangerous lengths two men go, and the outlandish lies they tell, for the women they love. When a prison drama teacher marries one of the inmates, her son begins to wonder if the ex-con is still a criminal, or if he has actually been rehabilitated.<\/p>\n Winner – Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress – C\u00e9sar Awards Showing:<\/u> More than Ever<\/em><\/strong> He\u0301le\u0300ne and Mathieu have been happy together for many years. The bond between them is deep. Faced with an existential decision, He\u0301le\u0300ne travels alone to Norway to seek peace, an act that will test the strength of their love.<\/p>\n Official Selection – Cannes Film Festival<\/p>\n Showing:<\/u> Mother and Son<\/em><\/strong> In the late 1980s, Rose moves to the Paris suburbs with her two young sons, Ernest and Jean. Spanning 20 years from their arrival in France, Leonor Serraille\u2019s follow-up to her Camera d\u2019Or-winner Jeune Femme (Cannes 2017 Un Certain Regard<\/em>) is the moving chronicle of the construction and deconstruction of a family.<\/p>\n Official Selection – Cannes Film Festival<\/p>\n Showing:<\/u> The Night of the 12th<\/em><\/strong> Sooner or later, every police investigator comes across a case that remains unsolved and that haunts him. For Yohan, Clara\u2019s murder proves to be that case. What starts as a thorough investigation into the victim\u2019s life soon turns into a nagging obsession. One interrogation follows another, there is no shortage of suspects, and Yohan has more and more doubts. Only one thing is sure, the crime occurred on the night of the 12th.<\/p>\n Winner – Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Male Newcomer, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Sound – C\u00e9sar Awards Showing:<\/u> Pacifiction<\/em><\/strong> On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the high commissioner of the Republic and French government must investigate a persistent rumor: the sighting of a submarine whose ghostly presence could herald the return of French nuclear testing.<\/p>\n Winner – Best Actor, and Best Cinematography – C\u00e9sar Awards Showing:<\/u> The Passengers of the Night<\/em><\/strong> Set on the night of the 1981 French presidential election and in the following days, the film follows a newly divorced mother of two teenagers who meets a troubled teenager.<\/p>\n Nominee – Best Original Score, C\u00e9sar Awards Showing:<\/u> Revoir Paris<\/em><\/strong> Three months after surviving a terrorist attack at a bistro, Mia is still traumatized and unable to recall the events of that night. In an effort to move forward, she investigates her memories and retraces her steps.<\/p>\n Winner – Best Actress, C\u00e9sar Awards Showing:<\/u> Scarlet<\/em><\/strong> Raised by her father in rural France, a girl grows up to become a lonely woman who dreams of greater possibilities. Reckoning with her future, she soon gets swept away by a rakish young pilot who literally falls from the sky.<\/p>\n Official Selection – Director’s Fortnight Showing:<\/u>
\nWritten and Directed by Emmanuel Mouret
\nStarring Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Macaigne, Georgia Scalliet
\n1h 40m<\/p>\n
\nOfficial Selection – Cannes Film Festival<\/p>\n
\nSunday 7\/16 @ 12:00 PM
\nWednesday 7\/19 @ 2:30 PM<\/p>\n
\nWritten and Directed by Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)<\/em>
\nStarring Romain Duris, B\u00e9r\u00e9nice Bejo
\n1h 50m<\/p>\n
\nOfficial Selection – Cannes Film Festival<\/p>\n
\nMonday 7\/17 @ 2:30 PM
\nWednesday 7\/19 @ 5:00 PM<\/p>\n
\nDirected by Louis Garrel
\nWritten by Louis Garrel, Tanguy Viel, Na\u00efla Guiguet
\nStarring Roschdy Zem, Anouk Grinberg, No\u00e9mie Merlant, Louis Garrel
\n1h 39m<\/p>\n
\nNominee – Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Editing, and Best Costumes – C\u00e9sar Awards<\/p>\n
\nFriday 7\/14 @ 7:30 PM
\nTuesday 7\/18 @ 5:00 PM<\/p>\n
\nDirected by Emily Atef
\nWritten by Emily Atef, Lars Hubrich
\nStarring Vicky Krieps, Gaspard Ulliel, Bj\u00f8rn Floberg
\n2h 2m<\/p>\n
\nSaturday 7\/15 @ 5:00 PM
\nMonday 7\/17 @ 7:30 PM<\/p>\n
\nWritten and Directed by Leonor Serraille
\nStarring Annabelle Lengronne, St\u00e9phane Bak, Ahmed Sylla, Kenzo Sambin
\n1h 57m<\/p>\n
\nSunday 7\/16 @ 2:30 PM
\nTuesday 7\/18 @ 7:30 PM<\/p>\n
\nDirected by Dominik Moll
\nWritten by Gilles Marchand, Dominik Moll
\nStarring Bastien Bouillon, Bouli Lanners, Anouk Grinberg, Mouna Soualem, Pauline Serieys
\n1h 55m<\/p>\n
\nNominee – Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Score, Best Set Design – C\u00e9sar Awards
\nOfficial Selection – Cannes Film Festival<\/p>\n
\nSaturday 7\/15 @ 2:30 PM
\nThursday 7\/20 @ 7:30 PM<\/p>\n
\nWritten and Directed by Albert Serra
\nStarring Beno\u00eet Magimel, Sergi L\u00f3pez, Pahoa Mahagafanau, C\u00e9cile Guilbert, Matahi Pambrun
\n2h 42m<\/p>\n
\nNominee – Best Film, Best Director, Best Sound, Best Original Score, Best Costumes, Best Set Design, and Best Visual Effects –\u00a0 C\u00e9sar Awards
\nOfficial Selection – Cannes Film Festival<\/p>\n
\nSunday 7\/16 @ 7:30 PM
\nThursday 7\/20 @ 2:00 PM<\/p>\n
\nDirected by Mikha\u00ebl Hers
\nWritten by Mikha\u00ebl Hers, Maud Ameline, Mariette D\u00e9sert
\nStarring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Quito Rayon-Richter, No\u00e9e Abita, Megan Northam, Thibault Vin\u00e7on, Emmanuelle B\u00e9art
\n1h 51m<\/p>\n
\nOfficial Selection – Berlin International Film Festival<\/p>\n
\nSaturday 7\/15 @ 7:45 PM
\nTuesday 7\/18 @ 2:30 PM<\/p>\n
\nDirected by Alice Winocour
\nWritten by Alice Winocour, Marcia Romano, Jean-St\u00e9phane Bron
\nStarring Virginie Efira, Beno\u00eet Magimel, Gr\u00e9goire Colin, Maya Sansa, Amadou Mbow, Nastya Golubeva Carax, Anne-Lise Heimburger, Sofia Lesaffre, Clarisse Makundul
\n1h 44m<\/p>\n
\nOfficial Selection – Director’s Fortnight<\/p>\n
\nSunday 7\/16 @ 5:00 PM
\nWednesday 7\/19 @ 7:30 PM<\/p>\n
\nDirected by Pietro Marcello
\nWritten by Pietro Marcello, Maurizio Braucci, Maud Ameline, with the collaboration of Genevi\u00e8ve Brisac
\nStarring Juliette Jouan, Rapha\u00ebl Thi\u00e9ry, No\u00e9mie Lvovsky, Louis Garrel
\n1h 43m<\/p>\n
\nOfficial Selection – New York Film Festival<\/p>\n
\nSaturday 7\/15 @ 12:00 PM
\nMonday 7\/17 @ 5:00 PM<\/p>\n