{"id":7725745,"date":"2026-01-14T21:31:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=7725745"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:47:35","slug":"2026-french-film-festival-at-duke-university","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/2026-french-film-festival-at-duke-university\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 French Film Festival at Duke University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>2026 French Film Festival<\/strong>&nbsp;will take place from&nbsp;<strong>January 29 to February 13, 2026<\/strong>, at the&nbsp;<strong>Rubenstein Arts Center \u2013 Film Theater<\/strong>&nbsp;at Duke University. The festival will showcase contemporary French cinema through a curated selection of films, offering audiences a unique opportunity to experience the diversity and creativity of today\u2019s French filmmaking.<br>The event is sponsored by&nbsp;<strong>Albertine Cinemath\u00e8que<\/strong>, a program of the&nbsp;<strong>FACE Foundation<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Villa Albertine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More details on the <a href=\"https:\/\/francophone.duke.edu\/news\/2026-french-film-festival-jan-29-feb-13\">Center for French and Francophone Studies website.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"articles-small articles-small--richtext section__articles\">\n\t\t<div class=\"articles__items\" id=\"items_2751\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"articles__item\" id=\"item_1211\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-small article-small--reverse article-small--limit-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Misericorde.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Misericordia (Alain Guiraudie, 2024)<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__head -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__excerpt\" style=\"display: block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDate: Thursday 29th January 2026<br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t7:00 pm\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>Discussion with Eric Disbro (Assistant Professor, Romance Studies)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__excerpt -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"seemore\" id=\"more1211\" onclick=\"toggleDescs(1211);\">See more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MISERCORDIA [Mis\u00e9ricorde]\n(Alain Guiraudie, 2024, 103 min, France, French w\/ English subtitles, DCP)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Ranked Best Film of 2024 by Cahiers du Cin\u00e9ma<\/p>\n<p>The teasingly entwined ambiguities of love and death continue to fascinate Alain Guiraudie (STRANGER BY THE LAKE, NYFF51), who returns with a sharp, sinister, yet slyly funny thriller. Set in an autumnal, woodsy village in his native region of Occitanie, his latest follows the meandering exploits of J\u00e9r\u00e9mie (F\u00e9lix Kysyl), an out-of-work baker who has drifted back to his hometown after the death of his beloved former boss, a bakery owner. Staying long after the funeral, the seemingly benign J\u00e9r\u00e9mie begins to casually insinuate himself into his mentor&#8217;s family, including his kind-hearted widow (Catherine Frot) and venomously angry son (Jean-Baptiste Durand), while making an increasingly surprising-and ultimately beneficial-friendship with an oddly cheerful local priest (Jacques Develay). In Guiraudie&#8217;s quietly carnal world, violence and eroticism explode with little anticipation, and criminal behavior can seem like a natural extension of physical desire. The French director is at the top of his game in MISERICORDIA, again upending all genre expectations.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/francophone.duke.edu\/events\/screensociety-misericordia-alain-guiraudie-2024-2026-french-film-festival\">More details<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"articles__item\" id=\"item_1117\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-small article-small--reverse article-small--limit-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/coup-detat.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Soundtrack to a Coup d&#039;Etat (Johan Grimonprez, 2024)<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__head -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__excerpt\" style=\"display: block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDate: Friday 30th January 2026<br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t7:00 pm\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>Discussion with Felwine Sarr (Distinguished Professor, Romance Studies) &amp; Mark Anthony Neal (Distinguished Professor, African &amp; African American Studies)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__excerpt -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"seemore\" id=\"more1117\" onclick=\"toggleDescs(1117);\">See more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Soundtrack to a Coup d&#8217;Etat&#8221;<br \/>\n(Johan Grimonprez, 2024, 150 min, Belgium\/France\/Netherlands, French, Dutch, and Russian with English subtitles, DCP)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 2025 Oscar Nominee for Best Documentary<\/p>\n<p>United Nations, 1960: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe, and the U.S. State Department swings into action, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to Congo to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup. Director Johan Grimonprez captures the moment when African politics and American jazz collided in this magnificent essay film, a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congo&#8217;s leader Patrice Lumumba. Richly illustrated by eyewitness accounts, official government memos, testimonies from mercenaries and CIA operatives, speeches from Lumumba himself, and a veritable canon of jazz icons, SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP d&#8217;ETAT interrogates colonial history to tell an urgent and timely story of precedent that resonates more than ever in today&#8217;s geopolitical climate.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/francophone.duke.edu\/events\/soundtrack-coup-detat-johan-grimonprez-2024-2026-french-film-festival\">More details.<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"articles__item\" id=\"item_1950\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-small article-small--reverse article-small--limit-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ghost-trail.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Ghost Trail | Les Fant\u00f4mes (Jonathan Millet, 2024)<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__head -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__excerpt\" style=\"display: block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDate: Saturday 31st January 2026<br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4:00 pm\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>Discussion with Miriam Cooke (Emerita Professor, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__excerpt -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"seemore\" id=\"more1950\" onclick=\"toggleDescs(1950);\">See more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>GHOST TRAIL [Les Fant\u00f4mes]\n(Jonathan Millet, 2024, 106 min, France\/Belgium\/Germany, French, Arabic, Turkish, and English with English subtitles, DCP)<\/p>\n<p>Two years after being released from Syrian jail, Hamid (Adam Bessa) is making ends meet as a construction worker in the French city of Strasbourg, where, haunted by the memory of his imprisonment, the young man searches tirelessly for the man who tortured him, determined to get his revenge-but what&#8217;s the real price of vengeance for the person seeking it? Inspired by true events, Jonathan Millet&#8217;s deeply researched thriller excavates the too-little-examined moral dilemmas and political negligence that traumatized migrants must confront amid the struggle to rebuild their lives and take control of their destinies at the margins of contemporary French society, inviting audiences to better empathize with France&#8217;s newest residents, and to better understand their place in the world-and our own.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/francophone.duke.edu\/events\/screensociety-ghost-trail-jonathan-millet-2024-2026-french-film-festival\">More details<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"articles__item\" id=\"item_1510\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-small article-small--reverse article-small--limit-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/holy.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Holy Cow | Vingt Dieux (Louise Courvoisier, 2024)<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__head -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__excerpt\" style=\"display: block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDate: Thursday 5th February 2026<br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t7:00 pm\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>Discussion with Emma Howell (Lecturing Fellow, Romance Studies)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__excerpt -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"seemore\" id=\"more1510\" onclick=\"toggleDescs(1510);\">See more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>HOLY COW [Vingt Dieux]\n(Louise Courvoisier, 2024, 90 min, France, French with English subtitles, DCP)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Winner of two C\u00e9sar Awards including Best First Film and Best Female Revelation (Ma\u00efwene Barthelemy)<\/p>\n<p>Following the sudden death of his farmer father, hard-partying 18-year-old Totone (Cl\u00e9ment Faveau) is abruptly obliged to step into the role of man of the house in Louise Courvoisier&#8217;s directorial debut, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at last year&#8217;s Cannes Film Festival. Taking a job at a nearby dairy farm, where he quickly falls for the farmer&#8217;s daughter, Totone makes up his mind to jump-start his family&#8217;s future via an unorthodox shortcut: winning a 30,000 Euro prize for producing the best Comt\u00e9 in the region. In this warm, lived-in coming-of-age fable-a treat for cheese-loving cinephiles in particular-Courvoisier brings together a cast of non-professional actors from the Jura region where she herself grew up, creating a rich depiction of rural agricultural life that&#8217;s also a crowd-pleasing story about the unlikely detours that shape the utterly unpredictable process of growing up.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/francophone.duke.edu\/events\/screensociety-holy-cow-louise-courvoisier-2024-2026-french-film-festival\">More details<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"articles__item\" id=\"item_1114\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-small article-small--reverse article-small--limit-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pol-pot.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Meeting with Pol Pot (Rithy Panh, 2024)<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__head -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__excerpt\" style=\"display: block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDate: Friday 6th February 2026<br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t7:00 pm\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>Discussion with Eddie Malesky (Professor, Political Sciences) &amp; Bradley DeMatteo (Postdoctoral Associate, UNC, Department of Music)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__excerpt -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"seemore\" id=\"more1114\" onclick=\"toggleDescs(1114);\">See more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MEETING WITH POL POT [Rendez-vouz avec Pol Pot]\n(Rithy Panh, 2024, 112 min, France\/Cambodia, French and Cambodian with English subtitles, DCP)<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) &#8211; 1978. Three journalists are invited by the Khmer Rouge to conduct an exclusive interview of the regime&#8217;s leader, Pol Pot. The country seems ideal. But behind the Potemkin village, the Khmer Rouge regime is declining and the war with Vietnam threatens to invade the country. The regime is looking for culprits, secretly carrying out a large scale genocide. Under the eyes of the journalists, the beautiful picture cracks, revealing the horror. Their journey progressively turns into a nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>This real-life journalistic excursion, based on true events detailed in Elizabeth Becker&#8217;s nonfiction book WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER: CAMBODIA AND THE KHMER ROUGE REVOLUTION, is brought to life thanks to exemplary lead performances from Ir\u00e8ne Jacob, Gr\u00e9goire Colin, and Cyril Gue\u00ef, meticulously conjuring the sights and sounds of 1978 Cambodia with the assistance of archival footage and clay figurines. The result is a unique admixture-historical horror paired with a rich meditation on the impossibility of portraying it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/francophone.duke.edu\/events\/screensociety-meeting-pol-pot-rithy-panh-2024-2026-french-film-festival\">More details<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"articles__item\" id=\"item_1191\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-small article-small--reverse article-small--limit-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Umbrellas_image_03.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964)<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__head -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__excerpt\" style=\"display: block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDate: Saturday 7th February 2026<br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4:00 pm\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>Discussion with Anne-Ga\u00eblle Saliot (Associate Professor, Department of Romance Studies) &amp; Abby Shepherd (Doctoral Candidate, Romance Studies)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__excerpt -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"seemore\" id=\"more1191\" onclick=\"toggleDescs(1191);\">See more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Umbrellas of Cherbourg [Les Parapluies de Cherbourg]\n(Jacques Demy, 1964, 92 min, France, French with English subtitles, DCP)<\/p>\n<p>New 4K Restoration!<\/p>\n<p>An angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched to stardom by this dazzling musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an umbrella-shop owner\u2019s delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic, played by Nino Castelnuovo. When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly. 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