French Cinema Now Begins Thursday in Seattle!

Return of the Hero

SEPT 27 · SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN | Bastille Café & Bar

In this playful period comedy, charming womanizer Captain Neuville (Jean Dujardin, The Artist) is called to battle right before he marries the naïve Pauline. When Pauline doesn’t hear from Neuville for months, her sister Elizabeth (Mélanie Laurent, Inglorious Basterds) begins writing Pauline fake letters from Neuville. To Elizabeth's dismay, he unexpectedly returns and slips into the facade she created, exploiting his newfound war hero status. Screening at 6:30 PM.



Later at 8:30 PM, celebrate the opening of French Cinema Now 2018 by sipping some wine from Nicolas Feuillatte and Le Fervent while indulging in delectable bites at Bastille Café & Bar.

 

Presenting FCN 2018!

When Margaux Meets Margaux

OPENS SEPTEMBER 28 · SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

25-year-old Margaux is living a carefree but unsatisfying life, when she meets another Margaux (Sandrine Kiberlain) at a party, who is 20 years her senior. Strange similarities link the two women, including when they both end up on the same train the next morning, along with the elder Margaux's handsome ex Marc. Soon the women find themselves increasingly connected to each other- and to Marc...

 

Seeing Double?

The Freshmen

OPENS SEPTEMBER 29 · SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Antoine and Benjamin are both entering the first year of medical school - Antoine for the third time. Struggling through the fiercely competitive freshman year, the two friends are forced to learn some hard truths about themselves, and each other. Director Thomas Lilti (Hippocrates) - a medical practitioner himself - captures a surprising authenticity throughout this engaging drama, aided by rising stars Vincent Lacoste and William Lebghil.

 

Can You Survive Freshman Year?

Place Publique

OPENS SEPTEMBER 30 · SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Castro (Jean-Pierre Bacri, C'est La Vie), an aging, famous TV host is invited to his producer's (Léa Drucker) party at her new countryside estate. Included among the celebrity guests are his ex-wife, current girlfriend, and his daughter - whose newly published book has main characters that seem suspiciously like her parents. Director Agnès Jaoui reunites with her co-writer (and ex-husband) Bacri in this witty new comedy-of-manners.



Prior to the film, there will be a special half hour-long wine-tasting event, replete with delicious selections from Chateau Ste Michelle Winery. Come early and sip some wine before seeing this crowd-pleasing comedy of manners.



Schedule

3:45 PM - Tasting Event

4:10 PM - Intermission

4:15 PM - Introduction

4:25 PM - Film Starts

 

Wine and Wit!

The Apparition

SEP 28 · SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

A respected journalist is recruited by the Vatican to investigate a young girl’s claim that she has been visited by the Virgin Mary.



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The Prayer

SEP 30 · SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

A young man joins an isolated mountain community where he will have to discover a new way of life.





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Château

SEP 30 · SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

The leader of a team of street hustlers, played by Jacky Ido, devises a plan to create a new life for himself.

 

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(Girl)friend

OCT 2 · SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Vincent rents an apartment with his longtime female friend, but finds it hard to comply with the house rules.



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Sofia

OCT 3 · SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

Unaware that she is pregnant, Sofia (Maha Alemi) unexpectedly gives birth out of wedlock, and is forced to track down the father’s family.

 

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A Season in France

OCT 4 · SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN

An African high school teacher flees his wartorn country for France, where he falls in love with a woman who offers her home to him.



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