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You
Friday, March 28 at 7:00PM


The Lark Farm
Saturday, March 29 at 11:00AM


Sounds of Sand
Saturday, March 29 at 1:30PM


The Capture
Saturday, March 29 at 3:30PM


Poltergay
Saturday, March 29 at 5:30PM


Crossed Tracks
Saturday, March 29 at 7:30PM


Cheating Love
Saturday, March 29 at 9:45PM


Michou D'Auber
Sunday, March 30 at 5:30PM


The 3 Little Pigs
Sunday, March 30 at 8:00PM


Mr. Average
Monday, March 31 at 12:00PM


By the Way
Monday, March 31 at 6:30PM


French Spies
Tuesday, April 1 at 6:30PM


My Daughter, My Angel
Tuesday, April 1 at 8:30PM


Take the Plunge
Wednesday, April 2 at 11:30AM


Remember to Love Me
Wednesday, April 2 at 8:30PM


Cowboy
Wednesday, April 2 at 8:30PM


Persepolis
Thursday, April 3 at 12:00PM


Water Lilies
Thursday, April 3 at 6:30PM


Songes d'une femme de ménage
Friday, April 4 at 6:00PM


Dust Bowl Ha Ha !
Friday, April 4 at 6:00PM


La Belle Empoisonneuse
Friday, April 4 at 7:30PM


Anna M.
Friday, April 4 at 10:00PM


Very Well, Thank You
Saturday, April 5 at 11:00AM


Gone For a Dance
Saturday, April 5 at 5:45PM


Hunting And Gathering
Saturday, April 5 at 8:00PM


Jacquou Le Croquant
Saturday, April 5 at 10:00PM


In The Arms Of My Enemy (Horse Thieves)
Sunday, April 6 at 6:00PM


A Secret
Sunday, April 6 at 8:00PM

Friendly-Printer Version2008 Movies — Schedule

Friday
Friday, March 28
7:00PM Meet François Delisle after the movie You (2007)   Opening Film

Michèle, who has an eight-year-old son named Manu and is married to Paul, is involved in a passionate affair with Thomas.
Cast: Laurent Lucas, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Marc Béland, Raphaël Dury Dir: François Delisle — 87 min.  Rated R

 
Saturday
Saturday, March 29
11:00AM The Lark Farm (2007)

In 1915, in a small Turkish town, Aram Avakian is getting ready to welcome his brother Assadour, who lives in Italy, a celebration for his large family which disregards the preparations for the "Great War.
Cast: Paz Vega, Moritz Bleibtreu, Alessandro Preziosi, Ángela Molina Dir: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani — 122 min.  Rated R

1:30PM Sounds of Sand (2007)

Drought forces Rahne and his family to leave their village. He leads his wife and children eastward.
Cast: Isaka Sawadogo, Carole Karemera, Asma Nouman Aden Dir: Marion Hänsel — 96 min.  Rated R

3:30PM The Capture (2007)

Rose, seemingly happy, is still tormented by her father's tyrannical violence, so she kidnaps him and keeps him prisoner to settle accounts with him.
Cast: Catherine De Lean, Laurent Lucas, Pascale Bussières, Francis Ducharme Dir: Carole Laure — 92 min.  Rated R

5:30PM Poltergay (2006)

Emma and Marc, a loving married couple, move into their dream home, which has been vacant for 30 years, but Marc starts seeing and hearing ghostly gay partiers, while Emma doesn't see or hear a thing.
Cast: Clovis Cornillac, Julie Depardieu, Michel Duchaussoy, Lionel Abelanski Dir: Eric Lavaine — 93 min.  Rated R

7:30PM Crossed Tracks (2007)

A young woman is dumped by her fiancé in a service station. A stranger takes her back to her parents.
Cast: Dominique Pinon, Fanny Ardant, Audrey Dana, Michèle Bernier Dir: Claude Lelouch — 103 min.  Rated R

9:45PM Cheating Love (2006)

Laurent loves Camille but falls like a ton of bricks for Élodie, the girlfriend of his best friend François.
Cast: Julien Boisselier, Alexandra Lamy, Mélanie Doutey, Gilles Lellouche, Dir: Ivan Calbérac — 97 min.  Rated R

 
Sunday
Sunday, March 30
11:00AM Samira's garden (2007)

Lovely Samira marries a childless, widowed farmer, but the promise of a fulfilling life fades.
Cast: Mohamed Khouyyi, Sanaa Mouziane, Youssef Britel, Mohamed Majd Dir: Latif Lahlou — 96 min.  Rated R

1:00PM Conversations With my Gardener (2007)

A middle-aged Parisian painter moves back to his childhood home in the French countryside.
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Fanny Cottençon, Élodie Navarre Dir: Jean Becker — 110 min.  Rated PG

3:30PM Meet Hassan Benjelloun after the movie Where Are You Going Moshé? (2007)

In Bejjad in the early 1960s, Jews are making secret preparations for departure.
Cast: Simon Elbaz, Abdelkader Lotfi, Hassan Essakalli, Mohamed Tsouli, Rim Shmaou Dir: Hassan Benjelloun — 90 min.  Rated 14A

5:30PM Michou D'Auber (2007)

Messaoud, a nine-year-old Algerian boy, is placed in a foster family in Berry during the Franco-Algerian war of the 1960s.
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Mathieu Amalric, Samy Seghir Dir: Thomas Gilou — 124 min.  Rated 14A

8:00PM The 3 Little Pigs (2007)

Three brothers are looking after their mother who is in a coma. At the hospital, they discuss their sexual fantasies.
Cast: Claude Legault, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Paul Doucet, Sophie Prégent, Julie Perreault, Isabel Richer Dir: Patrick Huard — 124 min.  Rated R

 
Monday
Monday, March 31
12:00PM Mr. Average (2006)

Because he’s just like everyone else, Jalil is exceptional. As he infallibly provides responses shared by the majority, without his knowing it he’s become the measuring stick of an imminent marketing institute run by t...
Cast: Khalid Maadour, Caroline Dhavernas, Gilbert Melki , Chantal Lauby, Thierry Lhermitte Dir: Pierre-Paul Renders — 90 min.  Rated 14A

This show is part of the Youth Program diffusé au "Bloor Cinema"
6:30PM By the Way (2007)

An addict meets a pharmacist; a cop in despair over his wife's comatose state meets a reluctant grandmother; a failed film-maker (the grandmother's husband) drags a garbage bag all the way to the Lisbon Festival where he...
Cast: François Berléand, Caroline Cellier, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Marie Gillain, Jacques Gamblin, Sara Martins, Elodie Yung, Loïc Corbery Dir: Martin Valente — 107 min.  Rated R

9:00PM The Little Book of Revenge (2007)

Bernard, an accountant at the Vendôme jewellery store, is teetering on the brink, coping with an imminent divorce and the bullying of a despotic boss, when the peculiar Robert proposes a foolproof revenge.
Cast: Marc Béland, Gabriel Gascon, Michel Muller, Pascale Bussières Dir: Jean-François Pouliot — 105 min.  Rated R

 
Tuesday
Tuesday, April 1
11:30AM Michou D'Auber (2007)

Nine-year-old Messaoud is a kid from Aubervilliers, a Parisian suburb. Because his mother is ill, his father is forced to leave him in a foster family’s care.
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Mathieu Amalric, Samy Seghir Dir: Thomas Gilou — 124 min.  Rated 14A

This show is part of the Youth Program diffusé au "Bloor Cinema"
6:30PM French Spies (2004)

Benoît Rivière and William le Sauvage, two French secret agents, have to recover a nuclear missile that has been stolen by a criminal organization masterminded by Le Mâle and Natty Dreads.
Cast: Ramzy Bedia, Éric Judor, Édouard Baer, Georgianna Robertson Dir: Gérard Pirès — 90 min.  Rated PG

8:30PM My Daughter, My Angel (2007)

Nathalie Dagenais, a 19-year-old from a comfortable middle-class family, goes to Montréal to study.
Cast: Karine Vanasse, Michel Côté, Christian Bégin, Pierre-Luc Brillant Dir: Alexis Durand-Brault — 86 min.  Rated R

 
Wednesday
Wednesday, April 2
11:30AM Take the Plunge (2007)

Gaby Roberge is a rebellious sixteen year-old student attending Sainte-Victoire secondary school.
Cast: Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc, Yanick Bousquet, Catherine de Léan, Maxime Desbiens Tremblay, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin Dir: Frédéric D'Amours — 119 min.  Rated PG

This show is part of the Youth Program diffusé au "Bloor Cinema"
6:30PM The Carriers Are Waiting (1999)

Roger Closset, a small-time photographer for the local newspaper, has a dream of winning a car.
Cast: Benoît Poelvoorde, Morgane Simon, Bouli Lanners, Philippe Grand'Henry, Jean-François Devigne Dir: Benoît Mariage — 94 min.  Rated 14A

8:30PM Cowboy (2007)   Opening Gala

Daniel Piron, a has-been journalist experiencing a mid-life crisis, decides to locate the protagonists of the Sacchi hostage-taking incident to expose social injustice in a documentary.
Cast: Benoît Poelvoorde, Gilbert Melki, François Damiens, Julie Depardieu, Bouli Lanners Dir: Benoît Mariage — 96 min.  Rated R

This movie is accompanied by Meet Bertrand Weissgerber after the movie Remember to Love Me (2006)

Love comes and goes. But that women’s love made him discover his true self.
Cast: Julie Prieur Dir: Bertrand Weissgerber — 5 min.  Rated R

 
Thursday
Thursday, April 3
12:00PM Persepolis (2006)

The coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution.
Cast: (voice of/avec les voix de) Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastrioanni, Danielle Darrieux Dir: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud — 95 min.  Rated 14A

This show is part of the Youth Program diffusé au "Bloor Cinema"
6:30PM Water Lilies (2006)

Three lovelorn teenage girls: Marie, the tomboy, neglects her lumpish friend Anne for Floriane, a synchronized swimming nymphet.
Cast: Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachère, Adele Haenel Dir: Céline Sciamma — 84 min.  Rated 14A

This movie is accompanied by Alice Or Life In Black And White (2005)

Alice is not eating.
Cast: Marie Spapen, Valérie Lemaître, Fabrice Rodriguez Dir: Sophie Schoukens — 15 min.  Rated PG

8:30PM Goodbye Mothers (2007)   Co-presented by Diverciné

1960 Casablanca. Jews are surreptitiously emigrating to Israel in search of a better life.
Cast: Marc Samuel, Rachid El Ouali, Souad Hamidou, Hafida Kassoui, Christian Drillaud, Rachel Huet, Nouzha Regragui, Ahmed Alaoui, Amina Rachid Dir: Mohamed Ismaïl — 115 min.  Rated PG

 
Friday
Friday, April 4
12:00PM Alive (2004)

When Alex Meyer, a director of musicals, rediscovers the inspiration that had deserted him when he split up with his wife, Elisa, his producer refuses to come on board.
Cast: Richard Anconina, Valeria Golino, Ginie Line Dir: Frédéric Berthe — 85 min.  Rated PG

This show is part of the Youth Program diffusé au "Bloor Cinema"
6:00PM
Special Short-Film Showing
Enceinte jusqu'aux dents (2006)

A pregnant actress defiantly goes to auditions in spite of her condition.
Cast: Marie Donnio, Jeanne Savary Dir: Marie Donnio — 17 min.  Rated R

Sur la ligne (2006)

The misunderstanding between French tourists and young First Nation brothers near a village, will rapidly degenerate after the arrival of two policemen.
Cast: Kyle Zacharie, Pierre Grégoire Dir: Frédéric Desager — 15 min.  Rated R

Songes d'une femme de ménage (2007)

Gül is a housekeeper : her day's work is interrupted by an unsusual event.
Cast: Serra Ylmaz, Hilde Wils Dir: Banu Akseki — 15 min.  Rated R

Dust Bowl Ha Ha ! (2007)

In a city, near a bay, the Ha Ha Bay, a man is out of work.
Cast: André Bouchard, Gérald Pilote Dir: Sébastien Pilote — 14 min.  Rated R

Eau Boy (2007)

The life of a young man suffering from excessive perspiration since birth, is changed after an astonishing encounter.
Cast: Benoit Côté, Sandy Schwermer Dir: Eric Gravel — 5 min.  Rated R

Cut (2007)

A man, a woman : their eyes meet in a movie theatre..
Cast: Pascale Arbillot, Artus de Penguern, Anne Riou Dir: Alain Riou — 2 min.  Rated R

7:30PM La Belle Empoisonneuse (2008)

The life of 25-year-old Homère Angelopoulos-Lacroix is hanging by a thread.
Cast: Isabelle Blais, Maxime Denommée, Benoît Gouin, Robert Lepage Dir: Richard Jutras — 96 min.  Rated R

10:00PM Anna M. (2007)

Anna, a shy and gentle young woman, believes Dr. Zanevsky, the doctor who has treated her, is in love with her.
Cast: Isabelle Carré, Gilbert Melki, Anne Consigny, Geneviève Mnich, Dir: Michel Spinosa — 106 min.  Rated R

 
Saturday
Saturday, April 5
11:00AM Very Well, Thank You (2007)

All it takes is an argument about his rights for Alex, an accountant, to get dragged into a hellish chain of events: prison, a psychiatric hospital and unemployment.
Cast: Gilbert Melki, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Cruveiller Dir: Emmanuelle Cuau — 102 min.  Rated R

1:00PM Meet Marc Bisaillon after the movie La Lâcheté (2007)

Conrad Tremblay, an unhappily married gravedigger, is passionately in love with Madeleine, a manipulative prostitute.
Cast: Denis Trudel, Hélène Florent, Geneviève Rioux, Stéphane Demers Dir: Marc Bisaillon — 102 min.  Rated R

3:30PM Meet Saâd Chraïbi after the movie Islamour (2007)

Abbas and Betty, who have two children, decide to leave the United States and move to Morocco.
Cast: Anne Macina, Hakim Noury, Souad Hamidou, Iman Reghay Dir: Saâd Chraïbi — 95 min.  Rated PG

UPDATE: Film director Saâd Chraïbi will not be in Toronto
5:45PM Gone For a Dance (2007)   Tribute to Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932-2007)

The film is a way for him to come full circle. It's still wonderful watching Jean-Pierre dance, he hasn't lost any of his flexibility, that buoyant quality.
Cast: Vincent Elbaz, Cécile de France, Jean-Pierre Cassel Dir: Alain Berliner — 103 min.  Rated R

8:00PM Hunting And Gathering (2007)

Camille is an artist working as a cleaning woman. Franck, the surly chef, works to care for Paulette, his beloved grandmother.
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Guillaume Canet, Laurent Stocker, Françoise Bertin Dir: Claude Berri — 97 min.  Rated 14A

10:00PM Jacquou Le Croquant (2007)

Count Nansac's cruelty is responsible for the misfortunes of young Jacquou, who vows to take revenge.
Cast: Gaspard Ulliel, Léo Legrand, Albert Dupontel, Olivier Gourmet, Jocelyn Quivrin, Tchéky Karyo Dir: Laurent Boutonnat — 150 min.  Rated 14A

 
Sunday
Sunday, April 6
11:00AM Twilight (2007)

Madeleine, aged 73, has Alzheimer's and decides to travel to the Gaspé peninsula, where she will end her life.
Cast: Monique Mercure, Patrick Labbé, Suzanne Clément, Stéphane Gagnon Dir: Fernand Dansereau — 100 min.  Rated R

1:00PM DP75 - Tartina City (2007)   Co-presented by JHR (Journalists for Human Rights)

Armed with his passport, which he has managed to prise from the authorities, young journalist Adoum goes to the airport.
Cast: Youssouf Djaoro, Billy Joséphine, Felkissam Mahamat, Adama Rahama Dir: Issa Serge Coelo — 88 min.  Rated R

This movie is accompanied by Une girafe sous la pluie (2007)

It was kicked out of the country for stealing water.
Dir: Pascale Hecquet — 12 min.  Rated R

3:30PM Meet Franz Josef Holzer after the movie The Gap (2007)

Antoine, a Geneva surgeon, loves his wife, Elizabeth, but one morning he wakes up convinced that the woman in his bed is Elizabeth's double.
Cast: Michel Voïta, Monica Budde, Patricia Bopp, Frédéric Landenberg Dir: Franz Josef Holzer — 92 min.  Rated R

6:00PM In The Arms Of My Enemy (Horse Thieves) (2007)

Brothers Jakub and Vladimir, Cossacks who are hardened by their abusive training, have their horses stolen by brothers Elias and Roman, who kills Vladimir.
Cast: Grégoire Colin, Adrien Jolivet, François-René Dupont, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet Dir: Micha Wald — 85 min.  Rated R

8:00PM A Secret (2007)   Closing Film

François, a sickly child, is a disappointment to his athletic parents, so he invents an athletic brother, until a close friend tells him the real history of his family.
Cast: Patrick Bruel, Cécile de France, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Julie Depardieu, Dir: Claude Miller — 100 min.  Rated 14A

UPDATE: Film director Claude miller will not be in Toronto as he is shooting another film