Programme

Film buffs, read on!

Our summer film festival will show eight classic films spanning the years 1953 to 1995 and feature 6 different directors. From all-ages comedy to gritty dramas to iconic New Wave storytelling, this week of entertainment has something for everyone!

We are offering a $40 Cinéphile Movie Pass that includes admission to all 8 films. Secure your tickets and save when you purchase as a package deal!

Regular admission for the screenings at The Main Cinema is $8 in advance or $10 at the door (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot and La Haine). Admission for the other films is $5 for the outdoor screenings at our location.

Thursday, august 18
7pm - The main cinema

Let’s kick off our festival with this 1953 French comedy starring and directed by Jacques Tati, introducing the pipe-smoking, well-meaning but clumsy character of Monsieur Hulot!

Jacques Tati’s endearing clown takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers.

Kids – if you like Mr. Bean, you’re going to love Jacques Tati’s marvelous Mr. Hulot! Don’t worry about him being French, he barely speaks; this is side-achingly funny, near silent comedy.

Friday, august 19
7pm - AFMSP

Tirez sur le pianiste is a 1960 French New Wave crime drama film directed by François Truffaut. Charlie (Charles Aznavour) is a former classical pianist who now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers surface and ask for his help while on the run from gangsters, he aids their escape. Soon Charlie faces trouble when the gangsters arrive, looking for his brothers.

Fifty years after it was made, the film remains as exuberant, surprising, funny and touching as it did when first released. It is perhaps the most quintessentially New Wave of all Truffaut’s films, as revolutionary as Godard’s A bout de souffle and equally influential on later film-makers.