Lost in Frenchlation

Adieu Les Cons
2021-05-23 18:30 - 20:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Luminor Hôtel de Ville, 20, rue du temple, Paris, 75004, France
Lost in Frenchlation IS BACK: « Adieu les Cons »
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Adieu les Cons’ (« Bye Bye Morons ») directed by Albert Dupontel (97min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Sunday 23rd May – 6:30PM
📽️ CINEMA: Luminor Hôtel de Ville, 20 Rue du Temple, 75004 Paris
🎟 TICKETS: €10 full price; €8 for students and all other concessions. Covid-19 era sanitary measures apply – online bookings recommended! https://www.luminor-hoteldeville.com/reserver/
☞ DETAILS:
Lost in Frenchlation IS BACK. Bye Bye Morons, known in French as Adieu Les Cons, premiered in France in October 2020 and has received twelve nominations at the 46th César Awards. The film is dedicated to former Monty Python member Terry Jones, who died in 2020. Limited tickets – book yours now ❗️
☞THE MOVIE:
When Suze Trappet learns at age 43 that she is seriously ill, she decides to go in search of the child she was forced to abandon when she was 15. Her administrative quest will bring her face to face with JB, a 50-year-old man in full burn-out, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist of impressive enthusiasm. Together, the three of them embark on a quest as spectacular as it is improbable. – Synopsis
BYE BYE MORONS takes its inspiration directly from Terry Gilliam (BRAZIL), while gaining visual prowess and large screen effects: humanist, enjoyable and really fun. – Cinemania
Surely heavily influenced by Terry Gilliam’s Brazil (who makes his third Dupontel film cameo), Adieu shrouds its critiques and Dupontel’s perceived incompetence’s of French society – from its government and its bureaucracy, to its violent police force, blanket digital surveillance, anonymising architecture and dehumanising system – under the guise of a burlesque comedy. – The Curb
Watch the trailer with English subs here: https://youtu.be/su_sggzvVVQ
☞THE PLAN:
The screening will take place at 6:30PM at cinéma Luminor Hôtel de Ville, located in the area of Le Marais, by Centre Pompidou. Tickets available online here: https://www.luminor-hoteldeville.com/reserver/ (please reserve early to avoid disappointment).
❗️Covid-19 era sanitary measures, drawn up by French health authorities, include the obligatory wearing of masks, one empty seat between separate groups of spectators (35% capacity) the cleaning of the theatre at least twice a day, and buying your ticket online is recommended.
Won’t say any more, except to urge you to run back to the cinema to see this fast-paced movie which blends dark humour, social satire and tragedy!
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation & Luminor team

Le Joli Mai
2021-05-22 16:30 - 18:30
Special virtual screening of the legendary “Joli Mai” by Chris Marker (1963) which inspired our documentary film ” Le Joli Mai 2020 » ☞ https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/le-joli-mai-2020/
🎙️ Followed by a Q&A with Chris Marker specialist & journalist Jean-Michel Frodon (in French)
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Le Joli Mai’ (« The Lovely Month of May ») with English subtitles directed by Chris Marker & Pierre Lhomme (2h16min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Saturday 22 May @4:30pm followed by a Q&A with Jean-Michel Frodon in French
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France!
🎟 TICKETS: €6 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/9661
☞ DETAILS:
Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme take viewers back in time with the French Documentary “Le Joli Mai”. By incorporating multiple interviews from various Parisian citizens, this documentary delivers daily life in France during the 1960s to viewers in a way that unpacks unfiltered opinions and thoughts about the political and cultural state of France in the past. This film is a must see for all new wave fans and Parisian lovers!
☞THE MOVIE:
A month in a town, May 1962, Paris is pictured by Chris Marker and his team, close to the pavement and the people’s faces. “In this first month of peace for seven year”, the Algerian war just ended with the Evian agreement, what are the Parisians doing, what are they thinking? War and politics? Everyone is avoiding the matters, the interviewer is surprised: why the French, who usually loves to discuss, are so muted? – Plot
“With Le Joli Mai, the result is a great and absorbing film that leaves a sordid taste of stifled rage, a frustration that doesn’t even dare to reveal its fury.” – The New Yorker
“Le Joli Mai captures the spirit of a populace at what was then the first quantifiable period of peacefulness in well over a generation.” – Slant Magazine
Watch the trailer here with English Subtitles : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oev6gGMTF9o
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « Le Joli Mai », Lost in Frenchlation and the May 22nd session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Make sure to not miss out on this authentic French documentary that will take you back in time – and to support our new film adventures shooting the parisians during déconfinement, while you’re at it! https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/le-joli-mai-2020/
Click here (https://www.facebook.com/events/779777226075122/) to see the Facebook Event.
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation and 25e Heure Team

Tout Simplement Noir
2021-05-13 20:00 - 22:00
🏆 César Award Winner – Best Male Newcomer
🎙️ Followed by a Q&A with the director!
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Tout Simplement Noir’ (« Simply Black » ) directed by Jean-Pascal Zadi and John Wax (93min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Thursday 13 May @8PM, Q&A @9:30PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France!
🎟 TICKETS: €6 Link for France: 🇫🇷 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/9589
☞ DETAILS:
A politically incorrect comedy, about the role of black people in French society, following an actor and activist who attempts to organize a Black Lives Matter-style protest in Paris. Exclusively on Thursday 13th of May followed by a Q&A with the director!
☞THE MOVIES:
JP, a failed 40-year-old actor, decides to organize the first big black protest march in France, but his meetings, often burlesque, with influential figures in the community and the interested support he receives from Fary, results in him oscillating between wanting to be on the front of the stage and real activist commitment. – Synopsis
« A comedy that dares to take apart all the clichés about racism while pretending to give in to them (…) subtle, well filmed and funny »
Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/2Uk15jDnJz0
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « Tout Simplement Noir », Lost in Frenchlation and the May 13th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Jean-Pascal Zadi conceived the idea “when I realized there was a Black American culture but there wasn’t a Black French culture.” … Don’t miss your chance to ask him all your questions after the film!
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation and 25e Heure Team

Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu
2021-04-29 19:30 - 21:30
🎙️ Preceded by Noémie Merlant’s short film « Shakira » and followed by a Q&A with her.
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILMS: ‘Shakira’ directed by Noémie Merlant (25min) + ‘Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu’ (« Portrait of a Lady on Fire ») directed by Céline Sciamma (119min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Thursday 29 April @7:30PM, Q&A @10PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France and Belgium!
🎟 TICKETS: €6 Link for France: 🇫🇷https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/8982
Link for Belgium: 🇧🇪 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/8983
☞ DETAILS:
Lost In Frenchlation is proud to present a premiere of Noémie Merlant’s short film « Shakira » followed by « Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu » with English subtitles. This virtual screening will be followed by a Q&A with her!
☞THE MOVIES:
Shakira: While trying to find a way to save her family from going back on the streets, Shakira, a young Gypsy girl, will join the “Gang of Claws” and meet Marius…
Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu: Brittany, France, 1760. Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young lady who has just left the convent. Héloïse is a reluctant bride to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day and secretly paints her at night. Intimacy and attraction grow between the two women as they share Héloïse’s first and last moments of freedom, all whilst Marianne paints the portrait that will end it all.
« A Masterpiece. A devastatingly unforgettable story of love and memory.» IndieWire – David Ehrlich
Watch the trailer here with English subtitles here: https://youtu.be/6sS4_CPqmY0
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu », Lost in Frenchlation if you are in France, Cinéma Galeries if you are in Belgium, and the April 29th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France and Belgium only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
« Portrait of a Lady on Fire » won the Queer Palm prize and was awarded Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival. Don’t miss your chance to meet the actress & director of « Shakira » and to discuss both films with her!
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Cinéma Galeries and 25e Heure Team

La Nuit Venue
2021-04-22 20:00 - 22:00
🏆 Champs Elysées Film Festival Public Prize
🎙️ Followed by a Q&A with the director and the music composer, 2021 César award winner for best soundtrack 🏆
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘La Nuit Venue’ (« Night Ride ») directed by Frédéric Farrucci (95min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Thursday 22nd April @8PM, Q&A with Frédéric Farrucci and Rone @9:30PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France, Belgium and the UK!
🎟 TICKETS: €6 Link for France: 🇫🇷 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/8830
Link for Belgium: 🇧🇪 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/8831
Link for UK: 🇬🇧 https://e-cinema.the25hour.uk/seance/137
☞ DETAILS:
A sexy film noir in the Chinese world of Paris. One night, Noémie, a stripper and bewitching call girl, gets into Jin’s cab. As the night goes by, a beautiful but dangerous love story develops between them. Screening followed by a Q&A with the director and the music composer!
☞THE MOVIE:
« Jin used to be a DJ in Beijing. Now he is just another illegal immigrant, working for the Triads in Paris. Playing inspiring electro music in his car, he drives at night in a fraudulent taxi scheme. Naomi, a troubling and stunning escort, decides to make him her exclusive driver. As she falls for him and his music, they decide to leave together. But Jin will have to double-cross some very dangerous people first…» – Synopsis
« At once lyrical, elegant and understated, this first feature film of the Frenchman Frédéric Farrucci skillfully plays with thriller codes. He offers us a passionate dive into the daily lives of the social rejects of nocturnal Paris and its forgotten neighborhoods. Actress Camélia Jordana is very convincing as a femme fatale.» Cinemania
Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/U2VT9bHBTMw
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « La Nuit Venue », Lost in Frenchlation if you are in France, Cinéma Galeries if you are in Belgium, and Ciné Lumière if you are in the UK, and the April 22nd session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France, Belgium and UK only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Discover this melancholic film noir, underlined by the electronic music by Rone, and ask him and the director all of your questions after the film!
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Cinéma Galeries, Ciné Lumière and 25e Heure Team

Ne Croyez Surtout pas que je Hurle
2021-04-16 20:00 - 22:00
🏆 Berlinale 2019
🎙️ Followed by a Q&A with the director!
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Ne Croyez Surtout Pas Que je Hurle’ (« Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream ») directed by Frank Beauvais (75min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Friday 16th April @8PM, Q&A with the director @9:20PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France, Belgium and the UK!
🎟 TICKETS: €6 Link for France: 🇫🇷 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/8742
Link for Belgium: 🇧🇪 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/8743
Link for UK: 🇬🇧https://e-cinema.the25hour.uk/seance/108
☞ DETAILS:
This intimate found-footage memoir is driven by a frantic internal monologue that will feel painfully familiar to many cinephiles in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic… Screening followed by a Q&A with the director!
☞THE MOVIE:
« A haunting, mesmerising ode to lost love composed entirely of hundreds of movie clips, narrated with dreamlike intensity by French filmmaker Frank Beauvais.» – Synopsis
« A highly original and personal movie memoir. » Hollywood Reporter
« Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream works beautifully, precisely because it’s so personal. This is what an essay film of a true cinephile should look like. » Screen Anarchy
Watch the trailer with Eng. subs here: https://youtu.be/z05FYaq8FXw
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select «Ne Croyez Surtout Pas Que je Hurle », Lost in Frenchlation if you are in France, Cinéma Galeries if you are in Belgium, and Ciné Lumière if you are in the UK, and the April 16th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France, Belgium and UK only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
“Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream” is a haunting cine-window into a man’s soul… Don’t miss your chance to ask the director all of your questions after the screening!
Click here (https://www.facebook.com/events/588621525407588/) to see the Facebook Event.
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Cinéma Galeries, Ciné Lumière and 25e Heure Team

Les Parfums
2021-04-09 20:00 - 22:30
🏆Les Arcs IFF 2019
🏆Shanghai IFF 2020
🏆Taormina IFF 2020
🏆DC Filmfest 2020
🎙️ Followed by a Q&A with the director!
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Les Parfums’ (« Perfumes ») directed by Grégory Magne (100min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Friday 9 April @8PM, Q&A with the director @9:30PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France!
🎟 TICKETS: €6 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/8733
☞ DETAILS:
“In the middle of the night, we ask ourselves questions; when we no longer hear the word yes; we look for an angel, desires, perfumes, blends” The words in the film’s soundtrack go some way to capturing the essence of the half-despondent, half-positive state of mind exuded by this feature film, a work which is simple yet moving, generous yet modest, sensitive yet accessible, and which is carried even further by its two wonderful lead actors Emmanuelle Devos and Grégory Montel. Screening followed by a Q&A with the director!
☞THE MOVIE:
« Anne Walberg is a master in perfumes. She creates fragrances and sells her incredible gift to many companies. She is a diva, selfish and temperamental. Guillaume is her new driver and the only one who dares facing her. This is probably why she does not fire him.» – Synopsis
« Admirably refreshing French comedy-drama” The Guardian
Watch the trailer with Eng. subs here: https://youtu.be/kBkTaKPTUoI
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select «Les Parfums », Lost in Frenchlation, and the April 2nd session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
A very elegant, tender and bittersweet film … that will make you travel from your sofa!
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation and 25e Heure Team

Deux
2021-04-02 20:00 - 22:30
🏆France’s Oscar Submission
🎙️ Followed by a Q&A with the director!
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Deux’ (« Two of Us ») directed by Filippo Meneghetti (95min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Friday 2nd April @8PM, Q&A with the director @9:30PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France and Belgium!
🎟 TICKETS: €6 Link for France: 🇫🇷 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/8419
Link for Belgium: 🇧🇪 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/8420
☞ DETAILS:
As visually stunning as it is profound, France’s Oscar Submission is an incredible exploration of what it means to love and be loved in return. « Two of Us » succeeds as a stealthy depiction of lesbian erotics, one that mirrors the inhibitions of a generation. Screening followed by a Q&A with the director!
☞THE MOVIE:
« Two retired women, Nina and Madeleine, have been secretly in love for decades. Everybody, including Madeleine’s family, thinks they are simply neighbors, sharing the top floor of their building. They come and go between their two apartments, enjoying the affection and pleasures of daily life together, until an unforeseen event turns their relationship upside down and leads Madeleine’s daughter to gradually unravel the truth about them.» – Synopsis
“A movie that’s especially attuned to the sensuality of older women, TWO OF US morphs from romance to woman-gone-mad psychothriller territory” Time
Watch the trailer with Eng. subs here: https://youtu.be/g8gZseCXevM
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select «Deux », Lost in Frenchlation if you are in France or Cinéma Galeries if you are in Belgium, and the April 2nd session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France and Belgium only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
You could watch a lot of classic love stories — the big, the small, sad, happy — and still not see something as uniquely heart-stopping and heartwarming as Italian filmmaker Filippo Meneghetti’s debut feature, “Two of Us.” Don’t miss the opportunity to ask him all of your questions after the film!
Click here (https://www.facebook.com/events/345379043563384/) to see the Facebook Event.
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Cinéma Galeries and 25e Heure Team

Terrible Jungle
2021-03-26 20:00 - 22:30
🎙️ Followed by a Q&A with the directors!
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Terrible Jungle’ directed by Hugo Benamozig, David Caviglioli (91min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Friday 26th March @8PM, Q&A with the directors @9:30PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France!
🎟 TICKETS: €6 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/7869
☞ DETAILS:
Helmed by Hugo Benamozig and David Caviglioli, new French comedy “Welcome to the Jungle” stars Catherine Deneuve as possessive mother and renown ethnologist who sets off to rescue her beloved son, a young and naive anthropology researcher, in the Amazonian jungle. Screening followed by a Q&A with the directors!
☞THE MOVIE:
« A naive young researcher travels to the Amazon to study the Otopis, the mysterious people from the area. It is also an opportunity for him to get away from his controlling mother Chantal (Catherine Deneuve). However, worried for her son, Chantal tries to find him in the Amazon rainforest.» – Synopsis
“You can take the man out of the jungle, but you can’t take the jungle out of the man.”
Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/xSbIQcGkG8Q
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select «Terrible Jungle », Lost in Frenchlation and the March 26th session. As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Don’t miss our one and only virtual screening of newly released French comedy « Terrible Jungle » with English subtitles!
Click here (https://www.facebook.com/events/139168601428432/) to see the Facebook Event.
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation and 25e Heure Team

À Voix Haute
2021-03-20 20:00 - 23:00
🇫🇷 International Francophonie Day Special – Followed by a Q&A with the film crew!
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘À Voix Haute – La Force de la Parole’ (‘Speak Up’) directed by Stéphane de Freitas/Ladj Ly (78 minutes)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Saturday 20th March @8PM, Q&A with Lawyer/Writer/Teacher Bertrand Perier @9:30PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME
🎟 TICKETS: €6 Link for France: 🇫🇷 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/6955
Link for Belgium: 🇧🇪 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/6956
Link for UK 🇬🇧 https://e-cinema.the25hour.uk/seance/48
☞ DETAILS:
This year’s Francophonie Day will be celebrated with a virtual screening of « Speak Up » followed by a Q&A with the film crew! Set in the University of Saint Denis, just outside Paris, it follows a class of young people as they embark on a thirty-day challenge to prepare for a public speaking competition. Speak Up reveals that there may be a new, far more ethnically diverse generation ready to step up and take the reins. You just have to listen to them.
☞THE MOVIE:
« Every year the University of Saint-Denis holds the “Eloquentia” contest, which aims to elect “the best speaker of the 93”. Students from this university come from all backgrounds and decide to take part and prepare for it thanks to professionals (lawyers, directors, etc.) who teach them the difficult exercise of public speaking. As the weeks go by, they learn the basics rhetoric, become more confident, reveal themselves to others, and especially to themselves. Armed with these weapons, Leila, Elhadj, Eddy and the others try to win the contest hoping become “the best speaker of the 93”. » – Synopsis
« Uplifting and authentic. » – The Hollywood Reporter
Watch the trailer with English subtitles here: https://youtu.be/XPGZkSLkOVs
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « À Voix Haute », Lost in Frenchlation and the March 20th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France, Belgium and UK only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
The French have always had a way with words, which is why the annual college concours Eloquentia, or eloquence competitions, seem to have the same status there that the Final Four does in the U.S. Don’t miss your chance to ask all your questions after the screening to the film crew!
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Cinéma Galeries, Ciné Lumière and 25e Heure Team

Les Gamins
2021-03-19 20:00 - 23:00
🇫🇷 Followed by a French quiz with Clap Français – learn French through movies!
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Les Gamins’ (« The Brats ») directed by Anthony Marciano (97min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Friday 19th March @8PM, French quiz with Marion from Clap Français @9:50PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France!
🎟 TICKETS: €6 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/5500/
☞ DETAILS:
Setting itself up as an unconventional French version of Meet the Parents, co-written by and toplining local YouTube sensation Max Boublil, pic cleverly casts the new star opposite vet comic Alain Chabat, here playing a couch-potato dad who decides it’s time to relive his youth with his daughter’s b.f. Screening followed by a French quiz with Clap Français!
☞THE MOVIE:
« A wannabe musician in his early 30s unexpectedly becomes close buddies with his future father-in-law. » – Synopsis
« A breezy watch with a higher laugh rate that most comedies released in the cinemas these days. » Flicks
Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/NfENh00Nsn0
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « Les Gamins », Lost in Frenchlation and the March 19th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Bring your friends at our virtual screening of « Les Gamins », and challenge them during our quiz!
Click here (https://www.facebook.com/events/469033124461065/) to see the Facebook Event.
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Clap Français and 25e Heure Team

Chocolat
2021-03-12 20:00 - 22:30
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Chocolat’ directed by Roschdy Zem (110 minutes)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Friday 12th March @8PM, French quiz with Marion from Clap Français @10PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France!
🎟 TICKETS: €6 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/5498/
☞ DETAILS:
We’re excited to bring you ‘Chocolat’ – the much anticipated French box office hit starring Omar Sy (César Award winner, Best Actor, ‘Intouchables’) and James Thiérrée (celebrated theatre director and actor, and grandson of Charlie Chaplin)! Don’t miss it with English subtitles on March 12th ONLY, followed by a quiz to learn French through movies with Clap français.
☞THE MOVIE:
« From circus to theater, from anonymity to fame, the incredible destiny of Chocolat the clown (Omar Sy), the first black stage performer in France. The unprecedented duo he forms with Footit (James Thierrée) is very popular in Belle Époque Paris, until easy money, gambling and discrimination take their toll on their friendship and Chocolat’s career. The singular story of an exceptional artist. » – Synopsis
« Blending sharp physical comedy with lots of compassion, Sy does a fantastic job channeling the spirit of a man caught between his desire to be rich and free and the gradual recognition that he’s still only someone else’s whipping boy… Known more for his theater performances than for his film work, Thiérrée is equally convincing as a serious, career-minded clown who happens to be more colorblind than those around him, yet refuses to change up a racist routine that all of Paris cherishes. Footit’s circus scenes are truly remarkable, with the acrobatic Thiérrée evoking a very Chaplin-esque character (they even look alike, save for the mustache) that actually makes the big top seem exciting again. » – The Hollywood Reporter
Watch the trailer with English subtitles here: https://youtu.be/CgIjlNAxNvU
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « Chocolat », Lost in Frenchlation and the March 12th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Bring your friends at our virtual screening of ‘Chocolat’, and challenge them during our quiz!
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Clap français, and 25e Heure Team

Antigone
2021-03-08 19:30 - 21:30
International Women’s Day 2021 Special ♀️⚖️
Followed by a Q&A with the director Sophie Deraspe!
🏆 2019 Toronto International Film Festival prize for Best Canadian Film.
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Antigone’ directed by Sophie Deraspe (1h49mn)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Monday 8th March @7:30PM, Q&A with the director, producer and translator of the film @9:30PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France and Belgium!
🎟 TICKETS: TICKETS: €6 Link for France: 🇫🇷 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/6679
Link for Belgium: 🇧🇪 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/6764
☞ DETAILS:
Canada’s Oscar submission is an intelligent, moving reworking of Sophocles’ tragedy, electrified by a breakout turn from star Nahéma Ricci. The clever screenplay injects these ancient archetypes directly into the bloodstream of the modern-day immigration debate – make sure to stay after the screening to ask all your questions to the director!
☞THE MOVIE:
« By helping her brother escape from prison, Antigone confronts the authorities: the police, the judicial and penal system as well as the father of her friend Haemon. The brilliant teenage girl, on a spotless path so far, feels the noose tighten on her. But to man’s law, she substitutes her own sense of justice, dictated by love and loyalty. » – Synopsis
« Philosophically compelling and emotionally devastating, Deraspe crafts a unique and contemporary cinematic experience that resonates deeply. » Globe and Mail
« Deraspe earns kudos for making a 2,500-year-old play feel vital, contemporary and cinematic. » Hollywood Reporter
Watch the trailer with English subtitles here: https://youtu.be/3fFG0wYyR0Q
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « Antigone », Lost in Frenchlation if you are in France or Cinéma Galeries if you are in Belgium, and the March 8th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France and Belgium only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Deraspe’s ‘Antigone’ is striking, powerful and relevant. It encourages and challenges us to reflect on the position and treatment of immigrants in contemporary society.
Click here (https://www.facebook.com/events/251957289750820) to see the Facebook Event.
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Cinéma Galeries and 25e Heure Team

Un Homme à la Hauteur
2021-03-05 20:00 - 23:00
🇫🇷 Followed by a French quiz with Clap Français – learn French through movies!
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Un Homme à la Hauteur’ (« Up For Love ») directed by Laurent Tirard (98min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Friday 5th March @8PM, French quiz with Marion from Clap Français @9:50PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France!
🎟 TICKETS: €6 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/5496/
☞ DETAILS:
Jean Dujardin, the actor with the thousand-megawatt charisma from ‘The Artist’, is shrunk to 4’ 5” by digital effects to play a short guy in this fluffy, fun French romcom. Screening followed by a French quiz with Clap Français!
☞THE MOVIE:
« A lawyer dating a dashing, wealthy architect four and a half feet tall gets ribbed by her family, employees and jealous ex about his stature. » – Synopsis
« Laurent Tirard’s romantic comedy is more heartfelt and wholesome than the poster and synopsis suggest, as it defends the idea of pursuing love in spite of appearances. The two protagonists are charming, and it’s not hard to see why one would fall in love with the other. » – Fifth about the Seventh
Watch the trailer with English subtitles here: https://youtu.be/sX6gi_zK–8
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « Un Homme à la Hauteur », Lost in Frenchlation and the March 5th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Bring your friends at our virtual screening of « Up for Love », and challenge them during our quiz!
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Clap Français and 25e Heure Team

Un Pays qui se Tient Sage
2021-02-28 18:00 - 20:00
Followed by a Q&A with the director, producer, and translator of the film!
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Un Pays qui se Tient Sage’ (‘The Monopoly of Violence’) directed by David Dufresne (86 minutes)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Sunday 28th February @6PM, Q&A with the director, producer and translator of the film @7:30PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France and Belgium!
🎟 TICKETS: TICKETS: €6 Link for France: 🇫🇷 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/6132/
Link for Belgium: 🇧🇪 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/6134/
☞ DETAILS:
All countries around the world are faced with police violence. For democracies, it has become a crucial concern for their own survival. Dufresne’s project both observes and comments upon the gilet jaunes (“yellow vest”) protest movement.
Scenes were filmed in 13 French cities between November 2018 and February 2020. During that period they counted 2 deaths, 5 hands amputated, and 27 eyes lost during law enforcement operations. It is this footage that makes The Monopoly of Violence a work of tangible, visceral power.
☞THE MOVIE:
« As anger and resentment grow in the face of social inequalities, many citizens-led protests are being repressed with an ever-increasing violence. In THE MONOPOLY OF VIOLENCE, David Dufresne gathers a panel of citizens to question, exchange and confront their views on the social order and the legitimacy of the use of force by the State. » – Synopsis
« The Monopoly of Violence is an essential and timely work, showing the dangers of police serving the state rather than the people, and identifying the growing tendency among Western democracies to enact totalitarian methods to keep the populace under their control. » New York Film Festival
Watch the trailer with English subtitles here: https://youtu.be/WebL3r3WfBQ
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « Un Pays Qui se Tient Sage », Club de l’étoile if you are in France or Cinéma Galeries if you are in Belgium, and the February 28th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France and Belgium only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Don’t miss this fascinating Conversation-Starting Documentary About Police Brutality and the opportunity to ask all of your questions to the film crew afterwards!
Click here (https://www.facebook.com/events/5636315699727062/) to see the Facebook Event.
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Club de L’Etoile, Cinéma Galeries and 25e Heure Team

Au Revoir Là Haut
2021-02-26 20:00 - 22:30
🇫🇷 Followed by a French quiz with Clap français – learn French through movies!
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Au Revoir Là-haut’ (‘See You Up There’) directed by Albert Dupontel (117 minutes)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Friday 26th February @8PM, French quiz with Marion from Clap Français @10PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France!
🎟 TICKETS: €6 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/5494/
☞ DETAILS:
« Au Revoir Là-Haut » is an ‘absorbing story of post-war survival and friendship’ based on Pierre Lemaitre’s Goncourt Prize-winning novel. Don’t miss it with English subtitles on February 26th ONLY, followed by a quiz to learn French through movies with Clap français.
☞THE MOVIE:
« November 1918. Two survivors of the trenches, a brilliant designer and a humble accountant, decide to set up a scam around war memorials. In the France of the Roaring Twenties, the undertaking will prove to be as dangerous as it is spectacular. » – Synopsis
« A moving, sweeping war drama that feels both epic and intimate. Péricourt’s masks lend the film a charming magical realism that further elevates an already absorbing story of post-war survival and friendship. »
Watch the trailer with English subtitles here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9ZgvN-GdLM
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « Au Revoir Là-Haut », Lost in Frenchlation and the February 26th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Bring your friends at our virtual screening of ‘Au Revoir Là-Haut’, and challenge them during our quiz!
Click here (https://www.facebook.com/events/448852712900879/) to see the Facebook Event.
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Clap français, and 25e Heure Team

Camille
2021-02-21 18:00 - 20:30
Lost in Frenchlation virtual screening #12: « Camille »
Followed by a debate with the director!
🏆MyFrenchFilmFestival 2021
🏆Locarno 2019, Piazza Grande – Prix du Public
🏆Angoulême 2019 – Meilleure actrice
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Camille’ directed by Boris Lojkine (1h30min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Sunday 21st February @6PM, Q&A with the director @7:30pm
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France! (Partner cinema: Luminor Hôtel de Ville in Paris, Ciné Lumière in London)
🎟 TICKETS: €6 Link for France: https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/6022/ 🇫🇷
Link for UK: https://e-cinema.the25hour.uk/seance/25/ 🇬🇧 (5pm UK TIME)
☞ DETAILS:
A vision of conflict that’s as raw and real as the pictures that inspired it, Camille depicts the turbulent last days of 26-year-old French photog Camille Lepage, who was killed in 2014 while covering the ongoing civil war in the Central African Republic. This virtual screening in French with Eng. subs will be followed by a Q&A in English with the director!
☞THE MOVIE:
« Camille, a young idealistic photojournalist, goes to the Central African Republic to cover the civil war that is brewing up. What she sees there will change her destiny forever. » – Synopsis
« While adopting a standard biopic structure that occasionally stumbles into the formulaic, Lojkine foregrounds his strengths by presenting a nuanced picture of the usual white European do-gooder in Africa, opening the film up to ambiguity and complexity. The use of Lepage’s own photographs ensures the audience sees what she saw, significantly deepening our feel for the woman while making sense of her shift from enthusiastic naïf to tough yet still empathetic professional. » – Variery
Watch the trailer with English subtitles here: https://youtu.be/LwhWDJGnw7Y
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « Camille », cinema Luminor Hôtel de Ville if you are in France, Ciné Lumière if you are in the UK, and the February 21st session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France and UK only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Don’t miss your chance to ask all your questions to director Boris Lojkine after the film!
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Luminor Hôtel de Ville, Ciné Lumière and 25e Heure Team
This film is part of MyFrenchFilmFestival – if you live outside of France, you can access it here until Feb 15th! > www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com

Monsieur je-sais-tout
2021-02-19 20:00 - 23:00
🇫🇷 Followed by a French quiz with Clap Français – learn French through movies!
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Monsieur je-sais-tout’ (« Mr. Know-It-All ») directed by François Prévot-Leygonie, Stéphan Archinard (1h39min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Friday 19th February @8PM, French quiz with Marion from Clap Français @9:45PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France!
🎟 TICKETS: €6 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/5492/
☞ DETAILS:
A football coach afraid of commitment has to take care of his nephew with Asperger’s Syndrome. Young Max Baissette de Malglaive’s performance is absolutely mind-boggling as an autistic teenager. Discover the French version of Rainman, with English subtitles, followed by a French quiz with Clap Français!
☞THE MOVIE:
« 35-year-old Vincent Barteau is a 1.92-meter-tall, confirmed bachelor and football coach. At 13 years old, his 1.53-meter-tall nephew Leo is a champion chess player with Asperger’s. Their reunion -as unlikely as it is powerful- will turn Vincent’s world upside down and offer Leo the chance of a lifetime. » – Synopsis
« Max Baissette de Malglaive is simply exceptional. » – Le Parisien
Watch the trailer with English subtitles here: https://youtu.be/Qn_KfoVscRs
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « Monsieur je-sais-tout », Lost in Frenchlation and the February 19th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Bring your friends at our virtual screening of ‘Monsieur je-sais-tout’, and challenge them during our quiz!
Click here (https://www.facebook.com/events/166253951927439/) to see the Facebook Event.
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Clap Français and 25e Heure Team

Tout le Monde Debout
2021-02-14 18:00 - 22:00
💘 V-Day special – Followed by a Rom-Com quiz with stand-up comedian Hugo Gertner!
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Tout le Monde Debout’ directed by Franck Dubosc (1h47min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Sunday 14th February @6PM, Rom-Com quiz with stand-up comedian Hugo Gertner @8PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France!
🎟 TICKETS: €6 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/5685/
☞ DETAILS:
With ‘Tout le Monde Debout’, Franck Dubosc gets ‘Everyone Standing’! The film previewed at the Alpe-d’Huez festival (International comedy film festival) and was a pure success hailed by an enthusiastic public. This Valentine’s day, we’ll bring you this French cheerful comedy with English subtitles, with a rom-com quiz after the film featuring standup comedian Hugo Gertner.
☞THE MOVIE:
« The film tells how Jocelyn, cynical boss of a brand of sports shoes in full development, single and licensed liar, finds himself trapped in yet another lie. Surprised, sitting in the wheelchair of his mother who has just died, by his neighbor, home help unemployed, Jocelyn persists in making him believe, to seduce her, that he is disabled. Until the day the young woman presents her sister, a classical violinist, really disabled. » – Synopsis
« Dubosc has taken care of his copy in every detail: farandole of replicas and irresistible situations – a sequence with high-level athletes testifies beyond all this skill, efficiency and finesse of writing – dead time to absent subscribers, subtle injection of emotion in his score, everything is together for “Everyone Standing” to get up the halls of France. » – Alpe-d’Huez International Comedy Film Festival
Watch the trailer with English subtitles here: https://youtu.be/9zSEPbmDAfs
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « Tout le Monde Debout », Lost in Frenchlation and the February 14th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Bring your friends at our virtual screening of ‘Tout le Monde Debout’, and challenge them during our quiz!
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation and 25e Heure Team

L'Empereur de Paris
2021-02-12 20:00 - 22:30
🇫🇷 Followed by a French quiz with Clap français – learn French through movies!
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘L’Empereur de Paris’ directed by Jean-François Richet (1h 50min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Friday 12th February @8PM, French quiz with Marion from Clap Français @10PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France!
🎟 TICKETS: €6 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/5479/
☞ DETAILS:
Jean-Francois Richet’s – the director of the “Mesrine” gangster films – new crime thriller “The Emperor of Paris” stars Vincent Cassel as Francois Vidocq, a real-life ex-convict who became a police detective during Napoleon’s reign. Vidocq led a tumultuous life that has inspired authors such as Victor Hugo and Edgar Allan Poe… Don’t miss it with English subtitles on February 12th ONLY!
☞THE MOVIE:
« Under the reign of Napoleon, François Vidocq cuts a notorious figure in the Parisian underworld: he is the only man to have escaped the country’s most terrifying penal colonies. Left for dead after his last, spectacular escape, the former prisoner tries to pass himself off as a simple merchant. But his past catches up with him. After being falsely accused of murder, Vidocq makes a deal with the head of the Police: in exchange for his freedom, Vidocq will help the police fight the criminal classes. Despite obtaining exceptional results, he provokes the hostility of fellow police agents and the fury of criminals, who put a price on his head » – Synopsis
‘The Emperor of Paris” is one of the most ambitious French films slated for this year.’ – Variety
Watch the trailer with English subtitles here: https://youtu.be/knenINbu2cw
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « L’Empereur de Paris », Lost in Frenchlation and the February 12th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Discover the story of Vidocq, a French adventurer who became a gangster and then the boss of Paris police!
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Clap français, and 25e Heure Team

Adolescentes
2021-02-05 19:30 - 22:30
🏆BFI London Film Festival 2019 – Official Selection
Followed by a Q&A with the director!
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Adolescentes’ directed by Sébastien Lifshitz (135 mins)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Friday 5th February @7:30PM, Q&A with the director @10:30PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France and Belgium! (Partner cinema in Paris: L’Entrepôt; Brussels: Cinéma Galeries)
🎟 TICKETS: €6 Link for France: https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/5328/ 🇫🇷
Link for Belgium: https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/5329/
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☞ DETAILS:
Five years in the making Sebastien Lifshitz’ longterm observation of two unrelated teenagers in a small French town is an illuminating study of human development, and through their personal stories a snapshot of life in France between 2013 and 2018. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director in English!
☞THE MOVIE:
« This new documentary by Sébastien Lifshitz (The Invisibles; Little Girl; Bambi) follows best friends Emma and Anaïs over a five-year period from the time they start secondary school. Both a personal story and a collective history, it chronicles the two girls’ friendship and the transformative teenage years where radical change and first times punctuate daily life, while investigating the social and cultural pressures on France’s young. This unique and fascinating documentary is a gift, getting right to the heart of Emma and Anaïs’s lives. » – Synopsis
‘Picking up every detail and nuance in a naturalistic tour de force, Adolescentes is an engrossing and valuable endeavour, documenting adolescence from a female perspective, informing and entertaining in equal parts.’ – Locarno Film Festival
‘Comparisons to Richard Linklater’s 12-year-long narrative Boyhood are evident, with a mix of melancholy and grace, which is as good a definition of adolescence as any.’ – The Hollywood Reporter
Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/c1JQEdmRK5k
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « Adolescentes », L’Entrepôt if you are in France or Cinéma Galeries if you are in Belgium, and the February 5th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France and Belgium only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Sébastien Lifshitz presents us with a portrait of teenage girlhood that is meant to be universal. Don’t miss this opportunity to ask him all your questions after the film!
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, L’Entrepôt, Cinema Galeries, and 25e Heure Team

Le Sens de la Fête
2021-01-29 20:00 - 22:30
Tribute to French actor Jean-Pierre Bacri 🙏
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Le Sens de la Fête’ (‘C’est la Vie!’) directed by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache (117 mins)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Friday 29th January @8PM, French quiz with Marion from Clap Français @10PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France! (Partner cinema: Club de L’Etoile)
🎟 TICKETS: €6 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/5326/
☞ DETAILS:
Tribute to French actor Jean-Pierre Bacri who passed away this week 🙏 This Friday 29th of January, join our special virtual screening of ‘Le Sens de la Fête’ – France’s best comedy film of the decade according to Lost in Frenchlation team 😉 Co-directed by the guys who brought you ‘Intouchables,’ this film is sure to have you laughing out loud. The screening will be followed by a French quiz with Marion from Clap Français.
☞THE MOVIE:
A hectic wedding party held in a 17th century French palace comes together with the help of the behind-the-scenes staff. – Synopsis
‘Once again Toledano and Nakache demonstrate their seemingly effortless ability to give old-fashioned yet sophisticated comedy a wide multi-generational, multi-ethnic appeal: watching “C’est La Vie!” is akin to being part of their own joyous celebration as multiple characters waft in and out.’ – Screen Daily
Watch the trailer with English subtitles here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErV26mIdEvU
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « Le Sens de la Fête », Club de L’Étoile, and the January 29th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Let’s pay tribute to one of our favorite French actor who passed away this week, Jean-Pierre Bacri, together with this comedy masterpiece, and learn more about French language, culture and cinema with the quiz afterwards!
Click here (https://www.facebook.com/events/232015231805137) to see the Facebook Event.
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Club de L’Etoile, Clap Français and 25e Heure Team

M
2021-01-23 19:30 - 21:30
🏆JURY PRIZE – Festival de Locarno 2019
🏆BEST DOCUMENTARY – César 2020
🏆BEST DOCUMENTARY – Prix Lumières de presse internationale 2020
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘M’ directed by Yolande Zauberman with French and English subtitles (106min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Saturday 23rd January @7:30PM, Q&A with the director @9:15PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France and Belgium! (Partner cinema in Paris: Luminor Hôtel de Ville; Brussels: Cinéma Galeries)
🎟 TICKETS: €6 Link for France: https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/5186 🇫🇷
Link for Belgium: https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/5167
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☞ DETAILS:
French filmmaker Yolande Zauberman’s documentary investigates sexual abuse in an ultra-orthodox community in Israel. Yolande is one of the most exceptional voices of French documentary cinema – she invented her own voice of expression through films that have always sparked lively debates and sometimes controversy. Yolande Zauberman’s films investigate the shadows, break the taboos, incite free speech and force people to listen; they attack places of power, whether religious or economic; she confronts us with realities kept in silence; she stands near the abandoned, marginalized, sacrificed and transforms them into heroes… This screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director in English.
☞THE MOVIE:
“M” as in Menahem, a child prodigy with a golden voice, abused by members of his community who worshipped him. Fifteen years later, he returned to his hometown of Bnei Brak, the world capital of the ultra-orthodox Jews, to find the culprits. But it is also the return to a world he loved so much, to a road where the word is liberated…. a reconciliation. – Synopsis
« The only way to escape the past is to confront it head-on in M. Yolande Zauberman’ s revelatory, thought-provoking documentary quietly breaks down barriers and challenges taboos as it follows one man’s return to a community that left him with profound emotional scars. The result is a compelling personal tale that is sensitive to the complexities of the wider issues it confronts. » – Screendaily
Watch the trailer with French subtitles: https://youtu.be/81ytuEfh9V4
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « M », Luminor Hôtel de Ville if you are in France or Cinéma Galeries if you are in Belgium, and the January 23rd session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France and Belgium only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Lang’s story often prompts more questions than it resolves but that only makes M. a richer, more intriguing act of testimony…. Don’t miss your chance to discuss with the director after the screening!
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Luminor Hôtel de Ville, Cinema Galeries, and 25e Heure Team

Mon Nom est Clitoris
2021-01-15 20:00 - 22:00
Magritte Best Documentary Award 2020
Brussels Queer Film Festival 2020

☞ SUMMARY:
FILM: ‘Mon Nom est Clitoris’ directed by Daphné Leblond, Lisa Billuart Monet (80min)
DATE & TIME: Friday 15th January @8PM, Q&A with director Daphné Leblond and Heidi Evans, founder of Women in Paris @9:20PM
CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France and Belgium! (Partner cinema in Paris: L’Entrepôt; Brussels: Cinéma Galeries)
TICKETS: €6 Link for France: https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/5107/
Link for Belgium: https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/5108/

☞ DETAILS:

Twelve young women aged 20 to 25 tell the journey of their sexuality since childhood. All of them share the same urge to find sexual equality, happiness and freedom. The documentary rebuilds a dialogue that most of them longed for as teenagers but could not find, and offers young women, and consequently young men, a safe space to reflect on inequalities which turned into our entire social structure. This screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director and Women of Paris.

☞THE MOVIE:

This documentary film is a dialogue between young women about female sexuality. Addressing the subject with freedom, courage and humor, they share their stories and experiences with the desire to change the world around them and to assert their right as women to an informed sexual education, free of constraints and taboos. – Synopsis

« A beautiful portrait of free women in search of their fulfillment with a feminist approach. » – Télérama
« At the same time pedagogical, touching and political, this documentary questions the place of women’s pleasure in a heterosexual society. » – Elle

Watch the trailer with English subtitles: https://youtu.be/abhUfkVUsAE

☞THE PLAN:

Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « Mon Nom est Clitoris », L’Entrepôt if you are in France or Cinéma Galeries if you are in Belgium, and the January 15th session. As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France and Belgium only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.

Hearing these young women talk about sexuality in such a relaxed environment is really heart-warming and revealing… Don’t miss your chance to ask the director all your questions after the screening!

The Lost in Frenchlation, L’Entrepôt, Cinema Galeries, Women of Paris and 25e Heure Team

8 Femmes
2020-12-18 20:00 - 22:00
🎄Xmas Special Screening
🇫🇷 Followed by a French quiz with Marion from Clap Français!
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘8 Femmes’ (« 8 Women ») directed by François Ozon (103min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Friday 18th December @8PM, French quiz with Marion from Clap Français @9:45PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France!
🎟 TICKETS: €5 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/4421/
☞ DETAILS:
For our Christmas special virtual screening, we’ve picked one of the most uplifting films to emerge from French cinema in recent years: the first Agatha Christie musical starring a roll call of French legends, all-female cast. The screening will be followed by a French quiz with Marion from Clap Français!
☞THE MOVIE:
Eight female family members reunite in a remote mansion in the snowy countryside of 1950s France on Christmas Eve. But what should in fact be a glamorous, social affair becomes a dramatic cutthroat murder mystery as the women discover their beloved patriarch has been killed, and they are the suspects. – Synopsis
Light-hearted and droll  even if you think you dont like French films, you’ll adore this one. – Empire
Certainly, no other film thus far has received the same volume of applause. – The Guardian
Watch the trailer with English subs here: https://youtu.be/-oGQoxZ7lvs
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « 8 Femmes » and the December 18th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
If you are yet to see 8 Femmes, this virtual screening is the perfect excuse to do so. You’ll find proof that females don’t always have to play the supporting roles in films; sometimes it can be just about the women – all eight of them.
Click here (https://www.facebook.com/events/396142078106038) to see the Facebook Event.
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Clap Français and 25e Heure Team

Police
2020-12-11 20:00 - 23:00
🏆BERLINALE SPECIAL🏆
⭐️In the presence of Academy Award winner Payman Maadi⭐️
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘Police’ (« Night Shift ») directed by Anne Fontaine (99min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Friday 11th December @8PM, Q&A with actor Payman Maadi @9:40PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France! (Partner cinema: Luminor Hôtel de Ville)
🎟 TICKETS: €5 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/4043/
☞ DETAILS:
For our 3rd virtual screening, we are welcoming a very special guest – Academy Award winner Payman Maadi! Starring Omar Sy (Intouchables), “Police” focuses on three Parisian police officers charged with driving a stranger back to the border. According to the statistics, this is something that happens all too frequently in France, where nearly 24,000 people were deported last year alone. Set over the course of 24 hours, the film explores the perspective of each character and sheds light on their personal lives through flashbacks, explaining how differently they are handling the moral dilemma.
☞THE MOVIE:
Virginie, Erik and Aristide are police officers. All three try to keep their personal and emotional lives together while dealing with daily incidents of violence in homes and on the streets. One night, they are assigned an unusual mission: to drive a migrant to the airport for unspecified reasons. On the way there, Virginie discovers that the man will be sentenced to death if he goes back to his country. Faced with an unbearable dilemma, she starts to question their mission. The trio has one night to decide a man’s fate. – Synopsis
Night Shift has an existential, metaphysical dimension. It tells the story of characters who must decide whether to obey the rules or transgress them, and find themselves on a human journey. – Variety
Watch the trailer with English subs here: https://youtu.be/3JPuIEVXN34
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « Police », Luminor Hôtel de Ville and the December 11th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
Don’t miss « Police », probably one of the rare « policiers » in which a single gunshot isn’t fired… and our exclusive Q&A with actor Payman Maadi!
Click here (https://www.facebook.com/events/3641622382551401/) to see the Facebook Event.
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Luminor Hôtel de Ville and 25e Heure Team

Jumbo
2020-12-04 20:00 - 22:00
SUNDANCE 2020
BERLINALE 2020

☞ SUMMARY:
FILM: ‘Jumbo’ directed by Zoé Wittock (93min)
DATE & TIME: Friday 4th December @8PM, Q&A with the director @9:30PM
CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France! (Partner cinema: L’Entrepôt) and… AUSTRALIA!
TICKETS: €5 Link for France: https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/3703/
Link for Australia: https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/3713/

☞ DETAILS:

All aboard! Lost in Frenchlation is taking you for a ride with « Jumbo», followed by a discussion with the director, 100% online! Based on a true story (by the real-life woman who married the Eiffel Tower) starring Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady On Fire), Zoé Wittock’s empathetic (and erotic) drama makes a claim for people to enjoy love wherever they find it… Screening available in all of France + Australia.

☞THE MOVIE:

Objectum Sexuals: individuals with a preference for inanimate objects. They may feel strong feelings of attraction, love and commitment to certain items. Some object-sexual individuals also believe that objects have souls, intelligence, feelings and are able to communicate.
Jeanne, a shy young woman, works at night in an amusement park. Fascinated with carousels, she still lives with her mother, the extrovert Margarette. Whereas no man is able to find their place among the rocky and unusual duo, Jeanne starts to grow an odd relationship with Jumbo, the park’s new flagship attraction. Soon, it appears that Jumbo, a striking and colorful merry-go-round, starts communicating with her… – Synopsis

Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/xcfjTQGTS0s
Watch Zoé talk about her film here: https://youtu.be/GwjhMYy52GE

☞THE PLAN:

Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://www.25eheure.com/
Select « Jumbo », L’Entrepôt and the December 4th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France and Australia only. Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.

Zoe Wittock is destined to make an impact as the next emerging female filmmaker with this stunning surreal directorial debut. Don’t miss your chance to ask her all your questions on December 4th!

The Lost in Frenchlation, L’Entrepôt and 25e Heure Team

À Cœur Battant
2020-11-27 20:00 - 22:30
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: ‘À Cœur Battant’ directed by Keren Ben Rafael (90min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Friday 27th November @8PM, Q&A with the director Keren Ben Rafael and screenwriter Elise Benroubi @9:30PM
📽️ CINEMA: HOME – available anywhere in France!
🎟 TICKETS: €5 https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com/seance/3467/
☞ DETAILS:
Lost in Frenchlation is thrilled to team up with La Vingt-Cinquième Heure to bring you « À Cœur Battant » with English subtitles, followed by a discussion with the director and the screenwriter, 100% online! The film was supposed to be shown on November 27th at Club de L’Étoile, so we decided to keep the same date. We couldn’t be happier to start our virtual screenings with that film that echoes so deeply with what we are all going through today.
☞THE MOVIE:
Julie and Yuval live in Paris, are in love and have just had a baby. When Yuval needs to return to Israel to renew his visa, they start sharing their family routine via video call. Watching each other obsessively through a screen, however, begins to take its toll on their relationship. Will their love survive the perils of this new form of “interaction”? – Synopsis
By transposing video calls to the cinema, “À cœur battant” offers a moving reflection on the themes of presence and incommunicability. – Les Fiches du Cinéma
Watch the trailer with English subs here: https://youtu.be/ikE-ORPaXMg
☞THE PLAN:
Want to participate? Sign up today on: https://sallevirtuelle.25eheure.com
Select « À Cœur Battant », Club de L’Étoile and the November 27th session.
As this is a local e-cinema platform and not a streaming platform, you will be asked to geolocate yourself, in order to respect the platform’s charter which limits the radius to France only.
Once you have purchased your e-ticket, you will receive a connection link by email and all you will have to do is connect on the day of the screening, a few minutes before the start of the film.
We hope to see you at our first ever virtual screening on November 27th!
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation, Club de L’Étoile and 25e Heure Team

Gagarine - Premiere Screening
2020-11-08 18:00 - 20:00 | L’Entrepôt, 7 rue Francis de Pressensé, Paris, 75014, France
Official Selection – Cannes 2020✨
Exclusive Premiere Screening ⚡️
European Art Cinema Day 🎬
☞ SUMMARY:
🎞️ FILM: Premiere Screening – ‘Gagarine’ directed by Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh (95min) Release Date: 18/11
🎬 DATE & TIME: Sunday 8th November – 6PM
📽️ CINEMA: L’Entrepôt, 7 rue Francis de Pressensé, 75014 Paris
🎟 TICKETS: €8.50 full price; €7 for students and all other concessions. Covid-19 era sanitary measures apply – online bookings recommended: https://www.ticketingcine.fr/index.php?lang=fr&nc=0379&ids=26132
☞ DETAILS:
Come and celebrate ☆EUROPEAN ART CINEMA DAY☆ with Lost in Frenchlation’s exclusive Premiere Screening of French movie ‘Gagarine’ subtitled in English! Just as Ladj Ly’s 2019 “Les Misérables” probed the racially-charged tensions between Parisian officers and its lower classes, “Gagarine” explores an underrepresented slice of recent French history through a personal lens.
☞THE MOVIE:
Yuri, 16, has lived all his life in Gagarin Towers, a vast red-brick housing project on the outskirts of Paris. He dreams of becoming an astronaut. When plans to demolish Gagarin Towers leak out, Yuri joins the resistance. With his friends Diana and Houssam, he embarks on a mission to save their home, which has become his “starship.” – Synopsis
“Gagarine” manages to import a coming-of-age dynamic into a rich, historically significant milieu, which bemoans the end of one chapter in the country’s history even as it finds some measure of hope in a new generation. – Indie Wire
Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/uvF1OoXV2F4
☞THE PLAN:
The screening will take place at L’Entrepôt cinema, our new partner cinema in the heart of the 14th, on Sunday, November 8th, at 6PM.
❗️Covid-19 era sanitary measures, drawn up by French health authorities, include the obligatory wearing of masks, one empty seat between separate groups of spectators, the cleaning of the theatre at least twice a day, and buying your ticket online is recommended: https://www.ticketingcine.fr/index.php?lang=fr&nc=0379&ids=26132
Join us on European Art Cinema Day to watch « Gagarine » with English subtitles – before its official release on November 18th.
Click here (https://www.facebook.com/events/388465529194863/) to see the Facebook Event.
🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation & L’Entrepôt team

Mignonnes
2020-11-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Club de L’Étoile, 14, rue Troyon, Paris, 75017, France
☞ SUMMARY:

FILM: ‘Mignonnes’ (« Cuties ») directed by Maïmouna Doucouré (96mins)
DATE & TIME: Friday 6th November – 6:30PM
CINEMA: Club de L’Étoile, 14 Rue Troyon, 75017 Paris
MOVIE TICKETS: €10 full price; €8 for students and all other concessions. Covid-19 era sanitary measures apply – online bookings recommended: https://clubdeletoile-vad.cotecine.fr/reserver/F260223

☞ DETAILS:

A story about an 11-year-old immigrant girl named Amy and her coming-of-age journey won thousands of hearts at nearly 200 festivals winning over 60 awards across the globe. Acquired by Netflix, accused of hypersexualization, the film has sparked a lot of controversy in the US. However, we at Lost in Frenchlation think that “Depiction does not equal endorsement”, and art should be able to address taboos without necessarily advocating for them… Why not see for yourself on November 6th?

☞THE MOVIE:

Amy, 11, becomes fascinated with a twerking dance crew. Hoping to join them, she starts to explore her femininity, defying her family’s traditions. – Synopsis

It is not for nothing that the movie won an award at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Maïmouna Doucouré as her feature directorial debut, the movie is funny, heartwarming, thrilling, even nostalgic in parts, and holds the power to move you to tears. It is a truly raw portrayal of the coming of age experience of girls growing up in traditionally orthodox households — eager to break out of societal confines but lost in the real world.

Watch the trailer with English subs here: https://youtu.be/fEVQ6HwBflg

☞THE PLAN:

The screening will take place at Club de l’Étoile cinema, located a short walk from the world-famous Arc de Triomphe. At 6:30pm, the screening begins. End at 8pm to allow enough time to go home before the 9pm curfew.
Covid-19 era sanitary measures, drawn up by French health authorities, include the obligatory wearing of masks, one empty seat between separate groups of spectators, the cleaning of the theatre at least twice a day, and buying your ticket online is recommended: https://clubdeletoile-vad.cotecine.fr/reserver/F260223

From the vibrancy of the visuals to the youthful vitality of the preteen actors and the feverish excitability with which the movie captures young female friendship, there are plenty of reasons to watch « Mignonnes » on a big screen – not on Netflix!

Manon, founder of Lost in Frenchlation, www.lostinfrenchlation.com
