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French Cinema

We think everyone should be able to access francophone movies.

This is why our cinema sessions are free, and all our films are projected with English subtitles.
No need to register, just turn-up!

L'Année du requin (Year of the Shark)

Directed by: Ludovic & Zoran Boukherma

The disappearance of a vacationer puts the Atlantic Coast on high alert: a shark is prowling in the French waters! Maja, a coast guard on the verge of retirement, goes on her last mission to save the bay…

15th October 2024

7pm - 8:30pm

Alliance Française Cambridge
1 Red Cross Lane - CB2 0QU

Gravité (The Gravity)

Directed by: Cédric Ido

An unprecedented alignment of planets impacting gravity will upset the balance of a ghetto and the destiny of two duos of brothers eager to do anything for their freedom in ancunceasing fight between old and new generations.

26th November 2024

7pm - 8:30pm

Alliance Française Cambridge
1 Red Cross Lane - CB2 0QU

La Bataille de Solférino (Age of Panic)

Directed by: Justine Triet

On 6 May 2012, the day of the second round of the French presidential election, TV journalist Laetitia (Dosch) is late leaving home for her assignment covering the events on Rue de Solférino (at the headquarters of the Socialist Party) when her ex, Vincent (Macaigne), shows up a day late to his court-appointed time to visit their two daughters.

14th January 2025

7pm - 8:40pm

Alliance Française Cambridge
1 Red Cross Lane - CB2 0QU

Youssef Salem a du succès (The (in)famous Youssef Salem)

Directed by: Baya Kasmi

Youssef Salem, 45, has always managed to miss his writing career. But the trouble starts when his new novel meets with success, because Youssef can't help but draw inspiration from his own environment, for better or worse. Now he has to do everything in his power to prevent his book from falling into the hands of his family...

25th February 2025

7pm - 8:40pm

Alliance Française Cambridge
1 Red Cross Lane - CB2 0QU

Bonne Mère (Good Mother)

Directed by: Hafsia Herzi

Nora, a cleaning lady in her fifties, looks after her small family in a housing estate in the northern part of Marseille. She is worried about her grandson ELLYES, who has been in prison for several months for robbery and is awaiting his trial with a mixture of hope and anxiety. NORA does everything she can to make this wait as painless as possible...

18th March 2025

7pm - 8:40pm

Alliance Française Cambridge
1 Red Cross Lane - CB2 0QU

Vous ne désirez que moi (I Want to Talk about Duras)

Directed by: Claire Simon

Aman involved in a passionate relationship with a celebrated writer of 30 years his senior needs to talk. He is fascinated by her and yet he feels he just cannot go on anymore. He opens up, in an attempt to put into words the intensity of his love and he describes it with great clarity.

6th May 2025

7pm - 8:40pm

Alliance Française Cambridge
1 Red Cross Lane - CB2 0QU

Tempête (Ride Above)

Directed by: Christian Duguay

Literally born and raised with horses, Zoe leads a happy life at her parents’ racehorse stables, driven by the dream of someday becoming a jockey like her father. To Zoe, nothing beats being with horses, especially her « best friend » Beautiful Intrigue, the stable’s prize mare, who taught the child how to walk. When Beautiful Intrigue gives birth to a foal that Zoe names Tempest, the girl is the first to see in him the champion her parents have been waiting and working for all their lives. The winner she will ride to victory. But Zoe’s dreams are shattered one stormy night, when a panicked Tempest accidentally injures the girl, leaving her permanently “disabled”. Furious at life, Zoe slips into despair and pulls her entire family down with her, especially her father, who is on the verge of losing everything. But with the indefectible support of her family and the help of Seb, a stable hand with a gift for communicating with horses, Zoe will seek to conquer the impossible, in pursuit of her dream.

3rd June 2025

7pm - 9pm

Alliance Française Cambridge
1 Red Cross Lane - CB2 0QU

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