The Palouse French Film Festival is about to present its 14th edition this October at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in Moscow. Films are in French with English subtitles.

Films start at 7PM. There will be a reception with French wine and cheese at 6:15PM on opening night.

Schedule Of Events:

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

La Passion de Dodin Bouffant / The Taste of Things

Directed by Anh Hung Tran

Drama/Romance  –  135 min. (2023)

The relationship between Eugénie (Juliette Binoche), an esteemed cook, and Dodin, (Benoit Magimel) the gourmet she has been working for over the last 20 years. Growing fonder of one another, their bond turns into a romance and gives rise to delicious dishes that impress even the world’s most illustrious chefs. When Dodin is faced with Eugénie’s reluctance to commit to him, he decides to start cooking for her.

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Le Tableau volé / Auction

Directed by Pascal Bonitzer

Comedy/Drama  –  91 min.  (2024)

In this thrilling satire about the highbrow art world of Parisian auctioneers, André Masson, a hotshot art broker at a premiere auction house, receives a letter from a lawyer claiming that a working-class family in the suburb of Mulhouse owns a painting by Egon Schiele. He realizes instantly that the painting is a genuine masterpiece that went missing in 1939. With the help of his colleague and ex-wife, a compulsively lying intern, and a provincial lawyer, André races to find a buyer for the prized work in what proves to be a delicate dance of deceit.

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

La Syndicaliste / The Sitting Duck

Directed by Jean-Paul Salomé

Drama/Thriller  –  121 min.  (2022)

The true story of Maureen Kearney (Isabelle Huppert), the head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. She became a whistle-blower, denouncing top-secret deals that shook the French nuclear sector. Alone against the world, she fought government ministers and industry leaders, tooth and nail, to bring the scandal to light and to defend more than 50,000 jobs. Her life was suddenly turned upside down when she was violently assaulted in her own home.

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Les Trois Mousquetaires : D’Artagnan / The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan

Directed by Martin Bourboulon

Action/Adventure/History  –  121 min.  (2023)

The most recent screen adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ famous novel. D’Artagnan (François Civil) arrives in Paris trying to find his attackers after being left for dead, which leads him to a real war where the future of France is at stake. He aligns himself with Athos (Vincent Cassel), Porthos (Pio Marmaï) and Aramis (Romain Duris), three musketeers of the King.

Date: October 8-29, 2024

Location: Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, 508 South Main Street, Moscow, ID 83843

Cost:
Tickets $5 per film or $ 12 for a festival pass Free admission for students Festival passes available at the Kenworthy Box Office

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