{"id":88612,"date":"2022-11-13T08:51:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T03:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=88612"},"modified":"2022-11-13T08:51:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T03:21:53","slug":"iffi-53-country-focus-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=88612","title":{"rendered":"Iffi 53 Country Focus – France"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Goa Khabar:<\/strong>To celebrate cinematic excellence and contributions to film art by the country of focus, a special presentation is featured by the International Film Festival of India. In the 53rd edition of IFFI, the Country of Focus selected is France.<\/p>\n

Film history owes its historical and aesthetic legacies to the always inventive trailblazing cinema of France. To this day, the generation of French directors including Jean-Luc Godard, Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut, and Claude Chabrol, is regarded as the most artistically fertile cinematic revolution in the history of films.<\/p>\n

Organized in collaboration with the Embassy of France and Institut Fran\u00e7ais India, the Country Focus segment will commence on November 21st, 2022, at INOX Panjim, IFFI \u2013 Goa.<\/p>\n

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These 8 contemporary films have been selected to represent the potential and the versatility of French cinema:<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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Other People\u2019s Children<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Director :\u00a0Rebecca Zlotowski<\/strong>
\nDuration :\u00a0104 minutes<\/strong>
\nCast :\u00a0Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Yam\u00e9e Couture<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Synopsis: Virginie Efira stars as a teacher whose new relationship with a single father becomes complicated when she begins to connect with his young daughter.<\/p>\n

\u2018Other People\u2019s Children\u2019 is the Opening Film of the Country Focus section. It is a tragicomedy about a middle-aged woman who starts a new relationship and creates a close bond with her partner\u2019s young daughter. It premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival and competed for the Golden Lion award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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The Crossing (2021)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Director :\u00a0Florence Mialhe<\/strong>
\nDuration :\u00a084 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Synopsis: An animated feature film following the dramatic journey of two siblings, Kyona and her brother Adriel, who are running away, because they are being pursued by an unspecified Eastern European country.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Crossing\u2019 features surreal and fairytale-like imagery that evokes brush drawings and paintings and offers an emotional look at immigration that will move all ages. It was selected to be part of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Belle and Sebastian: The Nouvelle Generation<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Director :\u00a0Pierre Cor\u00e9
\n<\/strong>Duration :\u00a096 minutes
\n<\/strong>Cast :\u00a0Robinson Mensah Rouanet, Mich\u00e8le Laroque, Alice David\u2028\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Synopsis: 10-year-old Sebastien reluctantly spends his vacation in the mountains with his grandmother and aunt. Helping them with the sheep is hardly an exciting prospect for a city boy like him \u2013 but that is without considering his encounter with Belle, a huge dog mistreated by her owner. Ready to do anything to fight injustice and protect his new-found friend, Sebastien will spend the craziest summer of his life.
\n\u2018Belle and Sebastian: The Nouvelle Generation\u2019 is a film about a 10-year-old boy who finds a mistreated dog, and vows to fight against the injustice laid upon him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Between Two Worlds (2021)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Director :\u00a0Emmanuel Carr\u00e8re
\n<\/strong>Duration :\u00a096 minutes
\n<\/strong>Cast :\u00a0H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Lambert, Louise Pociecka, Juliette Binoche, Steve Papagiannis, Aude Ruyter\u2028\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Marianne Winckler, a well-known author, goes to live in northern France to research her new book on the subject of job insecurity. Without revealing her true identity, she gets hired as a cleaner, working with a group of other women.\u2028\u2028It premiered at the Karlovy Vary Film festival, and in the Director\u2019s Fortnight section at Cannes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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The Velvet Queen (2021)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Director :\u00a0Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier
\n<\/strong>Duration :\u00a096 minutes
\n<\/strong>Cast :\u00a0Vincent Munier, Sylvain Tesson\u2028\u2028\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Two men explore the high-altitude wilderness of Tibet with many cameras, filming wildlife from a respectful distance and searching for the rare snow leopard.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Sixteen (2022)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Director :\u00a0Philippe Lioret
\n<\/strong>Duration :\u00a094 minutes
\n<\/strong>Cast :\u00a0Nassim Lyes, Te\u00eflo Aza\u00efs, Sabrina Levoye\u2028\u2028\u2028\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Synopsis: Nora and Leo, 16, live in the same town, in the same suburbs, and go to the same high school, but everything opposes them: their social backgrounds, their family\u2019s religions, and their everyday lives. Yet, they fall in love at first sight. But from a theft accusation bringing into conflict their respective families, their love story will have to face a series of trials and dramas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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The Vanished President (2022)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Director :\u00a0Jean-Marc Peyrefitte
\n<\/strong>Duration :\u00a098 minutes
\n<\/strong>Cast :\u00a0Jacques Gamblin, Andr\u00e9 Dussollier\u2028\u2028\u2028\u2028\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Synopsis: 1920. Against all odds, Paul Deschanel, an idealist unknown to the public, is elected President of the French Republic. His first steps into power are impressive. He makes a series of audacious proposals: abolition of the death penalty, the right to vote for women, and universal suffrage! But the cynicism of the political world, the game of institutions, and the violence of media campaigns catch up with him and soon derail him. One evening, he falls off a train and vanishes\u2026 The whole world wonders: what happened to the French President?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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The Green Perfume<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Director :\u00a0Nicolas Pariser
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\n<\/strong>Cast :\u00a0Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Lacoste, R\u00fcdiger Vogler, L\u00e9onie Simaga\u2028\u2028\u2028\u2028\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Synopsis: \u200b\u200bIn the middle of a performance at la Com\u00e9die-Fran\u00e7aise, an actor dies on stage, poisoned. Martin, the member of the troupe and friend of the victim, becomes the center of everyone\u2019s attention. Suspected by the police, he\u2019s also chased by a mysterious organization, the Green Perfume, that seems to have ordered the murder.<\/p>\n

While leading his own investigation, Martin receives the unexpected help of Claire, an eccentric cartoonist in need of adventure. This unlikely duo will live an adventure across Europe to foil the plans of the mysterious Green Perfume.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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