The best of French cinema, at promotional prices

This Thursday 21 March begins a new edition of the French Film Festival. There will be 13 titles in 7 days, at the Cinépolis Recoleta, with award-winning titles Cannesthe Berlinale and the Sitges Festival, among others.

Tickets will have a promotional price of $4,500, and there are subscriptions for 10 tickets, of which you pay 8 ($36,000) and for 5 tickets (you pay 4), for $18,000.

Below is the schedule, with titles, synopsis and cast.

The stars of Paris

Since he was very little, Yazid has had one great passion: pastry making. Yazid has built an indomitable character. But to succeed in the elite world of pastry making, he will have to overcome his traumas and change his attitude.

The solution book

Marc flees with his team to a small town in the Cévennes to finish the film at his aunt Denise’s house. Once there, his creativity manifests itself in a million ideas that throw him into chaos. Marc then begins to write The Book of Solutions, a guide of practical advice that could be the solution to all his problems.

the taste of life

Eugenia (Juliet Binoche) is an exceptional chef who has worked for the famous gourmet chef Dodin for 20 years. With the passage of time, the practice of gastronomy and mutual admiration, a romantic relationship emerged. From this union, dishes are born, one more delicious and tasty than the other, which amaze even the most experts in this world. However, Eugénie, thirsty for freedom, never wanted to marry Dodin. Then he decides to do something he’s never done before: cook for her. It was France’s contender for the Oscar for best international film, having won best director at the Cannes Film Festival.

The dream trip

As teenagers, Blandine and Magalie were inseparable. As time went on, they grew apart. When they meet again, they decide to take the trip they’ve always dreamed of together. Towards Greece, the sun and the islands, but also towards problems, given that the two former friends have a very different vision of life.

Smoking causes coughing

After a fierce fight against a demonic turtle, five vigilantes they call “TABAC FORCE” are ordered to retreat to strengthen the group’s cohesion, which begins to deteriorate. The retreat proceeds perfectly, until Lézardin, the Evil Emperor, decides to annihilate planet Earth.

Incredible but true

Alain and Marie move into the house they have always dreamed of. And the real estate agent had warned them: what’s in the basement could change their life.

Timeless love

In the near future, where artificial intelligence reigns, human emotions become a threat. To get rid of her, Gabrielle must purify her DNA by diving into her past lives. There she will meet Louis again, her great love. But a fear invades him, the feeling that a catastrophe is approaching.

Winter in Paris

At 17, Lucas sees his adolescence fall apart in the blink of an eye. He feels that his life is a wild beast that he must tame. Between a brother who lives in Paris and a mother with whom he now lives alone, Lucas will be forced to fight to regain hope and love.

The animal kingdom

In a world imprisoned by a wave of mutations, which gradually transform men into animals, François does everything he can to save his wife, victim of this strange disease. While the region becomes populated with strange creatures, François takes Émile, his sixteen-year-old son, on a quest that will change his existence forever. Passage to the Sitges International Festival (Spain, 2023)

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In the Dumar family, the profession of conductor is passed down from father to son: François concludes a brilliant international tour, while Denis has just won his umpteenth victory in classical music. François discovers that he has been chosen to direct La Scala, his great and final dream. Initially fascinated by his father, Denis is disappointed when he discovers that he is actually the one in charge of going to Milan.

In the Adamantine

The Adamant is a unique Day Center: it is a floating building. Built on the Seine, in the heart of Paris, it welcomes adults with mental problems and offers them treatment to help them locate themselves in time and space, to reintegrate into society. The team is made up of people who resist as best they can the collapse and dehumanization of psychiatry. He won the Golden Bear in Berlin Film Festival.

Tokyo trembles

On March 11, 2011, Tokyo suffered the largest earthquake in its history, followed by a tsunami that caused the Fukushima disaster. Alexandra, a Frenchwoman who has just arrived in Tokyo to work at a major French bank, is experiencing this nuclear crisis. Torn between the orders of her company and the need to protect her family, Alexandra will find herself defending a certain idea of ​​honor and truth, just when fear and panic have destroyed them.

Parasites: the plague

Kaleb, almost thirty years old, will never leave his neighborhood. But the more time passes, the more alone he feels: he is arguing with his sister over an inheritance story, he has broken off relations with his best friend and the rest of his friends are starting to doubt him. Passionate about exotic animals, Kaleb brings a poisonous spider into the building. When the spider escapes and lays eggs throughout the building, Kaleb will have to team up with his friends who have stopped believing in him to save the neighborhood. Special Jury Prize at the Sitges International Film Festival (Spain, 2023).