A new edition of French film festival It starts this Thursday, April 9. It will be at the Cinépolis Recoleta, it will include 11 titles, most of them as premieres, except for a couple of classics like Alphaville and The contemptboth of Jean-Luc Godardwhich will be exhibited in restored copies.
“For its fourth edition, the French Film Festival returns with a more eclectic program than ever: we mix genres, eras, we cross gazes, we combine records. And that many times in the same film,” said Antoine Sebire, Regional Audiovisual Cooperation Attaché of the Institut Français d’Argentine and the French Embassy in Argentina. And when you see the programming, you will notice that he is right.
There will be a guest of honor, Santiago Amigorenascreenwriter of The colors of timeone of the films to be shown, directed by Cédric Klapisch.
Tickets cost $14,000 -Movieclub members will pay $12,000- and there will be 4×5 packages (you pay 4 and receive 5) or 8×10. Ticket reservations can be made here.
Below is the complete schedule, with titles, synopsis, duration and functions of the films.
Young mothers (Jeunes mères)
The new from the Dardenne brothers.Of Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne. With Babette Verbeek, Elsa Houben, Janaina Halloy, Lucie Laruelle, Samia Hilmi, Jef Jacobs 104′. Drama, 2025. SAM 13
Five women live in a Maternity Center for young mothers. They are teenagers raised in difficult circumstances, fighting to build a better life for themselves and their children. Best screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival.
Saturday at 4:30 p.m., Monday at 7 p.m..
Case 137 (Dossier 137)
It competed at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.By Dominik Moll. With Léa Drucker, Jonathan Turnbull, Mathilde Roehrich. 115 min. Drama, 2025. SAM 16
This police drama competed at the Cannes Film Festival in which an Internal Affairs police officer receives a case related to a young man injured during a demonstration in Paris. Léa Drucker won best actress at the César Awards.
Friday at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday at 9:40 p.m.
Two pianos (Deux pianos)
The film with Charlotte Rampling.By Arnaud Desplechin. With Francois Civil, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Charlotte Rampling, Hippolyte Girardot, / 115′. Drama, 2025. SAM 13
A pianist returns to France after a long absence, and contacts his mentor again to prepare a concert. And the encounter in a park with a boy identical to him leads him to Claude, the woman he loved. It competed at the San Sebastián Festival.
Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Monday at 9:40 p.m.
The Great Arch (L’Inconnu de la Grande Arche)
It went through the Cannes Film Festival and won two César awards.By Stephane Demoustier. With Claes Bang, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Xavier Dolan, Swann Arlaud, Michel Fau. 106′. Drama, 2025. ATP
In 1982, François Mitterrand decided to call an international architectural competition to mark his presidency with an emblematic project: the Grand Arch of Defense, in line with the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe. The competition is won by a Danish architect, but his ideas clash with the whims of politics.
It competed in the Un certain regard section at Cannes. Winner of 2 César awards.
Saturday at 10 p.m., Wednesday at 7 p.m.
L’Affaire Bojarski
A very recent film, from 2026.By Jean-Paul Salomé. With Reda Kateb, Sara Giraudeau, Bastien Bouillon, Pierre Lottin. 128′. Drama, 2026. SAM 13
Jan Bojarski, a young Polish engineer, takes refuge in France during the war, where he creates false documents during the German occupation. But after the war, since he is not registered, he cannot patent his inventions, and a gangster proposes that he use his talent to make counterfeit bills, which will make him pursued by “Mattei, the best police officer in France.”
Sunday at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday at 9:40 p.m.
The divine Sarah Bernhardt (Sarah Bernhardt, la divine)
The actress who was a French icon.By Guillaume Nicloux. With Sandrine Kiberlain, Laurent Lafitte, Amira Casar, Pauline Etienne. 98′. Biopic, 2024. ATP
Sarah Bernhardt is at the peak of her glory around 1896. The film attempts to rediscover the woman behind the legendary actress. He had two nominations for the César awards.
Friday at 4:30 p.m., Sunday at 10 p.m.
The colors of time (La Venue de l’avenir)
The scriptwriter Santiago Amigorena will talk with the public.By Cédric Klapisch. With Suzanne Lindon, Abraham Wapler, Julia Piaton, Vincent Macaigne, Zinedine Soualem. 124′. Comedy drama, 2025. ATP
Thirty people from the same family find out that they are going to inherit a house that has been abandoned for years. Four carry out an inventory of the house, and discover that they had a mysterious ancestor, Adèle, who at the end of the 19th century left Normandy to travel to Paris, when Impressionism was born. Three César Award nominations.
Thursday at 7:00 p.m., Sunday at 4:30 p.m., followed by Q&A with Santiago Amigorena.
Maya, give me a title (Maya, donne-moi un titre)
The animated film from the director of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”By Michel Gondry. With the voices of Pierre Niney, Maya Gondry. 61′. Animation, 2024. ATP
Maya and her father live in two different countries, and to maintain contact with his daughter and continue telling her stories, he asks her every night: “Maya, give me a title,” so he makes a cartoon where his daughter is the heroine. Awarded at the Berlin Festival.
Awarded at the Berlin Festival.
Sunday at 2:20 p.m., Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
For Adam’s Sake (L’Intérêt d’Adam)
Another film at the Festival starring Léa Drucker (“Case 137”).By Laura Wandel. With Léa Drucker, Anamaria Vartolomei, Jules Delsart. 73. Drama, 2025. SAM 13
It focuses on Adam, a malnourished 4-year-old boy, who is admitted to a hospital by court order, and the relationship between the child’s mother and the head pediatric nurse.
Thursday at 9:40 p.m., Tuesday at 7 p.m.
For its part, Alphaville (best film at the Berlin Film Festival) and The contempt They will be seen, respectively, on Friday at 9:40 p.m. and Monday at 4:30 p.m., and on Saturday at 2:20 p.m. and Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
