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Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in New York

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- There are 21 features, including eight directed by women, and an impressive delegation of artists on the cards for the 21st edition of the event organised by UniFrance

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in New York
Valley of Love by Guillaume Nicloux

Today, Guillaume Nicloux’s Valley of Love [+see also:
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will open the 21st Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in New York, with its director and its lead actress, Isabelle Huppert, in attendance. Organised until 13 March by UniFrance and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, this edition will present 21 features, 14 of which will be US premieres, and it represents a spotlight that is always very popular with New York film buffs and an effective springboard for a territory that is a major area of export for French cinema.

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The Rendez-Vous, whose programme includes such titles as Fatima [+see also:
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interview: Philippe Faucon
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by Philippe Faucon (recently crowned with glory thanks to its César Award for Best Film) and the Cannes Palme d'Or winner Dheepan [+see also:
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Q&A: Jacques Audiard
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by Jacques Audiard, which will bring the gathering to a close, has also selected eight movies directed by female filmmakers: the Cannes-selected Standing Tall [+see also:
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interview: Emmanuelle Bercot
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by Emmanuelle Bercot, Disorder [+see also:
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interview: Alice Winocour
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by Alice Winocour and Mon roi [+see also:
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by Maïwenn, the revelation Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) [+see also:
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interview: Eva Husson
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by Eva Husson, the excellent Summertime [+see also:
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by Catherine Corsini, Les Trois sœurs by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi (an adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s drama The Three Sisters, with the troupe from the Comédie Française), the comedy Lolo [+see also:
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interview: Julie Delpy, Dany Boon
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by Julie Delpy (revealed in the Venice Days) and the moving Parisienne [+see also:
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by Danielle Arbid.

Several young directors will also be represented on the line-up, with The Great Game [+see also:
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by Nicolas Pariser (Louis Delluc Prize for Best Debut Film), The New Kid [+see also:
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interview: Rudi Rosenberg
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by Rudi Rosenberg (Best Film in the New Directors section at San Sebastián), Les Deux Amis [+see also:
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by Louis Garrel (unveiled in the Cannes Critics’ Week), the original Des Apaches [+see also:
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by Nassim Amaouche and Dark Inclusion [+see also:
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interview: Arthur Harari
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by Arthur Harari (which will be released in France on 8 June).

It is also worth highlighting the chilling A Decent Man [+see also:
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by Emmanuel Finkiel, the larger-than-life 21 Nights with Pattie [+see also:
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by Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, Much Loved [+see also:
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by Nabil Ayouch (the star attraction of the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight) and two titles by auteurs who never fail to fascinate: Winter Song [+see also:
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by Otar Iosseliani and The Story of Judas [+see also:
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by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmèche.

The movies on the programme in New York will be accompanied by a majority of their directors, who will take part in Q&A sessions after the screenings, occasionally flanked by some of their actors, such as Diane Kruger. Furthermore, four Free Talks are on the menu with Isabelle Huppert, Julie Delpy, Melvil Poupaud and the "French Touch Composers" (Grégoire Hetzel, Nicolas Jaar, Morgan Kibby, Mathieu Lamboley and Mark Snow).

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(Translated from French)

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