Alliance Française du Manitoba

REEL PRIDE : Points de fierté

The Alliance Française du Manitoba is proud to present Points de fierté, a French GLBTTQ* film cycle, as part of the REEL PRIDE 2014.

Join us on Friday, October 17^th, from 6PM to midnight at Beereel Venue 2 of the Gas Station Arts Centre (445 River Avenue), for this celebration GLBTTQ* in French cinema.

*All screened in French with English subtitles

For more information and the complete Festival schedule, check out reelpride.org.

OUR PROGRAM

FEMININ/FEMININ by Chloé Robichaud - 2014 - Webseries

”As a fresco representing different women – 18 to 42 years old – each episode explores the life of one before reuniting them. It’s a little bit of a tribute, a portrait, and a wink to each woman. This is a series about love between women. Life on a daily basis, a 10-minute capsule, times 8. I hope that in these women, many will see their own realities, whether homosexual or not.” -Chloé Robichaud.

Watch the trailer here.

LE TEMPS QUI RESTE (Time to leave) by François Ozon - 2005 - Drama

In Paris, thirty-one year old gay fashion photographer Romain learns that he has a terminal cancer and his chances with the chemotherapy are the least. His choice is to live the rest of his life without treatment. He hides the truth from his lover Sasha and his family and is cruel with them. He travels to visit his grandmother Laura and has a small talk with a waitress. He spends a couple of days with Laura and he meets by chance the waitress again that asks him for an unusual favor. Romain returns to Paris and changes his attitude toward the rest of his life.

Watch the trailer here.

LES AMOURS IMAGINAIRES (Heartbeats) by Xavier Dolan - 2010 - Drama/Romance

HEARTBEATS centers on two close friends, Francis (Xavier Dolan) and Marie (Monia Chokri), who find themselves fighting for the affections of the same striking young man (Neils Schneider). The more intimate the trio becomes, the more unattainable the object of their infatuation seems, sending the friends’ obsession into overdrive.

Watch the trailer here.

LES INVISIBLES (The Invisible) by Sébastien Lifshitz - 2012 - Documentary

“Les Invisibles” (The Invisible) of the title are a group men and women born between the two world wars. They have nothing in common except they are all gay and that they decided to be open about their homosexuality at a time when society rejected them. Despite general disapproval, they refused to deny who they actually were, thus maintaining their integrity. Today they talk before Sébastien Lifshitz’s camera. Without hate. Without bitterness. With cheerful dignity.

Watch the trailer here.