MALVERN FRENCH FILM CENTRE 2023/24 SEASON FANFAN LA TULIPE 1952 (A) - B&W 102 mins (adventure/comedy/romance) Christian-Jaque Roguish Fanfan (Gérard Philippe) escapes being wed to a farm girl when a gypsy, Adeline (Gina Lollobrigida), predicts that he'll find glory in the army, then marry a princess. After enlisting he learns that Adeline is the recruiter's daughter and invented the prediction. He decides to make the fortune come true and in a sword fight rescues the king's daughter, which convinces…

  MALVERN FRENCH FILM CENTRE 2023/24 SEASON ILLUSIONS PERDUES 2021 (15) - colour 144 mins (drama/romance) Xavier Giannoli In 1821, Lucien arrives in Paris as an idealistic young poet determined to write a reputation-making novel. Instead, he finds himself swept into journalism, booming with the help of the new printing press.Under the mentorship of a cynical editor he agrees to write rave theatre reviews for bribes, achieving success at the expense of his conscience. A sweeping adaptation of Balzac's great…

  MALVERN FRENCH FILM CENTRE 2023/24 SEASON GAS-OIL 1955 (PG) - B&W 93 mins (crime/drama) Gilles Grangier After spending the night with his girlfriend, trucker Jean runs over a dead body on the road. He reports the incident to the police, who suspect that he was responsible for the death, and his new truck is impounded. To make matters worse, the man’s widow accuses him of having robbed her husband, and a gang of crooks are also after him. Stars…

  MALVERN FRENCH FILM CENTRE 2023/24 SEASON Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th April - Six Classic French Comedy Films JOUR DE FÊTE 1949 (PG) - B&W 86 mins (comedy) Jaques Tati In a small French town, the local postman, scatterbrained and bumbling François spends his working hours casually delivering the mail, while being the subject of the townsfolk's teasing. When a traveling carnival arrives in town, a drunken François watches a film about the efficiency of the U.S. Postal Service.…

  MALVERN FRENCH FILM CENTRE 2023/24 SEASON Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th April - Six Classic French Comedy Films LE GENDARME DE SAINT-TROPEZ 1964 (A) - colour 90 mins (comedy/crime) Jean Girault Ludovic Cruchot (Louis de Funès), a meddlesome sergeant from a gendarmerie brigade has been re-assigned to the fashionable Mediterranean seaside resort of Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera, under the orders of Chief Adjudant Gerber. He is tasked to hunt down and arrest nudists. Meanwhile, a Rembrandt painting has…

  MALVERN FRENCH FILM CENTRE 2023/24 SEASON Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th April - Six Classic French Comedy Films LA CAGE AUX FOLLES 1978 (15) - colour 97 mins (comedy) Édouard Molinaro Renato and Albin are happy that their son, Laurent is getting married. Unfortunately, the bride's father is a die-hard conservative and Renato and Albin are rather obviously gay. To ensure the marriage goes off without a hitch, Albin uses his skills as a drag performer to play mum for a…

  MALVERN FRENCH FILM CENTRE 2023/24 SEASON Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th April - Six Classic French Comedy Films LE CORNIAUD 1965 (U) - colour 111 mins (adventure/comedy/crime) Gérard Oury Leaving Paris for his summer holiday, Antoine (Bourvil) has his 2CV totally wrecked in a collision with the Bentley of company director Saroyan (Louis de Funès). As compensation, Saroyan offers Antoine a white Cadillac to drive from Naples to Bordeaux, all expenses paid. Unknown to Antoine, Saroyan is the leader…

  MALVERN FRENCH FILM CENTRE 2023/24 SEASON Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th April - Six Classic French Comedy Films LE PETIT MONDE DE DON CAMILLO 1952 (U) - B&W 107 mins (comedy) Julien Duvivier Don Camillo is a catholic priest in Brescello, a village in the Po Valley in post-World War II Northern Italy. The communists won the election and their leader Giuseppe Bottazzi aka "Peppone" becomes the new mayor. Camillo and Peppone were both members of the Resistance during…