As part of the 16th Francophone Film Days from March 4th to March 14th in Budapest, several films in this year’s programme are available with English subtitles, making them accessible to English-speaking audiences.
This selection highlights some of the titles you can enjoy even if you don’t speak french or hungarian, an easy way to discover contemporary francophone cinema on the big screen !
Official website: https://filmnapok.franciaintezet.hu/fr
All English-language Screenings
Leave One Day / Partir un jour / Élvezd a pillanot!
◘ 03.04. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Uránia - Jegyek | Uránia Nemzeti Filmszínház
◘ 03.12. Thursday, 8 p.m., Francia Intézet - Jegyvásárlás | Budapesti Francia Intézet
Cécile is about to open her own gourmet restaurant, finally making her dream come true, when suddenly her father has a heart attack and she is called back to the village where she was born. Far from the hubbub of Paris life, she runs into her teenage crush. The memories come flooding back, destabilizing her certainties.
TRAILER VOSTEN https://youtu.be/qcyZMsj0TDA?si=5XqHUxxXxZMMfeXd
The Man Who Saw The Bear / L’homme qui a vu l’ours qui a vu l’homme / Akik látták a medvét
◘ 03. 06. Friday, 6:00 p.m., Francia Intézet - Jegyvásárlás | Budapesti Francia Intézet
◘ 03. 14. Saturday, 3p.m., Uránia - Jegyek | Uránia Nemzeti Filmszínház
Grégoire and Michel are not from the same generation, but they are united by friendship, a love of nature, and a deep affection for a circus bear who escaped.
TRAILER VOSTEN https://locofilms.privio.eu/viewing/eeedf41c-8303-40c6-9b3f-a84f0a282853
The Great Arch / L’inconnu de la Grande Arche / Egy dán építész Páriszban
◘ 03. 10. Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Francia Intézet Jegyvásárlás | Budapesti Francia Intézet
◘ 03. 13., Friday, 8p.m., Uránia Jegyek | Uránia Nemzeti Filmszínház
The story of Otto von Spreckelsen, a real-life architecture teacher from Copenhagen, who surprised the world when he won an open-call competition launched by French president François Mitterrand.
TRAILER VOSTEN https://youtu.be/lx-4zBY6DEA?si=sjK8zL8h3Km_lBiB
Young Mothers / Jeunes mères / Leányanyák
◘ 03.07. Saturday, 5 p.m., Uránia - Jegyek | Uránia Nemzeti Filmszínház
◘ 03.13. Friday, 6 p.m., Francia Intézet - Jegyvásárlás | Budapesti Francia Intézet
Jessica, Perla, Julie, Ariane and Naïma are housed in a shelter for young mothers. Five teenagers hoping for a better life for themselves and their babies.
TRAILER VOSTEN https://youtu.be/_j0SKo65_GA?si=IfToG9aKiOpIXBWv
The Courageous / Les courageux / Tűzön-vízen át
◘ 03.05. Thursday, 6 p.m., Uránia - Jegyek | Uránia Nemzeti Filmszínház
◘ 03.12. Thursday, 6 p.m., Uránia - Jegyek | Uránia Nemzeti Filmszínház
In a small town on the edge of wild country, an eccentric and delinquent mother has had enough of the rules. Crushed by her mistakes and by a society that doesn’t give a damn, or a second chance, to people like her, she’ll do anything to prove to her children, and to herself, that she still is a good person.
TRAILER VOSTEN https://youtu.be/Ce5Z5ZUh14E?si=P9W5pmQ0exh854yb
Out of Love / Les enfants vont bien / A gyerekek jól vannak
◘ 03. 06. Friday, 8 p.m., Francia Intézet - Jegyvásárlás | Budapesti Francia Intézet
◘ 03. 10. Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Uránia - Jegyek | Uránia Nemzeti Filmszínház
When Jeanne, a meticulous insurance assessor, is suddenly left to care for her estranged sister’s two children after their mother vanishes, her carefully ordered life begins to unravel. Confronted with unexpected responsibilities, she must balance the fragile task of earning the children’s trust while also tending to her own relationship with her girlfriend, who struggles to adjust to Jeanne’s new role. As grief, uncertainty, and shifting loyalties mount, Jeanne finds herself redefining what family and love truly mean.
TRAILER VOSTEN https://youtu.be/Qo1lgxJUog8?si=gimZ34bCYNpM5ggZ
The Little Sister / La petite dernière / A legkisebb lány
◘ 03.09. Monday, 6:30p.m., Francia Intézet - Jegyvásárlás | Budapesti Francia Intézet
◘ 03.14. Saturday 4 p.m., Francia Intézet - Jegyvásárlás | Budapesti Francia Intézet
Fatima, 17, is the youngest of three daughters in a French-Algerian family. Wanting to find her own path in life, she begins university studies in Paris, where she embraces new experiences. She struggles to develop her identity and balance emerging desires, including her attraction to women, while also maintaining a sense of loyalty to her family..
TRAILER VOSTEN https://youtu.be/aHntkAmfiNs?si=YJ_wr32XKSCnrco1
Nino
◘ 03.12. Thursday, 6 p.m., Francia Intézet - Jegyvásárlás | Budapesti Francia Intézet
◘ 03.13. Friday, 6 p.m., Uránia - Jegyek | Uránia Nemzeti Filmszínház
In three days, Nino will have to face a major challenge. Until then, the doctors have given him two missions, two imperatives that will take the young man through Paris, forcing him to reconnect with others and with himself.
TRAILER VOSTEN https://youtu.be/bNLWlWkVEIc?si=kdLn-qtQ4j9AWhX0
Nouvelle Vague - Az új hullám
◘ 03.05. Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Francia Intézet - Jegyvásárlás | Budapesti Francia Intézet
◘ 03.07. Saturday, 7 p.m., Uránia - Jegyek | Uránia Nemzeti Filmszínház
The behind the scenes of the filming of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960), a landmark of the French New Wave film movement.
TRAILER VOSTEN https://youtu.be/E2SmcSK4I0w?si=rHcyWCF-BjgLFYaf
Couture / Öltések
◘ 03.08. Sunday, 5 p.m., Francia Intézet - Jegyvásárlás | Budapesti Francia Intézet
◘ 03.14. Saturday, 8 p.m., Uránia - Jegyek | Uránia Nemzeti Filmszínház
Set during the frenzy of Paris Fashion Week, three women’s lives intersect: Maxine, a filmmaker who discovers she has breast cancer and is drawn into an unexpected connection with a familiar collaborator; Ada, a fresh face in modeling, escaping a predetermined future back home in South Sudan; and Angèle, a makeup artist working in the shadows of the catwalks..
TRAILER VOSTEN https://youtu.be/lSw01dbUFXg?si=mETpnlYlpFAbiPdZ