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2010 FESTIVAL PROGRAM   

 

CLICK on the TITLE or PHOTO of the FILMS to GET ACCESS to SYNOPSIS, TRAILER and REVIEWS.

 

Show Times
Print The SFFF Schedule
(pdf)

All films are in French
with English subtitles.
The Tenant and The Sicilian Clan are presented in their English versions.

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Driving Directions to the Theatre

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Friday, June 18

Opening Night

6pm-8pm Reception

8:30pm In the Beginning
(doors open at 8pm for the film).

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Saturday, June 19

11:15am Diva

1:55pm Short Film Screening

5pm Story of a Cheat

7:05pm Please, Please me!

9:20pm Louise-Michel

Midnight The Tenant
Followed by an early breakfast!

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Sunday, June 20

11am Story of a Cheat

1:05pm Please, Please me!

3:20pm Skirt Day

5:35pm Louise-Michel

8pm Diva

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Saturday, June 26

11am Pépé le Moko

1:20pm The Sicilian Clan

4pm Army of Crime

7:05pm The French Kissers

9:15 Rapt

Midnight Man Bites Dog
(WARNING! This film contains scenes of violence).
Followed by an early breakfast!

 
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Sunday, June 27

9:45am Petit Déjeuner (French Breakfast) with Chuck Zigman, author of The World's Coolest Movie Star.

10:15am The Sicilian Clan

1pm Pépé le Moko

3:20pm Heartbreaker

5:45 Rapt

Closing Night

8:30pm OSS 117: lost in Rio

Followed by a Champagne Party

Print the SFFF schedule (pdf)

TICKET and PASS INFORMATION HERE!

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  SPECIAL FUNDRIASING SCREENING - THURSDAY, APRIL 29  
  le couperet   Le Couperet (The Ax, 122 min)
2005 - Costa - Gavras

April 29th, 2010 - 7:30pm at the Crest Theatre
 
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 image OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION AND FILM - FRIDAY, JUNE 18  
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a l'origine

A L'Origine (In the Beginning, 130 min)
2009 - Xavier Giannoli
8:30pm (one screening only)
OPENING NIGHT FILM MAY BE ATTENDED WITHOUT ATTENDING THE RECEPTION. Doors open at 8:00pm for patrons who are attending the opening night film but not the opening night reception.

 
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  opening reception   Opening Night Reception begins at 6 o'clock in the lobby of the Crest Theatre.
OPENING NIGHT FILM MAY BE ATTENDED WITHOUT ATTENDING THE RECEPTION.
Open Wine Bar by Barefoot Wine, Water by Perrier. Catering by Aioli Bodega Espanola, Bistro Michel, Café Rolle, Hot Italian, Kru, Magpie Caterers, The Melting Pot, Opa! Opa!, Selland's Market Cafe & Ella Dining Room and Bar, Sun Flour Baking Company, Whole Foods Market, baguettes by Boudin Bakery & Café and coffee by Coffee Works. Seasoned with music by DJ Christophe.
      TICKET and PASS INFORMATION HERE!   
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  MIDNIGHT MOVIES - SATURDAY, JUNE 19 & 26
 

Too outrageous, scary or violent, for the timid; this year's midnight movies will make you shiver with fear and laugh with disbelief. After the films, discussions around coffee and pastries provided by Coffee Works will help you ease back into your regular life!
The Midnight Movies are presented in the main auditorium.

 
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  le locataire  

Le Locataire (The Tenant, 126 min)
1976 - Roman Polanski
Saturday 19th (one screening only)

 
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  c'est arrive pres de chez vous  

C'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man Bites Dog, 96 min)
1992 - Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel & Benoît Poelvoorde
Saturday 26th (one screening only)
(WARNING! this film contains scenes of violence)

 
     

 

 
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CLOSING NIGHT FILM AND PARTY - SUNDAY, JUNE 27

 
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  oss 117: Rio ne repond plus  

OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus (OSS 117: Lost in Rio, 100 min)
2009 - Michel Hazanavicius
Sunday 27th - 8:30pm (one screening only) 

 
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  closing reception  

Closing Night Party in the lobby of the Crest Theatre, immediately following the closing film. Featuring Champagne by Barefoot Bubbly, Water by Perrier & Metromint, Paté by Marcel et Henri, Baguettes by Boudin Bakery & Café by Coffee Works.

 
       
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  PREMIERES  
  The new releases are presented in the main auditorium.  
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  louise michel  

Louise-Michel (94 min)
2008 - Benoît Delépine & Gustave de Kervern
Saturday 19th - 9:20pm & Sunday 20th - 5:35pm

 
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  fais moi plaisir !  

Fais moi plaisir ! (Please, Please Me! 90 min)
2009 - Emmanuel Mouret
Sunday 19th - 7:05pm & Sunday 20th - 1:05pm

 
         
  la journee de la jupe  

La journée de la jupe (Skirt Day, 87 min)
2009 - Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Sunday 20th - 3:20pm (one screening only)

 
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  l'armee du crime  

L'Armée du crime (Army of Crime, 139 min)
2009 - Robert Guédiguian
Saturday 26th - 4pm (one screening only)

 
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  les beaux gosses  

Les Beaux Gosses (French Kissers, 90 min)
2009 - Riad Sattouf
Saturday 26th - 7:05pm (one screening only)

 
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  rapt  

Rapt (125 min)
2009 - Lucas Belvaux
Saturday 26th - 9:15pm & Sunday 27th - 5:45pm

 
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  l'arnacoeur  

L'Arnacoeur (Heartbreaker 105 min)
2010 - Pascal Chaumeil
Sunday 27th - 3:20pm (one screening only)

 
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  CLASSICS
  The classics are presented in the main auditorium.  
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  diva  

Diva (117 min)
1981 - Jean-Jacques Beineix
Saturday 19th - 11:15am & Sunday 20th - 8pm
Co-presented by the Sacramento Opera

 
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  le roman d'un tricheur  

Le Roman d'un tricheur (The Story of a Cheat, 81 min)
1936 - Sacha Guitry
Saturday 19th - 5pm & Sunday 20th - 11am

 
         
  pepe le moko  

Tribute to Jean Gabin
Pépé le Moko (93 min)
1937 - Julien Duvivier
Saturday 26th - 11am & Sunday 27th - 1pm

 
         
  le clan de siciliens  

Tribute to Jean Gabin
Le Clan des siciliens
(The Sicilian Clan, 120 min)
1969 - Henri Verneuil
Saturday 26th - 1:20pm & Sunday 27th - 10:15am
Sunday screening preceded by a Petit Déjeuner (French Breakfast) with Chuck Zigman, author of The World's Coolest Movie Star at 9:45am.

 
         
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SHORT FILMS

 
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  la tangente  

The Sacramento French Film Festival is proud to present a selection of shorts from France, in collaboration with Unifrance.

Short film Program (130 min)
Saturday 19th - 1:55pm (one screening only)

Short films shown prior to feature films

 
       
         
  SPECIAL GUESTS
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  aurelien wiik  

Director Stéphanie Vasseur will be at the Crest Theatre to present her latest short films: Le Petit Marin and 3ème B, 4ème Gauche, as part of the Short film Program (130 min).
Saturday 19th - 1:55pm (one screening only)

 
   
  aurelien wiik   Chuck Zigman, author of the first book in English about Jean Gabin, The World's Coolest Movie Star, will be at the Crest Theatre to introduce Pépé le Moko and Le Clan des siciliens.

 
         
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