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Arnaud Desplechin in personOne of the most celebrated of contemporary French directors, Arnaud Desplechin (In the Company of Men, SFIFF 2004; Kings and Queen, SFIFF 2005) returns with another glorious family drama. In this Cannes award winner, Desplechin tells the story of a family Christmas get-together, bringing to it a dizzying but delicious complexity. Emotionally resonant and wickedly funny, the film stars Catherine Deneuve as the cool matriarch of a fascinatingly dysfunctional family and Desplechin regular Mathieu Amalric as her estranged, unstable son. French cinema luminaries Chiara Mastroianni, Emmanuelle Devos and Hippolyte Girardot round out the expert ensemble cast. With the breadth of an epic novel and the wit of classic comedy, Desplechin proves once again that he is one of the most ambitious filmmakers of his time.
Written by Arnaud Desplechin, Emmanuel Bourdieu. Photographed by Eric Gautier. With Catherine Deneuve, Mathieu Amalric, Chiara Mastroianni, Jean-Paul Roussillon. (152 min, IFC Films)
9:00 pm Opening Night Reception at Cassis, 2101 Sutter Street
This screening is part of French Cinema Now. For complete schedule and to purchase tickets, please visit http://www.sffs.org.
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