Luna Palace Cinemas and the Alliance Française are delighted to invite you to a special preview screening of Julien Rappeneau’s enchanting directorial debut ROSALIE BLUM at 6.30pm on Thursday 8 December, ahead of its official Boxing Day cinema release.
Tickets are just $9 for students and friends of the Alliance (a saving of up to $11 per adult admission). A maximum of four discounted tickets applies per person.
The official Opening Night film of the 2016 Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, ROSALIE BLUM charmed audiences and went on to became the best-attended film in the event’s 27-year history.
Thirty-something Vincent Machot (indelibly played by Kyan Khojandi) is a hairdresser, like his father before him. Life rotates around work, his overbearing mother who lives in the apartment upstairs, and a womanising cousin constantly trying to set him up. But one morning Vincent experiences a powerful déjà-vu when he meets the gaze of a grocery store clerk, Rosalie Blum (the fabulous Noémie Lvovsky). Intrigued by this mysterious woman, he begins following her…
To reveal more would only spoil the surprises of Rappeneau’s ingeniously structured tale, other than to say that a series of coincidences – both hilarious and dramatic – memorably brings together a group of lost souls in a manner reminiscent of Claude Berri’s wonderful Hunting and Gathering.
Indeed with its themes of fraternity, love and the need for human connection, ROSALIE BLUM delivers a timely reminder of the best that French cinema has to offer. It’s a joy to watch.
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