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This year we'll again be featuring nine films, all of which are here for their New York premieres. We are thrilled as well to be able to present a Belgian film in its US debut.

This unique event would of course not be possible without the support of our loyal sponsors. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to those of you who have not only renewed but also increased your commitments, as well as to those new supporters who have enthusiastically joined us this year.

Many thanks as well to actor Yvan Attal, directors Jennifer Devoldère

cinema filmed in French, but also to support two worthy causes: The Make a Wish Foundation of Metro and Western New York and L'Entraide Française.

and Eric Lavaine, and producer Patrick Gimenez for being here to present their films and enlighten us with their insights during the Q and A sessions.

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Letter From Make-a-Wish Foundation For its third edition, In French With English Subtitles has selected the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York to be part of this event. We are deeply thankful to all the spectators and sponsors who, by being here, will contribute to help make funding available to grant wishes to children with life threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy!

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Letter From Entraide Française Our mission: To provide financial and emotional support to FrenchAmerican families going through serious economic or domestic problems.

We, at L’Entraide Française, are constantly working toward improving our mission, as well as strengthening bonds with our valued friends. Thanks to I FWES we have the opportunity to be with you again at their third festival and we feel proud to be part of its continuing success. By taking part in this festival, you are having a direct effect on helping us accomplish our mission of supporting those French and Americans, the majority of them children, who are in need of temporary assistance in the New York area.

2011 was a challenging year for us with twice as many cases as last year. It also marks Entraide Française’s 50 th Anniversary as we celebrate a half century of solidarity and friendship throughout our community.

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Weekend Overview FR I DAY, DEC. 2 OPE N I NG N IG HT 7:00 pm R.I.F. (Recherches dans l’intérêt des familles) Missing People’s Research Dir. Franck Mancuso - 2010 Q&A with actor Yvan Attal and producer Patrick Gimenez Hosted by Jerry Carlson

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Quartier lointain | A Distant Neighborhood Dir. Sam Garbarsky - 2009

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Tous les soleils | Silence Of Love Dir. Philippe Claudel - 2010

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Et soudain, tout le monde me manque The Day I Saw Your Heart Dir. Jennifer Devoldère - 2010 Q&A with director Jennifer Devoldère

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Bienvenue à bord | Welcome Aboard Dir. Éric Lavaine - 2010 Q&A with director Éric Lavaine Hosted by Jerry Carlson

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Switch | Switch Dir. Frédéric Schoendoerffer - 2010

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He is a member of the doctoral faculty in the Ph.D. Program in French and Film Studies at the CU NY Graduate Center.

His current research is focused on how slavery and its legacy in the New World have been represented in cinema.

In addition, he is an active producer, director, and writer. He created and produces for CU NY-TV the series CITY CI N E MATH EQU E about film history, CANAPE about French-American cultural relations.

In 1998, he was inducted by France as a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques.

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PATRICK GIMENEZ Patrick Gimenez was born in France in 1963. He is a producer, director and actor who, either on his own or with his partner, André Lazare has produced or distributed over 180 movies in the last 24 years.

In 2002, he created French Feeling Films, an American company located in Paris and Miami which distributes movies in VO-STA in the USA (Original Version with American subtitles).

With the patronage of the Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), French Feeling Films has been the organizer and producer of “France Cinema Floride”, the Miami and Boca Raton French film festivals in South Florida.

In 2009 Patrick Gimenez joined the In French With English Subtitles team of volunteers as Vice President of its Executive Board.

Of the numerous box office hits he has produced in the last ten years two of them are thrillers: Counter Investigation with Jean Dujardin (2007) and R.I.F. with Yvan Attal (2011).

FILMOGRAPHY Director 2011 Recherche à l’intérieur du film (documentary) 2007 Dans les yeux d’un flic (documentary) 2001 Le Tour d’Uderzo (documentary) SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY Producer 2011 R.I.F. / Missing People’s Research 2010 Cargo, les hommes perdus 2008 Lady Blood 2008 Le Bruit du bonheur 2007 Contre-enquête / Counter Investigation 2004 Liberty Bound (documentary) 2000 Calme le jeu 1994 Wacko

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FILMOGRAPHY Director 2003 Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d’enfants 2001 Ma femme est une actrice SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY Actor 2011 Dans la tourmente, dir. Christophe Ruggia R.I.F., dir. Franck Mancuso 2009 Rapt, dir. Lucas Belvaux 2009 Partir, dir. Catherine Corsini Les regrets, dir. Cédric Kahn 2006 Munich, dir. Steven Spielberg Le Candidat, dir. Niels Arestrup 2004 The Interpreter, dir. Sydney Pollack 2003 Il est plus facile pour un chameau…, dir. Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi 2002 Bon voyage, dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau 2001 And now… Ladies and Gentlemen, dir. Claude Lelouch 1998 Cantique de la racaille, dir. Vincent Ravalec 1996 Love, etc., dir. Marion Vernoux 1993 Les Patriotes, dir. Éric Rochant 1991 Amoureuse, dir. Jacques Doillon Cauchemar blanc, dir. Mathieu Kassovitz 1989 Un monde sans pitié, dir. Éric Rochant 14

YVAN ATTAL Actor, screenwriter, director... Yvan Attal is a multitalented artist. Chosen by top directors for his unique presence and his dedication, he is among the best actors of his generation.

Yvan Attal was born in 1965 in Tel Aviv, Israel. His parents, who were Jewish “Pied-Noirs” (French citizens of European origin living in Algeria during colonialization), left the newly independent Algeria to settle in Créteil, on the outskirts of Paris. As a child, Yvan Attal was fascinated by The Godfather movies, his inspiration to eventually pursue a career in the cinema.

In 1985, he enrolled at the Cours Florent - a prestigious French drama school - and made his debut on the stage three years later, playing in Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon. The same year, Elie Chouraqui offered him a role in his TV movie, Parlez moi d’Amour.

Then in 1989 he made a profound impression on the public as Hippolyte Giradot’s “hustling partner” in Un monde sans pitié, the culte film by Eric Rochant. His performance won him a César for best supporting actor. In 1991, he met and fell in love with Charlotte Gainsbourg during the shooting of Aux yeux du monde.

In 1997, the same year that he got the Prix Jean Gabin for best up-and-coming actor in the French cinema, he directed his first short film, I Got a Woman. Four years later he made his first feature length film, Ma femme est une actrice, starring his wife, Charlotte Gainsbourg. Hailed by the critics, the film was a box office hit. In 2003, his winning streak continued with Ils se marierent et eurent beaucoup d’enfants.

Since 2005 he’s also been acting in the US with such prestigious directors as Sidney Pollack and Steven Spielberg.

From 2008 on he played a variety of roles from that of a Nazi hunter in La Traque to the victim of a kidnapping in Rapt.

In 2011, Yvan Attal starred in Polisse, as well as in Dans la tourmente (In Turmoil), and in R.I.F. where he plays alongside Pascal Elbé as a man who is desperately searching for his missing wife.

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Friday, December 2, 7:00 pm

R.I.F. (RECHERCHES DANS L’INTERÊT DES FAMILLES) MISSING PEOPLE’S RESEARCH SCREENING SPONSORED BY

Followed by Q&A with Yvan Attal, actor and Patrick Gimenez, producer Hosted by Jerry Carlson, Professor of film While on holiday, the wife of Stephane Monnereau, chief of the Parisian criminal investigation police, vanishes. Ironically, all the evidence seems to indicate that the husband himself might be involved in her disappearance. In order to avoid being held in custody, Mr. Monnereau flees with his son. From that moment on, his sole purpose is to prove his innocence and to solve the mystery of his wife’s disappearance.

The title of the movie R.I.F. refers to the form that has to be filled out before launching an investigation for a missing adult. This particular form differs somewhat from the one that has to be filled out for a minor, since someone over 18 actually has the legal right to “go missing” without notifying his family.

CRITICS “A well told whodunit that embarks us on a tension-filled journey into the world of police work.”

DIRECTOR Franck Mancuso PRODUCERS Fabio Conversi & Patrick Gimenez SCREENWRITERS Franck Mancuso & D.O.A. DIR. OF PHOTOGRAPHY Thomas Hardmeier MUSIC Louis Bertignac CAST Yvan Attal / Pascal Elbé / Armelle Deutsch / Valentina Cervi / Talid Ariss GENRE Thriller RUNNING TIME 01h30min PRODUCTION France, 2010 FRENCH RELEASE 8/31/2011 DISTRIBUTION StudioCanal No US rating

FILMOGRAPHY Franck Mancuso, Director 2008 Contre-enquête Counter Investigation 2011 R.I.F. (Recherches dans l’intérêt des familles)

Jaques Mandelbaum, Le Monde “One gets caught up in this police thriller with its compelling characters, beautifully played by Yvan Attal and Pascal Elbé, who complement each other perfectly.”

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Saturday, December 3, 1:00 pm

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Thomas, a father in his fifties, ends up by pure coincidence in the town he grew up in.

He suddenly falls ill and wakes up forty years earlier in his teenage body. Thrust back in time, he not only gets to re-live his first love but has the chance to better understand the cause of his father’s mysterious disappearance.

But can we really influence past events by living them again?

In his third film, Sam Garbarski takes inspiration from the famous eponymous Jiro Taniguchi’s Manga by shifting the scene from Japan to the old fashioned charm 1950’s France.

QUOTES Sam Garbarski, Director “The real difficulty wasn’t to adapt the story in France, but to best reproduce the esthetic dimension in the film.”

DIRECTOR Sam Garbarski SCREENWRITERS Sam Garbarski, Jérôme Tonnerre, Philippe Blasband DIR. OF PHOTOGRAPHY Timo Salminen MUSIC Air CAST Pascal Greggory / Jonathan Zaccaï / Alexandra Maria Lara / Léo Legrand / Laura Moisson / Laura Martin / Pierre-Louis Bellet / Tania Garbarski / Laurence Lipski / Louis Bianchi GENRE Fantasy RUNNING TIME 01h38min PRODUCTION France, 2010 FRENCH RELEASE 11/24/2010 DISTRIBUTION Wild Bunch Distribution No US Rating. In Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and Germany for children over 10.

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CRITICS “The film explores the sadness of ‘never again’, as much as the desire to remember.”

Cécile Mury, Télérama “Quartier Lointain makes you feel that warmth and nostalgia of youth and summertime, all to the beat of Air.” Jennifer Lesieur, Metro

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Alessandro, an Italian professor of baroque music, lives in Strasbourg with his 15 year old daughter, Irina, who’s in the midst of her adolescent crisis, and with his brother, Crampone, a gentle but crazy anarchist, obsessed with seeking political refugee status, ever since the beginning of the Berlusconi years.

Wanting to be a model father after his wife’s death, he has put his love life on hold, and with his gang of buddies and their burlesque fantasies, he can never find a moment’s peace. Alessandro is completely caught off guard when his daughter feels the first stirrings of love, and suddenly his world is turned upside down….

QUOTES Philippe Claudel, Director “[Strasbourg] is a city whose esthetic I love, each section with its different ambience. I also love the sound of it. You hear all of the European languages there. In the streets people speak Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Italian like Alessandro.”

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DIRECTOR Philippe Claudel SCREENWRITER Philippe Claudel DIR. OF PHOTOGRAPHY Denis Lenoir CAST Stefano Accorsi / Clotilde Courau / Neri Marcore / Lisa Cipriani / Anouk Aimée / Marie Seux / Philippe Rebbot / Margot LefevreChan GENRE Comedy RUNNING TIME 01h45min PRODUCTION France, 2010 FRENCH RELEASE 3/30/2011 DISTRIBUTION UGC Distribution No US Rating FILMOGRAPHY Philippe Claudel, Director 2008 Il y a longtemps que je t’aime I’d Love You So Long 2011 Tous les soleils Silence Of Love

“Witty dialogue, hilarious but true-to-life situations, a finetuned interpretation. Clotilde Courau is fantastic. You’ll come away from this comedy about love, friendship, and even death, feeling really happy.”

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JENNIFER DEVOLDÈRE FILMOGRAPHY Director 2011 Et soudain, tout le monde me manque The Day I Saw Your Heart 2009 Jusqu’à toi

Jennifer Devoldère’s interest in the cinema goes back to when she was eight years old… After having seen E.T. and Raiders of the Lost Ark, she was determined to follow in the footsteps of Steven Spielberg.

Inspired by this childhood fantasy, right after finishing her studies, she made several short films, winding up in the publicity world where she directed ads for various well-known brand names, as well as for humanitarian organizations.

In 2009, she wrote and directed her first feature film, Jusqu’à toi, with Mélanie Laurent and Justin Bartha. Her first film conjures up the spirit of such American romantic comedies as Some Like it Hot. Jennifer Devoldère is quoted as saying she likes to inspire chaos in her movies, like in the Italian films of the 50’s, as opposed to the kind we see in contemporary cinema.

In 2011, for her second film, The Day I Saw Your Heart, she tells a story of a complicated family situation between a detached father, played by Michel Blanc, and his troubled daughter, portrayed by Mélanie Laurent.

In two films now, Mélanie Laurent has played Jennifer Devoldère’s alter ego. What’s more they look alike and one could easily imagine that the actress is a reflection of the director. “Mélanie’s way of expressing herself, her choice of words, her timing and even just her general way of being, affects me. I can hear her voice. She is multi-faceted, and it’s this complexity of hers that I like to focus on. She can be fragile and at the same time have great strength… Show self-confidence, and yet be extremely sensitive. In all honesty, I have a very strong bond with her.”

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Saturday, December 3, 5:15 pm

ET SOUDAIN TOUT LE MONDE ME MANQUE THE DAY I SAW YOUR YOUR HEART SCREENING SPONSORED BY

Followed by Q&A with Jennifer Devoldère, Director Families are complicated… Especially when Eli, the father, who’s about to be 60, is expecting a baby with his new wife.

Upon hearing this news, his two grown daughters, Dom, who is trying to adopt, and Justine, who flits from one boyfriend to the next, are shocked. To get closer to Justine, whom he has never gotten along with, Eli has the bright idea of making friends with all of her ex’s… without her knowledge.

But when Justine falls in love again and Eli is about to ruin everything, this family is on the verge of falling apart.

Will they all be able to make peace before it’s too late?

DIRECTOR Jennifer Devoldère SCREENWRITER Jennifer Devoldère DIR. OF PHOTOGRAPHY Laurent Tangy CAST Mélanie Laurent / Michel Blanc / Florence LoiretCaille / Claude Perron / Guillaume Gouix / Sébastien Castro / Géraldine Nakache / Manu Payet GENRE Comedy Drama RUNNING TIME 01h38min PRODUCTION France, 2010 FRENCH RELEASE 4/20/2011 DISTRIBUTION UGC Distribution No US Rating

QUOTES Jennifer Devoldère, Director “I wanted to make a film that’s in constant motion. Since there were so many characters, with related stories and dialogue, I wanted my characters to be continually moving, as if they were spinning in circles.”

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FILMOGRAPHY Jennifer Devoldère, Director 2009 Jusqu’à toi 2011 Et soudain tout le monde me manque The Day I Saw Your Heart

“In a role that’s unusual for him, Michel Blanc is totally believable as a Jewish father. Mélanie Laurent (…) as perfect as can be.”

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Followed by Q&A with Yvan Attal, Actor Unbeknownst to his workers, the boss of a factory in the Marseille area is making plans not only to relocate the plant, but to embezzle 2 million euros as well. Franck, one of the employees, finds out about it and without telling his wife, Hélène, decides along with his old friend, Max, to take action… .

A powerhouse cast (Mathilde Seigner as Helene, Clovis Cornillac as her husband Franck, Yvan Attal as an old buddy) deliver a compelling and realistic working-class drama. A plant-closing in the Marseille region galvanizes workers but ultimately the laws of economics must govern and jobs are on the line. Bitterness sets in and desperate men are driven to do desperate things. Max (already laid-off 2 years before), together with a reluctant Franck, plan to strike back at management by robbing the head honcho of 2 million Euros in cash locked in an office safe. Nothing can supposedly go wrong... .

Dans la tourmente (In Turmoil) morphs into a thriller anchored by a deep awareness of social justice. It is also a study of working class life, of relationships, close friendships, and the small pleasures of life, a dense exploration of how modern life challenges one’s fundamental values and tests one’s sense of honour. We begin to care deeply about the characters will they ultimately choose to do the right thing?

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DIRECTOR Christophe Ruggia SCREENWRITER Christophe Ruggia DIR. OF PHOTOGRAPHY Éric Guichard CAST Clovis Cornillac / Mathilde Seigner / Yvan Attal / Céline Sallette /Marc Brunet / Abel Jafri GENRE Crime RUNNING TIME 01h49min PRODUCTION France, 2011 FRENCH RELEASE 1/11/2012 DISTRIBUTION Wild Bunch Distribution No US Rating FILMOGRAPHY Christophe Ruggia, Director 1998 Le Gone du Chaâba The Kid From Chaâba 2001 Les Diables Devils 2011 Dans la tourmente In Turmoil

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A successful businessman, a symbol of modern capitalism, and totally unselfconscious, Michel Ganiant has it all: money, power, love… And he wants everyone to know about it.

As he is on the verge of making the deal of his career, he agrees to have himself filmed by Joseph Klein, a journalist who is both committed and audacious. It is supposed to pay tribute to the genius of a great man. What it ends up being is an astonishing and exhilarating trip behind the scenes in the business world and into the lives of the rich and powerful.

Welcome to the world of Michel Ganiant. Tough luck, because it’s also yours… .

DIRECTOR Stéphane Kazandjian SCREENWRITER Stéphane Kazandjian DIR. OF PHOTOGRAPHY Hugues Poulain CAST François-Xavier Demaison / Laurent Lafitte / Guy Bedos / Laurence Arne / Xavier de Guillebon / Alain Doutey / Patrick Bouchitey / Gautier de Fauconval GENRE Comedy RUNNING TIME 01h27min PRODUCTION France, 2010 FRENCH RELEASE 4/27/2011 DISTRIBUTION Rezo Film No US Rating

CRITICS “The attention to the level of writing and directing enables ‘Michel G.’ to be heard above the rest with an explosion of laughter, exposing us in a playful way to certain inner workings of the world of high finance through its delightfully funny scenes.”

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FILMOGRAPHY Stéphane Kazandjian, Director 2008 Modern Love 2011 Moi, Michel G., Milliardaire et Maître du monde Michel G., King Of The World

“The grandeur and decadence of a billionaire without scruples. A social commentary that’s a delightful comedy.”

Isabelle Fargette, Le Figaroscope

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The student Ducoboo has been kicked out of school again.

To avoid being sent off to boarding school, he has one last chance: he must do well at Saint-Potache. In order to make it through, this likable dunce will have to outdo himself with the most ingenious and spectacular tricks imaginable.

Challenges await him, with Mr. Latouche, his formidable teacher, and Léonie, a fierce opponent and the top student from whom he tries to copy, isn’t fooled by his charm for long… .

L’Élève Ducobu is inspired by a comic book created by Godi and Zidrou. The sequel is already in production: Les Vacances de Ducobu will open in France in June 2012.

QUOTES Philippe de Chauveron, Director “Ducobu is an anti-hero, which makes it more interesting.

We always remember the real creeps and the super dunces more than the good kids.”

DIRECTOR Phillippe de Chauveron SCREENWRITER Phillippe de Chauveron & Marc de Chauveron, adapted from the comic book by Godi & Zidrou DIR. OF PHOTOGRAPHY Christophe Paturange CAST Élie Semoun / Vincent Claude / Juliette Chappey / Joséphine de Meaux / Bruno Podalydès / Helena Noguerra / Edgar Givry / Daphné Tarka GENRE Comedy RUNNING TIME 01h36min PRODUCTION France, 2010 FRENCH RELEASE 6/22/2011 DISTRIBUTION UGC Distribution No US Rating. In Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and Germany for children over 7.

FILMOGRAPHY Philippe de Chauveron, Director

CRITICS “On top of the hilarious performance of Élie (Semoun), the film is strengthened by a nutty and absurd script and a rollicking cast of kids who can keep everyone in the family laughing. A success.”

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FILMOGRAPHY Director 2011 Bienvenue à bord Welcome Aboard 2010 Protéger et servir To Protect And Serve 2009 Incognito 2006 Poltergay

ÉRIC LAVAINE Éric Lavaine started his career in television in 1988 with Canal+, where he worked for 10 years. After having written numerous skits for Les Guignols de l’info and “Les Robin des Bois”, he became the artistic director for the screwball medical sitcom H with Jamel Debbouze and Éric & Ramzy, directing a pool of writers for 70 episodes.

In 2006, he wrote and directed the series Le 17 with JeanPaul Rouve, Maurice Barthélémy and Jean Benguigui, as well as drafted and wrote 150 episodes of a short program called Faut-il with Maurice Barthélémy.

Also in 2006, he directed and wrote the screenplay for his first feature length film, Poltergay, with its star-studded cast of Clovis Cornillac, Julie Depardieu and Lionel Abelanski, in which the fledgling filmmaker’s penchant for slapstick and even politically incorrect comedy is indisputable.

In 2009, he directed and co-wrote Incognito with the singer Bénabar from the H series who also had his debut in this film. Then in 2010, he directed Protéger et servir with its accomplished and popular cast featuring Kad Merad, Carole Bouquet, and again Clovis Cornillac.

This year Éric Lavaine is back on the scene with his new comedy, Bienvenue à Bord, bringing together some of the most well-known figures of comedy in France with Franck Dubosc and Valérie Lemercier in the lead roles.

A fan of Tim Burton, as well as Harold Ramis and the Farrelly brothers, Éric Lavaine also takes his inspiration from such French comedies as the masterpieces of Yves Robert. He is particularly interested in the art of defining and developing characters in the films of Jean-Pierre Bacri and Agnès Jaoul, as well as those of Claude Sautet or of Cédric Klapisch, inspirations which are as diverse as his films.

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Followed by Q&A with Éric Lavaine, Director Hosted by Jerry Carlson, Professor of film Isabelle, the Personal Director of a major cruise line, has made the big mistake of getting involved with her boss. Before embarking on the jewel of the fleet on its inaugural cruise, he decides to get rid of her, both as his lover and as his employee. Now some women get their revenge by poisoning, some by shooting, some by spreading rumors, but not Isabelle. Instead she decides to hire Rémy, an inveterate bum who has failed at everything on land and, so why not on the sea too… as entertainment director. He doesn’t let her down and soon becomes her boss’ worst nightmare. But eventually, he finds his true calling… .

The making of the film took place over the course of six weeks, on board a real cruise ship. Between the crew of both the ship and of the film, as well as the passengers, almost 4,000 people lived live together in very close quarters.

QUOTES Éric Lavaine, Director “A ship is a floating island, a self-contained place where people can’t help but run into each other over the course of a day. This situation was the perfect set-up for those real and very human stories of love, etc… . My screenwriter, Héctor Cabello Reyes, and I took a week long cruise to immerse ourselves in the atmosphere, and the biggest impression we came away with was that everyone has a great time, they dress up, they dance, they’re happy.”

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DIRECTOR Éric Lavaine SCREENWRITER Éric Lavaine & Héctor Cabello Reyes DIR. OF PHOTOGRAPHY Stéphane Le Parc CAST Franck Dubosc / Valérie Lemercier / Gérard Darmon / Luisa Ranieri / Lionnel Astier / Élisa Servier / Philippe Lellouche GENRE Comedy RUNNING TIME 01h30min PRODUCTION France, 2010 FRENCH RELEASE 10/5/2011 DISTRIBUTION Pathé Distribution No US Rating FILMOGRAPHY Éric Lavaine, Director 2006 Poltergay 2009 Incognito 2010 Protéger et servir To Protect And Serve 2011 Bienvenue à bord Welcome Aboard

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July 2010, Montreal, Canada. Sophie Malaterre, a 25 year old fashion designer, is not looking forward to the summer holidays. She has no plans, no friends, no boyfriend.

Then she hears about the website switch.com, which gives her the opportunity to do a house exchange for a month.

Miraculously, Sophie finds a duplex in Paris, with view of the Eiffel Tower. Her first day there is idyllic. The next morning though, she is awakened by the cops. A decapitated body is in the room next door and she has no way to prove that she isn’t Bénédicte Serteaux, the owner of the duplex.

The trap is closing in on her. Not only has she swapped apartments, but she’s also swapped her body and her destiny as well… .

DIRECTOR Frédéric Schoendoerffer SCREENWRITER Frédéric Schoendoerffer & Jean-Christophe Grangé DIR. OF PHOTOGRAPHY Vincent Gallot CAST Karine Vanasse / Éric Cantona / Mehdi Nebbou / Aurélien Recoing / Karina Testa / Bruno Todeschini GENRE Thriller RUNNING TIME 01h40min PRODUCTION France, 2010 FRENCH RELEASE 7/6/2011 DISTRIBUTION Pathé Distribution No US Rating FILMOGRAPHY Frédéric Schoendoerffer, Director

CRITICS “Suffice it to say that in this female version of The Fugitive, the co-director of the Braquo series keeps the audience on edge with his intrigue. Éric Cantona is impressive.”

Julien Barcillon, Télé 7 Jours “Thanks to its precisely orchestrated production, Switch immediately establishes such an oppressive feeling that one would be tempted to compare it to that of a Hitchcock film.”

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