Six days to go... French Film Festival...
It's officially six days - and counting, for those of us who are partial to an injection of all things French-inspired. The French Film Festival Aotearoa begins on Wednesday 4 June and runs through to the end of June.
Topics and themes span a wide range from the nature of friendship to saving a family business.... well, I don't want to give to much away. Suffice to say that if the preview film of the festival, The French Job (Les Régles de L'Art) is anything to go by, we're all in for a treat.
The French Job, outlines in comic details a real life story about a mysterious art theft, the truth of which has never been uncovered to this day.
The story began on the night of 19 May 2010 when five paintings were stolen from the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, all estimated to be worth more than 100 million euros. While the paintings have never been recovered, the film made in homage to them is a frenetic comedy of what could have happened to these famous artworks.
Wine is an integral part of French culture and with that thought in mind, I am looking forward to indulging in both vin and film, French style.
The French Film Festival Aotearoa takes to the screens around the motu from 4 June to 29 June.
