Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

- OFFICIAL SELECTION: Toronto International Film Festival -

Agathe (Camille Rutherford, Anatomy of a Fall) is seemingly living the romantic comedy dream. Working in the famous Parisian bookshop “Shakespeare & Co”, she shares an undeniable chemistry with her best friend/co-worker Félix (Pablo Pauly, Murder Party).

However, underneath the rosy facade, Agathe is a struggling romance author stuck living with her sister and battling a severe case of writer’s block. Perpetually surrounded by stories of others’ desires and adventures, she longs for a romance like the ones in her favourite novels.

 Everything changes when Agathe is invited to a prestigious Jane Austen residency in England. Spending two weeks in a manor ripped directly from the pages of one of Austen’s stories, Agathe becomes acquainted with the handsome (and haughty) Oliver (Charlie Anson, Downton Abbey), a distant relation of the author.

Now finding herself in a situation much like the books that inspire her, Agathe must decide between what she’s always known, and something – or someone – new.

Direct from a sell out run at the Australian French Film Festival, this utterly charming story from Laura Piani is a delightful love letter to the iconic author whose works still shape our conversations on love today.

Directed by: Laura Piani

Starring: Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson, Liz Crowther

Beating Hearts

- OFFICIAL SELECTION: Festival de Cannes -

Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is The Warmest Colour) and François Civil (The Three Musketeers) – arguably French cinema’s brightest young talents – devour the screen in Gilles Lellouche’s vibrant, genre-spanning romantic epic that follows a romance tested by social boundaries, betrayal and circumstances beyond all control.

Love makes one crazy. Just ask Clotaire (Civil) and Jackie (Exarchopoulos), who meet in their teens in their Northern France working-class neighbourhood in the 1980s. Despite their differences - she is a diligent student from the middle class, he a charming troublemaker with a complex family life - an intense and unmistakable connection is sparked. But tragedy soon pulls them apart. A decade later, Clotaire tries desperately to win back his lost love. But has his chance passed?

Driven by a kinetic soundtrack by Jon Brion, indelible production design and all-star supporting cast, Beating Hearts pays homage to the US independent film wave of the 80s and early 90s but creates an impact truly of its own.

Delivering another massive, crowd-pleasing blockbuster result at the French box office with an extraordinary 5 million admissions, Lellouche reaches for the stars and rewards all who strap in for the ride.

Directed by: Gilles Lellouche

Starring: Adèle Exarchopoulos, François Civil, Mallory Wanecque, Malik Frikah

When Fall is Coming

- OFFICIAL SELECTION: San Sebastián International Film Festival -

Premiering to rave reviews at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize for Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Performance for Pierre Lottin, When Fall is Coming is an evocative drama from the acclaimed director François Ozon (Everything Went Fine). The film follows loving grandmother Michelle (Hélène Vincent, The Extraordinary) who enjoys her peaceful retirement in a small village in Burgundy. When her terse daughter Valérie (Ludivine Sagnier, Swimming Pool) drops off grandson Lucas for the school holidays, nothing goes to plan... Book now for this “elegant game of bait-and-switch” (Variety).

Directed by: François Ozon

Starring: Hélène Vincent, Josiane Balasko, Ludivine Sagnier