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Vice and Virtue

World Cinema · Drama · Cult

In Nazi occupied France, two sisters navigate very different courses. Juliette (Annie Girardot) is surrounded by the spoils of war, being the mistress of an SS colonel. Justine (Catherine Deneuve), whose husband is seized by fascists on their wedding day, is taken to a chateau in the country, where …

Violette

World Cinema · Period Drama · Drama

Violette is a finely nuanced portrait of Violette LeDuc, one of the foremost French writers of the 20th century. Superb performances by Emmanuelle Devos (Coco Before Chanel) and Sandrine Kiberlain (Mademoiselle Chambon) make this gorgeously shot and directed life story an engrossing and memorable ci…

The Wanted 18

Through a clever mix of stop motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story: the Israeli army's pursuit of 18 cows, whose independent milk production on a Palestinian collective farm was declared "a threat to the national security of the state of Israel."

Wedding in Galilee

Cannes Film Festival

A small Palestinian village is given permission to hold a traditional wedding on the condition that Israeli military officers attend as guests of honor.

The Well-Digger's Daughter

World Cinema · Romance

In this sun-drenched melodrama (a remake of the 1940s classic by Marcel Pagnol), acclaimed French actor Daniel Auteuil directs and stars as the eponymous well-digger Pascal, a widower who is torn between his sense of honor and his love for his eldest daughter, Patricia (the luminous Astrid Berg&egra…

West of the Jordan River

Documentary

Amos Gitai returns to the occupied territories for the first time since his 1982 documentary Field Diary with this portrait of the citizens, Israelis and Palestinians, who are trying to overcome the consequences of occupation.

The Whip and The Body

Horror · Romance · Cult

Christopher Lee (Dracula: Prince of Darkness) stars as Kurt Menliff, the sadistic son of a wealthy Count, who returns to the family castle, much to the dismay of his family, their servants, and the beautiful woman with whom he shares a fondness for the lash (Daliah Lavi). When Kurt is found murdered…

The Wide Blue Road

World Cinema · Drama · Romance

Set in a fishing village on Italy's Dalmatian coast, Yves Montand plays Giovanni Squarciò, a rogue fisherman whose livelihood is threatened when a new chief of police is installed in town.

Winter Wind

History · Drama · Historic Drama

In the mid-1930s a group of Croatian anarchists led by the grim revolutionary ascetic Marko Lazar (played by the film’s French producer Jacques Charrier) escape a bungled ambush in Yugoslavia crossing the dense forests at that country's Northern border in an effort to seek refuge in Hunga…

Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

Biography · Film · Documentary

For over two decades, Frances Marion was one of the most powerful names Hollywood; now, her fascinating story come alive in this insightful documentary narrated by Uma Thurman and Kathy Bates.

A Woman's Life

World Cinema · Period Drama · Based on Literature

Adapted from the novel Une vie by Guy de Maupassant, Stéphane Brizé’s follow-up to his Cannes and César Award winner The Measure of a Man explores the restrictive social dictates and moral codes of marriage and family in 19th century Normandy.

Wonders in the Suburbs

The second feature film directed by acclaimed French actress Jeanne Balibar, Wonders in the Suburbs is a beautifully absurd comedy. As the new mayor of an underprivileged commune on the outskirts of Paris starts implementing her quirky campaign promises, political rivals and bickering sta…

The Worst Ones

Drama · Cannes Film Festival

Winner of the top prize at Cannes Un Certain Regard, this thought-provoking and darkly funny film-within-a-film follows a production crew filming in a working-class French neighborhood and explores the ethical thorniness of casting non-actors for the sake of "gritty" authenticity.

The Wound

Sundance Film Festival · World Cinema · African-American

Brimming with sex and violence, John Trengove’s award-winning film is an exploration of tradition and sexuality set amid South Africa’s Xhosa culture.

Yes

Comedy Drama · Drama

Dissident filmmaker Nadav Lapid once again takes critical aim at the Israeli government in this blistering satire about artistic submission. In the days following October 7, a musician resolves to say “yes” to everything. Surrendering himself and his art to Israel’s social, politic…

Zizou and the Arab Spring

Comedy · Drama

Férid Boughedir charmingly pulls off a lighthearted comedic fable about, of all things, the 2011 Arab Spring uprising in Tunisia. This year we’re treating the Friends of the Film Festival to the sweet story of Zizou, a naive and sincere optimist whose crush on a beautiful girl leads him…

The Competition

World Cinema · Documentary

The Competition begins, significantly, with the image of a locked gate—that of La Fémis, one of the most prestigious film schools in the world, offering hands-on training from working professionals and accepting only forty students per year from hundreds of applicants. This Wiseman…