French Film Club de la Rentrée

Join us for the French Film Club: an opportunity to get together around light refreshments and a movie!

Hosted at the San Diego French American School, the French Film Club is organized by the Alliance Française San Diego in partnership with the French Film Club of San Diego, and is supported by Ingrid Pasco. 

7:00 PM:  Social gathering with light refreshments provided by Ingrid Pasco, Realtor.

7:30 PM:  Movie "Je verrai toujours vos visages"- All Your Faces

1 Cesar Award and 9 nominations

The movie is in French with English subtitles. 

To sustain our event and small nonprofit organization, we suggest a donation of $10 at the door. 

Je verrai toujours vos visages - de Jeanne Herry 

1h 58min | Drame I PG 13

Restorative justice, a program that provides victims and offenders with the possibility of dialogue, as a path to healing, has been in practice in France since 2014. In this nominee for the César for Best Film, Jeanne Herry brings together an impressive ensemble cast to tell the stories of seven people who decide to participate in such a program. The film follows two separate restorative justice processes. In the first, three victims of violent crime meet with three perpetrators of similar crimes. Among the participants are Grégoire (Gilles Lellouche), Nawelle (Leïla Bekhti), and Sabine (Miou Miou), victims of home invasion, a holdup, and purse snatching, respectively; while Nassim (Dali Benssalah), Issa (Birane Ba), and Thomas (Fred Testot) are offenders, convicted of violent robberies. In the second process, Chloé (Adèle Exarchopoulos), a survivor of childhood sexual abuse by her older brother, must confront the past as she tries to define the terms for her future. The victims share their experiences, and their debilitating impact; the offenders provide insight into why and how they commit their crimes. Unsentimental, the film does not shy away from the difficulties of such a process, at the same time as it offers a powerful and moving affirmation of the power of dialogue.

Trailer

Location: San Diego French American School Auditorium

6550 Soledad Mountain Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037

Please bring your own mugs or cups to help us serve tea without creating waste. Thank you for your help!