French Film Series at the
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Initiated by a collaboration with Alliance Française d’Oklahoma City several years ago, the Annual French Film In July Series is back! In commemoration of Bastille Day, Museum Films is proud to present an epic, two-week installment of our annual festival of the best of classic and contemporary French cinema.
Series Films:
CÉLINE AND JULIE GO BOATING | Jacques Rivette | 1974 | subtitled | 193 minutes | NR Thurs., July 14 @ 7 pm A major influence on the films of David Lynch, this New Wave masterpiece follows two friends down a reality-bending rabbit hole of haunted houses, murder mysteries and magical candy.
LOST ILLUSIONS | Xavier Giannoli | 2021 | subtitled | 149 minutes | NR Fri., July 15 @ 5:30 pm | Sat., July 16 @ 5 pm | Sun., July 17 @ 12:30 pm Winner of seven César Awards, including Best Picture, this star-studded adaptation of Balzac’s epic novel is a ravishing tale of love, corruption and betrayal set against the birth of modern media.
BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE | Claire Denis | 2022 | subtitled | 116 minutes | NR Fri., July 15 @ 8:30 pm | Sat., July 16 @ 8 pm | Sun., July 17 @ 3:30 pm Winner of Best Director at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival, Claire Denis' richly textured romantic drama features a mesmerizing performance from Juliette Binoche as a woman torn between two men.
GAGARINE | Fanny Liatard & Jérémy Trouilh | 2020 | subtitled | 98 | NR Sat., July 16 @ 2 pm In this lyrical Lumiere award-winner, 16-year-old aspiring astronaut Yuri joins forces with his friends in hopes of saving the close-knit community where he grew up.
MAGNETIC BEATS | Vincent Maël Cardona | 2021 | subtitled | 98 minutes | NR Thurs., July 21 @ 7 pm Winner of the 2022 César Award for Best First Film, this exhilarating ode to the mix-tape era follows shy Philippe, a pirate radio operator in 1980s France, who is sent to Berlin for military service.
THE BRAVES | Anaïs Volpé | 2021 | subtitled | 99 minutes | NR Fri., July 22 @ 5:30 pm | Sat., July 23 @ 5 pm Winner of the Best Narrative Feature Prize at deadCenter 2022, this intensely moving drama follows a pair of fledgling Parisian actresses who support each other through triumphs and tragedies.
ROBUST | Constance Meyer | 2021 | subtitled | 95 minutes | NR Sat., July 23 @ 2 pm | Sun., July 24 @ 12:30 pm French Film icon Gérard Depardieu and rising star Déborah Lukumuéna square off in this beautifully acted odd-couple dramedy about an aging film star and his new female security guard.