Impromptu French Film Festival
including 2024’s The Count of Monte Cristo
at Rodeo Cinema in OKC
French Up your weekend and catch a French film at Rodeo Cinema in OKC! Come and go as you wish to enjoy French ambiance and view 1, 2 or all 3 French Films including The Red Balloon, The Count of Monte Cristo and La Vie en Rose. Please arrive 30 minutes before your film.
Our friends at the Rodeo Cinema Art House in the Oklahoma City Stockyards will be selling tickets, French wine, beverages and snacks at the concessions counter, and a fun surprise will greet you in the lobby!
Everyone is welcome at this event so bring your friends!
AFdOKC members receive a special price of $7.50
for this saturday’s showings when you present your membershipcard and buy your ticket at the
box office/concessions counter
Mingle with your fellow lovers of French cinema!
1:30 PM Box office/concessions counter opens
2:00 PM The Red Balloon/Le ballon rouge
Something to uplift your spirit. This French fantasy comedy-drama short film follows a young boy who discovers a stray balloon, which seems to have a mind of its own, around the streets of Paris. The two become inseparable, yet the world’s harsh realities finally interfere. Albert Lamorisse | 1956 | 34 minutes | French with English subtitles
4:00 PM The Count of Monte Cristo/Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
This is not vengeance, this is justice. Finally on the big screen in OKC! Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him. Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte | 2024 | 178 minutes | French with English subtitles
7:00 PM La Vie en Rose/La Môme
Marion Cotillard stars in the extraordinary story of Édith Piaf. From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Édith Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her grandmother's brothel, Piaf was discovered in 1935 by nightclub owner Louis Leplée (Gérard Depardieu), who persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness. Piaf became one of France's immortal icons, her voice one of the indelible signatures of the 20th century. Olivier Dahan | 2007 | 140 minutes | French with English subtitles