Online Cinéclub - 21st April

Dr. Knock (Knock) is a 2017 French comedy film directed and adapted by Lorraine Lévy and starring Omar Sy. It is a remake of 1951's Dr. Knock directed by Guy Lefranc.

Dr. Knock is a thug and con man who goes to the small village of Saint-Maurice, where he plans to convince everyone that they are sick and only he can cure them. However, his past catches up with him.

In bed with Victoria  (Victoria) is a 2016 French romantic comedy-drama film directed by Justine Triet. It was screened in the International Critics' Week section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival Virgine Efira received a Magritte Award for Best Actress at the 7th Magritte Awards for her role in the film.

Victoria is a thirty-something divorced lawyer who's struggling to raise her two daughters. She is canny and cynical but on the verge of an emotional breakdown, battling to survive in the wild and unpredictable worlds of the courtroom and the bedroom. Suffering from low sexual libido, Victoria’s life is thrown into even more chaos when she attends a friend’s wedding and reconnects with Vincent, an old friend, and Sam, an old client.

Rust and Bone (De rouille et d'os) is a 2012 French–Belgian romantic drama film directed by Jacques Audiard, starring Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts, based on Craig Davidson's short story collection Rust and Bone. It tells the story of an unemployed 25-year-old man who falls in love with a woman who trains killer whales.^[3]The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and received positive early reviews and a ten-minute standing ovation at the end of its screening. It was a critical and box office hit in France and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, two Golden Globes, two BAFTA Awards, three Magritte Awards, and nine César Awards, winning four, including Most Promising Actor for Matthias Schoenaerts.

The Big Blue (Le Grand Bleu) is a 1988 English-language film in the French Cinéma du look visual style, made by French director Luc Besson

The highest-grossing French film of the 1980s, Luc Besson's cult hit follows Jacques and Enzo - a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving. In adulthood, however, their rivalry spurs them both on to deeper and deadlier dives.