The Program in French at UWM and the French Film Festival are partnering with the 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival on two francophone films.
- NOTRE PÈRE, LE DIABLE (OUR FATHER, THE DEVIL)
Ellie Foumbi / United States, France / 2021 / 108 min / French with English subtitles. An African immigrant’s quiet existence in a small mountain town in the south of France is upended by the arrival of an African priest she recognizes from her past… Avalon Theater on 4/28 @ 9:45pm & Times Cinema on 5/1 @ 3:45pm - FALCON LAKE
Charlotte Le Bon / Canada, France / 2022 / 100 min / French, English with English subtitles. Bastien, 13, is spending the summer with his family at a lake cabin in Quebec. Introverted and slightly lost, he’s drawn to a local legend of a young ghost haunting the lake. When Chloe, a socially adept 16-year-old, arrives, a glazed melancholy and transgressive magic sets in as they form a bond. Oriental Theatre on 4/24 @ 6:45pm & Times Cinema on 5/3 @ 6:30pm