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Festival of Films in French – 10 days – 17 films
February 19, 2023 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
FreeThe annual Festival of Films in French runs from February 17th through the 26th. Click above to see the calendar entry for each individual showing or visit https://uwm.edu/french-film-festival/schedule/ to browse the full schedule.
All films are free and in French with subtitles. All films will be shown in the UWM Union Theater and are supported by our generous sponsors:
Dr. Richard Stone
Kitty Morse
The Quebec Government Office in Chicago
The Alliance Française of Milwaukee
SWAAF (Southeast Wisconsin Academic Alliance in French)
The Milwaukee French Immersion School
Feb. 19 @ 4:30 pm and Feb. 25 @ 7:30 pm
Saint Omer
Alice Diop, DCP, 122 min
France, 2022 (French)
Grand Jury Prize & Lion of the Future, 2022 Venice Festival
Wisconsin premiere
In this courtroom drama based on the 2016 trial in Saint Omer of a French-Senegalese woman accused of infanticide, the convictions of Rama, a novelist expecting a child who attends the proceedings, falter as she listens to the witnesses‘ testimonies and the mother’s own wish to understand her actions.
Co-sponsored by the Department of Global Studies & the Institute of World Affairs