Comedy

French Film
Directed by Jackie Oudnie    FR | 2009 | U

Journalist Jed Winter (Hugh Bonneville) is preparing to interview the celebrated French auteur film-maker Thierry Grimandi (Eric Cantona), a self-appointed expert on the nature of love. Jed is quick to dismiss Grimandi’s theories of love and romance as pretentious nonsense, irrelevant to real people in real life relationships.  But when his long-term girlfriend, Cheryl (Victoria Hamilton) refuses to marry him and instead forces him into couple counselling, Jed begins to realise that his own emotions aren’t as straightforward as he once believed. Even his best friend Marcus (Douglas Henshall) wants to talk less about football and more about love as the truth about his relationship with perfect girlfriend Sophie (Anne-Marie Duff) gradually emerges.

Macho
Directed by Rafael Palacio Illingworth    US | U

Paul is brokenhearted after his breakup with Mariana until he meets Sofi, a Canadian visiting Los Angeles to get away from her own troubled relationship. Paul immediately sees in her the hope of a new love.

Against all odds they become a couple and experience their first kiss, their first night together, their first fight, their first betrayals. What was once endearing and intimate quickly becomes a suffocating nuisance, and Paul and Sofi begin to realize just how different they are. Sofi won’t move to L.A, Paul can’t move to Vancouver, they have differing values, differing thoughts about the future.

The long distance relationship tainted by Paul’s numerous insecurities, Sofi’s unyielding frustration and the constant struggle to keep it all together takes the couple on an amusing yet painful ride that will test their love for each other and their strength as individuals.

Festival Direct
Heartbreaker
Directed by Pascal Chaumeil    FR | 2010 | U

HEARTBREAKER is an action-packed romantic comedy pairing two of France’s biggest young stars: Romain Duris (THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED, PARIS) and actress/singer Vanessa Paradis (GIRL ON THE BRIDGE). A smash hit in France, the film was also featured at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Charming, funny and effortlessly cool, Alex (Duris) is a professional heartbreaker who for a fee can turn any husband, fiancé or boyfriend into an ex. Alex has one ironclad rule: He only breaks up couples where the woman is unhappy. His latest job will put that rule to the test. The target is Juliette, a beautiful heiress who is set to marry the man of her dreams. With ten days until the wedding, Alex has been hired by her father to carry out his most daring seduction yet that risks him being caught by his ruthless personal creditors, angry exes, and the beautiful and independent Juliette herself. But worst of all, will he discover to his own cost that when it comes to love, the perfect plan doesn’t exist? This fall no one will be able to resist HEARTBREAKER.

Coming 9/10/2010
Life During Wartime
Directed by Todd Solondz    US | 2010 | U

Part sequel, part variation on his acclaimed and controversial HAPPINESS, the newest film from celebrated director Todd Solondz (WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, PALINDROMES) assembles an amazing ensemble cast including Allison Janney, Shirley Henderson, Paul Reubens, Michael Kenneth Williams, Ally Sheedy, Charlotte Rampling, and Ciáran Hinds in an utterly hilarious exploration of the boundaries of forgiveness, family, and love.

Ten years have passed since shocking revelations shattered the world of the Jordan family, and now sisters Joy (Henderson), Trish (Janney), and Helen (Sheedy), each embroiled in their own unique dilemmas, struggle to find their place in an unpredictable and volatile world. The past now haunts their family both literally and otherwise, and jeopardizes the future. Alternately hilarious and tragic, outrageous and poignant, LIFE DURING WARTIME is an audacious comedy with unexpected resonance.

Change of Plans
Directed by Danièle Thompson    FR | 2010 | U

CHANGE OF PLANS (LE CODE A CHANGÉ), is a delicious comedy of manners from acclaimed Oscar- and César-nominated writer/director Danièle Thompson (COUSIN COUSINE, LA BÛCHE, JET LAG, AVENUE MONTAIGNE). The film centers around a summer dinner party where ten acquaintances, each attempting to mask their own personal troubles, come together for an evening of food, wine and friendship. It’s not long before the couples begin revealing their dissatisfaction with their partners and it becomes obvious that they are planning or having affairs. The all-star ensemble cast includes Dany Boon (MICMACS), Emanuelle Seigner (THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY), Karin Viard (PARIS), and Marina Hands (LADY CHATTERLEY).

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