Presenting our movie selection for the month of April:
- Films will be screened every Saturday, (timing to be confirmed) at our Santacruz Centre. Screenings will be followed by short discussion with a professor in English
- Films will be screened every Monday, 6.00 pm at AF Bombay Auditorium (40 Theosophy Hall, New Marine Lines, Churchgate).
Limited seats | Entry strictly on a first-come first-serve basis
Open to students & members of AF Bombay only
Please Note:
Alliance Française de Bombay invites you to discover the richness and diversity of French cinema through our weekly film screenings. Carefully curated from the catalogue of the Institut français, our programme showcases French and French-language films that reflect both the vibrancy of contemporary France and the timeless charm of its cinematic heritage.
All the films we screen are subtitled in English, and screening rights for India are duly secured. Whenever possible, we bring you recent releases to keep you connected with current French filmmaking, while also revisiting iconic classics that have shaped the history of French cinema.
CINEMA AGENDA:
NI CHAÎNES NI MAÎTRES (2023)
By Simon Moutaïrou
4 July
TBC
Santacruz Centre
In 1759 French-controlled Mauritius, plantation slaves Massamba and Mati dream of freedom. When Mati escapes into the dangerous sugarcane fields, notorious slave hunter Madame La Victoire is hired to track her down. Forced to flee to save his daughter, Massamba becomes a “maroon”—a fugitive breaking forever with the colonial order.
Cast: Ibrahima Mbaye , Camille Cottin , Benoît Magimel
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes
MON INSÉPARABLE (2024)
By Anne-Sophie Bailly
6 July | 11 July
6.00 pm | TBC
Churchgate Centre (Theosophy Hall) | Santacruz Centre
Mona lives with her intellectually disabled adult son, Joël, who works at a specialized facility and is secretly in love with his coworker, Oceane, who also has a disability. When Mona unexpectedly discovers that Oceane is pregnant, the intense, symbiotic bond she shares with her son begins to fracture.
Cast: Laure Calamy, Charles Peccia-Galletto, Julie Froger
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes
LE SECRET DE KHÉOPS (2024)
By Barbara Schulz
13 July | 18 July
6.00 pm | TBC
Churchgate Centre (Theosophy Hall) | Santacruz Centre
When the lost treasure of Khufu is secretly hidden in Paris during Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign, unorthodox archaeologist Christian Robinson embarks on a thrilling quest from Cairo to France to uncover it. Joining forces with the daughter and grandson he long neglected, Christian must decode the mystery in a high-stakes race against ruthless art smugglers.
Cast: Fabrice Luchini, Julia Piaton, Gavril Dartevelle
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes
EAT THE NIGHT (2024)
By Jonathan Vinel & Caroline Poggi
20 July | 25 July
6.00 pm | TBC
Churchgate Centre (Theosophy Hall) | Santacruz Centre
As their favorite online game Darknoon faces imminent shutdown, siblings Pablo and Apolline navigate the end of their childhood innocence. Meanwhile, Pablo grows dangerously close to Night, a man with whom he manufactures and deals party drugs in a blurry mix of digital reality, romance, and crime.
Cast: Théo Cholbi, Lila Gueneau, Erwan Kepoa Falé
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes
UNE PART MANQUANTE (2024)
By Guillaume Senez
27 July
6.00 pm
Churchgate Centre (Theosophy Hall)
For nine years, French taxi driver Jay has searched Tokyo for his estranged daughter, Lily. Just as he gives up hope and prepares to return to France, Lily steps into his cab—but she has no idea he is her father.
Cast: Romain Duris, Judith Chemla, Mei Cirne-Masuki
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes