Edinburgh Film Festival in French

36 Quai des Orfèvres
19 AUG 20:00
22 AUG 20:30
25 AUG 19:45
Olivier Marchal / France / 2005 / 110 min
France's two biggest male stars, Gerard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil, in this gripping drama of two rogue cops - once friends, now mortal
enemies.

Frankie
20 AUG 14:30
21 AUG 13:30
Fabienne Berthaud / France / 2005 / 90 min
Harrowing, sympathetic look at a catwalk model's decline and fall, starring and co-produced by Diane (Troy) Kruger.

Gamblers (Les Mauvais Joueurs)
18 AUG 19:00
21 AUG 17:00
Frederic Balekdijan / France / 2005 / 85 min
Love across racial divides - with a twist - in one of the discoveries of the year.

Ghosts (Gespenster)
21 AUG 21:00
23 AUG 21:45
25 AUG 21:00
Christian Petzold / Germany & France / 2005 / 85 min
Cool yet arresting drama, from EIFF favourite Christian Petzold.

L'Intrus (The Intruder)
21 AUG 20:00
24 AUG 16:15
Claire Denis / France / 2004 / 129 min
The greatest contemporary French filmmaker? We suspect so.

Les Yeux Clairs (Pale Eyes)
18 AUG 17:00
24 AUG 15:30
Jérôme Bonnell / France / 2005 / 86 min
Beguiling second feature from the gifted young writer-director of Le Chignon d'Olga (EIFF 2003).

Nordeste
23 AUG 14:00
26 AUG 17:15
Juan Solanas / France, Belgium & Spain / 2005 / 106 min
Breathtaking first feature, fresh from its acclaimed premiere in Cannes.

Now and Then (L'oeil de l'autre)
24 AUG 20:15
27 AUG 13:00
John Lvoff / France / 2004 / 90 min
Because looking is by no means the same as seeing...

The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De Battre Mon Coeur S'est Arrêté)
20 AUG 19:00
26 AUG 20:00
Jacques Audiard / France / 2004 / 107 min
A superb French remake of James Toback's classic Fingers (also screening at this year's EIFF).

The Moustache (La Moustache)

22 AUG 19:30
27 AUG 16:30
Emmanuel Carrère / France / 2005 / 86 min
Deliciously enigmatic meditation on identity and reality, courtesy of one of France's leading novelists.

Wah-Wah
17 AUG 21:00
17 AUG 21:30
17 AUG 21:30
Richard E. Grant / UK, France & South Africa / 2005 / 97 min
Semi-autobiographical debut feature from one of Britain's bestloved actors - and a triumph.

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