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New York’s Rendez-Vous With French Cinema to Feature ‘The Animal Kingdom,’ Films by Michel Gondry, Ladj Ly (EXCLUSIVE)


New York's Rendez-Vous with French cinema will open with Thomas Cailley's "The Animal Kingdom."

Their attendance along with the recognition at the Oscars just a couple of days ago highlights what French cinema represents for American audiences today: an alternative voice and a vision of human relationships and world issues. In addition to “The Animal Kingdom,” this year’s slate of films Pascal Bonitzer’s “Auction,” Robin Campillo’s “Red Island,” Marie Amachoukeli’s “Àma Gloria,” Michel Gondry’s “The Book of Solutions,” Vanessa Filho’s “Consent” and Ladj Ly’s “Les Indésirables,” among several other titles across a myriad of genres. Among the other talent attending the festival in person are Marie Amachoukeli, Nathan Ambrosioni, Pascal Bonitzer, Robin Campillo, Jean-Pierre Daroussin, Delphine Deloget, Valérie Donzelli, Nora El Hourch, Vanessa Filho, Iris Kaltenbäck, Héléna Klotz, Erwan Le Duc, Thomas Lilti, Ladj Ly, Victoria Musiedlak, Anna Novion, Nicolas Philibert, Ramata-Toulaye Sy, and Maud Wyler.

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