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The American French Film Festival In L.A. Returns After Strikes Hiatus, Unveils Opening & Closing Films
The 28th edition will open with Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez and close with The Count of Monte Cristo
The 28th edition, running October 29 to November 3 in the Director’s Guild of America Theatre Complex, will open with Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez and close with The Count of Monte Cristo. Jacques Audiard’ s genre defying musical drama Emilia Pérez, about love and redemption, will be celebrated at The American French Film Festival with a gala, red-carpet Opening Night screening on October 29, presented in association with Netflix. “We are beyond excited to have Emilia Pérez as our curtain-raiser and The Count of Monte Cristo wrap up the festival this year – two films that feature music in spectacular ways,” said Cécile Rap-Veber, President of The Franco-American Cultural Fund and CEO of SACEM.
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