À bicyclette !
French comedy-drama by Mathias Mlekuz – 1h29
With Mathias Mlekuz, Philippe Rebbot, Josef Mlekuz
From the Atlantic to the Black Sea, Mathias takes his best friend Philippe on a bicycle road trip. Together, they will repeat the journey his son Yuri undertook before his tragic death. It’s an epic journey that they embark on with tenderness, humor and emotion.
Monday, May 5th at 8:30pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€

Le Garçon
French comedy-drama by Zabou Breitman and Florent Vassault – 1h37
With Damien Sobieraff, Nicolas Avinée, Isabelle Nanty
It all begins with photos of a family. An unfamiliar family, yet one we feel we know. At the center: this boy. Who is this boy? What’s his story? And what if each individual were also the unwitting hero of a tale? A dizzying family investigation, where reality and fiction mingle to the point of confusion.
Monday, May 12th at 8:30pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€

Les Bodin’s partent en vrille
French comedy by Frédéric Forestier – 1h45
With Vincent Dubois, Jean-Christian Fraiscinet, Guillaume Clerice
When Maria Bodin, a surly, authoritarian farmer, and her son Christian learn that an industrial cheese factory is about to open in their small village, they’ll do anything to defend their artisanal cheese factory. From the Salon de l’agriculture to the Moroccan desert, they’ll stop at nothing to scupper this factory project: blackmail, fights, chases, once again, the Bodin’s will brave all dangers to save their values and traditions.
Friday, May 16th at 5pm
Salle Loisirs et Culture in Beaumont-sur-Sarthe
6€

Ma Mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan
French-Canadian comedy-drama by Ken Scott – 1h42
With Leïla Bekhti, Jonathan Cohen, Joséphine Japy
In 1963, Esther gives birth to Roland, the youngest of a large family. Roland is born with a clubfoot that prevents him from standing upright. Against everyone’s advice, she promises her son that he’ll walk like everyone else and have a fabulous life. From then on, Esther will do everything in her power to keep this promise. Through decades of hardship and miracles, this film is the story of an incredible destiny and the greatest love of all: a mother’s love for her child.
Friday, May 16th at 8:30pm
Salle Loisirs et Culture in Beaumont-sur-Sarthe
6€

Les Bodin’s partent en vrille
French comedy by Frédéric Forestier – 1h45
With Vincent Dubois, Jean-Christian Fraiscinet, Guillaume Clerice
When Maria Bodin, a surly, authoritarian farmer, and her son Christian learn that an industrial cheese factory is about to open in their small village, they’ll do anything to defend their artisanal cheese factory. From the Salon de l’agriculture to the Moroccan desert, they’ll stop at nothing to scupper this factory project: blackmail, fights, chases, once again, the Bodin’s will brave all dangers to save their values and traditions.
Saturday, May 17th at 8:30pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€

La Cache
Swiss-Luxembourg-French comedy by Lionel Baier – 1h30
With Dominique Reymond, Michel Blanc, William Lebghil
Christophe, 9, lives through the events of May ’68, hiding out with his grandparents in the family apartment in Paris, surrounded by his uncles and great-grandmother. They all bivouac around a mysterious cache, which will gradually reveal its secrets…
Sunday, May 18th at 5pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€

On ira
French comedy-drama by Enya Baroux – 1h37
With Hélène Vincent, Pierre Lottin, David Ayala
Marie, 80, is fed up with her illness. She has a plan: to go to Switzerland to end her life. But when the time comes to tell Bruno, her irresponsible son, and Anna, her teenage granddaughter, she panics and invents a huge lie. Using a mysterious inheritance in a Swiss bank as a pretext, she suggests they take a trip together. An unwitting accomplice in this masquerade, Rudy, a carer he’d just met the day before, takes the wheel of the family’s old camper van and leads the family on an unexpected journey.
Monday, May 26th at 8:30pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€

Jouer avec le feu
French drama by Delphine and Muriel Coulin – 1h58
With Vincent Lindon, Benjamin Voisin, Stefan Crepon
Pierre is raising his two sons alone. Louis, the younger, is doing well at school and getting on in life. Fus, the elder, is adrift. Fascinated by violence and power struggles, he becomes involved with extreme right-wing groups, the very opposite of his father’s values. Pierre watches helplessly as these groups take hold of his son. Little by little, love gives way to incomprehension…
Monday, March 31st at 8:30pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€