Takes place on Friday, January 8, 2016 

from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
@ Café Istanbul (Cash Bar)

(includes Reception and wine)

 Comédie – 1h27min (NR)

FREE for AFNO Members / $5 for future members

All films are shown in French with English subtitles

A film by Solveig Anspach with Florence Loiret Caille, Didda Jónsdóttir, Úlfur Ægisson (France – 2012 )

Quirky with a capital Q, but endearing, writer-director Solveig Anspach’s deadpan dramedy Queen of Montreuil brings a weeping French widow, two Icelandic refugees and one depressive sea lion into the eponymous Paris hipster suburb of Montreuil for a series of mishaps, false starts and nonstop weed smoking. Warmly lit cinematography blends well with the colorful local settings, while the upbeat score is in pure indie comedy tradition.

C’est le début de l’été et Agathe est de retour chez elle à Montreuil. Elle doit faire le deuil de son mari, mort soudainement, et se remettre à son travail de réalisatrice. L’arrivée inopinée à son domicile d’un couple d’islandais et d’une otarie dépressive…