Festivals

AFFFF Review: The Man Who Laughs (2012)

AFFFF Review: The Man Who Laughs (2012)

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Those who are familiar with Les Miserables will know that Victor Hugo was not the most cheerful of chaps. The Man Who Laughs, one of his less well known works, might sound merry but where pre-revolutionary France is concerned, there is not a great deal to laugh about.

AFFFF Review: On Air (2012)

AFFFF Review: On Air (2012)

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Showing as part of the section of “Women’s Stories” this year in the French Film Festival is On Air, a character driven drama that follows an emotionally damaged women’s search for closure with the mother who gave her up to an orphanage as a child.

AFFFF Review: Happiness Never Comes Alone (2012)

AFFFF Review: Happiness Never Comes Alone (2012)

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What’s a French film festival without an unabashedly full-blown, over the top romance? Serving that purpose this year is Happiness Never Comes Alone, a movie that is to cinema what a ridiculously large lollipop is to confectionary: it starts off with a pleasant enough sweetness, but goes on way too long and by the end, it just hurts your teeth.