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My New Friends

Directed by André Téchiné
2024
France
85 minutes
Unclassified 15+
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A police officer (Isabelle Huppert) learns that her new friend and neighbour is a staunchly anti-police activist in this taut moral tale from French auteur Andre Téchiné (Being 17, SFF 2016).

Grieving her recently departed colleague and romantic partner Slimane (Moustapha Mbengue), Huppert’s forensics officer initially finds solace in the company of her new neighbours: young teacher Julia (Hafsia Herzi) and her husband Yann (BPM’s electric Nahuel Pérez Biscayart). But she soon learns that Yann is under government surveillance for his direct action against the police force, and finds her allegiances tested by their friendship. One of the most celebrated of the generation of filmmakers who emerged after the French New Wave, Téchiné has worked steadily across seven decades specialising in intimate, absorbing chamber dramas. My New Friends is no exception, treating hot-button subject matter with characteristic sensitivity.

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Sun 9 Jun
6pm
Palace Norton Street - Cinema 3
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Past Event Cancel
Fri 14 Jun
6:15pm
Hayden Orpheum Cremorne - Cinema 5
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Past Event Cancel
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Original Title
LES GENS D’À CÔTÉ
Year
2024
Classification
Unclassified 15+
Country
France
Language
In French with English subtitles
Director
André Téchiné
Producer
Sylvie Pialat, Benoît Quainon
Cast
Isabelle Huppert, Nahuel Pérez-Biscayart, Hafsia Herzi
Screenwriter
André Téchiné, Régis de Martrin-Donos
Cinematographer
Georges Lechaptois
Editor
Albertine Lastera
Premiere
Australian Premiere
Genre
Crime, Politics & Economics, Cinephile
Company Credits
Sales Agent: Pyramide International
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