The French Embassy Cultural Services (Miami office) in partnership with the France Florida Foundation for the Arts and the City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Program, present the fifth edition of Miami’s one and only free French film festival: Films on the Beach from November 1st to 29th at outdoor venue Miami Beach Soundscape Park, with special screenings at our partner venues, Miami Beach Cinematheque and O Cinema Miami Beach. This year’s program is curated by Diliana Alexander, founder, and director of transmedia film festival Filmgate Miami, around the theme of the Five Senses.

Games of Love and Chance (L’esquive) by Abdellatif Kechiche (2004)

Curator’s comment:
“It takes a lot of energy to survive in an urban ghetto. Krimo schemes his way into acting in a play in order to get closer to Lydia, the divaesque lead actress, whom he loves. This is not your typical high-school comedy, however, but a reality-based romance set in the housing complexes that ring Paris.  This vibrant and unusual coming-of-age story is set in the Franc-Moisin projects outside Paris. The inhabitants are mostly disadvantaged North Africans and the play is an 18th-century comedy whose language is as far from French slang as Shakespeare is from rap.  In the 2005 Cesars, the French equivalent to the Academy Awards, this film was the big winner as Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Female Newcomer…”

Diliana Alexander