{"title": "God's Offices", "start": "2026-11-08T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "https://cinelumiere.savoysystems.co.uk/CineLumiere.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_600.TcsWebTab_601.TcsPerformance_6970744.TcsSection_6930861", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "God's Offices is a French ensemble film in which Nathalie Baye plays Anne, one of the dedicated and empathetic family planning counsellors who welcome and listen to women, each grappling with the question of how sexual freedom can truly be possible. The film was directed by Claire Simon and premiered in Cannes' Directors Fortnight. Alongside Baye, the cast includes Béatrice Dalle, Emmanuel Mouret and Nicole Garcia. Baye shines not as the central protagonist, but as an actress whose generosity of spirit elevates those around her, enriching every scene she shares.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/gods-offices-74186/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/gods-offices/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/71a4d4bd77327407c5513cdb7126a31728e033a91dcae78a0c04a5af1d691650-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-08T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "It's Only the End of the World", "start": "2026-11-01T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "price": "", "price_from": "11.00", "price_to": "11.00", "tickets_url": "https://cinelumiere.savoysystems.co.uk/CineLumiere.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_600.TcsWebTab_601.TcsPerformance_6979337.TcsSection_3841519", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "It’s Only the End of the World is a French film about a writer who returns to his hometown after twelve years away, as long-simmering grievances erupt into bitter confrontations with his family. 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Over a career of almost 100 films, Baye was recognised for her ability to adapt to any role, playing characters from a continuity girl and an alcoholic police officer to a supermarket cashier and a French aristocrat in the second Downton Abbey film. The selection offers a glimpse of the variety of films she played in, from her break in François Truffaut's Day for Night to work with Godard, Spielberg and many female directors, within a limited choice of titles available with English subtitles.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/nathalie-baye-a-hundred-lives-69906/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3ed97aee540113d493dba887070025866180822b19c4d30b84b1545fa453b3a1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Nathalie Baye: A Hundred Lives", "start": "2026-08-30T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-08T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film"], "description": "Nathalie Baye: A Hundred Lives is a film series at Ciné Lumière celebrating the French actress Nathalie Baye (1948-2026), who appeared in almost 100 films. 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Producer Nina (Pauline Clément) has three hours before the premiere of her Macbeth retelling when her lead actor is stuck on a train, egos clash and equipment breaks down. With the golden rule that the play is never cancelled, she must hold things together at all costs. The farce, which won four awards at the Alpe d'Huez comedy film festival, features real members of the Comédie-Française company and gleefully pokes fun at the highbrow reputation of French theatre.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/comedie-francaise-36992/", "official_url": "https://thelexicinema.co.uk/TheLexiCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=10232139", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8ed10bb064dedc66dd0688d80f078198dba78a428a90d650621163c8f9195323-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Mad Dance Office", "start": "2026-11-11T20:40:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://ica.art/shop", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/comedy"], "description": "Mad Dance Office is a lively South Korean comedy that mixes the dramatic gestures of flamenco with the wobbly steps of a woman in mid-life crisis. 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Director Cho Hyn-jin shows that loosening a stiffened body and following the rhythm might open a window to a new possibility of life.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mad-dance-office-74144/", "official_url": "https://ica.art/films/lkff-26-mad-dance-office", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2bfdaed5cd2a699674de1f2d287cca2d83ee146cf1d075552e0a69bd6186db22-1200.webp"}, {"title": "From Book to Screen", "start": "2026-11-05T10:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "£6/pupil or £3 film only & free for teachers", "price_from": "3.00", "price_to": "6.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/from-book-to-screen-french-literary-adaptations-at-the-french-film-festival-london-2025/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/historical-drama", "history/wwii"], "description": "A full school day at the Institut français immersing pupils in French culture, with a linguistic or cultural activity in the morning and a film screening in the afternoon for school groups from Year 6 to Year 8. 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Set among the mystic reveries of a real-life historical figure, it gives the nunsploitation flick a high-art makeover. Elegant, perverse and teasingly scandalous, it critiques religious hypocrisy with an impish grin. The 2021 film runs 131 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/benedetta-64057/", "official_url": "https://princecharlescinema.com/film/22480264/benedetta", "image": "https://noky.io/images/440c25b2ad2052958cf884065c2a260156d80f7a0a4bcd59ca54b11f3d7583a6-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Case 137", "start": "2026-10-30T12:05:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/gifts/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/crime-drama"], "description": "Case 137 is a film directed by Dominik Moll, made in France in 2025, starring Léa Drucker, Jonathan Turnbull, Solan Machado Graner, Sandra Colombo, Guslagie Malanda and Mathilde Roehrich. Set against the backdrop of mass protests in Paris, it follows Stéphanie, a meticulous internal affairs investigator looking into the case of a teenager severely wounded by police fire. As she searches for the truth, her inquiry collides with institutional resistance, and pressure mounts when she discovers the victim is from her hometown. The film is austere, focused and resolutely anti-sensationalist, with Moll's directorial restraint giving it integrity and weight.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/case-137-49601/", "official_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/case-137/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/853783bbc5bb26066b96505f1b5eab1913e31726540771b6490df82b522d9d0b-600.webp"}, {"title": "Amelie", "start": "2026-11-04T12:35:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Prince Charles Cinema", "address": "Leicester Place 7, WC2H 7BY London", "price": "From £11", "price_from": "11.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://princecharlescinema.com/film/1870384/amelie-25th-anniversary", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/comedy"], "description": "A romance-comedy about Amélie, a lonely 23-year-old waitress at the Café des Deux Moulins in Paris who finds a box of treasures hidden in her apartment and devotes herself to doing good deeds, before falling for Nino, a photobooth collagist who shares her oddball sensibilities. 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Frank Berry directed this drama based on a true story, running 84 minutes. Monica Dolan leads the cast, with Ian McElhinney, Andrew Bennett, Ruth McCabe and Lalor Roddy. Critics have praised it as a deeply moving portrait of one woman's fight for justice.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-lost-children-of-tuam-34647/", "official_url": "https://actonecinema.co.uk/ActOneCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=720145", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d1bc1e29155520e66ae8d4dcf8a886b1733cb05c64003ae64f7fb21e8696be64-2000.webp"}, {"title": "National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Picturehouse Central", "address": "Great Windmill Street, W1D 7DH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope is a filming of a play, shown live on stage at the National Theatre. Indhu Rubasingham directs Martin Crimp's razor-sharp reimagining of Molière's classic dark comedy, starring award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) in the title role, alongside Paul Chahidi, Tom Mison and Abigail Cruttenden. Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lies of modern society, but the more she challenges those around her, the fiercer the backlash becomes. Soon she must confront the price of speaking her truth in a world that would rather silence her.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/national-theatre-live-the-misanthrope-37848/", "official_url": "https://pcm.picturehouses.com/movie-details/030/HO00018166/national-theatre-live-the-misanthrope", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ceeda67395dc722c5c42065dabcd2a922478ef9de160009a3e5fd666bee07126-1200.webp"}]}