{"title": "Le Plein de Super", "start": "2026-11-26T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/comedy"], "description": "A screening of the classic French film 'Le Plein de Super', part of the French Film Festival London. Directed by Alain Cavalier, it follows Klouk, a car salesman who must forgo a family holiday to drive a luxury Chevrolet to his boss's wealthy client, taking his friend Philippe along on the road trip from Lille to the Côte d'Azur. En route they pick up hitchhiker Charles and his friend Daniel, and the film features a short but central scene with Nathalie Baye as Charlotte. It also stars Patrick Bouchitey, Etienne Chicot and Xavier Saint-Macary.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/le-plein-de-super-80698/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/le-plein-de-super-2/", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-26T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Le Plein de Super", "start": "2026-11-21T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/comedy"], "description": "\"Le Plein de Super\" is a French comedy road movie from 1976, directed by Alain Cavalier and screened at the Institut français' cinema in London. Car salesman Klouk has to give up a family holiday to drive a luxury Chevrolet station wagon from Lille to the Côte d'Azur for his boss's wealthy client. He takes his friend Philippe along, and on the way they pick up hitchhiker Charles and his friend Daniel. Nathalie Baye appears in a short but central scene as Charlotte, and the film is shown as part of the series \"Nathalie Baye: A Hundred Lives\".", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/le-plein-de-super-74217/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/le-plein-de-super/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dcf0634fa7f1c5caf56bf4e7a9f68f1884af91187d1b680ecee23f55263a0ed5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Flesh and Fuel", "start": "2026-11-20T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "A film screening of \"Flesh and Fuel\". It is directed by Pierre Le Gall and awarded the Queer Palm Revelation Award at Cannes, telling of Étienne, a lorry driver whose life on the road leaves him only fleeting encounters, until meeting Polish driver Bartosz turns his loneliness upside down. Alexis Manenti and Julian Świeżewski star in this original, moving and often funny film.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/flesh-and-fuel-74213/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/flesh-and-fuel/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/aecc162cf273d5a2f20b2840c2ca3677e44a0d55783dfddf9dbe050588866bdf-2000.webp"}, {"title": "To Have (or Not)", "start": "2026-11-21T20:35:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/romance"], "description": "A 1995 French film in which Alice, after losing her job, leaves her native North for Lyon and meets Bruno, a construction worker. Laetitia Masson directed it and crafts a superb portrait of a woman, blending lightness and gravity with infectious energy embodied by Sandrine Kiberlain, who stars alongside Arnaud Giovaninetti and Roschdy Zem. Made through spontaneous long takes, the film marries charm, delicacy, and romance with profound authenticity.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/to-have-or-not-74222/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/to-have-or-not/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0cea3372b3c985a2478a4a99e3681a7baf93ea644bcc957e3b2302f39361cf90-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Amelie", "start": "2026-11-13T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Prince Charles Cinema", "address": "Leicester Place 7, WC2H 7BY London", "price": "From £11", "price_from": "11.00", "price_to": null, "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. It is directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and stars Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz and Rufus.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/amelie-64022/", "official_url": "https://princecharlescinema.com/film/1870384/amelie-25th-anniversary", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fb7a3c02be1a74f6c5d617933c4265b12d95d652c2d2fde2bdd68fac0c11aa4c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Ulysse", "start": "2026-11-21T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/family-drama"], "description": "\"Ulysse\" is a French drama film about Alice, a sociologist who learns she is pregnant, and her son Ulysse, who is diagnosed with a genetic condition that leaves him smaller than other children. It follows the boy's singular odyssey to walk, speak, learn, understand and grow, with Alice determined he will find his place in the world. The film is directed by Laetitia Masson and stars Elodie Bouchez, Stanislas Merhar, Romane Bohringer and Gringe. The screening on 21 November is its UK premiere, followed by a Q&A with the director moderated by Linda Marric.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ulysse-36659/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/ulysse/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/279873119df6c5d81f4c2b5b50811add1d24de94449d591149e7aaccfa385b63-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Our Story", "start": "2026-11-11T18:05:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/romance"], "description": "A French romantic drama in which Alain Delon plays Robert, a man nearly ruined by his drinking who latches onto a stranger-on-a-train, played by Nathalie Baye, hoping for stability, with each of them unsure who can tell reality from fantasy. Bertrand Blier directed and paired the two beloved French stars in this unconventional tale. Delon won a César for his acting, Blier for the screenplay, and Baye's captivating performance as the mysterious Donatienne was widely praised for its mesmerising versatility.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/our-story-74176/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/our-story/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7430dcb3fbf2c7967e210085411bf9cb81a2223bd9311663c20712838fcddc98-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Coward", "start": "2026-11-19T20:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/war-film"], "description": "Coward (Les Braves) is a feature film screening preceded by a recorded introduction from its director. Lukas Dhont, the maker of Girl and Close, directs a story set as the First World War drags on. Pierre, a newly arrived soldier eager to prove himself, meets Francis behind the lines, who puts together a theatre show to lift his comrades' spirits; both men seek ways to escape the brutality of war. Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne were jointly awarded the Best Actor Palme at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/coward-36654/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/coward/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5add04e80e2eee34421eb078e5c6f6585df3f68a96ced30699b6d6728a3c3aa6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "French Film Festival London", "start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "price": "From £10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": null, "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["film"], "description": "French Film Festival London is a fortnight of French cinema at Ciné Lumière, with over 40 films and almost 100 screenings. It is organised by the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni and supported by partners including the Polish Cultural Institute London. The programme spans fiction, documentaries and animation by emerging and established directors, with UK premieres, restored classics and Q&As with guests such as Sophie Marceau, Sandrine Kiberlain and Laetitia Masson. There is also a partnership with the Cinéma du réel festival and films for families.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/french-film-festival-london-36674/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-and-series/french-film-festival-london/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8e08248ccac581c6a578b415384ceefd17d61d0f72f1eabf96ea67c997ed8909-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Milo", "start": "2026-11-20T17:40:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "Milo is a French drama about Alice, who arrives in a quiet provincial town and takes a job at a local café because of Milo, a young mechanic tied to a past she never truly left behind. As buried tensions surface, both face the question of whether a bond shattered decades ago can be rebuilt. It was directed by Nicole Garcia, who made From the Land of the Moon, and stars Marion Cotillard, Laure Calamy, Théodore Pellerin and Artus. The film is also known by its original title, 7h40 ce matin-là.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/milo-74215/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/milo/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4cd910659fcc138936ddab52589791c7f35bd2f9c395fd15cf2e03be66cbd22c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Rays and Shadows", "start": "2026-11-21T10:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/historical-drama", "history/wwii"], "description": "\"Rays and Shadows\" is a screening of a French film at the Institut français du Royaume-Uni's Language Centre venue at 13 Cromwell Place in London. Directed by Xavier Giannoli and starring Jean Dujardin, it is based on the real story of Jean and Corinne Luchaire, a father and daughter caught up in the machinery of collaboration. It follows Jean, a French newspaperman, and Otto, a young German Francophile, committed to preserving peace in Europe; when war breaks out and France falls under German occupation, Jean becomes a powerful press baron advocating collaboration while Otto is appointed the Reich's Ambassador to Paris, and Jean's daughter Corinne sees her promising acting career transformed by the times.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rays-and-shadows-74220/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/the-rays-and-shadows/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a2040b38b907a0bda14b85ae5e1e660749c53e4eefc02a9b1f7d585c5baa0634-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Thanks for Coming", "start": "2026-11-21T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary"], "description": "A documentary film by Alain Cavalier, premiered at the 2026 Directors Fortnight in Cannes, which invites audiences into the filmmaker's private world, where everyday encounters and filmic reflections become occasions for celebration. Moving between personal diary, documentary and philosophical reflection, it explores time, creativity and the inevitability of death, affirming the camera as both a witness to life and a means of preserving its most ephemeral moments. It celebrates the 95-year-young director as someone whose sense of curiosity and delight remains wonderfully intact. Cavalier appears in the film alongside Françoise Widhoff.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/thanks-for-coming-74221/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/thanks-for-coming/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/897af3c41f123170cdc45841844fef33b8b7698b6b17a2fd387d62527c52feeb-2000.webp"}, {"title": "French Film Festival London 2026", "start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film"], "description": "The French Film Festival London 2026 is a fortnight of cinema with over 40 films and almost 100 screenings at Ciné Lumière. It is organised by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni and explores the breadth of voices in French cinema, from emerging and established directors, through fiction, documentaries, animation and restored classics. The programme includes many UK premieres, films such as Minotaur, a new partnership with the Cinéma du réel festival, and guests including Sophie Marceau, Sandrine Kiberlain and Laetitia Masson.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/french-film-festival-london-2026-74199/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-and-series/french-film-festival-london/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2839698898d8c15c543995a257435e5bdd74812cf1c6c2317fdd9f12553db86c-2000.webp"}, {"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", "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"}]}