Roxane (2019)

Sacreblue! x SBS: The Christmas Selection

Every month, Sacreblue! selects some Francophone films from the SBS catalogue. These movies will be available for the whole month for free on SBS On Demand!

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08 Dec 2022

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Sacreblue! x SBS
The Christmas Selection

Every month, Sacreblue! highlights some Francophone films from the SBS catalogue.
These movies will be available for the whole month for free on SBS On Demand!

Here is our Christmas selection, enjoy feel-good movies to get into the festive holiday period.

Roxane (2019)

Director: Mélanie Auffret

Cast: Guillaume de Tonquedec, Léa Drucker, Lionel Abelanski, Kate Duchene, Liliane Rovère, Michel Jonasz, Jean-Yves Lafesse, Philippine Martinot, Herve Mahieux, Vinciane Amilhon, Baptista Perais, Sacha Bejaoui

A chicken farmer from Bittany is forced into bankruptcy by large corporations and tries to save his farm by creating a buzz on the internet using his hens.
He creates YouTube videos reciting excerpts from Cyrano de Bergerac to his hens featuring a particular hen named Roxane.

Roxane (2019) was selected as part of the 2020 Alliance Française French Film Festival (AF FFF)  and the 2019 Festival de l’Alpe d’Huez.

Watch it on SBS on Demand here.

 

Madame (2017)

Director: Amanda Sthers

Cast: Toni Collette, Harvey Keitel, Rossy de Palma, Michael Smiley, Tom Hughes, Violaine Gillibert, Stanislas Merhar, Sue Cann

The film features Australian actress Toni Collette and follows a wealthy American couple prepare a luxurious dinner at their Parisian manor house. To avoid an unlucky number, they ask their loyal maid to masquerade as a wealthy Spanish heiress.

Selected as part of the Festival du film de Sydney 2017 and the Festival du film de Zurich 2017.

Watch it on SBS on Demand here.

 

Little Nicolas on Holiday (2014)

Director: Laurent Tirard
Cast: Valérie Lemercier, Kad Merad, Francis Perrin, François Damiens, Luca Zingaretti, François-Xavier Demaison, Bouli Lanners, Daniel Prévost, Bruno Lochet, Fabienne Galula, Mathéo Boisselier, Erja Malatier

Nicolas goes on holiday with his family to the beach, and they stay in the Beau-Rivage hotel. Nicolas has fun making new friends and planning lots of adventures with them.
The film is based on the novel and characters created by René Goscinny et Jean-Jacques Sempé.

Watch it on SBS on Demand here.

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