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FRANCE 2019, 87’
REGIA Allan Mauduit

Monday 4 March at 19:45
Sandra is a young woman forced to leave the south of France to flee a violent husband. Without attachment, she returned to Boulogne-sur-Mer, the city of her childhood which she left almost 15 years ago. She finds her mother there and a world she left behind. Without money, she is hired in a fish cannery where she befriends two workers. But one day, one of her colleagues tackles her insistently, she defends herself and kills him accidentally .

CAST: Cécile de France, Yolande Moreau, Audrey Lamy
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LE MYSTERE HENRI PICK

FRANCE 2019, 100’
REGIA Rémi Bezançon

Tuesday 5 March at 11:00
In a strange library in the heart of Brittany, a young editor finds an extraordinary manuscript. She immediately decides to publish it. The novel becomes a bestseller. But the author, Henri Pick, a Breton pizza chef who died two years earlier, “never wrote anything besides a grocery list”, according to his widow. Suspecting a literary hoax, a famed critic decides to investigate, with the unexpected help of the daughter of the mysterious Henri Pick.

CAST: Bastien Bouillon, Camille Cottin, Alice Isaaz , Fabrice Luchini
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THE STORY OF A SUMMER LOVE

ROMANIA - BULGARIA 2018, 100’
REGIA Paul Negoescu

Tuesday 5 March at 15:30
Petru is a math professor at the Politechnic Univesity. He is in an open relationship with Irina, who agreed that he can sleep with other women from time to time, but he wants to break up with her because he can’t achieve an orgasm when they are having sex. One day Irina finds out she is pregnant. Petru curiously changes his mind and decides he wants to commit to Irina, but she doesn’t feel very convinced about his intentions. In the meantime, Petru meets Sinziana, a girl he has to tutor for the math exam at the Politechnics.

CAST: Alexandru Papadopol, Nicoleta Lefter, Crina Semciuc
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EMMA PEETERS

BELGIUM - CANADA 2018, 87’
REGIA Nicole Palo

Tuesday 5 March at 19:45
Emma Peeters will soon be 35 and has yet to accomplish something. After years of hardship in Paris in trying to become an actress, an idea strikes her fancy: bringing her days to an end in a week’s time, on her birthday. In the process Emma meets Alex Bodart, a fanciful funeral home employee who will help her in her reckless endeavour. By dint of hard work to hide their respective feelings, it seems they may succeed in bringing about Emma’s final objective.

CAST: Fabrice Adde, Monia Chokri
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JULIET, NAKED

USA 2018, 105’
REGIA Jesse Peretz

Wednesday 6 March at 11:00
Annie is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan – an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe. When the acoustic demo of Tucker’s hit record from 25 years ago surfaces, its release leads to a life-changing encounter with the elusive rocker himself. Based on the novel by Nick Hornby, Juliet, Naked is a comic account of life’s second chances.

CAST: Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O'Dowd
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BAD POEMS

HUNGARY- FRANCE 2018, 97‘
REGIA Gábor Reisz

Wednesday 6 March at 15:30
A 33-years old Tamás Merthner is heartbroken, after his girlfriend Anna, who is on a scholarship in Paris, breaks up with him. While wallowing in self-pity, Tamás takes a trip down memory lane to figure out if love only exists when it’s practically gone. As he’s trying to pick up the pieces, he begins to realize what makes this current society so confused, which gives us a highly subjective view of Hungary’s present.

CAST: Zsolt Kovács, Katica Nagy, Gábor Reisz, Katalin Takács
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SUPER LOPEZ

SPAIN 2018, 108’
REGIA Javier Ruiz Caldera

Wednesday 6 March at 19:45
He has super-vision, he can fly, stop a subway train so it doesn’t derail… and then return to the office and make an effort to be a normal Joe. Furthermore, Juan López doesn’t know he’s the carrier of a vital secret that could save his planet and that he runs the risk of revealing it when Luisa, an old childhood sweetheart, appears.

CAST: Alexandra Jimènez, Julián López, Dani Rovira, Maribel Verdù
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TEL AVIV ON FIRE

LUXEMBOURG - FRANCE - ISRAEL - BELGIUM 2019, 97’
REGIA Sameh Zoabi

Thursday 7 March at 11:00
Salam, an aimless young Palestinian man, becomes a writer on a popular soap opera after a chance meeting with an Israeli soldier. His creative career is on the rise – until the soldier and the show’s financial backers disagree about how the show should end, and Salam is caught in the middle

CAST: Lubna Azabal, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Kais Nashif
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AN UNEXPECTED LOVE

ARGENTINA 2018, 129’
REGIA Juan Vera

Thursday 7 March at 15:30
After 25 years of marriage, Marcos and Ana question themselves about love, fidelity, the passing of time and the nature of desire; questions which pushes them to take a decision that will change their horizon.

CAST: Ricardo Darin, Mercedes Moran
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SALVATRICE (out of competition)

ITALY 2017, 60’
REGIA Giorgia Wurth

Thursday 7 March at 18:30
Elena Greco’s life journey begins in Tunis in 1933 and since than seems to be eternal. Successes, love stories, incredible encounters, trials, spotlights, silences and kebabs; this is the portrait of a woman that many believe to know but only a few have really understood: Sandra Milo

CAST: Sandra Milo
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KING OF THIEVES (out of competition)

UK 2018, 106’
REGIA James Marsh

Thursday 7 March at 19:45
Based on infamous true events, a famous thief, Brian Reader, pulls together a band of misfit criminals to plot the biggest bank heist in British history. The thieves manage to escape with allegedly over £200 million worth of stolen jewels and money. When police are called to the scene and the investigation starts, the cracks between the eccentric gang members begin to show as they row over how to share the goods and become increasingly distrustful of each other.

CAST: Charlie Cox, Michael Caine, Michael Gambon
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L’UOMO CHE COMPRÒ LA LUNA (out of competition)

ITALY- ALBANIA - ARGENTINA 2018, 103’
REGIA Paolo Zucca

Friday 8 March at 20:15
A Sardinian fisherman has promised the moon to the woman he loves. And Sardinian men always keep their promises.

CAST: Jacopo Cullin , Stefano Fresi, Francesco Pannofino,
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20 April 2022

THE 19TH EDITION OF THE MONTE-CARLO FILM FESTIVAL DE LA COMEDIE FINALLY KICKS OFF

The 19th edition of the Monte Carlo Film Festival de la Comédie finally kicks off. The event, designed and directed by Ezio Greggio, will take place from the 25th to the 30th of April in the Principality of Monaco. For this edition, the Monte Carlo Film Festival, one of the most important Film Festival dedicated […]

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5 April 2022

AN INTERNATIONAL JURY THIS YEAR FOR THE 19th EDITION OF THE MONTECARLO FILM FESTIVAL DE LA COMEDIE

  The prestigious film festival conceived and directed by Ezio Greggio The President of Jury is two-time Oscar-Winning Director PAUL HAGGIS with TOM LEEB, CLARA PONSOT and PIERPAOLO SPOLLON MONTE-CARLO, PRINCIPATO DI MONACO, DAL 25 AL 30 APRILE 2022 An international jury made up of prominent personalities from cinema, TV and music this year for […]

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23 March 2022

THE OSCAR-WINNING SCREENWRITER, PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR PAUL HAGGIS CHAIRS THE JURY OF THE 19th MONTE CARLO FILM FESTIVAL DE LA COMÉDIE

The acclaimed director, screenwriter and movie producer, two-time Oscar winner, Paul Haggis has been appointed as President of the Jury of the 19th Montecarlo Film Festival de la Comédie, taking place from the 25th to the 30th of April in the Principality of Monaco. As for this year as well, the Grimaldi Forum of the […]

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6 June 2021

THE SPANISH FILM THE PEOPLE UPSTAIRS (SENTIMENTAL) WINS THE FESTIVAL DE LA COMÉDIE IN MONTECARLO

THE 18th EDITION OF THE KERMESSE DIRECTED BY EZIO GREGGIO CONCLUDES SUCCESSFULLY PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO, 31 MAY – 5 JUNE 2021 Grand finale of the 18th Monte-Carlo Film Festival de la Comédie, the event conceived and headed by Ezio Greggio, scheduled from 31 May to 5 June 2021 in the Principality of Monaco. Here comes […]

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