Thursday, December 21, 2017 From 6:30 PM To 8:30 PM Add to Calendar 2017-12-21 18:30:00 2017-12-21 20:30:00 Ciné-Club de l'Alliance: Swagger Join us for our December Ciné-Club de l'Alliance which takes us into the astonishing minds of eleven teenagers growing up in one of the most underprivileged neighborhoods in France. The French Cultural Center, 53 Marlborough St, Boston, Massachusetts, United States America/New_York
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About the Film
Director: Olivier Babinet
Actors: Aïssatou Dia, Mariyama Diallo, Abou Fofana
Praise
The film was nominated 6 times and won 2 awards, including Best Film at the 2017 Quebec City International Film Festival and the Nigel Moore Award at the 2017 DOXA Documentary Film Festival.A visually striking, atypical portrait of French youth.– Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter
Swagger...lives up to its name.– Ken Eisner, Georgia Straight
About the Director
Olivier Babinet is a director and writer, known for Swagger (2016), Robert Mitchum Is Dead (2010) and C'était le chien d'Eddy (2003).Above: ©Faro
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