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20th ANNIVERSARY SEASON
*"THE REGION'S PREMIER FILM EVENT"Carla Meyer - Sacramento Bee*
*2 NEW RELEASES COMING UPON VIRTUAL CINEMAwith theSACRAMENTO FRENCH FILM
FESTIVAL!*
[image: Tokyo Shaking]
<https://distribfilmsusvirtual.vhx.tv/products/tokyo-shaking-sacramento-fren…>
[image: Josep]
<https://distribfilmsusvirtual.vhx.tv/products/josep-sacramento-french-film-…>
The Sacramento French Film Festival is happy to announce the release, in
partnership with Distrib Films, of two new films on Virtual Cinema,
starting on Monday November 1st:
- The premiere of the gripping and surprisingly moving disaster drama *TOKYO
SHAKING*
<https://distribfilmsusvirtual.vhx.tv/products/tokyo-shaking-sacramento-fren…>
by
Olivier Peyon, set during the devastating 2011 earthquake.
*→ We are hoping to hold a Zoom Discussion with Olivier Peyon, director
of Tokyo Shaking. Stay tuned for more details!*
- The encore presentation of *JOSEP*,
<https://distribfilmsusvirtual.vhx.tv/products/josep-sacramento-french-film-…>the
stunning animated war drama, winner of the 2021 César for Best Animated
Feature.
*→ **Josep was one of the audience favorites at the 20th Sacramento
French Film Festival last June. If you missed it then, don't miss it now!*
Both films will be available
all around the U.S.
Starting on Monday, November 1st!
*Your rental supports the Sacramento French Film Festival*
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<https://distribfilmsusvirtual.vhx.tv/products/tokyo-shaking-sacramento-fren…>TOKYO
SHAKING
<https://distribfilmsusvirtual.vhx.tv/products/tokyo-shaking-sacramento-fren…>
by Olivier Peyon
Drama – France – 2021 – 101′
In French with English Subtitles
*→ WATCH TRAILER HERE!*
<https://distribfilmsusvirtual.vhx.tv/packages/tokyo-shaking-sacramento-fren…>
March 2011. French executive Alexandra (Karin Viard,* Appearances* — SFFF
2021, *The Chef’s Wife* — SFFF 2015) has recently arrived in Tokyo for a
new job in a large French bank. On March 11, when Japan experiences the
biggest earthquake in its history, she is just getting settled both at home
and at work in a country that she barely knows or understands.
The earthquake triggers a tsunami that leads to the Fukushima nuclear
disaster, and chaos soon ensues in Tokyo. While risks are being officially
downplayed, the foreign community and the locals alike are terrified by
this tragic event and no one is capable of assessing its scope. Alexandra
finds herself torn between her duty to her coworkers and the need to
protect her family.
With its mix of disaster and corporate drama, peppered with a touch of
humor, *Tokyo Shaking* is a real crowd pleaser! A rather original subject
in French cinema, it will keep you on the edge of your seat.
[image: Josep]
*JOSEP
<https://distribfilmsusvirtual.vhx.tv/products/josep-sacramento-french-film-…>*by
Aurel
Animated War Drama – France – 2020 – 72′
In French with English Subtitles
*→ WATCH TRAILER HERE!*
<https://distribfilmsusvirtual.vhx.tv/packages/josep-sacramento-french-film-…>
In February 1939, after the fall of Barcelona to General Franco’s troops,
nearly 500,000 Spanish Republicans crossed the Pyrenees to find refuge in
France. Overwhelmed by the flood of people, the French government built
concentration camps, confining the refugees – men, women, and children
alike – in squalor, where they were beaten, tortured, and starved.
Among those anti-fascist refugees was Catalan artist Josep Bartolí, who
created a visual record of the abysmal conditions in which he and his
fellow Republicans were kept. *Josep* tells Bartolí’s story through a
fictionalized friendship with Serge, a young French gendarme (policeman)
who is much kinder than his peers. The film is told in flashback by the
elderly Serge to his teenage grandson.
Beautifully crafted by French cartoonist and comic book artist Aurel, whose
work can be found in Le Monde newspaper, and written by Jean-Louis Milesi
(a regular guest at the SFFF), *Josep* revisits a period in French history
that has rarely, if ever, been portrayed on screen, and is not taught in
schools. It makes for a fascinating learning moment as it unveils the
shameful role played by the French police during the Spanish Civil War and
World War II.
*Josep* is a magnificent and harrowing animated film, made by an artist
about another artist who kept drawing, no matter the hardship he faced. An
unforgettable experience.
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