Life’s grey areas focus of French film festival

Vincent Cassel in La Haine, the film that made his name and which is as provocative today as it was in 1995.

The Cork French Film Festival has established itself as one of the city’s most successful niche cultural events.

This year’s programme, on the theme of ‘noir et blanc’ (black and white), ran from Mar 3 — 10 at the Gate Cinema, the English Market, Ballymaloe Grainstore, the River Lee Hotel, St Fin Barre’s Cathedral and CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery.