French filmmaker’s work returns to big screen at festival

A stellar line-up of classic and contemporary French cinema is planned for next month’s Cork French Film Festival.

Presented by Alliance Francaise de Cork, this year’s festival will centre on a retrospective of Oscar-winning French film-maker and comedian Pierre Étaix.

Étaix’s films have only recently returned to the big screen following a legal battle over distribution rights, which saw his celebrated body of work disappear from public view for over two decades.