Above: First-time actors Clément Faveau and Maiwenne Barthelemy in Louise Courvoisier’s heartwarming debut feature.
Join us for a hearty bowl of French Cassoulet and crusty bread in the cafe followed by a screening of knockout French comedy-drama HOLY COW (details below) in the Gallery upstairs. Tickets £10 bookable below. Bar available. All welcome.
Holy Cow (15)
Category: Comedy drama
Cast: Clément Faveau, Maiwenne Barthelemy, Luna Garret
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Language: French with English subtitles
Director: Louise Courvoisier
Teenager Totone’s carefree rural life takes a serious turn when he has to provide for his seven-year-old sister. Tempted by the chance of a €30,000 cash prize, he enters a competition to produce the best Comté cheese in the region.
“Terrific, big-hearted drama’ The Observer
“So alive you may believe you could even reach out and touch it — or eat it.” The Times
“The good stuff, raw and unpasteurised” Financial Times