If you like French cinema, you can put it in your diary: from November 7 to 20, São Paulo will host the 15th edition of the Varilux Festival! The renowned festival will feature award-winning films that have been part of festivals all over the world and have been a success with audiences and critics alike.
Varilix is the largest event outside of France to screen Francophone works and has attracted more than a million spectators since its inception. We don’t yet have a list of the features that will be available this year, but we already have some spoilers about the program. Check them out below!
Varilux French Film Festival 2024 pays tribute to French cinema icon
Alain Delon (one of the most renowned French actors of all time) passed away on August 18 this year, and will be the star of the next edition of the Varilux French Film Festival. So get ready to reminisce about the icon’s many successes on the big screen!
The classic movie will be ‘The Sun as Witness’, the film that revealed Delon. Directed by René Clément, it tells the story of Tom Ripley, who travels to Europe to bring a tycoon’s son back to the United States. However, he ends up hatching a plan to assume the identity of the young rich man.
Watch the films from the 2023 edition!
This year’s festival hasn’t started yet, but how about taking advantage of the wait to get ready? After all, on its profile, the Varilux Festival has released last year’s films that are available to stream. Check them out:
- Soul Mates: Prime Video
- Anatomy of a Fall: Prime Video
- The Beasts: Prime Video
- Cinema is a Heavy Drug: Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movie, YouTube (available to rent)
- And God Created Woman: Plex TV
- My New Toy: Prime Video
- The Book of Discord: Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movie