Paris-based film club Lost in Frenchlation has published its December 2026 schedule of French films screened with English subtitles, including a special 11th-anniversary showing of Mathieu Kassovitz's La Haine with director Leos Carax in attendance. The club, which aims to help language learners access French cinema, runs screenings at 6pm and 8pm with drinks before or after at the cinema bar or a Saint-Germain speakeasy behind the screen.
The anniversary screening of La Haine on December 1 features Vincent Cassel's breakthrough performance as one of three friends in the Paris banlieues; Cassel was nominated for two Césars in 1995 for the role. Tickets range from €5.50 to €12, and attendees who confirm attendance receive a free drink to mark 11 years of Lost in Frenchlation.
Leos Carax features twice in the programme: his 1991 romance Les Amants du Pont-Neuf screens on December 8 with Juliette Binoche as a homeless artist and Denis Lavant as a firebreather, followed by a Q&A with director Bérenger Thouin. His 1986 second film Mauvais Sang, a metaphorical take on the AIDS epidemic set in a near-future with a controlled cure for a mysterious sexually transmitted disease, screens on December 22.
Other highlights include Guillaume Canet's psychological thriller Rock'n'Roll (listed as Marion Cotillard in "full-on wild-eyed scenery-chewing form") on December 4, a non-musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables on December 11, and a Golden Twenties-to-WWII drama about a butcher's daughter on December 15 with a tea bar where attendees bring their own mugs.
Christmas offerings comprise Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert and Fanny Ardant in the 1950s country-house murder mystery 8 Femmes on December 18, and the dark comedy Père Noël est une ordure on December 23 about suicide-hotline workers on Christmas Eve. Historical drama Jean Moulin, une affaire française recounts the 1943 capture and torture of Resistance leader Jean Moulin by Klaus Barbie.
Popular titles rounding out the month include Intouchables on December 29, which earned Omar Sy the first César for Best Actor awarded to a Black actor, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 2001 classic Amélie on December 25. Alexandre Castagnetti's modern Phantom of the Opera adaptation also features. Several screenings include themed walking tours, such as an Agnès Varda tour on December 8 and a Midnight in Paris tour on December 29.
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