As part of the Festival of the Francophonie, the Institut français de Norvège and the group of Francophone Embassies in Oslo are organizing eight film screenings at Cinema Neuf.
Come and discover the great diversity of talent from Belgium, Greece, Romania, Latvia, Switzerland, Hungary, and France!
All screenings are free of charge, with seat reservation required here.
Friday, March 13
4pm – L’art d’être heureux
Presented by the Embassy of Belgium
Jean-Yves Machond, a painter who is globally unknown and generally unhappy, decides one day to change his life. He goes in search of inspiration in a small town in Normandy, hoping to create a masterpiece that will finally bring him fame and eternal recognition. But his encounter with the local artists -from the warm-hearted Bagnoule to the talented Cécile- will lead him somewhat off course and confront him with his deepest dream: simply to be a happy man.
A film by Stefan Liberski (2024)
Original version with English subtitles
1h50
7pm – Kapodistrias
Presented by the Embassy of Greece
A historical drama about Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first Governor of Greece, whose life devoted to freedom -marked by sacrifice and dedication- has become a timeless symbol of moral strength and national duty.
A film by Yánnis Smaragdís (2025)
Original version with English subtitles
2h09
Saturday, March 14
4pm – Nasty
Presented by the Embassy of Romania
1972. Ilie Năstase wins his first US Open, reaches the finals of Wimbledon and the Davis Cup, and makes tennis history. Nasty explores his highs and lows, the controversies surrounding the world number one in 1973, and the true impact he had on global tennis. Charismatic, charming and generous, but also temperamental, arrogant and rude, Năstase shook up the sport’s old-fashioned etiquette with his flair and showmanship on court. He became tennis’s first rebellious rock star.
A documentary by Tudor Giurgiu, Cristian Pascariu and Tudor D. Popescu (2024)
Original version with English subtitles
1h44
7pm – Quatre Chemises blanches
Presented by the Embassy of Latvia
Riga, in the 1960s. Telephone technician, poet and amateur composer Cēzars Kalniņš plays in a band with friends. According to Anita Sondore, a cultural official, the lyrics he has written go against public morality. She prevents the songs from being presented to the public. The public commission that debates the young author’s work becomes an allegory of a silent yet highly influential opinion, whose devastating impact cannot be stopped.
A film by Rolands Kalniņš (1967)
Original version with English subtitles
1h16
Sunday, March 15
1.15pm – Mary Anning
Presented by the Embassy of Switzerland
In 19th-century England, Mary is a young girl passionate about fossils, which she searches for with her father on the beach and then sells to tourists. The sudden death of her father throws the family into turmoil: without a source of income, they will soon have to leave their home and, worse still for Mary, her beloved fossil beach. But before he died, her father left her a mysterious message that could change everything…
A film by Marcel Barelli (2025)
Original version with English subtitles
1h12
2.55pm – The Moromete Family 3
Presented by the Embassy of Romania
The story of Niculae, Moromete’s youngest son, who in the 1950s becomes a celebrated young writer and lives his life and complicated love stories in a tense atmosphere marked by suspicion.
A film by Stere Gulea (2024)
Original version with English subtitles
1h52
Monday, March 16
4pm – Semmelweis
Presented by the Embassy of Hungary
In 1847, a mysterious epidemic breaks out in a maternity clinic in Vienna. Young doctor Ignác Semmelweis tries to defeat the fever by challenging all traditional theories.
A film by Lajos Koltai (2023)
Original version with English subtitles
2h07
7pm – Le roman de Jim
Presented by l’Institut français de Norvège
Aymeric runs into Florence, a former colleague, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When Jim is born, Aymeric is there. They spend some beautiful years together, until the day Christophe, Jim’s biological father, turns up… It could be the beginning of a melodrama; it is also the beginning of an odyssey of fatherhood.
A film by Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu (2024)
Original version with English subtitles
1h41
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