PALM SPRINGS CINEMA FRANCAIS 2026

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Join us as the Desert Film Society and the Palm Springs Cultural Center present: PALM SPRINGS CINEMA FRANCAIS

Join the Desert Film Society and the Palm Springs Cultural Center for Palm Springs CINEMA FRANCAIS 2026, a weekend of French-language films and culture. The festival is curated by Beth Ellen Fromm, Executive Director of the Desert Film Society, with the Palm Springs Cultural Center as the presenting sponsor. All films will screen with English subtitles at the Palm Springs Cultural Center’s Historic Camelot Theatre in Palm Springs, CA.

<h4>THURSDAY | FEB 26</h4>7:00 PM | Valensole 1965 / Valensole 1965 (90 min)Film Q+A: Dir. Dominique Filhol, Co-writer Edouard Blanchot, Composer Mark YaegerIn rural Provence, a farmer recounts a 1965 extraterrestrial encounter, prompting a quiet investigation into belief, memory, and the limits of explanation.w/ Garçon! (14 min) <h4>FRIDAY | FEB 27</h4>12:00 PM | A Place for Pierrot / Une place pour Pierrot (99 min)Pierrot, 45, is autistic and lives in a care home. Determined to provide him with a dignified life, his sister brings him to her home and sets out to find a place better suited to his needs. w/ Caregiver / Auxiliaire (24 min)3:30 PM | The Girl Without a Name / Louise (108 min)Follows the struggles of Marion in her attempt to reconnect with her family and piece together her fragmented identity after fleeing a troubled childhood.w/ Super Clean / Linge sale (13 min)7:00 PM | The Quiet Son / Ce qu’il faut de nuit (119 min)A widowed father struggles to understand his son’s political radicalization, testing the limits of parental love and moral responsibility. <h4>SATURDAY | FEB 28</h4>1:00 PM | Behind the Palm Trees / Derrière les palmiers (94 min)In Tangier, Mehdi’s relationship with Selma is shaken when he meets Marie, a wealthy French girl whose parents have bought a luxurious villa in the casbah.w/ The Boy with White Skin / L’enfant à la peau blanche (15 min)4:00 PM | Nino (96 min)A man in his thirties confronts stalled relationships and unrealized ambitions as everyday encounters force emotional reckoning leading the young man on a journey through Paris.w/ Breakdown / Le point de reprise (17 min)7:00 PM | Love Me Tender (134 min)A couple’s relationship unfolds across years of intimacy and separation, tracing how love fractures, endures, and reforms. <h4>SUNDAY | MAR 1</h4>12:30 PM | The Dreamers / Les rêveurs (106 min)Actress, Élisabeth, who runs writing workshops for troubled teens at Necker Hospital, triggers her own repressed memories of being hospitalized as a teenager, where she discovered the healing power of theater and acting.w/ Sulaimani (19 min)4:00 PM | Adam’s Sake / L’intérêt d’Adam (78 min)A nurse’s professional detachment is challenged when her relationship with a young patient raises ethical and emotional questions.w/ No Harm Done / Même pas mal (18 min)7:00 PM | The Stranger / L’Étranger (122 min)An adaptation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Albert Camus</a>‘s 1942 novella <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stranger_(Camus_novel)" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stranger_(Camus_novel)" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Stranger</a>, which centers on a detached and indifferent Frenchman in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Algeria" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Algeria" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">French Algeria</a>. A man commits a senseless murder and faces a trial shaped more by his indifference than the crime itself.Winner of 3 Lumière Awards - Best Film, Best Actor, Best Cinematography.

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