Francophone Film Festival 2023 - Le Beau Geste (Nadia, Butterfly)

Alliance Française Palmerston North is proud to introduce the 2023 Edition of the Francophone Film Festival in celebration of French Language and Francophonie Week in New Zealand.

The French-Canadian film Le Beau Geste (Nadia, Butterfly) will be screened on Friday 24 March at The Globe Theatre, 312 Main St, Palmerston North.

Welcome cocktail from 7 pm. The movie starts at 8 pm. Screening in French with English subtitles.

The screening of this film by well-known French-Canadian screenwriter and director Pascal Plante is a NZ PREMIERE. 

The film won the Best Canadian Feature Film Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2020.

Nadia, an Olympic swimmer in her twenties, faces the challenges of her imminent retirement and finds herself on a quest to redefine her identity outside the world of elite sports.

Tickets can be purchased from the Globe Theatre.
General admission $35, AF members $25.
Tickets include a complimentary glass of wine, canapés and petit fours.

This film is rated M due to drug use, offensive language and nudity.

Tickets available here or from the Globe Theatre Box Office.