MATINEE FILM CLUB: Thursday August 1, 10.30am. Join your host, film critic Jan Epstein, for complimentary morning tea and a post-movie chat after an opening day screening of the French Film Festival audience favourite THE PRESIDENT’S WIFE.

Catherine Deneuve (Dancer in the Dark) stars in a hilarious comedy based on true events from the life of French politician Bernadette Chirac.

After tirelessly working on her husband’s successful election campaign for President of the French Republic, Bernadette (Deneuve) expects to finally get the position she deserves when she arrives to the Elysée Palace. When she is cast aside, she takes revenge by becoming a major media figure.

French language, English subtitles.