FFF: A Man of His Time

<div style="font-size: 12pt; direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Based on the wartime correspondence between director Emmanuel Marre’s great-grandparents, this serious, complex and often challenging film was awarded best screenplay at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Swann Arlaud is excellent as a ghostly, hollow figure of a man who becomes an efficient, enthusiastic functionary in Limoges as part of the Vichy regime of Marechal Petain. Letters between him and his wife (who initially remains in occupied Paris) paint a vivid picture of daily life in Vichy France and in Paris. Henri has written a book entitled Notre Salut/Our Salvation and believes he will find some kind of personal salvation via the philosophical/political ideas he seeks to contribute to any debate on the survival of France. He works for the Ministry of Unemployment under a regime that seems defined by rules, regulations, bureaucracy, conformity, and what often feels like a cosy collaboration with the Nazis. Life and death decisions are just problems that need to be solved.&nbsp;</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Henri is an eternal outsider having a rare moment at the centre of power but always seems an observer who is pushed to the sidelines or left in the shadows. The narrative covers the years from 1940 to the news that the Allies have landed in Normandy when any right-wing nationalist ideas of a powerful Europe under German control are ended.&nbsp;</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"Swann Arlaud excels in a provocative and pained portrait of a self-deluding Vichy France collaborator." - <i>Variety</i></b></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Screening as part of French Film Festival 2026. <a href="https://www.glasgowfilm.org/homefrench-film-festival">Click here to browse the full programme.</a>&nbsp;</span><div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">French with English subtitles.&nbsp;</span></div>HistoryPT2H35MCTBC2026-11-30FRfr
Swann Arlaud
Sandrine Blancke
Mathieu Perotto
Emmanuel Marre
FFF: A Man of His Time"FFF: A Man of His Time"

Showtimes

November 30, 7:40 pm

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