FFF: Coward

<div style="font-size: 12pt; direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After winning the Caméra d’or for <i>Girl </i>(2018) and the Grand Prix for <i>Close </i>(2022), the youthful Belgian director <b>Lukas Dhont </b>returned to the Cannes Film Festival Competition earlier this year. His new film Coward reinvents the war movie and dares to tell a bittersweet love story set just behind the front line in 1916.</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;">As the First World War drags on, Pierre, a soldier newly arrived at the front, is eager to prove himself. Behind the lines, he meets Francis, who decides to lift the spirits of his comrades by putting together a theatre show. While the violence continues, both men try to find ways to escape the brutality of war, even if only for a moment. Cannes shared best actor award for<b> Emmanuel Macchia </b>and <b>Valentin Campagne</b>.&nbsp;</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;"><b>"By turns breathtakingly violent and sweetly, shiveringly sensual." - <i>Variety</i></b></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Screening as part of French Film Festival 2026.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.glasgowfilm.org/homefrench-film-festival">Click here to browse the full programme.</a>&nbsp;</span><br></div><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>DramaPT2H152026-11-23BEfr
Emmanuel Macchia
Valentin Campagne
Jef Jacobs
Lukas Dhont
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Showtimes

November 24, 8:20 pm

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