Festival Films
Opening Night, November 14th at Paramount
Studios
West Coast Premiere
“Coco” France,
2009 (105 min.)
French with English subtitles.
Starring French-Moroccan Jewish actor/comedian Gad Elmaleh, who in 2007 he was voted “la personnalité la plus drôle de France” (The Funniest Person in France). Coco was one of France’s biggest box office hits of the year. A self-made man who has it all, Coco has reached the top of French society and realized just about every dream he could imagine since he first arrived in France 15 years earlier, a penniless immigrant. But he has one great challenge ahead of him: to arrange the Bar Mitzvah for his son, which he sees as an extravaganza for the country to marvel at. His son, however, helps to remind us that the trappings of wealth can interfere with the love and attention every child desires.