When Margaux Meets Margaux
La Belle et la Belle
Preceded by “The Director’s Daughter and the English Exchange Student”
Schedule
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
When Margaux Meets Margaux (La Belle et la Belle)
Sophie Fillières, 2017, 97min, DCP
Starring Sandrine Kiberlain, Agathe Bonitzer, Melvil Poupaud
Fillières’s fantasy-tinged dramedy takes the premise of what if in your 40s, you cross paths with a 20s version of yourself? Can it beneficially help change the course of life? Margaux (Sandrine Kiberlain) randomly meets Margaux (Agathe Bonitzer) at a party and soon sees that the similarities extend far beyond their name. The younger woman, still learning to navigate jobs and relationships, and her older, wiser self form a bond, as well as a shared affection for the elder Margaux’s ex-boyfriend (Melvil Poupaud). But the chemistry is most vibrant between Kiberlain and Bonitzer, who, without looking much alike, convincingly incarnate the same person.
Preceded by the short The Director’s Daughter and the English Exchange Student (La Fille du directeur et la correspondante anglaise)
Sophie Fillières, 1988, 15min, DCP
Directed during Fillières’s studies at La Fémis film school, the film features two young girls talking about love and their feelings for boys in a school for deaf students.
Venue
Event Pricing
• 4PM Screening: Free*
($3 for Advance Tickets)
• 7PM Screening: $5
(Limit one guest per member)
Additional online fees may apply
*Tickets are free for members for the 4PM screening when picked up in person at the box office or Haskell Library on the day of the event.
Cinema at L’Alliance New York is made possible by the generous support of BNP Paribas and Air France.
Header Image: When Margaux Meets Margaux
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