La Cité de la peur / Fear City: dir Alain Berberian (1993)

Odile Deray, a small time public relations executive, has her work cut out for her – getting some exposure for a pretty terrible small-budget horror movie called Red is Dead. Then she gets a break: the projectionist is murdered, just as in the film … and more follow, identical to those in Red is Dead, and taking place at the Cannes Festival ! Add in a corrupt politician, a bodyguard for the lead actor who is more interested in girls than his client, a police superintendent who can’t handle the press … Full of insider references, this zany satire about the world of cinema and the Festival de Cannes in particular should make for a fun evening. In French, with English subtitles; and AF members get in free, while the rest of us pay AED 35.