This strikingly vivid depiction of the great wave of American immigration follows a Sicilian family as it crosses the ocean to Ellis Island, focusing on the encounter between a young widower and a mysterious Englishwoman (Charlotte Gainsbourg). Directed by Emanuele Crialese.

Post-screening Q&A with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal, followed by a festive reception with hors d’oeuvres and drinks

When an enormous dog unexpectedly takes up residence in the family home, a has-been novelist must reckon with his own failings. Charlotte Gainsbourg lets her comedic instincts shine in this riotous comedy of family life, her latest film with her real-life partner, actor-director Yvan Attal.

Charlotte Gainsbourg joins maverick director Michel Gondry to explore the tenuous line between dream and reality in this charming tale of a Mexican inventor who moves to Paris, falls in love with his neighbor and invites her into his dreams.

Charlotte Gainsbourg won a César for Most Promising Actress for this instant classic about the awkwardness and insecurities of early adolescence. Playing a thirteen-year-old navigating the summer doldrums, Gainsbourg delivered the kind of disarmingly honest performance that would make her one of the greats.

Charlotte Gainsbourg earned her fifth César nomination as a powerhouse Russian Jewish mother in this dazzling adaptation of novelist Romain Gary’s classic autobio-graphical tale, a bittersweet tribute to the irrepressible power of maternal love. Directed by Eric Barbier.

Charlotte Gainsbourg’s second of three landmark collaborations with Danish auteur Lars von Trier starts with an epically botched wedding party and culminates in the earth’s collision with a rogue planet, delivering an aesthetically sublime vision of human frailty along the way.

Franco Zeffirelli’s triumphant adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece beguiles with its visual elegance without sacrificing the novel’s emotional rawness. In the role of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Gainsbourg refined her trademark mix of deceptive fragility and fierce intelligence, delivering one of her finest performances.

In this surprisingly hopeful story of mourning and resilience, Charlotte Gainsbourg delivers a powerfully intimate, raw performance as a woman left to care for her four children in a remote part of Australia after her husband’s sudden death. Directed by Julie Bertuccelli.