Registration opens:
October 10th, 2026

French Film Screening - Better Days / Des jours meilleurs

Ages 13+

Watch a celebrated French-language feature film in the comfort of the Preston Library's program room.

Director: Elsa Bennett, Hippolyte Dard
Features: Valérie Bonneton, Michèle Laroque, Sabrina Ouazani
2025 | 1 hour 41 minutes
Drama
French, with English subtitles
 

Suzanne, a widowed mother of three still grieving for her husband, has turned to alcohol to ease her pain, but is having an increasingly tough time maintaining a functioning façade. Until an accident on the way to school changes everything! Social services give Suzanne no choice: if she wants to keep custody of her kids, she must go into rehab. The initial detox is brutal, but Suzanne starts to find strength in the people around her: the abrasive but endearing Alice, an orphan afraid of her origins; Diane, a washed-up actress whose daughter hates her; and Chantal who has lost everything and battles despair with wry humor. In charge of them is Denis, their sports coach and car workshop teacher, who has signed them up for a women’s car rally in Morocco. Missing her kids like crazy, Suzanne finally makes a choice and joins forces with the other women, as they slowly and sometimes painfully learn to adapt to life without booze. And as bonds of friendship and solidarity grow between them, the Hope Center women prepare for the race of a lifetime, a challenge that could ultimately bring back their self-respect and save them from themselves.

This film is screened and available from Cambridge Public Library's documentary and indie movie streaming platform, Kanopy.

We encourage you to register for this event. Limited seating will be available.

Accessibility
If you require an accessibility accommodation for this program or event, please tell us how we can meet your needs as soon as possible so arrangements can be organized. If you require a sign language interpreter, please let us know at least two-weeks (10 working weekdays) before the program date. 
  
If you are attending a registered program with a support person, please add your support worker as a guest when you sign up. 

COST: Free

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