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Le Programme October – November 2018 02 Contents/Highlights Le Programme October – November 2018 02 Contents/Highlights Ciné Lumière 3–17 Comédie-Française 18 14-18 Centenary 19–20 South Ken Kids Festival 21 Ciné Lumière 20th Anniversary Spotlight on the Comédie- 14 - 18 Centenary 3 Oct - 28 Nov Française 10 - 23 Nov p.3 11 Oct - June pp.19 - 20 Kids & Families 22 p.18 Music 23–24 Talks & Exhibitions 25–26 We Support 27 We Recommend 28 62th BFI London Film Festival 26th French Film Festival France Now La Médiathèque/Culturethèque 29 11 - 21 Oct 7 - 14 Nov 27 Nov - 1 Dec p.8 pp.10 - 14 Home Theatre, Manchester French Courses 30 p.27 General Information 31–35 front cover image: Shoplifters by Hirokazu Kore-eda Programme design by dothtm Ciné Lumière 20th Anniversary © Julien Panie-Jerico Ciné Lumière Turns 20! Promise at Dawn Les Demoiselles de Inaugurated in 1998 by its honorary patron Catherine La Promesse de l’Aube Rochefort Deneuve, Ciné Lumière celebrates its 20th anniversary FRA | 2017 | 131 mins | dir. Eric Barbier, with Charlotte in style with a series of festive screenings kicking off Gainsbourg, Pierre Niney | cert. tbc | in French with EN subs The Young Girls of Rochefort on 3 October with the UK premiere of Promise at Dawn UK Premiere FRA | 1967 | 125 mins | dir. Jacques Demy, with Catherine attended by its lead actor Pierre Niney. Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Georges Chakiris, Gene Kelly From his difficult childhood across Eastern Europe to his cert. PG | in French with EN subs | Sing-along screening The celebrations continue well into the French Film exploits as a pilot in the French Air Force during World Festival with the UK Premieres of Sink or Swim (7 Nov), War II, from his literary accomplishments as Romain Gary Starring real-life sisters (Deneuve and Dorléac) as two a comedy hit starring the crème de la crème of French or Emile Ajar to his diplomatic career, there was more twins looking for romance, Les Demoiselles de Rochefort acting talents, as well as Return of the Hero (8 Nov) than one life in Roman Kacew’s existence. In Promise features crazy mod costumes, a multi-coloured set marking the return in top form of our hero, Jean Dujardin. at Dawn, adapted from his eponymous fictionalised- and a buoyant, jazzy score by Michel Legrand. Join in to memoir, it appears that the drive to become one of the sing along in a Karaoke-style screening! Fancy dress Beloved classics are also on the menu, from Cyrano de major novelists of the 20th century came from his ever- encouraged! Bergerac, presented in a restored version and in all its demanding mother Nina, whose boundless maternal love regained glory, in the presence of Jean-Paul Rappeneau would also be his burden to bear for life. Wed 28 Nov 8.30pm (14 Nov), to the sing-along screening of Jacques Demy’s cult musical Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (28 Nov). Wed 3 Oct 6.30pm Introduced by Jacques Demy’s daughter, Rosalie Varda On top of that, members of the audience Followed by a Q&A with actor Pierre Niney Special screening celebrating aged 20 will be in for a special treat with a the 20th anniversary of Ciné Lumière 2 For 1 offer on selected screenings. and of French magazine Ici Londres For further details, visit: institut-francais.org.uk/cine-lumiere-anniversary 03 04 Ciné Lumière New Releases Climax Jalouse Tehran Taboo FRA | 2018 | 95 mins | dir. Gaspar Noé, with Sofia Boutella, FRA | 2017 | 102 mins | dir. David Foenkinos & Stéphane DEU/AUT | 2017 | 96 mins | dir. Ali Soozandeh, with Farhad Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub | cert. 18 | in French with Foenkinos, with Karin Viard, Anne Dorval, Dara Tombroff Abadinejad, Jasmina Ali, Rozita Assadollahy | cert. tbc EN subs cert. tbc | in French with EN subs in Persian with EN subs From director Gaspar Noé (Irreversible, Enter the Void, Almost overnight, Nathalie Pêcheux, a divorced French Through rotoscoping animation, Ali Soozandeh presents Love) comes Climax, the hypnotic, hallucinatory and teacher, changes from a loving mother into a jealous a brilliantly crafted take on the taboos of modern day ultimately hair-raising depiction of a party that descends monster. Her first target is her stunning 18-year-old Tehran. When prostitute and single mum Pari moves into into delirium over the course of one wintry night. Tracking daughter Mathilde, a ballet dancer, but her field of attack an apartment with her mute son, she forms a friendship their journey from jubilation to chaos and full-fledged soon extends to her friends, colleagues, and even her with her new neighbour Sara, a middle class mullah, only anarchy, Noé observes crushes, rivalries, and violence neighbours. After the success of their film Delicacy, author too happy to share her own secrets. As stories of sex, amid a collective psychedelic meltdown. and screenwriter David Foenkinos pairs up again with his drugs and corruption unravel, the lives of these two allies brother Stéphane Foenkinos to portray a woman's radical prove more alike than they think... Fri 5 Oct 4pm and unexpected shift of character that oscillates between Sat 6 Oct 6.30pm black comedy and psychological thriller. Fri 5 Oct 8.40pm Tue 9 Oct 6.30pm Wed 10 Oct 6.30pm Sat 6 Oct 8.40pm Wed 10 Oct 8.40pm Fri 5 Oct 6.30pm Tue 9 Oct 8.40pm Sun 7 Oct 6.30pm Thu 25 Oct 8.40pm Sat 6 Oct 4.10pm Wed 10 Oct 4pm Mon 8 Oct 6.30pm Sun 7 Oct 8.30pm Wed 24 Oct 4pm, 8.40pm Mon 8 Oct 8.30pm FRENCHFILMFIRST EXCLUSIVE Ciné Lumière New Releases Dogman A Woman Captured 3 Days in Quiberon ITA/FRA | 2018 | 102 mins | dir. Matteo Garrone, with Marcello HUN | 2017 | 89 mins | dir. Bernadett Tuza-Ritter | doc 3 Tage in Quiberon Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano | cert. 15 | in Italian cert. tbc | in Hungarian with EN subs DEU/FRA/AUT | 2018 | 115 mins | dir. Emilie Atef, with Marie with EN subs Bäumer, Birgit Minichmayr, Charly Hübner | cert. tbc Never before has slavery been seen from such an in German, French & English with EN subs Matteo Garrone, the master filmmaker behind Gomorrah intimate angle than in Hungarian filmmaker Bernadett returns to the crime thriller genre with the tension filled Tuza-Ritter’s documentary. Surprisingly allowed to enter 1981. Over a period of 3 days, a journalist and a and relentlessly captivating Dogman which won his lead the domestic queendom of Etta, the director cautiously photographer come to witness the cracks and scars of actor Marcello Fonte the Best Actor Award at this year’s forms a bound with Marish, a 53 year old woman who the talented and beautiful actress Romy Schneider in her Cannes Film Festival. Marcello is a small and gentle has been kept as a domestic slave for 10 years. This seaside spa hotel in Quiberon. Capturing the charm and dog groomer who finds himself involved in a dangerous encounter opens up Marish’s eyes on her condition and vulnerability of the German icon, little do they know that relationship of subjugation with Simone, a violent former provokes an impetus for freedom. her fate is sealed and that they are recording the swan boxer who terrorises the entire neighbourhood. song of a fading jewel. French-Iranian director Emily Atef, Fri 2 Nov 6.30pm offers a heart-wrenching biographical study in B&W of a Fri 26 Oct 4pm, 6.20pm Thu 1 Nov 8.30pm Sat 3 Nov 4.15pm fallen star. Sat 27 Oct 4.15pm Fri 2 Nov 4pm Sun 4 Nov 6pm Sun 28 Oct 6pm Sat 3 Nov 8.40pm Mon 5 Nov 6.30pm Fri 16 Nov 4pm, 8.45pm Wed 21 Nov 6.30pm Mon 29 Oct 6.10pm Mon 5 Nov 8.30pm Sat 17 Nov 4pm Thu 22 Nov 8.30pm Tue 30 Oct 6.30pm Tue 6 Nov 8.40pm Sun 18 Nov 8.15pm Mon 26 Nov 8.40pm Wed 31 Oct 4pm Mon 19 Nov 6.10pm Thu 29 Nov 4pm Tue 20 Nov 8.30pm Fri 30 Nov 6.15pm See also Les Choses de la Vie and La Mort en direct p.17 05 06 Ciné Lumière New Releases Re-Release The Price of Everything Shoplifters Orpheus USA | 2018 | 105 mins | dir. Nathaniel Kahn, with Amy Manbiki kazoku Orphée Cappellazzo, George Condo, Njideka Akunyili Crosby | doc JPN | 2018 | 121 mins | dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, with Lily FRA | 1950 | 95 mins | dir. Jean Cocteau, with Jean Marais, cert. tbc | in English Franky, Kirin Kiki, Sôsuke Ikematsu | cert. tbc | in Japanese François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa, Juliette Gréco with EN subs cert. PG | in French with EN subs | new print Deep dive into the rarefied world of contemporary art where everything can be bought and sold, The Price of Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2018, Hirokazu Cocteau’s gift for mixing real and imaginary worlds finds Everything is a stunning exposé of the role of art in today’s Kore-eda’s (Nobody Knows) latest film Shoplifters is a its richest expression in this daring update of the Orpheus consumerist society. Featuring collectors, dealers, profoundly moving drama about a poverty-stricken family myth. Jean Marais’ Orphée is a handsome and successful auctioneers and a wide range of artists, from Jeff Koons petty thieving to make ends meet, when they come poet whose milieu is the café life of post-war Saint to Gerhard Richter, this documentary holds a mirror across a shivering little girl foraging for scraps in the cold Germain-des-Prés. But his quest for inspiration takes up to contemporary values and times, coaxing out the winter night.
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