Le Programme February – March 2019 02 Contents/Highlights Ciné Lumière 3-11 Comédie-Française 12 Semaine de la Francophonie 12 Women Shaping the World 13 Mektoub My Love: Cante Uno Capernaum Women Shaping the World 15 - 21 Feb 22 Feb - 13 Mar 5 - 8 Mar Tribute to Christian Dior 14 p.3 p.4 p.13 Music 15 Talks 16 Kids & Families 17 We Support 18 We Recommend 19 Tribute to Christian Dior Semaine de la Francophonie Kader Attia: The Museum of 14 - 17 Mar 19 - 20 Mar Emotion La Médiathèque / Culturethèque 20 p.14 p.12 13 Feb - 6 May p.18 Hayward Gallery French Courses 21 General Information 24-27 front cover image: Sorry Angel by Christophe Honoré Programme design by dothtm Ciné Lumière New Releases Burning On Her Shoulders Mektoub My Love: Beoning USA | 2018 | 95 mins | dir. Alexandria Bombach, with Nadia Canto Uno KOR | 2018 | 148 mins | dir. Lee Chang-dong, with Jong-seo Murad, Murad Ismael, Amal Clooney | cert. 12 | doc Jeon, Steven Yeun, Ah-In Yoo | cert. 15 | in Korean with EN subs in English & Arabic with EN subs FRA/ITA | 2018 | 181 mins | dir. Abdellatif Kechiche, with Shaïn Boumedine, Ophélie Bau, Salim Kechiouche | cert. 15 Based on Barn Burning, a short story by Haruki Documentary filmmaker Alexandria Bombach follows in French & English with EN subs Murakami, this critically acclaimed film by Lee Chang- Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old ordinary girl who found dong won the FIPRESCI Prize at last year’s Cannes Film herself thrust onto the international stage as the voice Abdellatif Kechiche (winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes Festival. It tells the story of Jong-soo, a part-time worker of her people. Having survived the 2014 genocide of the in 2013 for Blue Is the Warmest Colour) casts a nostalgic living in Seoul who bumps into Hae-mi, a girl who once Yazidis in Northern Iraq and escaped the hands of ISIS, glow on the wonders of youth in this coming-of-age lived in his neighbourhood in the country. She introduces she gives testimony before the U.N., visits refugee camps, saga set in 1994. Amin (Shaïn Boumedine), an aspiring to him an enigmatic young man named Ben, whom she meets with top government officials and becomes a screenwriter living in Paris, decides to reconnect with his met during a trip to Africa. A love triangle of some sort relentless beacon of hope for her people. family and his childhood friends in a fishing village in the sets in until Ben makes a most unusual revelation… South of France. In the heat of the summer, Amin gathers Fri 1 Feb 6.30pm Mon 4 Feb 6.20pm inspiration for his screenplays armed with his camera Fri 1 Feb 3.30pm, 8.30pm Fri 8 Feb 6pm Sat 2 Feb 6.30pm Wed 6 Feb 6.20pm and guided by his cousin Tony and his best friend Ophélie, Sat 2 Feb 8.30pm Sat 9 Feb 8.50pm Sun 3 Feb 4.10pm Thu 7 Feb 4pm hungry for hedonist experience. Sun 3 Feb 8 . 3 0 p m Mon 11 Feb 6pm Mon 4 Feb 8.20pm Thu 12 Feb 8.30pm Fri 15 Feb 2.30pm, 8.20pm Wed 6 Feb 8.20pm Wed 13 Feb 6pm Sat 16 Feb 4.30pm Thu 7 Feb 6pm Thu 14 Feb 3.30pm Sun 17 Feb 7pm Mon 18 Feb 7.30pm Tue 19 Feb 8.30pm Wed 20 Feb 2.30pm, 8.10pm Tue 21 Feb 2.30pm 03 04 Ciné Lumière New Releases Capernaum Everybody Knows Sauvage LEB/USA | 2018 | 122 mins | dir. Nadine Labaki, with Zain Al Todos lo Saben FRA | 2019 | 99 mins | dir. Camille Vidal-Naquet, with Félix Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole ESP/FRA/ITA | 2018 | 132 mins | dir. Asghar Farhadi, with Maritaud, Eric Bernard, Nicolas Dibla | cert. tbc | in French cert. tbc | in Arabic & Amharic with EN subs Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Ricardo Darin | cert. 18 with EN subs in Spanish, English, Catalan with EN subs Winner of the Grand Jury Prize in Cannes in 2018 and a 22-year-old Leo sells his body on the street for strong contender at BAFTA and Oscars, Capernaum tells Opening the competition of the Cannes Film Festival last cash. Men come and go but he remains; stuck in the the story of a 12 year-old boy who sues his own parents year, Everybody Knows is a tense psychological thriller same place and longing for love. Uncertain of what his for giving him life. The circumstances that have brought by Asghar Farhadi, winner of two Academy Awards for future may bring, Leo hits the road. Sometimes reckless, him to this point take us on a journey through his poverty- Best Foreign Language Film with A Separation and The sometimes savage, sometimes tender but always with a stricken upbringing in Beirut. Labaki offers here a tribute Salesman. When Laura (Penélope Cruz) and her children pounding heart, Leo is ready for change. Camille Vidal- to the forgotten, the unwanted and the lost that offers travel from Buenos Aires to the village where she was Naquet’s arresting debut is a remarkable introspection hope in the most unexpected of places. born in Spain, unexpected events change the course of into the fragile psyche of a blooming youth. their lives and expose the family’s hidden past. Fri 22 Feb 2.30pm, 6.30pm Sun 3 Mar 4.10pm Sat 9 Mar 4pm Wed 13 Mar 8.50pm 8.50pm 8.20pm Fri 8 Mar 4pm, 9pm Fri 15 Mar 6.20pm Sun 10 Mar 6.30pm Mon 18 Mar 8.40pm Sat 23 Feb 4pm, 6.30pm, 8.50pm Mon 4 Mar 6.20pm Sat 9 Mar 8.50pm Sat 16 Mar 8.40pm Mon 11 Mar 6.30pm Wed 20 Mar 4pm Sun 24 Feb 7.30pm 8.40pm Sun 10 Mar 4pm, 8.30pm Sun 17 Mar 8.40pm Mon 25 Feb 6.30pm, 8.50pm Tue 5 Mar 8.45pm Mon 11 Mar 8.30pm Tue 19 Mar 5pm Tue 26 Feb 5.30pm Wed 6 Mar 4pm Tue 12 Mar 4.30pm Wed 20 Mar 6.20pm Wed 27 Feb 3pm, 6.10pm 6.30pm Wed 13 Mar 6.20pm Thu 21 Mar 3.45pm Thu 28 Feb 4pm 8.50pm Thu 14 Mar 3.45pm, 8.50pm Fri 1 Mar 4pm Sat 9 Mar 6.15pm Sat 2 Mar 4pm Wed 13 Mar 4pm See also Jamon, Jamon with Penélope Cruz & Javier Bardem (p.9) As part of Women Shaping the World (see p.13) Ciné Lumière New Releases Girl The White Crow Sorry Angel BEL/NLD | 2018 | 109 mins | dir. Lukas Dhont, with Victor UK/FRA | 2018 | 122 mins | dir. Ralph Fiennes, with Oleg Plaire, aimer et courir vite Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart | cert. 15 | in French, Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Adèle Exarchopoulos | cert. tbc FRA | 2018 | 132 mins | dir. Christophe Honoré, with Vincent Flemish & English with EN subs in Russian, English & French with EN subs Lacoste, Pierre Deladonchamps, Denis Podalydès | cert. 18 in French with EN subs Presented in the Un Certain Regard competition at the Ralph Fiennes captures the raw physicality and brilliance 2018 Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont's debut film of ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev in the flesh of Ukrainian Presented in competition at the Cannes Film Festival Girl won the FIPRESCI Prize and the Golden Camera. dancer Oleg Ivenko. Ballet’s most famous star in the last year, Sorry Angel is Christophe Honoré’s highly 15-year-old Lara (Victor Polster) is determined to 50’s, Rudolf Nureyev stunned the world at the height of anticipated latest film. 1990. Arthur is twenty and lives in become a professional ballerina. Lara was, however, the Cold War, when he defected to the West. The White Rennes. His life is turned upside down when he makes born with a male body, and has been undergoing Crow charts how Nureyev plotted his flight in a game the acquaintance of Jacques, a writer who lives in Paris hormone treatments while eagerly awaiting to transition. of cat-and-mouse with the Russian KGB aided by his with his young son. During one summer, Arthur and Supported by her family and entourage, Lara is impatient great friend, the 21 year-old Parisian Clara Saint (Adèle Jacques will be drawn to one another and fall in love. But to go through her transformation but her body does not Exarchopoulos). Jacques knows this love has to be lived to the fullest… bend so easily to the treatment and frustrations arise. Tue 12 Mar 7pm Wed 27 Mar 8.45pm Fri 22 Mar 6.20pm Tue 26 Mar 8.40pm Fri 15 Mar 4pm, 8.50pm Thu 21 Mar 9.15pm Fri 22 Mar 4pm Thu 28 Mar 4pm Sat 23 Mar 6pm Wed 27 Mar 4pm Sat 16 Mar 4.10pm, 6.20pm Sat 23 Mar 3.50pm 8.50pm Fri 29 Mar 4pm Sun 24 Mar 8.50pm Fri 29 Mar 8.40pm Sun 17 Mar 6.30pm Sun 24 Mar 4.30pm Sat 23 Mar 8.40pm 6.20pm Mon 25 Mar 6.15pm Sat 30 Mar 4.10pm Mon 18 Mar 6.30pm Wed 27 Mar 6.30pm Sun 24 Mar 6.30pm Sat 30 Mar 6.40pm Wed 20 Mar 8.50pm Sun 31 Mar 4pm Mon 25 Mar 8.50pm Sun 31 Mar 6.10pm Tue 26 Mar 6.20pm The screening on 12 March will be followed by a live satellite interview of Ralph Fiennes 05 06 Ciné Lumière Did You Miss It? Sink or Swim Cold War The Favourite Dogman Le Grand bain Zimna wojna IRE/UK/USA | 119 mins | 2018 | dir.