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14th-25th November 2012 www.ifi.ie IFI French Film Festival 2012 Schedule November The many facets of love are something of a theme Displaying excellent casts are Love Crime and You WED 14 Wed 21 emerging from this year’s programme. Will Be My Son; while both Cédric Kahn’s A Better 19.30 Opening Film 15.40 Farewell, My Queen Life and ’s Three Worlds are We are delighted to open the Festival with the taught, raw and fast-paced. Love (Amour) (Les Adieux à la reine) extraordinary Love by . Other Followed by Reception 18.10 Aliyah (Alyah) highlights from are , Other remarkable works include ’s ’s vivid melodrama of an impossible Superstar (Venice official competition), and the 20.00 Laurence Anyways love story, and the engaging documentary The irrepressible ’ latest filmYou Ain’t Seen THURS 15 Invisibles which focuses on the older gay and Nothin’ Yet, in competition at Cannes this year. 18.20 Camille Rewinds (Camille redouble) Thurs 22 lesbian generation. Benoit Jacquot will attend the screening of Farewell, My Queen which opened this year’s Berlin Festival. 20.30 You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet 15.40 The Big Night (Le Grand soir) It is a particular honour to welcome Béatrice Dalle (Vous n’avez encore rien vu) 18.10 The Invisibles (Les Invisibles) for Bye Bye Blondie, described as a punk-rock The delicate documentary Step up to the Plate 20.40 Step up to the Plate romantic comedy, and Ms. Dalle will also and the enchanting animation Ernest and introduce a rare screening of . Celestine, are sure to be hits! Fri 16 (Entre les Bras - La Cuisine en héritage) 18.10 Granny’s Funeral Our First-Time Director’s programme introduces It is our great pleasure to celebrate the 50th Fri 23 Aliyah by Elie Wajeman and Alice Winocour’s Anniversary of Les Films du Losange, the (Adieu Berthe - L’Enterrement de mémé) Augustine, both remarkable; Héléna Klotz will be company founded in 1962 by Eric Rohmer and 20.40 Augustine 15.40 Three Worlds (Trois mondes) with us to present Atomic Age, Prix Jean Vigo , with a selection of unique 18.10 Farewell, My Queen 2012, while Testud’s Another Woman’s Life screenings. My sincere gratitude goes to captures a dazzling who will also Margaret Ménégoz. Sat 17 (Les Adieux à la reine) be in attendance. Louis-Do de Lencquesaing’s 14.30 Betty Blue (37˚2 le matin) Introduction by Benoit Jacquot & Q&A flowing In a Rush will close the Festival. Finally the Festival is made possible with the support of the French Embassy in Ireland and I With an introduction from 20.40 Superstar Several comedies are on show including the lively would like to thank the Ambassador, H.E. Mrs. Béatrice Dalle What’s in a Name?, Noémie Lvovsky’s Camille Emmanuelle d’Achon, all our Festival supporters, 18.10 Bye Bye Blondie Sat 24 Rewinds - perhaps one of the best films of the the Institut Français and Unifrance Films, and the year(!); the Podalydès brothers’ Granny’s Funeral; IFI’s principal funder the Arts Council for its Followed by a Q&A with Béatrice Dalle 13.00 What’s in a Name (Le Prénom) and The Big Night from duo Delépine-Kervern, invaluable support again this year. 20.40 A Better Life (Une Vie meilleure) 15.40 Hidden (Caché) whose Mammuth was one of the Festival 18.10 Another Woman’s Life favourites from 2010. Marie-Pierre Richard, Festival Director Sun 18 (La Vie d’une autre) 14.00 Louvre City (La Ville Louvre) Actress Juliette Binoche will 18.10 The Big Night (Le Grand soir) be in attendance IFI Principal Funder Lead Partner 20.40 You will be my Son 20.40 Love Crime (Crime d’amour) (Tu seras mon fils) Sun 25 Mon 19 11.00 IFI Family: 18.10 Camille Rewinds (Camille redouble) Ernest and Celestine French Film Club screening (see page 14) (Ernest et Célestine) 6 Eustace Street Secondary Partners 20.40 Three Worlds (Trois mondes) 13.00 More Temple Bar Dublin 2 Introduction by & Q&A 15.40 Superstar 18.10 Another Woman’s Life www.ifi.ie Tues 20 Box Office 01 679 3477 (La Vie d’une autre) 15.40 Granny’s Funeral 20.40 in a Rush (Au galop) Cover: The Big Night by Directors Benoît Delépine, (Adieu Berthe – L’Enterrement de mémé) Introduction by Alice de Lencquesaing 18.10 Prix Jean Vigo: & Q&A

Programme notes: Kevin Coyne ie . (unless otherwise credited) Atomic Age (L’Âge atomique) Festival Director’s Notes: For all booking verso

: Introduction by Héléna Klotz & Q&A Marie-Pierre Richard information and prices, 20.40 What’s in a Name (Le Prénom) please see page 22. design 2 IFI French Film Festival 2012 www.ifi.ie 3 Irish Premieres Camille Rewinds (Camille redouble)

Winner of the Prix SACD in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, writer-director Noémie Lvovsky also takes the lead in this enjoyable comedy, which echoes ’s Peggy Sue Got Married in its tale of an unhappy middle- aged woman who inexplicably wakes up after a drunken party to find herself sixteen again. Knowing that her future marriage to her high school boyfriend will end badly and Love that her mother will soon die from possibly preventable causes, she attempts to make changes that will give her a (Amour) brighter future. Breezily amusing, it features appearances from some of ’s biggest names, including Yolande Thursday 15th November, 18.20 Moreau, Denis Podalydès and Mathieu Amalric. Monday 19th November, 18.10 Director: Noémie Lvovsky Director’s Note: A flashback to the ‘80s in an absolutely 115 minutes // France // 2012 delightful, whirling comedy directed and starring Noémie Winner: Prix SACD, Directors’ Fortnight, Lvovsky. Cannes 2012

You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet (Vous n’avez encore rien vu) Veteran Alain Resnais returns with this cheekily-titled film, reportedly his last, proving that at 89 he can still be as fresh and innovative as any tyro. Following the death of a famous theatre director, members of his company (including Mathieu Amalric, Sabine Azéma and ) are invited to view footage of rehearsals for a new production Gala Opening of Eurydice, which the company had itself performed in the past. Ever more absorbed in their viewing, they eventually Wednesday 14th November, 19.30 re-enact the play themselves. Concerning Resnais’ regular Director: Michael Haneke themes of memory and the persistence of the past, it would 127 minutes // France--Austria // 2012 Thursday 15th November, 20.30 prove a fittingly curious end to a remarkable career. Winner: Palme d’Or, Cannes 2012 Director: Alain Resnais 115 minutes // France-Germany // 2012 Director’s Note: Alain Resnais’ universe of reality and One expects a new film from Michael Official Competition, Cannes 2012 fiction, theatre and cinema, life and death, is inventively Haneke to be a sober and harrowing explored in this highly stylised film. piece, and while this holds true of Palme d’Or–winning Love, it is also uncommonly gentle, intensely moving, and almost unbearably poignant. Retired Granny’s Funeral music teachers Georges (Jean-Louis (Adieu Berthe – l’Enterrement de mémé) Trintignant) and Anne () live in pleasant domesticity in their Premiered in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, director Bruno flat. In a series of carefully structured Podalydès’ new film treats the topics of infidelity and scenes, we witness Anne’s mental death with a light touch that provides genuine laughter and physical decline, and Georges’ throughout. Denis Podalydès (who co-wrote the script with unflagging devotion to her care. The two his director brother) plays Armand, a pharmacist slowly actors imbue the couple’s relationship breaking up with his wife in order to be with his mistress. with a wholly credible intimacy that at The death of his long-ignored grandmother forces him to re- times makes for difficult viewing, but evaluate his situation and finally make some decisions. The also gives a deeper resonance to the script is littered with witty wordplay and comedic set pieces; film’s title. these characteristics, along with the subject matter, make Friday 16th November, 18.10 the film somewhat reminiscent of a Gallic . Director’s Note: This is a film to admire. Tuesday 20th November, 15.40 Love will always stay with you. Brilliantly Director: Bruno Podalydès Director’s Note: By turns a comedy, vaudeville and directed and beautifully played by two 100 minutes // France // 2012 fable, Armand’s existential crisis is brought to us with titan actors of the Nouvelle Vague. Directors’ Fortnight selection, Cannes 2012 tenderness, poetry and great humour.

4 IFI French Film Festival 2012 www.ifi.ie 5 Betty Blue (37°2 le matin) The Big Night (Le Grand soir)

Showing here in the director’s cut, Jean-Jacques Beineix’s Winner of the Special Jury Prize in this year’s Un Certain epic tale of amour fou made an immediate icon of its star, Regard at Cannes, the new film from the directors of Béatrice Dalle. She and boyfriend Zorg (Jean-Hugues Aaltra and Mammuth is a typically oddball comedy starring Anglade), who also acts as narrator, have a highly passionate Benoît Poelvoorde as aging punk NOT and Albert Dupontel relationship. In between bouts of lovemaking, Zorg works as as his ostensibly straight-laced brother Jean-Pierre who a handyman on the beach. However, as Betty’s behaviour falls in line with NOT’s anarchic philosophy after losing his becomes increasingly erratic, with occasional violent outbursts, job. Together the dishevelled pair rail against capitalism their circumstances change, and the two end up in the city while hanging out in the clean, corporate world of their managing a music store for a friend. But Betty’s instability local shopping precinct. With a supporting cast that eventually leads to tragedy. Dalle’s spellbinding fearlessness in includes Anne Fontaine, Gérard Depardieu and Yolande her debut role has lasted throughout her acting career. Moreau, it’s an eccentric, unusual, and very funny film. Saturday 17th November, 14.30 Actress Béatrice Dalle will be in attendance at this Sunday 18th November, 18.10 Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix screening. Thursday 22nd November, 15.40 Director’s Note: The Delépine-Kervern duo puts ‘a punk- 185 minutes // France // 1986 Directors: Gustave Kervern, Benoît Delépine with-a-dog’ at the centre of this caustic comedy. Dark, Oscar Nominee: Best Foreign Language Film, 1987 Director’s Note: Densely coloured landscape, a haunting 92 minutes // France-Belgium // 2012 almost veering out of control, with razor-sharp dialogue. Please note the screening will run on the original soundtrack and the stunning duo of Dalle and Anglade leave Winner: Special Jury Prize, , release print. this provocative and disturbing film stamped on your memory. Cannes 2012

Bye Bye Blondie You will be my Son (Tu seras mon fils)

Director Virginie Despentes’ follow-up to her controversial () plays distinguished vintner Paul debut Baise-moi is a much more sedate, even tender-hearted de Marseul, reaching the end of his career and concerned tale of punk love. As depicted in flashbacks, Frances and about his successor, especially pressing given the terminal Gloria (portrayed as younger women by Soko and Clara illness of his right-hand man François (Patrick Chesnais). Ponsot, respectively) met in a psychiatric hospital, where their Despite his son Martin (Loràn Deutsch) seeming the friendship blossomed into an affair. After some years apart, natural choice, Paul believes he lacks the subtle artistry Frances (Emmanuelle Béart), now a successful TV presenter, necessary for the creation of a great wine, and misses invites installation artist Gloria (Béatrice Dalle) to move in with no opportunity to tell him so. Instead, he wants François’ her, and the two resume their passionate if erratic relationship. son to take over, thus setting the scene for bitter disputes, Strong performances add to a story of the potency of first love. legal ploys, and revelations of family secrets. It’s a film of Actress Béatrice Dalle will be in attendance at this many pleasures, particularly the fine performances of the Saturday 17th November, 18.10 screening and will participate in a Q&A Sunday 18th November, 20.40 talented cast. Director: Virginie Despentes Director: Gilles Legrand 97 minutes // France-Belgium-Switzerland // 2012 Director’s Note: Impeccable casting brings together two 102 minutes // France // 2011 Director’s Note: The French winegrowing world is acutely screen icons – Béatrice Dalle and Emmanuelle Béart. portrayed in this classic, complex and gripping human drama set in a renowned Saint-Émilion vineyard.

A Better Life (Une Vie meilleure) Three Worlds (Trois mondes)

What starts as a sweet love story between chef Yann The new film from director Catherine Corsini Leaving( ) (, also known as the director of films such follows the aftermath of a hit-and-run incident in Paris, told as Tell No One and Little White Lies) and waitress and single from the perspectives of the driver, working-class car-dealer mother Nadia (Leïla Bekhti) soon turns into something Al (Raphaël Personnaz); the witness, bourgeois medical much darker when the financial pressures of opening a student Juliette (); and the wife of the victim, restaurant threaten to tear the couple apart. When Nadia struggling immigrant Vera (, The Silence Of takes a lucrative job in Montréal, she initially leaves her son Lorna). Unable to provide police with details of the driver, with Yann. The two follow her when she suddenly stops Juliette seeks out the grieving widow, and after a chance contacting them. In this tale of life lived on the fringes, there encounter with Al, attempts to mediate between the two. A is much that speaks to contemporary society. portrait of grief and atonement as well as class relations, it’s a film that lingers, providing much food for thought. Saturday 17th November, 20.40 Director’s Note: This raw, vibrant and acutely observed Monday 19th November, 20.40 Actor Reda Kateb will be in attendance at the screening Director: Cédric Kahn film demonstrates why Cédric Kahn is one of the most Friday 23rd November, 15.40 on November 19th and will participate in a Q&A. 105 minutes // France- // 2012 important French directors of his generation. Director: Catherine Corsini 100 minutes // France // 2012 Director’s Note: Suspense, tension, moral dilemma – Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2012 three characters’ destinies tumble together. A superb cast, including Raphaël Personnaz: a modern day .

6 IFI French Film Festival 2012 www.ifi.ie 7 What’s in a Name? (Le Prénom) The Invisibles (Les Invisibles)

In the tradition of Le Dîner de cons and Polanski’s Carnage, In this intriguing documentary, filmmaker Sébastien What’s in a Name? is an adaptation of a comic play to the Lifshitz focuses on eleven gay men and women over the cinema. When two couples meet for dinner, talk turns to age of seventy as they talk about their lives, thus painting possible names for the soon-to-arrive child of one of the a fascinating portrait of the development of French social pairs. The announcement of the chosen name leads to attitudes and mores over the last sixty years. Eschewing initial uproar, followed quickly by bickering, revelations and Paris for stories from regional towns and rural areas adds resentments, all of which provide moments of hilarity that to the feeling that a secret history is unfolding before the will keep the audience engaged and amused throughout. audience’s eyes. It’s an inspiring tale, one of frequent Keeping nearly the entire original cast of the play (Charles difficulties and loneliness that for each individual in their Berling being the exception) makes for a flawlessly own particular way ultimately leads to a jubilant personal performed film. freedom and confident self-identity. Tuesday 20th November, 20.40 Thursday 22nd November, 18.10 Saturday 24th November, 13.00 Director’s Note: A domestic hit in France, this is a very Director: Sébastien Lifshitz Director’s Note: A unique documentary in which all the Directors: Alexandre de La Patellière, French and very funny comedy with expertly paced quirky 115 minutes // France // 2012 characters we meet have an inexhaustible drive to find Matthieu Delaporte dialogue delivered with great energy by the cast. Special Screening: Official Selection, Cannes 2012 happiness. 109 minutes // France // 2012

Farewell, My Queen (Les Adieux à la reine) Step up to the Plate (Entre les Bras – La Cuisine en héritage) Based on the novel by Chantal Thomas, Benoit Jacquot’s historical drama, which opened this year’s Berlin Film Paul Lacoste’s impressive documentary is set over the Festival, is a fictional account of the very final days of course of a year in the Bras family’s three-Michelin-starred the reign of Marie Antoinette (), and her restaurant in the south of France. Father Michel, typically relationship with Sidonie (Léa Seydoux), a lowly but trusted exacting, has decided to hand over the reins to his son reader to the Queen who becomes embroiled in her love Sébastien, but struggles to cede control to a chef with affair with Madame de Polignac (). Besotted his own ideas and techniques, however talented he may with Marie Antoinette, Sidonie stays by her side even as be. As meticulously constructed as Michel’s famous news filters through of the revolution beginning outside the Gargouillou de jeunes légumes, the film provides insight palace walls. Visually sumptuous, it’s a gripping depiction of not just into the rarefied world in which such chefs exist, the beginning of the end for the French aristocracy. but also into the dynamics of a father-son relationship Wednesday 21st November, 15.40 Director Benoit Jacquot will be in attendance at the Thursday 22nd November, 20.40 defined by a shared vocation. Friday 23rd November, 18.10 screening on November 23rd and will participate in a Q&A. Director: Paul Lacoste Director: Benoit Jacquot 90 minutes // France // 2012 Director’s Note: Divided into the four seasons, this 100 minutes // France-Spain // 2012 Director’s Note: Benoit Jacquot creates a lavish, Official Selection, Berlin 2012 delicate, contemplative documentary chronicles the handing Opening Film, Official Competition, Berlin 2012 immersive, formal and extraordinarily atmospheric film. over of the Bras family restaurant from father to son.

Laurence Anyways Superstar

Shown in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, where it won Best (Welcome To The Sticks), in an idea Actress for Suzanne Clément, 23-year-old writer-director coincidentally used by Woody Allen in the recent To Xavier Dolan’s third film shows a confidence and ambition Rome With Love, plays Martin, an entirely ordinary man unrivalled among his contemporaries. Laurence (Melvil who suddenly and inexplicably finds himself a household Poupaud) is in an exceptionally close and loving relationship name, unable to step out in public without being chased with Fred (Suzanne Clément) when he one day announces by adoring fans and paparazzi alike. As he tries to escape that he wants to become a woman. While Fred is at first his unwelcome fame, Martin finds a sympathetic ear in the supportive, the relationship comes under increasing ambitious Fleur (Cécile De France, ), a strain not just from within, but from the reactions of a member of his newfound retinue. Director Xavier Giannoli’s curious public to this seemingly odd couple. Outstanding (In The Beginning) bittersweet satire on the media, and a performances from the two leads make for an absorbing reality TV culture where individuals are famous for being Wednesday 21st November, 20.00 and poignant depiction of life in the margins of society. Friday 23rd November, 20.40 famous, is an engaging watch. Director: Xavier Dolan Sunday 25th November, 15.40 168 minutes // Canada-France // 2012 Director’s Note: Fast, modern, stylish, the gifted Xavier Director: Xavier Giannoli Director’s Note: Director Xavier Giannoli delivers a Winner, Best Actress: Un Certain Regard, Dolan brings us this visually arresting, brilliant and 112 minutes // France-Belgium // 2012 fascinating film on the subject of celebrity and fame, Cannes 2012 beautiful melodrama of story. Official Competition, Venice 2012 swinging between the possible and the improbable. Best Canadian Film: International Film Festival 2012 8 IFI French Film Festival 2012 www.ifi.ie 9 Another Woman’s Life (La Vie d’une autre) First-Time Directors

The feature directorial debut of actress (Lourdes) sees Juliette Binoche as Marie, a young woman As has become tradition, this year’s programme includes a selection of work from who meets and spends the night with Paul (Mathieu first-time filmmakers whose strong debuts point to new and exciting directions in Kassovitz). When she wakes up, she discovers that fifteen years have passed of which she has no memory, and in French cinema. which time she has acquired an impressive career, a son, and a marriage to Paul which seems headed for divorce. While there is much humour in Binoche adapting to the minutiae of modern life, the film is essentially a cautionary tale of how easily one can become distracted from one’s most important relationships. Saturday 24th November, 18.10 Actress Juliette Binoche will attend the screening on Sunday 25th November, 18.10 November 24th. Director: Sylvie Testud 96 minutes // France-Luxembourg-Belgium // 2012 Director’s Note: Juliette Binoche is terrific in this bittersweet time-travel comedy-drama by award-winning actress and novelist Sylvie Testud.

Love Crime (Crime d’amour) The final film from director (Tous les matins Augustine Atomic Age Aliyah (Alyah) du monde), recently treated to an American remake (L’Âge atomique) courtesy of Brian De Palma, Love Crime is a thriller set Friday 16th November, 20.40 Wednesday 21st November, 18.10 in the world of corporate power games and boardroom Director: Alice Winocour Tuesday 20th November, 18.10 Director: Elie Wajeman humiliation. When ruthless executive Christine (Kristin 101 minutes // France // 2012 Director: Héléna Klotz 90 minutes // France // 2012 Scott Thomas) takes on new protégé Isabelle (Ludivine Critics’ Week, Cannes 2012 67 minutes // France // 2012 Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes 2012 Sagnier), she asserts her dominance first through Prix Jean Vigo 2012 unwelcome sexual attention, and later by taking all credit When 19-year-old servant Winner: FIPRESCI Prize, Berlin 2012 Aliyah is a slow-burning portrait for Isabelle’s ideas in order to further her own career. After Augustine (Soko, also appearing of Jewish Alex (Pio Marmaï), a a particularly vicious betrayal, Isabelle decides to take in this year’s programme in Bye We first meet Parisian hipsters low-level drug dealer caught intricate revenge. With such strong leads, the film is never Bye Blondie) suffers a grand mal Victor (Eliott Paquet) and Rainer between dreams of something Saturday 24th November, 20.40 less than enjoyable. seizure while working, she is (Dominik Wojcik) drinking on a better and the burdensome Director: Alain Corneau immediately sent to Paris’ train taking them to a night in reality of family ties, especially 106 minutes // France // 2010 Director’s Note: Alain Corneau’s painstaking direction Salpêtrière psychiatric hospital, one of the city’s hottest clubs. elder brother Isaac (director perfectly captures the bleak and highly competitive where she is diagnosed as On their arrival, Victor quickly Cédric Kahn in a rare acting corporate world. suffering from hysteria, by the finds a girl to hit on, while Rainer role), who constantly badgers renowned Professor Charcot spurns the advances of an him for loans he neither repays (Vincent Lindon). Quickly androgynous guy. On leaving, nor explains. When the In a Rush (Au galop) becoming his prize patient due Victor picks fights, and the two opportunity to move to Tel Aviv to the spectacular nature of her eventually drift to a secluded arises, Alex must reconnect with Actor-turned-director Louis-Do de Lencquesaing’s first seizures, and used to persuade spot where they speak of their his background and achieve feature centres on divorced writer Paul (de Lencquesaing), financiers of the validity of his need for each other, which may financial security in preparation. struggling in his relationships with student daughter work, the bond that develops or may not be sexual. Enigmatic However, Paris suddenly seems Camille (the filmmaker’s own child, Alice), mother Mina between doctor and patient and atmospheric, it’s a film of more appealing when he meets (Marthe Keller), and potential partner Ada (Valentina Cervi). causes his wife (Chiara subtle moments in which careful beautiful student Jeanne (Adèle However, Ada has complications of her own; she lives with Mastroianni) increasing lighting and discreet silences Haenel), and further her partner and young daughter. As her relationship with discomfort. Based on real cast their spell. complications arise when Isaac Paul develops, she must make a choice. A leisurely paced events, Winocour’s film is a Director Héléna Klotz will be in takes his savings. Intimate and family drama in which each character has their own subplot satisfying portrait of nineteenth- attendance at the screening engaging, it retains an edge of of romantic difficulties, the film is elegantly crafted, with a century sexual politics. and will participate in a Q&A. simmering menace. keen eye for the nuances of the various relationships, and Closing Film marks an assured debut. Director’s Note: Already Director’s Note: From the Director’s Note: Elie Wajeman Sunday 25th November, 20.40 Actress Alice de Lencquesaing will be in attendance at noted for her short films, Alice beautiful opening scene of rounds up some amazing Director: Louis-Do de Lencquesaing this screening and will participate in a Q&A. Winocour’s début feature is a two young guys on a train we actors, mixing many film genres 93 minutes // France // 2012 beautifully crafted neo-Victorian journey with them through their in a story of learning life’s Critics’ Week, Cannes 2012 Director’s Note: In a Rush unfolds the story of Paul. sensual thriller. night out in Paris. Dreamy and lessons. Carefully observed and simply told, with class and charm! highly charged!

10 IFI French Film Festival 2012 www.ifi.ie 11 Les Films Du Losange 50th Anniversary Programme

Louvre City Hidden More (La Ville Louvre) (Caché) Sunday 25th November, 13.00 Sunday 18th November, 14.00 Saturday 24th November, 15.40 Director: Barbet Schroeder Director: Nicolas Philibert Director: Michael Haneke 117 minutes // West Germany- 84 minutes // France // 1990 117 minutes // France-Austria // 2005 France-Luxembourg // 1969 Best Documentary: Prix Europa 1990 Winner: Best Director, Cannes 2005 Directors’ Fortnight selection, Cannes 1969 Documentary filmmaker Nicolas Directed by Michael Haneke, , Directed by Barbet Schroeder Philibert (Être et avoir) shows whose new film Love opens The first feature from Barbet

More audiences what happens this year’s Festival, Hidden Schroeder, founder of Les Films behind the scenes at arguably is an intense and unsettling du Losange, follows graduate Les Films du Losange was founded in 1962 by Barbet Schroeder and the world’s most famous meditation on trust, guilt, and Stefan (Klaus Grünberg) as museum following renovation the paranoia inherent in the he hitch-hikes from Germany Éric Rohmer. Schroeder produced – and played – that year in work in the 1980s. Events are latter. Television presenter to Paris on the first step of a depicted in Philibert’s usual Georges (), who voyage of self-discovery. Once Rohmer’s The Girl at the Monceau Bakery, the first of hisSix Moral style, with no voiceover or lives with wife Anne (Juliette there, he meets free-spirited incidental music to detract Binoche) and their twelve-year- American Estelle (Mimsy Tales. Barbet Schroeder’s directorial début was in 1969 with More, and from the treasures, literal and old son, receives packages Farmer), and follows her to it was then that Pierre Cottrell joined the adventures of Le Losange, otherwise, on display. Following containing surreptitiously filmed Ibiza. Exploring their hedonistic staff as they reorganise the videotapes of himself and his lifestyles to the limit leads to producing films by Schroeder, Rohmer, Eustache and others. museum, agonising over family, and disturbing drawings heroin addiction, eventually positioning of each and every that may relate to an incident overcome by using LSD to piece, it’s a portrait of intense from Georges’ childhood. wean themselves off the drug, By 1975 Margaret Ménégoz had become head of This special programme celebrating 50 years of dedication, from the decorator However, his attempts to allowing the couple to return to Le Losange, at which time Barbet Schroeder’s Les Films du Losange includes More, Louvre City who ends up admiring the discover the source of the tapes their explorations in pleasure. Mistress and Éric Rohmer’s The Marquise of O and Hidden, and we are delighted to premiere its artworks to the colleague who lead to a Kafkaesque nightmare. Very much a film of its time, were both in production. Then followed Le latest production as the opening film of this spends her days restoring one A film of enigma and ambiguity, there remain strong elements Losange’s expansion in 1986 into film distribution year’s Festival, Michael Haneke’s Love. tiny piece, a singular vision of a it challenges the viewer to draw to the film, particularly Farmer’s and later into international sales. mysterious world. one’s own conclusions, which brittle performance. Please see the IFI October and November may prove its most discomfiting As Margaret Ménégoz put it: “Les Films du programmes for details of other screenings as Director’s Note: What does quality. Director’s Note: This Losange was born out of a strong desire to be part of Les Films du Losange 50th Anniversary the Louvre look like when all labyrinthine tale – a huge hit in independent”, and as such made a significant programme. its visitors have gone home? Director’s Note: Spectator Europe – was one of the first contribution to the development of the Nouvelle Philibert presents a compelling turns voyeur from the very features to use a soundtrack by Vague. Le Losange’s prestigious catalogue now The IFI would like to thank at Les Films du film during its reorganisation in first shot. The performances a contemporary rock group – stands at over 80 films, including new works by Losange: Margaret Ménégoz, Marine Goulois, and 1988 prior to the inauguration by Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Pink Floyd. Michael Haneke, and others, in particular, Thomas Petit. of the Pyramid. Binoche are superb. while the company is one of the few remaining independent production and distribution Introductory notes by Marie-Pierre Richard. companies.

12 IFI French Film Festival 2012 www.ifi.ie 13 Festival Guests IFI Family Screening

Ernest and Celestine IFI French Film Festival 2012 joins the (Ernest et Célestine) monthly IFI Family Programme with an exclusive screening of this delightfully old-fashioned animation, based on the popular childrens’ picture books by Gabrielle Vincent. From the makers of the hilarious TV series and feature animation, Panique au village, this is a gentle story filled with wit and warmth as the tiny mouse and the big Juliette Binoche Béatrice Dalle Héléna Klotz bear become the most unlikely of friends. Juliette Binoche has starred in Beginning with the eponymous Héléna Klotz worked in sound Feisty mouse Celestine is destined to live in countless film classics including role in Betty Blue, Béatrice Dalle and as a casting director before the sewers below ground, while Ernest, the Three Colours: Blue, Hidden and has established a distinguished she went on to make her first busking bear, lives with his type above Certified Copy. Her performances career, working alongside feature film, Atomic Age, which ground. According to the very strict have won Best Actress awards directors including , features here in our First-Time authorities, each should stick to their own at Venice, Cannes and Berlin and , Michael Haneke Directors’ strand. Winner of this area, but as soon as they become friends, an Oscar for The English Patient. and . Her attendance year’s Prix Jean Vigo, we are they are determined to ignore the rules and She will take part in a Q&A at screenings of Betty Blue and delighted to welcome Héléna to be together. Gorgeously drawn, the film is after the screening of Another her new film Bye Bye Blondie is a discuss her film.Nov 20th honest with young viewers about the subtext Woman’s Life. Nov 24th festival highlight. Nov 17th Sunday 25th November, 11.00 Recommended age 5+ while also offering humorous solutions to Directors: Stéphane Aubier, the problems that our heroes face. Vincent Patar, Notes by Alicia McGivern A perfect introduction to French film for Benjamin Renner younger viewers. 80 minutes // France // 2012 Special Mention: 2012 Cannes Tickets €5 per person/ In French with English subtitles read aloud Directors’ Fortnight selection €15 Family ticket (4 people) by an experienced reader.

IFI French Film Club Benoit Jacquot Alice de Lencquesaing Reda Kateb Benoit Jacquot is a revered and Alice de Lencquesaing is an After appearing in Jacques prolific filmmaker whose varied accomplished actress who has Audiard’s A Prophet, Reda Kateb Camille Rewinds body of work is marked by a featured in a number of highly starred in Léa Fehner’s Silent (Camille redouble) fascination with his characters’ regarded French films including Voice, a performance which led psychology. We are delighted The Father of My Children, to a César nomination for Most This year’s IFI French Film Festival marks to welcome him to discuss his Summer Hours and Polisse. We Promising Young Actor. We are the third anniversary of our highly latest film Farewell, My Queen are delighted that she is here to thrilled that Reda Kateb is here successful IFI French Film Club screenings starring Diane Kruger, Léa present In a Rush, directed by to discuss his role in Catherine in partnership with the Alliance Française. Seydoux, Virginie Ledoyen and and starring her father Louis-Do Corsini’s Three Worlds. Nov 19th The Club gathers once a month for Noémie Lvovsky. Nov 23rd de Lencquesaing. Nov 25th pre-selected screenings of French films within the main IFI programme. To tie these two events together, the next IFI IFI French Film Festival on Tour French Film Club screening will be Noémie Lvovsky’s Camille Rewinds which features in the Festival on Monday the 19th of access>CINEMA in association Booking Through: November at 18.10 (see page 5). Anyone with the Irish Film Institute is Belltable Arts Centre can attend and register for the IFI French pleased to bring the IFI French Limerick City Film Club, and IFI/Alliance Française Film Festival to audiences outside www.belltable.ie members will get a special discounted €7 Dublin. The IFI French Film Tel: 061 319 866 ticket price at Club screenings. For more Festival on Tour will present an information, please visit www.ifi.ie exclusive screening of Step up to the Plate (Entre les Bras – La Director of the Alliance Française Cuisine en héritage) at Belltable Monday 19th November, 18.10 Philippe Milloux will introduce the Arts Centre, Limerick on Saturday Director: Noémie Lvovsky screening. December 1st at 20.00. 115 minutes // France // 2012 14 IFI French Film Festival 2012 www.ifi.ie 15 FREE IFI CINEMA The IFI French TICKETS! Film Festival at the IFI Café Bar.

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