Le Programme February – March 2018 02 Contents/Highlights

Home , Andrey Zvyagintsev, Anne Fontaine, Charles Berling, Claes Bang, Claude Jade, Dominique Lavanant

Ciné Lumière 3–15

Talks 16–17

Performances & Music 18

The Sound of Music & Focus on Focus on Belgian Cinema Cinema Made in Italy Kids & Families 19 Alexandre Desplat 22 – 25 Feb 7 – 11 Mar 4 – 25 Feb p.9 p.10 pp.11-13 We Support 20

We Recommend 20–21

La Médiathèque / Culturethèque 22

French Courses 24 © Erik Damiano César & Her Le Roi qui n'aimait pas la Yto Barrada: Agadir Projet Lumière(s) 26 4 – 31 Mar musique 7 Feb – 5 May pp. 14-15 23 Mar p.20 p.18 General Information 27–31 Barbican Centre

front cover image: Fortunata by Sergio Castellitto as part of Cinema Made in Italy Programme design by dothtm Ciné Lumière New Releases

Makala Loveless The Shape of Water

FRA | 2017 | 96 mins | dir. Emmanuel Gras, with Kabwita Nelyubov USA/CAN | 2017 | 123 mins | dir. Guillermo del Toro, with Sally Kasongo, Lydie Kasongo | cert. U | doc | in Swahili & French RUS/FRA/GER/BEL | 2017 | 127 mins | Andrey Zvyagintsev, Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon | cert. 15 with EN subs with Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Matvey Novikov, Marina in English and Russian with EN subs Vasilyeva, Andris Keiss | cert. 15 | in Russian with EN subs In this existential documentary, French director During the Cold War, in the hidden US high-security Emmanuel Gras follows the steps of a young charcoal- Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce laboratory where she works as a cleaner, Elisa is trapped maker as he struggles to offer a better future for his marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. in a life of isolation until she discovers a secret experiment... family. When he sets out on an exhausting and perilous Already embarking on new lives, each with a new A frontrunner for the 2018 Oscars, The Shape of Water journey to sell the fruit of his labour of love, he discovers partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page already won Guillermo del Toro Best Director and composer the true value of his efforts and the price of his dreams. neglecting on the process their 12-year-old son Alyosha. Alexandre Desplat Best Score Awards at the 2018 Golden Until one day, after witnessing one of their fights, Alyosha Globes and leads BAFTA nominations with 12 nods. Fri 2 Feb 4pm, 6.30pm disappears. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2017 Sat 3 Feb 6.30pm Cannes Festival. Fri 16 Feb 6.20pm Fri 23 Feb 6.20pm Sun 4 Feb 4.15pm, 8.50pm 8.45pm Sat 24 Feb 3.40pm Mon 5 Feb 8.40pm Fri 9 Feb 6.15pm, 8.50pm Sat 17 Feb 8.30pm Sun 25 Feb 9pm Tue 6 Feb 6.30pm Sat 10 Feb 4pm, 8.30pm Sun 18 Feb 2pm Mon 26 Feb 6.30pm, 8.50pm Wed 7 Feb 4pm Sun 11 Feb 3.45pm, 6.20pm Mon 19 Feb 6.30pm Tue 27 Feb 6.20pm Thu 8 Feb 4pm, 6.30pm Mon 12 Feb 6.20pm, 8.50pm Tue 20 Feb 6.15pm Wed 28 Feb 4pm, 8.40pm Fri 9 Feb 4pm Tue 13 Feb 6.20pm, 8.50pm Wed 21 Feb 3.45pm Thu 1 Mar 6.30pm, 8.50pm Sun 11 Feb 8.50pm Wed 14 Feb 3.45pm Thu 22 Feb 3.45pm Thu 15 Feb 4pm Thu 15 Feb 6.20pm, 8.50pm Fri 16 Feb 3.45pm Special screening on 18 Feb preceded by a discussion Wed 21 Feb 6.30pm with composer Alexandre Desplat, as part of our season Thu 22 Feb 8.50pm The Sound of Music (pp.11-13) 03 04 Ciné Lumière New Releases

The Divine Order The Nile Hilton Incident The Square

Die Göttliche Ordnung SWE/DEN/GER/FRA | 2017 | 107 mins | dir. Tarik Saleh, with SWE/GER/FRA/DEN | 2017 | 142 mins | dir. Ruben Östlund, CHE | 2016 | 96 mins | dir. Petra Volpe, with Marie Fares Fares, Mari Malek, Yaser Aly Maher, Slimane Daze with Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West | cert. 15 Leuenberger, Max Simonischeck, Rachel Braunschweig, cert. tbc | in Arabic & Dinka with EN subs in English, Swedish & Danish with EN subs Sibylle Brunner | cert. tbc | in Swiss German with EN subs Inspired by a real murder case, Tarik Saleh brings Nordic Winner of the Palme d’Or, The Square is a satirical drama Winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Film noir sensibilities to the Egyptian capital and a grubby written and directed by Ruben Östlund. Christian is at the Tribeca Film Festival, The Divine Order is set in world of personal, political and systematic corruption. In the respected curator of a contemporary art museum, Switzerland in 1971 where, despite the worldwide social Cairo, weeks before the 2011 revolution, Police Detective a divorced but devoted father of two who drives an upheavals of the previous decade, women were still Noredin is working in the infamous Kasr el-Nil Police electric car and supports good causes. His next show is denied the right to vote. When unassuming and dutiful Station when he is handed the case of a murdered The Square, an installation which invites passersby to housewife Nora (Marie Leuenberger) is forbidden by her singer. Upon realising the involvement of Egypt’s power altruism. But sometimes, it is difficult to live up to one’s husband to take a part-time job, her frustration leads to elite, Noredin slowly changes sides to those who are own ideals. her becoming the poster child of her town’s suffragette defenceless against it. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at movement. Sundance 2017 World Cinema. Fri 16 Mar 3.30pm, 8.40pm Thu 22 Mar 3.30pm Sat 17 Mar 6pm, 8.40pm Sat 24 Mar 8.30pm Wed 28 Feb 6.30pm* Wed 7 Mar 8.50pm Fri 2 Mar 4pm, 8.40pm Sun 18 Mar 6.20pm, 9pm Mon 26 Mar 6.10pm Fri 2 Mar 6.30pm Thu 8 Mar 4pm Sat 3 Mar 4pm, 6.30pm Mon 19 Mar 6.10pm, 8.50pm Wed 28 Mar 6.20pm Sat 3 Mar 8.45pm Sat 10 Mar 4pm Sun 4 Mar 8.40pm Tue 20 Mar 8.30pm Fri 30 Mar 4.15pm Sun 4 Mar 6.30pm Mon 12 Mar 6.30pm Mon 5 Mar 8.40pm Wed 21 Mar 3.30pm, 8.40pm Mon 5 Mar 6.30pm Tue 13 Mar 8.40pm Wed 7 Mar 4pm Tue 6 Mar 8.30pm Wed 14 Mar 4pm Fri 9 Mar 4pm Sun 11 Mar 9pm *Preview screening Tue 13 Mar 6.30pm Wed 14 Mar 8.30pm Ciné Lumière New Releases

A series of flashbacks unfolds three episodes of Paul Separated from her husband, unemployed and about to Winner of the Silver Lion in Venice last year, Custody is a Dédalus’s youth. From his childhood in Roubaix to a become a grandmother, 50-year-old Aurore feels pushed psychological drama by up and coming director Xavier student trip to the USSR, his golden days bring him back into the background by a society set against senior Legrand. Held hostage to the escalating conflict between to the memory of Esther, the love of his life. With My citizens. But what if a whole life could begin right now? his parents, Julien is pushed to the edge to prevent the Golden Days, Arnaud Desplechin returns to the rich and Blandine Lenoir's first feature is a cri du coeur to women worst from happening. complex emotional landscape he explores in My Sex Life… over fifty with a heartfelt performance by French actress How I Got Into an Argument. Agnès Jaoui (Le Goût des autres). Fri 30 Mar 7pm, 8.50pm Sat 31 Mar 8.50pm Fri 16 Mar 6.15pm Wed 21 Mar 6.30pm Tue 27 Mar 8.30pm Sat 17 Mar 3.30pm Fri 23 Mar 8.30pm Wed 28 Mar 4pm, 9pm Continues in April Sun 18 Mar 4pm Sat 24 Mar 6.30pm Thu 29 Mar 4pm Thu 22 Mar 6.15pm Sun 25 Mar 9pm Sat 31 Mar 4pm Sat 24 Mar 4pm Sun 25 Mar 4pm, 6.30pm The preview screening on 21 Mar will be followed by a Mon 26 Mar 8.50pm Q&A with director Blandine Lenoir Thu 29 Mar 6.30pm, 8.50pm Continues in April Continues in April See also Le Goût des autres p.15 05 06 Ciné Lumière Did You Miss It? Re-Release

© Xstream Pictures Beijing Marie Curie: Mountains May Loving Vincent Persona The Courage of Depart UK/POL | 2017 | 95 mins | dir. Dorota Kobiela SWE | 1966 | 83 mins | dir. Ingmar & Hugh Welchman, with Saoirse Ronan, Bergman, with Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Knowledge Shan He Gu Ren Douglas Booth, Chris O’Dowd | in English Margaretha Krook, Jörgen Lindström CHI/JAP/FRA | 2015 | 126 mins | dir. Jia cert. 15 | in Swedish with EN subs | new print Marie Curie Zhangke, with Zhao Tao, Zhang Yi, Liang Jin The world’s first fully painted animated DEU/FRA/POL | 2015 | 100 mins | dir. Dong | cert. 12 | in Mandarin with EN subs feature, Loving Vincent explores the life and Bergman’s most audacious and formally Marie Noëlle, with Karolina Gruszka, Sabin controversial death of Vincent van Gogh, innovative work charts the increasingly Tambrea, Charles Berling, Arieh Worthalter With audacious leaps of time spanning told by his paintings and by the characters tense battle of wits between the chatty cert. tbc | in French, German, English & 1999 and 2014 China and 2025 Australia, that inhabit them. Beginning a year after Alma (Bibi Andersson) and the mute Polish with EN subs Jia Zhangke’s film chronicles a Chinese his demise, this portrait of the artist is Elisabet (Liv Ullmann), who are isolated family affair, from childhood love triangles, built via a series of interviews conducted together in a cottage on the island of Fårö. Marie Noëlle depicts the most turbulent to marital delusions, fortunes come by Armand Roulin – a regular model years in the life of a genius woman, Marie undone to prodigal reunions and above all for the artist’s portraits – who becomes Fri 23 Feb 4pm Curie. First woman to receive, not only the alienation of a child torn between two obsessed with van Gogh’s death, caused Thu 1 Mar 4pm one, but two Nobel prizes, she challenged worlds, two cultures, two languages. by a bullet wound to the stomach. Sun 4 Mar 4pm France’s male-dominated academic Wed 14 Mar 6.30pm establishment both as a scientist and a Tue 6 Feb 8.30pm Wed 7 Feb 8.40pm woman and changed the face of the world Thu 8 Feb 8.30pm Sat 10 Feb 6.30pm forever. Tue 20 Feb 8.45pm Wed 14 Feb 6.30pm

Fri 2 Feb 8.40pm Mon 5 Feb 6.30pm Ciné Lumière Special Screenings

Le Péril jeune 2 Days in Paris Zazie dans le Métro

Good Old Daze FRA/GER | 2007 | 96 mins | dir. Julie Delpy, with Julie Delpy, FRA | 1960 | 92 mins | dir. Louis Malle, with Catherine FRA | 1995 | 101 mins | dir. Cédric Klapisch, with Romain Adam Goldberg, Daniel Brühl | cert. 15 | in French and Demongeot, Philippe Noiret, Hubert Deschamps, Annie Duris, Vincent Elbaz, Nicolas Koretzky | cert. 15 | in French English with EN subs Fratellini | cert. 12 | in French | with EN subs with EN subs Spending 2 days in Paris comes as a cultural shock for The most freewheeling of New Wave films takes Raymond 1985, in the waiting room of a maternity hospital, four American interior designer Jack (Adam Goldberg) who Queneau’s unfilmable novel about a foulmouthed buddies from Upper Sixth meet again after ten years. The got way more than he bargained for when he planned a 11-year-old girl visiting her uncle in Paris, and finds the father of the awaited baby – their best friend at a time, romantic trip to the city of Love with his girlfriend Marion cinematic equivalent of the author’s punning style in an recently died from an overdose. They share their golden (Julie Delpy). Eccentric in laws, opinionated and explicit orgy of outrageous sight gags, in-jokes, film parodies memories, their aspirations, their good laughs and girlfriends, former lovers on every street corner, he and visual games. Zazie dans le Métro is a merry farce pranks. Ten years on, what has become of this frivolous quickly suspects he doesn’t know Marion half as well as depicting a satirical view of the French society in the early youth? With Le Péril jeune, acclaimed director Cédric he thought he did back in their New York comfort zone. 60’s. Klapish offered actor Romain Duris his first breakout on In this romantic comedy Julie Delpy does triple duty as the big screen. writer, director and actor. Tue 27 Feb 8.45pm

Sat 3 Feb 8.40pm Wed 14 Feb 8.50pm Introduced by Ginette Vincendeau, Professor in Film Studies at King's College London Preceded by a discussion with actor Romain Duris (tbc) Valentine’s Day special screening Double bill: talk Unravelling French Cinema at 7pm + See also Romain Duris’s exhibition at Caravanserail on screening of Zazie dans le Métro: £15, conc. £13 (see p.17) the occasion of the launch of his book Pulp, on 2 & 3 Feb.

In partnership with 07 08 Ciné Lumière Special Screenings

Let the Speak Up Paris 1900 The Mystery of Sunshine In À voix haute FRA | 1948 | 79 mins | dir. Nicole Védrès Picasso FRA | 2017 | 99 mins | dir. Stéphane de doc | cert. tbc | in French with EN subs Un beau soleil intérieur Freitas | doc | cert. tbc | in French with EN Le Mystère Picasso FRA/BEL | 2017 | 94 mins | dir. Claire Denis, subs Considered as a model of editing, Paris FRA | 1956 | 78 mins | dir. Henri-Georges with Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois, 1900 is a documentary by Nicole Védrès Clouzot, with Pablo Picasso, Henri-Georges Philippe Katerine | cert. tbc | in French with Each year at the University of Saint-Denis which draws on footage from over 700 Clouzot, Claude Renoir | doc | cert. tbc EN subs | Preview screening in the suburbs of Paris, the "Eloquentia" films to chronicle Belle Epoque Paris from in French with EN subs competition for Best Orator takes place. 1900 to 1914. It’s a fascinating account Juliette Binoche is both incandescent and Any student can participate and prepare of the cultural, technological and social Thanks to transparent canvases, Clouzot emotionally raw in Claire Denis’s Let the with the help of professionals, who teach progress of the era, documenting the 1900 gives viewers the chance to see the Sunshine In as Isabelle, a middle-aged them the tricks and trades of public Paris Exhibition, the completion of the creative process of the most influential Parisian artist in search of definitive love. speaking. Over the weeks, they learn the Eiffel Tower and the variety of Parisian life painter of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso. Loosely inspired by Roland Barthes’s subtle inner workings of rhetoric and to on the eve of the Great War. One of the greatest documentary portraits A Lover’s Discourse, she moves elliptically reveal themselves. of an artist at work ever made, it shows from one romance to another. Thu 22 Mar 8.40pm us, stroke after stroke, Art in the making. Tue 20 Mar 6.30pm Thu 8 Mar 8.40pm Followed by a Q&A with historian Bernard Tue 27 Mar 6.30pm Special screening on the occasion of the Eisenschitz & Michael Witt, Professor at Special screening on the occasion of the International Francophonie Day (see also the University of Roehampton See also Picasso 1932 – Love, Fame, International Women's Day p.18) Tragedy exhibition at the Tate Modern from As part of the Essay Film Festival 8 March to 9 September. Ciné Lumière Focus on Belgian Cinema

Belgian cinema is rich in cinematic propositions, reflecting this country’s multi-faceted identity. Focus on Belgian Cinema lifts the lid on a multicultural, environmentally conscious, at times cynical society, to portray an altogether modern view on the world we live in. Organised by Wallonie-Bruxelles International and Flanders House, in collaboration with Ciné Lumière. > screenings are listed p.30 > see dedicated leaflet > www.institut-francais.org.uk 22 – 25 Feb Image: Vincent and the End of World Image: Vincent 10 Ciné Lumière Cinema Made in Italy

Ciné Lumière teams up again with Istituto Luce Cinecittà and the Italian Cultural Institute in London to present the 8th edition of Cinema Made in Italy. Expect a brand-new array of cinematic delights, melding all genres from hilarious romcoms to intense dramas, daffy musicals to period romances, animation films to action thrillers. > screenings are listed p.31 > for further details see: www.institutfrancais.org.uk 7 – 11 Mar image: Love and Bullets image: Love Ciné Lumière The Sound of Music

The Sound of À nous la Liberté L'Atalante Lawrence of Music FRA | 1931 | 81 mins | dir. René Clair, with FRA | 1934 | 89 mins | dir. Jean Vigo, with Arabia Henri Marchand, Raymond Cordy, Rolla Michel Simon, Jean Dasté, Dita Parlo | music From 3 to 21 February, Ciné Lumière France | music by Georges Auric | cert. U by Maurice Jaubert | cert. PG | in French with UK/US | 1962 | 222 mins | dir. David Lean, pays tribute to multi-awarded composer in French with EN subs EN subs with Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Alexandre Desplat, on the occasion of his Quinn | music by Maurice Jarre | cert. PG nomination to the BAFTA Awards for The One of the all-time comedy classics, René This sensuous hymn to liberation follows in English Shape of Water, and to other great French Clair’s À nous la liberté tells the story of the ups and downs of a young married score composers, from Georges Delerue Louis, an escaped convict who becomes couple: a barge captain and a country This monumental epic - resonating with to Michel Legrand, Maurice Jaubert to a wealthy industrialist. Unfortunately, his girl. When their domestic quarters prove the score of Maurice Jarre – recounts the Maurice Jarre. past returns (in the form of old jail pal too confining, it takes first mate 'Père true life of T.E. Lawrence, better known to Emile) to upset his carefully laid plans. Jules' (Michel Simon) to bring them back the world as Lawrence of Arabia. During Their compositions are so intertwined Featuring lighthearted wit, tremendous together. Suffused with fevered, dream- WWI, a young, idealistic British officer, with ultimate classics (L’Amour en fuite, visual innovation, and masterful like exoticism and music by Maurice Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) is assigned to Peau d’Âne, L’Atalante, Lawrence of Arabia) manipulation of sound, À nous la liberté is Jaubert, L'Atalante was a major inspiration the camp of Prince Feisal (Alec Guinness), or great recent hits (The Grand Budapest both a potent indictment of mechanized to Nouvelle Vague directors. an Arab tribal chieftain and leader in a Hotel, Rust and Bone) that they forever modern society and an uproarious comic revolt against the Turks. In a series of resonate in our collective memory. delight with an unforgettable score by Sun 11 Feb 2pm brilliant tactical maneuvers, Lawrence Georges Auric. leads fifty of Feisal's men in a tortured Alexandre Desplat will grace Ciné Followed by a discussion with Nick three week crossing of the Nefud Desert Lumière with an exclusive on-stage Sun 4 Feb 2pm Walker (Rochester Kino Cinema Club) to attack the strategic Turkish held port discussion, before attending the of Aqaba. BAFTA Awards Ceremony, on 18 February. Don’t miss him! (see p.3) Sat 17 Feb 4pm 11 12 Ciné Lumière The Sound of Music Alexandre Desplat

Peau d'Âne L'Amour en fuite Rust and Bone

FRA | 1970 | 90 mins | dir. Jacques Demy, with Catherine Love on the Run De rouille et d’os Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin, Delphine Seyrig FRA | 1979 | 94 mins | dir. François Truffaut, with Jean-Pierre FRA/BEL | 2012 | 120 mins | dir. Jacques Audiard, with Marion music by Michel Legrand | cert. PG | in French with EN subs Léaud, Claude Jade, Marie-France Pisier | music by Georges Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts | music by Alexandre Desplat Delerue | cert. 12 | in French with EN subs cert. 15 | in French & English with EN subs Jacques Demy’s ode to the classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault stars Catherine Deneuve, as a princess whose This final instalment in Truffaut’s Antoine Doinel cycle Given the custody of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium father, the King, seeks her hand in marriage. This epic revolves around a series of meetings in which Antoine for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband. One tale overflows with dazzling colour, elaborate costumes revisits past affairs. Accordingly, Truffaut incorporates evening, he meets Stéphanie, a killer whale trainer. When and an enchanting score by Academy Award winning a series of extracts from his earlier films, resulting she suffers a terrible accident, Alain decides to help composer Michel Legrand. in a retrospective treatment of his development as a her, simply, without pity or compassion. Cotillard and filmmaker, and of Antoine’s initiation into adulthood to the Schoenaerts give incredibly powerful performances as Sun 18 Feb 5pm music of Georges Delerue. these two broken souls seeking redemption in each other. Best Original Music at the 2014 César Awards. Sun 25 Feb 2pm Sat 3 Feb 4pm Ciné Lumière Focus on Alexandre Desplat

The King's Speech The Grand Coco Before The Ghost Writer UK | 2010 | 118 mins | dir. Tom Hooper, with Budapest Hotel Chanel FRA/UK/GER | 2010 | 125 mins | dir. Roman Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Polanski, with Ewan McGregor, Pierce Carter | music by Alexandre Desplat | cert. 12 USA/GER | 2014 | 100 mins | dir. Wes Coco avant Chanel Brosnan, Kim Cattrall | music by Alexandre in English Anderson, with Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, FRA | 2009 | 105 mins | dir. Anne Fontaine, Desplat | cert. 15 | in English F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric | music with Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde King George VI (Colin Firth), aka Bertie, by Alexandre Desplat | cert. 15 | in English music by Alexandre Desplat | cert. 12 Based on Robert Harris' novel of the reluctantly takes the throne after the in French with EN subs same name, the film centers on a abdication of his brother and despite a The Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) who is hired terrible stammer. Considered unfit to be adventures of Gustave H., a legendary Audrey Tautou (Amelie) plays the to complete the memoirs of a former King but desperate to prove otherwise, concierge at a famous European hotel legendary ‘Coco’ Chanel in an enthralling British prime minister Adam Lang (Pierce Bertie hires Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, exploration of her early life before she rose Brosnan) after his predecessor died in an a speech therapist with some unorthodox the lobby boy who becomes his most to worldwide fame as the most celebrated unfortunate accident. As The Ghost works, techniques. The pair strike up an unlikely trusted friend. The story involves the theft fashion designer of the 20th Century. he begins to uncover clues suggesting his friendship, and the newly empowered and recovery of a priceless Renaissance Gabrielle Chanel learns to sew in an predecessor may have stumbled on a dark Bertie becomes the leader his country painting and the battle for an enormous orphanage before her singing ambitions secret linking Lang to the CIA. needs in a time of war... family fortune – all against the back- lead her to a cabaret club where she earns drop of a changing Continent. The music the nickname ‘Coco’ and catches the eye Wed 21 Feb 9pm Sun 4 Feb 6.30pm composed by Alexandre Desplat won him of several high society gentlemen… the Best Achievement in Music Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. Sun 18 Feb 8pm

Wed 7 Feb 6.30pm

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César & Her Trois hommes Water Lilies Vénus Beauté On the occasion of the International et un couffin Naissance des pieuvres (Institut) Women's Day on 8 March and a century FRA | 2012 | 120 mins | dir. Céline Sciamma, exactly after suffrage was open to women FRA | 1984 | 100 mins | dir. Coline Serreau, with Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachère, Adèle FRA | 1999 | 105 mins | dir. Tonie Marshall, in the UK, almost a century after Virginia with André Dussolier, Michel Boujenah, Haenel | cert. 15 | in French with EN subs with Nathalie Baye, Mathilde Seigner, Audrey Woolf wrote A Room of One’s Own, and 70 Roland Giraud, Dominique Lavanant | cert. 12 Tautou, Bulle Ogier | cert. 15 | in French with years since Simone de Beauvoir wrote in French with EN subs Three 15-year-old girls living in the EN subs The Second Sex, what room is there for modernist Paris suburb of Cergy-Pontoise women directors in the Pantheon of Pierre, Jacques et Michel share a lavish find the dynamics of their relationships Angèle works in a local beauty salon. She French cinema? flat. All three of them love luxury, women gradually beginning to shift in Céline lives alone, having made up her mind to and their freedom. Jacques takes off Sciamma's intimate look into the world keep away from romantic love once and Let’s have a look at the women that were to Japan for three weeks and leaves a of synchronized swimming. Finding for all. By chance, she meets a man who celebrated in France’s most prestigious message to his two friends informing privacy in the solitude of the swimming falls madly in love with her… A tender and Cinema Award ceremony, the César, with them of the forthcoming delivery of a pool locker room, they come to learn the uplifting comedy with a first-class French this season, César & Her, showcasing parcel. The parcel turns out to be a baby true meaning of arousal and the power of cast, that won director Tonie Marshall the films of the likes of Coline Serreau, in a cradle, to everyone’s stupefaction... sexual attraction. Water Lilies garnered 3 the Best Film, Best Director and Best Agnès Jaoui or Céline Sciamma. Coline Serreau delightful comedy won 3 César Awards in 2008. Screenplay, and Audrey Tautou Most César Awards in 1986. Promising Actress at the César Awards Tue 6 Mar 6.30pm in 2000. Sun 4 Mar 2pm Sun 18 Mar 2pm Ciné Lumière César & Her

Beau Travail Le Goût des autres Polisse

Casting unsparing but understanding eyes on a closed Agnès Jaoui’s first outing as director won the 2001 César The daily grind for the police officers of the Child male world, Claire Denis’s film relocates Herman for Best Film and Jaoui shared the Best Screenplay Protection Unit – taking in child molesters, busting Melville’s Billy Bud to a French Foreign Legion outpost. award with long-time collaborator Bacri. This witty underage pickpockets and chewing over relationship Denis Lavant has one of his finest roles as the sergeant- ensemble piece portrays with insightful humour the issues at lunch; interrogating abusive parents, major whose profound love for his commander (Michel divide in class manners in a French provincial town. confronting the excesses of teen sexuality and enjoying Subor) is threatened by the presence of a kind and solidarity with colleagues. How do these police officers innocent recruit (Grégoire Colin). Beau Travail won the Fri 30 Mar 2pm balance their private lives and the reality they confront César for Best Cinematography (to Agnès Godard) in every working day? Maïwenn’s powerful film won two 2001. César Awards.

Sun 25 Mar 2pm Sat 31 Mar 6.20pm

Followed by a discussion with Nick Walker (Rochester Kino Cinema Club)

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View of the Cliff of Bamiyan (2016). © Galerie Eric Dupont Virginie Despentes © J.-F Paga Café Philo History, Memory and Reading Group Open to everyone interested in discussing philosophical Politics: An Artist’s View Every month, we focus on the latest translated works issues in an informal setting, the Institut’s Café Philo of acclaimed French authors. Join our unique bilingual meets every Saturday. Pascal Convert is a French sculptor and videographer literary discussion with a little French twist! who looks at how sculpture can open up the political Sat 3, 17 & 24 Feb, 10, 17 & 31 March | in English dimension of representation and reinstate our physical Thu 8 Feb | Vernon Subutex 1, by Virginie Despentes (2015) Sat 10 Feb, 3 & 24 March | in French relationship with the real through his ongoing and past Thu 15 Mar | Octavio’s Journey, by Miguel Bonnefoy (2012) projects, from large-scale wax sculptures to documentary 10.30am to 12.15pm | £2 | contact: [email protected] films. Joined in discussion by Dr. Nigel Saint (University 7pm | 1h30 | in English and (easy) French of Leeds), he will investigate the issues raised by his films and their questioning of history. £5, members £3, including a glass of wine courtesy of Sud de France Wed 7 Feb 6.30pm

Free but booking essential: [email protected] Talks

© Flammarion How to Publish Unravelling French Forgotten Island – a Translated Children's Cinema Conversation with Fiction Successfully Cinema experts, scholars and authors Ginette Caroline Grimm Vincendeau, Alastair Phillips, Michael Temple and A panel of experts including Nicolette Jones (literary Michael Witt gather to celebrate the releases of Paris In Churchill m’a menti, French author Caroline Grimm lifts expert), Adam Freudenheim (publisher Pushkin Press), in Cinema: Beyond the Flâneur (BFI), and of the second the veil on the true and forgotten occupation by the Nazis Nina Douglas (children books publicist) and Lucie edition of The French Cinema Book (BFI). Together they will of the Channel island of Jersey in 1940. Following the Campos (Institut français - Book Office) discuss how discuss a series of cinematic milestones that considers gripping daily life of those who were left with no choices to acquire and promote international fiction in the UK, both the artistic ambition and the commercial realities of other than resisting or cooperating, Caroline Grimm giving guidance on working with translators, researching French cinema, from the earliest days of silent cinema reveals the construction of a concentration camp on this funding sources and publicising translated fiction. to the most recent releases, taking on board both the forsaken island. Join us for an evening of reading and cinema of the great auteurs (from Feuillade to Denis) and discussion with the author, followed by a book-signing. This event is co-organised with reading charity BookTrust popular film genres (thrillers, comedy). Major movements as part of their ‘In Other Words Children's Books in (such as the New Wave) will be discussed, as well as the Tue 6 Mar 7pm Translation’ project. way French cinema repeatedly took the city of Paris as its background, subject and muse, depicting its everyday 1h | in English & French | £7, members & conc. £5 Tue 20 Feb 4pm streets and apartments as well as its famous landmarks.

2h | in English | Free but bookings essential: Tue 27 Feb 7pm [email protected] 1h | in English | £7, members & conc. £5 This seminar is aimed at commissioning editors and Double bill: talk + screening of Zazie dans publicists le Métro at 8.45pm: £15, conc. £13 (see p.7) 17 18 Performances & Music

© Julien Mignot © Ph. Lebruman Journée de la Le Roi qui n'aimait Da Silva Malik Djoudi Francophonie pas la musique Over the years French chanson hero Malik Djoudi offers an immersive live Da Silva has tried his hand at many show followed by a Q&A in our Art Deco Joutes Oratoires Lycéennes Final Just published by Gallimard Jeunesse, forms of musical expression, always listed library. Back in the day, Malik used Le Roi qui n'aimait pas la musique by keen on experimenting with progressive to sing in English and recently made the Every year on 20 March, countries around Mathieu Laine is a poetic tale, set in a new sounds. Light years away from his switch back to his mother tongue. His the world celebrate Francophonie through far away country, about the power of Garage and Punk Rock debuts, Da Silva androgynous voice will appeal to the fans cultural events honouring the French music and the love of art. We are hosting writes, composes in French with a varied of Christophe, effortlessly hitting the high language. an exceptional musical reading of this instrumental palette including brass and notes with minimal instrumental backing. timeless book by actor and singer Patrick strings, and influences from blues, fado This year the Institut français and Bruel, accompanied by pianist Karol and electro. Throughout, he stuck to his Wed 28 Mar 7.30pm Francophonie UK present the national Beffa, clarinettist Paul Meyer and violinist dark, somber, and melancholic tone. final of the Joutes Oratoires Lycéennes, Renaud Capuçon. as part of Music Rendezvous concluding months of French debating The performance will be followed by an competitions involving hundreds of sixth With special thanks to Mathieu Laine for informal chat with the public. 1h | in French & English | £7, members £5 form students from across the UK. his patronage of this event. Wed 28 Feb 7.30pm This event will be followed by a screening of Fri 23 Mar 5pm the documentary Speak-Up (Á voix haute) by as part of Music Rendezvous Stéphane de Freitas (see p.8). 30 mins | in French | for kids (5+) and families 1h | in French & English | £7, members £5 Tue 20 Mar 3pm Followed by book signings

Free but booking essential: [email protected] Kids & Families

Make’em laugh, make’em laugh! Take the kids to the Institut to enjoy our fun (and Kids Activities educational) activities for the little ones or the whole family. From film screenings Tales, workshops, games! to workshops you’ll have every chance to What’s not to love? laugh yourselves silly! Everyone will get a taste of what they like. Artists in the making, can also join our Art Club and meet the book illustrator Sébastien Chebret!

CinéKids Screenings From a goofy Cro-Magnon man saving the day in Early Man to a menagerie of playful animals in La Fontaine fait son cinéma, our Cinékids will bring some joy to all! Every Sat 2pm & Sun 11am

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Yto Barrada: Agadir Quatuor Voce Siska Raphael Pichon & the Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus Emerging from the ranks of Marseille fusionists Watcha Clan, Siska delivers her own melange of downtempo hip-hop, folk and soul that is by turns seductive or politically engaged. Her show is part of this year's culture-blending London Remixed festival.

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French multimedia artist Yto Barrada French string quartet Quatuor Voce will be 3 Feb Rich Mix develops a site specific exhibition for the performing Debussy, Dutilleux, Vaughan- This concert marks the debut of Raphael Barbican Curve gallery. The body of work Williams and Britten's quartets as part Barbagallo Pichon's season with the Scottish including a mural, a new film commission, of the French Connections festival in Chamber Orchestra as guest conductor. several sculptures, and a series of Manchester. The former countertenor will conduct two performances, will explore the rebuilding masterpieces: Schubert's Symphony No 8 of Agadir. www.rncm.ac.uk 'Unfinished' and Mozart's Mass in C minor. www.barbican.org.uk 9 Mar Royal Northern College www.thequeenshall.net

7 Feb – 5 May Barbican Centre Julien Leroy & Birmingham 22 Feb Queen's Hall, Edinburgh Contemporary Music Group Romain Leleu & François Dumont Les Talens Lyriques French conductor Julien Leroy is invited Satie, Chopin, Poulenc, Gershwin and by the Birmingham Contemporary Barbagallo is the solo moniker of Julien French baroque internationally renowned Araturian will be played by French Music Orchestra for a French classical Barbagallo, the drummer in Tame ensemble Les Talens Lyriques will play trumpeter Romain Leleu, joined by pianist contemporary music programme. It Impala’s live band as well as a part-time Monteverdi, Rossi and Cavalli. Come and François Dumont to perform famous will include pieces by Pierre Boulez and member of French experimentalists listen to Monteverdi's L'incoronazione pieces such as Rimsky Korsakov's Le Vol Tristan Murail. Aquaserge. His own music is an di Monteverdi, highlighted at the V&A du Bourdon or Edith Piaf's La Foule. Special enveloping, harmony-drenched blend of exhibition Opera: Passion, Power and discount for members of the Institut www.thsh.co.uk French pop and West Coast psychedelia. Politics. français. 19 Mar Symphony Hall www.borderline.london wigmore-hall.org.uk www.royalalberthall.com 12 Feb The Borderline 26 Feb Wigmore Hall 12 Feb Royal Albert Hall We Recommend

Another Kind of Life: Photography Insula Orchestra & Laurence Equilbey Rone (supporting Vessels) Kid Francescoli on the Margins

To mark International Women’s Day, Producer Erwan Castex’s (aka Rone) Matthieu Hocine's classy, gliding electro- Addressing gender and sexuality, drugs conductor Laurence Equilbey and the latest album, Mirapolis, is a haven of pop group play their first ever UK show. and addiction, youth culture and minorities Insula Orchestra present an introduction wonderment on the fringes of indie rock, Hocine is once again joined by vocalist of all kinds, the show features the work to the music of composer Louise Farrenc club and electronica, a journey through Julia Minkin, who inspired previous album of 20 photographers from the 1950s and invite female soloists Alexandra childhood memories of a now-demolished With Julia and with whom he continues his to the present day, including French Conunova (violin), Natalie Clein (cello), and French theme park and the classic Fritz musical partnership on Play Me Again. photographer Philippe Chancel. Alice Sara Ott (piano). Lang film Metropolis. www.the100club.co.uk www.barbican.org.uk www.barbican.org.uk www.ovalspace.co.uk 30 Mar The 100 Club 28 Feb – 27 May Barbican Centre 8 Mar Barbican Centre 28 Mar Oval Space

IAM Quatuor Arod & Thibaut Garcia Les Folies françoises

The French rap legends need very little Ryedale Festival programmes two freshly For its Wigmore Hall debut, French introduction as one of the few acts from appointed BBC New Generation Artists. baroque ensemble conducted by violonist France's hip-hop golden age to break Quartuor Arod will perform Mendelssohn Patrick Cohen-Akenine, Les Folies through to UK audiences. They've recently vibrant and intense String Quartet n°4 and françoises will perform Bach's virtuoso been celebrating 20 years since the guitarist Thibaut Garcia will play a tender Orchestral Suite n°2 and Harpsichord release of their classic album L’Ecole Du and solar recital including pieces by Bach Concert n°1. Micro d’Argent. and Piazzolla. www.wigmore-hall.org.uk www. academymusicgroup.com www.ryedalefestival.com Cultural events in the 'We Support' and 28 Mar Wigmore Hall 'We Recommend' sections are supported or 3 Mar O2 Shepherd's Bush 16 & 17 Mar Ryedale Festival recommended by the Institut français, Fluxus Art Projects, Diaphonique and Empire the French Music Export Office. 21 22 La Médiathèque Culturethèque

Discover Indie Music with Improving your French is Fuel Your French the 1Dtouch a Breeze! Immerse yourself in French by reading thousands of classics, browsing through one of 200 comic books What is 1Dtouch? For Students or watching and listening to 1000 videos, podcasts or 1D touch is the first multimedia platform for fair-trade La Médiathèque’s French Lab offers all language audiobooks. streaming and independent French artists. With more students the resources and services to enhance their than a million titles from over 68,000 artists, the platform learning experience. Today, we're offering more to students and teachers of aims to offer a great variety of music to a large audience. French: a whole list of our documents (such as videos, For Teachers comics, books) are enriched with educative worksheets What type of music can I listen to? Thousands of titles providing theoretical material for to keep you engaged and improve your skills as well as All genres of music can be found on the 1Dtouch platform, professional development and hands-on information those of your students. which complements the CD collection of La Médiathèque. to help preparing classes. Subjects range from You can also discover our Music Rendezvous artists linguistics, history of the French language, francophonie, www.culturetheque.com > Teach & Learn French > (see p.18) through hand-picked selections. intercultural issues, the European Framework, teaching For the classroom children, and more! How to use the 1Dtouch listening station? Any questions? Email us at The listening station is available to everyone for free - These resources are available for all to work and read [email protected] Whether you are a member of the library or not- during on site at La Médiathèque. Become member to borrow La Médiathèque’s opening hours. items and enjoy benefits at the Institut français. French Language teachers are entitled to a concession. Enjoy 1Dtouch from your home! 1Dtouch is also accessible for free on For more info and to become a member: www.culturetheque.com. Sign up and enjoy www.institut-francais.org.uk/Mediatheque the best independent music on offer from your preferred device. EXCELLENCE CRÉATIVITÉ INTÉGRITÉ

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