Le Programme February – March 2017 02 Contents/Highlights Ciné Lumière 3–12 Kids & Families 13 All About Piano! 14 Mathieu Boogaerts Walter Presents: Spin 3 Focus on Quebec Cinema Music 15 11 Feb + Q&A with Grégory Fitoussi 16 – 19 Feb p.15 15 Feb p.8 p.6 Talks 16 We Support 18 We Recommend 19 La Médiathèque 20 Cinema Made in Italy Elle Robot by Blanca Li Dance French Courses 21 1 – 5 Mar 10 – 30 Mar Company p.9 p.4 22 – 25 Feb p.18 General Information 23–27 Barbican Centre front cover image: It’s Only the End of the World by Xavier Dolan Programme design by dothtm Ciné Lumière New Releases In Bed with Victoria Toni Erdmann Jackie Victoria GER/AUT/ROM | 2016 | 162 mins | dir. Maren Ade, with Peter CHL/FRA/USA | 2016 | dir. Pablo Larraín, with Natalie FRA | 2016 | 90 mins | dir. Justine Triet, with Virginie Efira, Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Trystan Pütter | cert. 15 | in Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig | cert. 15 | in English Vincent Lacoste, Melvil Poupaud, Laurent Poitrenaux | cert. German & English with EN subs & Spanish with EN subs tbc | in French with EN subs Winfried doesn’t see much of his busy daughter Ines. As Set in the days immediately following the assassination Victoria (Virginie Efira) is a beautiful Parisian criminal she is working on an important project as a corporate of President John F. Kennedy, Jackie is a searing and lawyer in her late 30s, sex-addict, workaholic, totally strategist in Budapest, Winfried decides to surprise intimate portrait of one of the most important and tragic self-centred and struggling to raise her two daughters. At her with a visit. A practical joker, he loves to annoy his moments in American history, seen through the eyes of a friend’s wedding, she reconnects with her ex-husband daughter with corny pranks and jabs about her routine the iconic First Lady (Natalie Portman). David, an old friend, Vincent, and Sam, a former client. A lifestyle. This uproarious father-daughter dramedy made comedy à la française critically acclaimed in Cannes. the shortlist for the 2017 Foreign-Language Film Oscar. Wed 8 Feb 8.30pm Fri 10 Feb 6.30pm Wed 1 Feb 6.30pm Fri 3 Feb 3.30pm, 8.40pm Thu 16 Feb 3pm Sat 11 Feb 6.15pm Thu 2 Feb 4pm Sat 4 Feb 5.40pm, 8.45pm Fri 17 Feb 3pm Tue 14 Feb 6.30pm Fri 3 Feb 6.45pm Sun 5 Feb 5.10pm, 8.15pm Sat 18 Feb 3.45pm Thu 16 Feb 9pm Sat 4 Feb 3.40pm Mon 6 Feb 7.30pm Sun 19 Feb 7.30pm Tue 7 Feb 6.15pm Tue 7 Feb 8.15pm Thu 23 Feb 8.30pm The screening on 8 February will be followed by a Wed 8 Feb 6.30pm Wed 8 Feb 3pm Q&A with costume designer Madeline Fontaine, Thu 9 Feb 4pm, 6.10pm Thu 9 Feb 8.15pm as part of Fashion and Cinema Fri 10 Feb 8.30pm Sat 11 Feb 3pm, 8.20pm Sun 12 Feb 4.10pm Tue 14 Feb 8.30pm Wed 15 Feb 3pm, 8.45pm 03 04 Ciné Lumière New Releases It’s Only the End of the World Elle Juste la fin du monde FRA/GER/BEL | 2016 | dir. Paul Verhoeven, with Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne FRA/CAN | 2016 | 95 mins | dir. Xavier Dolan, with Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye, Marion Consigny | cert. tbc | in French with EN subs Cotillard, Léa Seydoux, Vincent Cassel | cert. tbc | in French with EN subs In this gripping psychological thriller, a successful businesswoman gets caught up in French-Canadian prodigy Xavier Dolan assembles some of the greatest French acting a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the man who assaulted her. Exhilarating talents for his dazzling 6th film which won him the Grand Prix at Cannes last year. After and multi-layered, the film recalls the ambience of Hitchcock, De Palma and Polanski 12 years of absence, a writer (Gaspard Ulliel) goes back to his hometown, planning on and won Isabelle Huppert the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. announcing his upcoming death to his family. Tense and stylistically daring, It’s Only the End of the World is a powerful melodrama performed with explosive emotion. Fri 10 Mar 3.45pm, 6.20pm, 8.50pm Sun 19 Mar 8.45pm Sat 11 Mar 6.15pm, 8.50pm Mon 20 Mar 8.40pm Fri 17 Feb 8.30pm Sat 4 Mar 3.45pm Sun 12 Mar 5pm, 8pm Tue 21 Mar 6.15pm Fri 24 Feb 4pm, 6.30pm, 8.40pm Sun 5 Mar 8.50pm Mon 13 Mar 6.15pm, 8.45pm Wed 22 Mar 6.30pm Sat 25 Feb 4pm, 6.30pm, 8.40pm Mon 6 Mar 6.30pm, 8.40pm Tue 14 Mar 6.20pm, 8.50pm Thu 23 Mar 3.50pm Sun 26 Feb 6.30pm, 8.30pm Tue 7 Mar 8.40pm Wed 15 Mar 4pm, 8.40pm Sat 25 Mar 8.50pm Mon 27 Feb 6.30pm, 8.30pm Wed 8 Mar 4pm, 9pm Thu 16 Mar 3.45pm, 6.15pm Tue 28 Mar 6.20pm Tue 28 Feb 6.30pm, 8.40pm Thu 9 Mar 4pm, 6.30pm, 8.40pm Fri 17 Mar 6.30pm Thu 30 Mar 8.50pm Wed 1 Mar 4pm, 9pm Sat 11 Mar 4pm Sat 18 Mar 8.45pm Thu 2 Mar 4pm Wed 15 Mar 6.30pm Fri 3 Mar 4pm Thu 16 Mar 8.50pm The preview screening on 17 Feb is part of our Focus on Quebec Cinema (see p.8) Ciné Lumière New Releases Merci Patron ! Personal Shopper Sweet Dreams FRA/BEL | 2016 | 84 mins | dir. François Ruffin, with François FRA/GER | 2016 | dir. Olivier Assayas, with Kristen Stewart, Fai bei sogni Ruffin, Bernard Arnault, Jocelyne Klur | cert. tbc | doc Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz | cert. 15 | in English & French ITA/FRA | 2016 | 134 mins | dir. Marco Bellocchio, with Valerio in French with EN subs with EN subs Mastandrea, Bérénice Bejo, Fabrizio Gifuni | cert. tbc | in Italian with EN subs Jocelyne and Serge Klur’s factory, which made Kenzo Following their previous collaboration on the acclaimed suits (LVMH group) in Northern France, has been Clouds of Sils Maria, Kristen Stewart reunites with director Twenty years after his childhood was shattered by relocated to Poland, and they are now out of work, Olivier Assayas to play Maureen, a high-fashion personal the mysterious death of his mother, Massimo, an burdened with debts and risk losing their house. shopper who is also a medium. Grieving the recent accomplished journalist, begins to suffer from panic Confident he will save them, François Ruffin brings the death of her twin brother, she haunts his Parisian home, attacks. As he prepares to sell his parents’ apartment, he Klur case to the attention of LVMH’s Board and its CEO determined to make contact with him. is forced to live his traumatic past again. His encounter Bernard Arnault. Who of David and Goliath will win the with Elisa (Bérénice Béjo), a compassionate doctor, battle? Wed 8 Mar 6.30pm Fri 24 Mar 4pm, will help Massimo open up and confront his childhood Fri 17 Mar 4pm, 9pm 6.30pm wounds. Sat 18 Feb 7pm Sat 18 Mar 4pm, 6.15pm Sat 25 Mar 4.10pm Mon 20 Feb 8.30pm Sun 19 Mar 4.15pm, 6.30pm Sun 26 Mar 8pm Fri 24 Mar 8.45pm Tue 21 Feb 8.20pm Mon 20 Mar 6.30pm Mon 27 Mar 6.20pm Sat 25 Mar 6.15pm Sun 26 Feb 4.30pm Tue 21 Mar 8.50pm Tue 28 Mar 8.50pm Sun 26 Mar 5pm Wed 22 Mar 4pm, 9pm Wed 29 Mar 4pm Mon 27 Mar 8.40pm Thu 23 Mar 6.30pm, 8.45pm Thu 30 Mar 4pm The screening on 8 March will be followed by a Q&A with costume designer Jurgen Doering, as part of Fashion and Cinema 05 06 Ciné Lumière Special Screenings I, Daniel Blake Walter Presents: Spin 3 BAFTA Shorts UK/FRA/BEL | 2016 | 100 mins | Ken Loach, with Dave Johns, Les Hommes de l'ombre UK | 2017 | total run: 97 mins | various directors | cert.15 Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy | cert. 15 | in English with EN FRA | 2016 | 52 mins | s3, e1 | dir. Emmanuel Daucé, in English subs Charline de Lépine, Dan Franck, with Grégory Fitoussi, Bruno Wolkowitch, Carole Bouquet | cert. tbc | in French with EN subs This programme of short animations and live action films As a BAFTA special, we offer you one more screening showcases the best of upcoming British talent, selected of Ken Loach’s second Palme d’Or winning film. Daniel Totally Serialized is back under a new format presenting by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Blake, a 59-year-old carpenter, is recovering from a a series of special events throughout the year. Kicking (BAFTA) and nominated for its 2017 Film Awards. heart attack and seeking help from the State for the first off the series, we are delighted to partner with Channel time. He crosses paths with Katie, a single mother of 4 Walter Presents to showcase the preview of the 1st Fri 17 Feb 6.30pm two. Together they navigate their way through welfare episode of Spin (season 3) at Ciné Lumière. It is six Mon 20 Feb 6.30pm bureaucracy and the impersonal British benefits system. months until the Presidential elections and an extreme Wed 22 Feb 4pm far right party is leading in the opinion polls. Spin doctor Thu 23 Feb 6.30pm Fri 10 Feb 4pm Simon Kapita is working hard on behalf of his client, Sun 12 Feb 8pm President Marjorie when suddenly the leader of the far- For the full programme, check: right party is assassinated before his very eyes.