Film at Lincoln Center March 2020 New Releases The Whistlers Bacurau The Truth The Traitor Series & Festivals Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Mapping Bacurau New Directors/ New Films Members save $5 Tickets: filmlinc.org Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center 144 West 65th Street, New York, NY Walter Reade Theater 165 West 65th Street, New York, NY FESTIVAL Rendez-Vous with French Cinema MARCH 5–15 Co-presented with UniFrance, the 25th edition of Rendez-Vous demonstrates that the landscape of French cinema is as fertile, inspiring, and distinct as ever. Organized by Florence Almozini with UniFrance. ( In-Person Appearance) Special Student Savings! $50 All-Access Pass NEW YORK PREMIERE Deerskin Quentin Dupieux, France, 2019, 77m Oscar- winner Jean Dujardin and Adèle Haenel star in a rollicking take on the midlife crisis movie, directed by Rendez-Vous mainstay Quentin Dupieux. A Greenwich Entertainment release. Sunday, March 8, 9:15pm Saturday, March 14, 9:00pm NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE An Easy Girl Rebecca Zlotowski, France, 2019, 92m Cuties Rebecca Zlotowski’s fourth feature taps into the universal hunger of adolescence, and OPENING NIGHT • NEW YORK PREMIERE U.S. PREMIERE imbues an empathetic coming-of-age story The Truth Burning Ghost with a sharp class critique. A Netflix release. Hirokazu Kore-eda, France/Japan, 2019, 106m Stéphane Batut, France, 2019, 104m Winner of Saturday, March 7, 9:00pm In his follow-up to the Palme d’Or–winning the prestigious Prix Jean Vigo, this smoldering Thursday, March 12, 4:00pm Shoplifters, Hirokazu Kore-eda casts two titans feature debut from Stéphane Batut is an of French cinema, Catherine Deneuve and entrancing tale of aching romanticism on the NEW YORK PREMIERE Juliette Binoche, in a film structured around the precipice of life and death. Happy Birthday rippling tensions underlying a family gathering. Tuesday, March 10, 1:45pm Cédric Kahn, France/Belgium, 2019, 101m An IFC Films release. Friday, March 13, 6:30pm Set during one hectic day, this buoyant and Thursday, March 5, 6:30pm bittersweet ensemble piece directed by Cédric Thursday, March 5, 9:15pm NEW YORK PREMIERE Kahn and headlined by Catherine Deneuve Cuties tests the ties that bind a family. NEW YORK PREMIERE Maïmouna Doucouré, France, 2020, 95m Thursday, March 12, 9:15pm Alice and the Mayor As 11-year-old Amy rehearses with a hip-hop Sunday, March 15, 6:15pm Nicolas Pariser, France/Belgium, 2019, 103m dance troupe, her newfound talent conflicts A philosophy graduate (Anaïs Demoustier) with her family’s traditional expectations for NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE becomes advisor to a mayor (Fabrice Luchini) her future in this vibrant, entertaining debut Isadora’s Children who is running out of ideas in this heartfelt and from director Maïmouna Doucouré, winner of Damien Manivel, France/South Korea, 2019, thought-provoking tale of political action over Sundance’s World Cinema Directing Award. 84m Isadora Duncan responded to the tragic empty rhetoric. A Netflix release. death of her children by choreographing a three- Saturday, March 7, 1:00pm Tuesday, March 10, 6:30pm part piece called Mother. This film depicts three Wednesday, March 11, 9:30pm Thursday, March 12, 2:00pm characters engaging with Duncan’s work of art. Friday, March 6, 4:00pm NEW YORK PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERE Saturday, March 14, 2:00pm The Best Years of a Life The Dazzled Claude Lelouch, France, 2019, 90m With a Sarah Suco, France, 2019, 99m A 12-year-old U.S. PREMIERE thoughtful, ruminative script by Claude Lelouch acrobat is pressured by her church to quit Joan of Arc and Valérie Perrin, this sequel to Lelouch’s her training in actress-turned-director Sarah Bruno Dumont, France, 2019, 137m Ten-year- classic 1966 Palme d’Or–winner A Man and a Suco’s debut feature, a provocative, mesmer- old Lise Leplat Prudhomme commands this wild Woman weaves a career-spanning tapestry izing slow burn that’s set in an insular Catholic Joan of Arc reimagining, shot amid rolling hills for Jean-Louis Trintignant and Anouk Aimée, community. and vaulted cathedrals. A KimStim release. reprising their roles. Sunday, March 8, 6:30pm Wednesday, March 11, 6:15pm Saturday, March 7, 3:45pm Friday, March 13, 4:15pm Friday, March 13, 1:30pm TICKETS: FILMLINC.ORG NEW YORK PREMIERE Rémy (François Civil) and research assistant On a Magical Night Mélanie (Ana Girardot) have never met, but live Christophe Honoré, France/Belgium/ parallel lives; the seemingly star-crossed duo Luxembourg, 2019, 87m Chiara Mastroianni orbit around each other, remaining out of reach. won Best Actress in Cannes’s Un Certain Monday, March 9, 9:00pm Regard section for her fierce performance in Saturday, March 14, 6:30pm this fantastical spin on a Rohmerian moral tale. A Strand Releasing release. U.S. PREMIERE Friday, March 6, 8:45pm South Terminal Monday, March 9, 4:15pm Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, France/Algeria, 2019, 96m The haunting, experiential latest NEW YORK PREMIERE from Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche (Story of Judas) Papicha centers on a doctor (Ramzy Bedia) in nineties Mounia Meddour, France/Algeria/Belgium/ Algeria who finds his moral positions shaken as Qatar, 2019, 106m Nedjma is a university his world rapidly becomes a war zone. student during the Algerian Civil War with a Wednesday, March 11, 4:00pm On a Magical Night passion for fashion design. Defying religious Sunday, March 15, 4:00pm conservatism, she makes dresses for her peers SPECIAL EVENT that are examples of individual expression. A U.S. PREMIERE The Truth: A Conversation with DistribFilms release. The Specials Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke Friday, March 6, 1:45pm Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, France, The French and American stars, first-time Thursday, March 12, 6:15pm 2019, 114m This heartfelt comic drama from collaborators on Rendez-Vous Opening Night the directing duo behind The Intouchables and selection The Truth, sit down for an intimate, NEW YORK PREMIERE starring Vincent Cassel and Reda Kateb targets in-depth conversation. Perfect Nanny structural neglect in the French medical system. Thursday, March 5, 5:00pm Lucie Borleteau, France, 2019, 100m In this Saturday, March 14, 4:00pm unsettling thriller, two new parents discover Sunday, March 15, 8:45pm their nanny is entrenching herself deeper and Free Talks deeper into their lives, her behavior growing NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Presented by ever stranger. A DistribFilms release. Spellbound Monday, March 9, 6:15pm Pascal Bonitzer, France, 2019, 90m An uncanny Exploring Space on Film Wednesday, March 11, 1:45pm triangle emerges in this update of a Henry Alice Winocour, director of astronaut drama James story. A book critic (Sara Giraudeau) is Proxima, explores various approaches films NEW YORK PREMIERE assigned a profile of a reclusive painter (Nicolas have taken in wondering what might become of Proxima Duvauchelle), who claims to have seen his humanity once we leave our planet behind. Alice Winocour, France/Germany, 2019, 107m mother’s spirit just before her death. Saturday, March 7, 5:00pm Alice Winocour’s third feature, which stars Sunday, March 8, 4:00pm Eva Green and Matt Dillon, wrestles with the Friday, March 13, 9:15pm Serge Toubiana on Helen Scott earthly loose ends and internal pressures of Celebrated author Serge Toubiana, president space travel. A Vertical Entertainment release. U.S. PREMIERE of Unifrance and former director of the Saturday, March 7, 6:15pm Spread Your Wings Cinematheque française, will discuss the life Tuesday, March 10, 9:15pm Nicolas Vanier, France/Norway, 2019, 113m and work of the legendary Helen Scott, subject A teenager helps his environmentalist father of his latest book, L’amie américaine. A signing NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE train endangered geese to follow a new migra- with Toubiana to follow. Presented in collabo- School Life tory path, avoidant of pollution and human- ration with Albertine Books. Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir, France, made threats, in this freewheeling adventure. Sunday, March 8, 3:00pm 2019, 111m Slam poet Grand Corps Malade and Sunday, March 15, 1:30pm Mehdi Idir’s second collaboration after 2016’s From Book to Film Step by Step is a rousing look at the importance U.S. PREMIERE What are the challenges and implications of of encouraging untapped potential despite Who You Think I Am adapting a book to the screen, and how does institutional odds. A Netflix release. Safy Nebbou, France/Belgium, 2019, 101m literature nurture cinema? How do films allow Sunday, March 8, 1:00pm When Claire (Juliette Binoche) creates a creators and audiences to revisit and reimagine Tuesday, March 10, 4:00pm Facebook profile for a 24-year-old alter ego, familiar narratives? What concrete steps must her plans veer into uncharted territory, leading one must take to adapt a book? A selection of NEW YORK PREMIERE to a dizzying game of mirrors in Safy Nebbou’s French and American filmmakers and writers Someone, Somewhere ingenious film. A Cohen Media release. will join to discuss these topics. Presented in Cédric Klapisch, France/Belgium, 2019, 110m Friday, March 6, 6:00pm partnership with French in Motion and IFP. In this almost-romance, warehouse employee Monday, March 9, 2:00pm Monday, March 9, 5:00pm #FILMLINC SERIES Mapping Bacurau MARCH 13–24 Brazilian critic-turned-filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho (Aquarius) and co-director Juliano Dornelles exhilarated audiences at the 2019 NYFF with their class warfare fable Bacurau. Winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes, Bacurau draws on a network of film historical references—from horror and Hollywood pulp to spaghetti westerns to Brazil’s own political Cinema Novo movement. On the occasion of Bacurau’s release, Mendonça Filho and Dornelles have handpicked films that map the cinematic universe to which their inventive, anything-goes creation belongs. Organized by Dennis Lim and Tyler Wilson.