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SCREENINGS Monday 20 may 2019
DAY 7

FESTIVAL

Monday 20 May

routine of housework and homework is Regard) her. But both the industry and the press are
interrupted one day by a knock on the door. It is Director: Christophe Honore 14:45 confident that the results are sensationally good.
Samia, a young woman looking for a job and a Synopsis: After 20 years of marriage, Maria PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (Premiere) On the brink of triumph, though, Nina’s
roof over her head. The little girl is immediately decides to leave. She moves to the room 212 of psychological resolve begins to crack. She rushes
taken with the newcomer but her mother initially the hotel opposite her marital home. From there, France, 120’, Drama. back to her family home to deal with two crises:
refuses to allow a pregnant stranger into their Maria can scrutinise her apartment, her husband, Salle Du 60e her father’s business has gone bankrupt and her
lives. her wedding. She wonders if she has made the Sales: Mk2 Films (52 La Croisette) mother has suffered a heart attack. She dreams
Next screening: 22 May, 17:15, Salle Du 60e right decision. Section: Day after screenings (In Competition) of rekindling a close relationship with her
Director: Céline Sciamma
Next screening: 22 May, 17:30, Riviera 2 childhood friend Kiki but is haunted by paranoid
TO LIVE TO SING (Premiere) Casting: Adèle Haenel, Noémie Merlant, fantasies that a mysterious woman is stalking
China, 104’, Drama. LUX ÆTERNA (Premiere) Valeria Golino and attacking her. As Nina clings to memories of
Theatre Croisette France, 50’, Drama. Synopsis: Brittany, France, 1760. Marianne, a happier times, it seems that there is one crucial
Sales: Films Boutique (G3) +04 92 993220 Salle Du 60e painter, is commissioned to do the wedding memory that she is repressing.
Section: Directors’ Fortnight Sales: Wild Bunch portrait of Héloïse, a young lady who has just left Next screening: 21 May, 10:00, Palais G
Director: Johnny Ma (5 Square Mérimée – 1st floor) the convent.
Synopsis: Zhao Li is the manager of a small Section: Day after screenings (Midnight Next screening: 21 May, 09:30, Palais I 17:30
Sichuan Opera troupe, living and performing
together in a rundown theatre located in the Screening) SÉANCE SPÉCIALE COURTS THE BEST YEARS OF A LIFE (Premiere)
outskirts of Chengdu, China. When she receives Director: Gaspar Noe MÉTRAGES 2 (87) France, 90’, Drama.
the notice of demolition for the theatre, Zhao Li Synopsis: Two actresses, Béatrice Dalle and Miramar Salle Du 60e
hides the news from everyone else, fearing that Charlotte Gainsbourg, are on a film set telling Section: Critics’ Week Sales: Other Angle Pictures
this could spell the end of her opera troupe: stories about witches – but that’s not all. Lux TENZO (Premiere) (Albatros Entrance, 2nd Floor)
besides demolition, it’s the life of her “family” Æterna is also an essay on cinema, the love of Japan, 59’ Section: Day after screenings (Out of
that is at stake. As she struggles to search for a film, and on-set hysterics. It’s a brilliant fast- Director: Katsuya Tomita Competition)
new theatre for them to both sing and live in, the paced medium-length film for Gaspar Noé’s Casting: Chiken Kawaguchi, Shinko Kondo, Director: Claude Lelouch
opera and its fantastic characters slowly begin to return – an unexpected one until recently – to Ryugyo Kurashima, Shuntou Aoyama Casting: Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant,
seep into her real world... the Official Selection, for a film that the Selection Marianne Denicourt, Souad Amidou, Antoine
Committee watched at the last minute and Synopsis: To address the social crisis, Chiken
COURTS PROGRAMME 1 (85) which will be shown in a Midnight Screening as – a buddhist monk – works at a suicide Sire, Monica Bellucci
Arcades 1 hyped as it is mysterious. helpline at his temple in Yamanashi. Synopsis: They knew each other long ago: a
Section: Directors’ Fortnight INVISÍVEL HERÓI (INVISIBLE HERO) man and a woman whose dazzling and
unexpected romance captured in the now-iconic
OLLA (Premiere) 14:00 Portugal/France, 28’ film, revolutionised our understanding of love.
28’ ADAM (Premiere) Director: Cristèle Alves Meira Today, the former race car driver seems lost in
Director: Ariane Labed Morocco, 98’, Drama. Casting: Duarte Pina, Luc.lia Raimundo the pathways of his memory. In order to help
Casting: Gall Gaspard, Grégoire Tachnakian, Synopsis: Duarte, 50, blind, is looking for his him, his son seeks out the woman his father
Jenny Bellay, Romanna Lobach Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press Screening) Cape-Verdean friend, Leandro, but no one wasn’t able to cherish but whom he constantly
Synopsis: Olla responded to an Sales: Films Boutique (G3) +04 92 993220 seems to have seen or even heard revisits in his thoughts and dreams. Anne
Section: Un Certain Regard
advertisement on an eastern women’s dating Director: Maryam Touzani of him. reunites with Jean-Louis and their story picks up
site. She moves in with Pierre, who lives with Casting: Lubna Azabal, Nisrine Erradi, Douae Sales: Portugal Film - Portuguese Film Agency where they left it.
his old mother. But nothing happens as Belkhaouda, Aziz Hattab, Hasnaa Tamtaoui ABOU LEILA (Premiere)
planned. Synopsis: Abla runs a modest local bakery from 16:00 Algeria, France, 140’, Drama.
PLAISIR FANTÔME her home in Casablanca where she lives alone YOUNG AHMED (Premiere) Miramar
with her eight-year-old daughter Warda. Their
16’ France, Belgium, 84’, Drama. Sales: Films Boutique (G3) +04 92 993220
Director: Morgan Simon routine of housework and homework is Grand Théâtre Lumière (Press Screening) Section: Critics’ Week (In Competition)
interrupted one day by a knock on the door. It is
Casting: Andréa De Bortoli, Anna Polina, Elise Sales: Wild Bunch Director: Amin Sidi-Boumédiène
Havelange, Sarah-Megan Allouch Samia, a young woman looking for a job and a (5 Square Mérimée – 1st floor) Casting: Slimane Benouari, Lyes Salem, Azouz
roof over her head. The little girl is immediately
Synopsis: Jeanne raises her nine-year-old taken with the newcomer but her mother initially Section: In competition Abdelkader, Fouad Megiraga, Meryem
daughter, Mylène, on her own and dreams refuses to allow a pregnant stranger into their Director: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne Medjkane, Hocine Mokhtar, Samir El Hakim
Synopsis: Algeria, 1994. With Civil War raging
about their next trip to the sea. lives. Synopsis: In Belgium, today, the destiny of for years in the north of the country, each day
young Ahmed, 13, caught between his imam’s
JE TE TIENS (Premiere) Next screening: 22 May, 17:15, Salle Du 60e ideals of purity and life’s temptations. continues to bring its share of death and horror.
21’ LA PASSIONE DI ANNA MAGNANI Next screening: 21 May, 08:30, Salle Du 60e Police officers S. and Lotfi, two childhood friends,
Director: Sergio Caballero travel through the desert looking for Abou Leila,
Casting: Angela Molina, Sosaku Miyazaki, (Premiere) 16:15 a dangerous terrorist on the run. In the
Virginia Rousse Italy, France, 60’, Documentary. immensity of the Sahara, their quest seems
Salle Buñuel
YOUNG AHMED (Premiere)
Synopsis: It is the road trip of a mother and Sales: Cannes Classics France, Belgium, 84’, Drama. absurd, but Lofti has only one priority: to keep S.
her daughter through strange worlds. The Section: Cannes Classics Salle Bazin (Press Screening) as far from the capital as possible, knowing his
friend is too fragile to face more bloodshed. But
daughter wants to kill herself and the Director: Enrico Cerasuolo Sales: Wild Bunch the deeper they get into the desert, the more
mother will try to talk her out of it. Synopsis: Presented by les Films du Poisson and (5 Square Mérimée – 1st floor) they are confronted with their own trauma and
LES EXTRAORDINAIRES MÉSAVENTURES Zenit Arti Audiovisive. The destiny of legendary Section: In competition violence.
DE LA JEUNE FILLE DE PIERRE (Premiere) actress Anna Magnani through archive footage, Director: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne Next screening: 21 May, 08:15, Miramar
often unpublished. To dive into the history of
20’ Italian cinema. Synopsis: In Belgium, today, the destiny of 18:00
young Ahmed, 13, caught between his imam’s
Director: Gabriel Abrantes
Casting: Alexis Manenti, Annie Mercier, 14:30 ideals of purity and life’s temptations. TO LIVE TO SING (Premiere)
Caroline Deruas, Liza Lapert, Vimala Pons, Next screening: 21 May, 08:30, Salle Du 60e China, 104’, Drama.
Virgile Vernier LILLIAN (Premiere) 16:30 Theatre Croisette
Synopsis: Tired of being a banal Austria, 128’, True Story. Sales: Films Boutique (G3) +04 92 993220
architectural ornamental, a sculpture runs Théâtre Croisette NINA WU (Premiere) Section: Directors’ Fortnight
from the Louvre to confront real life on the Sales: Cercamon (D6) Taiwan, 103’, Drama. Director: Johnny Ma
Section: Directors’ Fortnight
streets of Paris Director: Andreas Horvath Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press Screening) Synopsis: Zhao Li is the manager of a small
Sales: Luxbox (23 Rue Bivouac Napoléon)
Sichuan Opera troupe, living and performing
13:15 Casting: Patrycja Planik Section: Un Certain Regard together in a rundown theatre located in the
Synopsis: Lillian, an emigrant stranded in New
ON A MAGICAL NIGHT (Premiere) York City, decides to walk back to her native Director: Midi Z outskirts of Chengdu, China. When she receives
the notice of demolition for the theatre, Zhao Li
Synopsis: After eight years toiling in bit-parts,
France, 90’, Comedy. Russia. She resolutely starts out on the long aspiring actress Nina Wu finally gets her big hides the news from everyone else, fearing that
Salle Bazin journey. A road movie straight across the USA break with a leading role in a spy thriller set in this could spell the end of her opera troupe:
Sales: Charades into the freezing temperatures of Alaska. The the 1960s. The part is challenging, not least besides demolition, it’s the life of her “family”
(3 Rond-Point Duboys D’Angers) chronicle of a slow disappearance. because it calls for full nudity and explicit sex that is at stake. As she struggles to search for a
Section: Day after screenings (Un Certain Next screening: 21 May, 11:30, Arcades 1 scenes, and the film’s director is often hard on new theatre for them to both sing and live in, the
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