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SCREENINGS Monday 20 may 2019
DAY 7

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Monday 20 May

opera and its fantastic characters slowly begin to Chicuarotes is the actor’s second feature film France, 79’, Documentary. Olympia 1
seep into her real world... where he takes a deep dive into Mexican society Plage Macé Sales: Mister Smith Entertainment
19:00 with a story about teenagers that is an Sales: Les Films Du Losange (G1) (Rond Point Dubois D’Angers)
Section: In competition
Section: Cinéma de la plage
affectionate portrayal, continuing in Mexican
LA BELLE EPOQUE (Premiere) cinema’s tradition to pay homage to its eternal Director: François Armanet, Bayon Director: Terrence Malick
France, 113’, Black comedy. country, film after film. Casting: Françoise Hardy, Christine And The Casting: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Michael
Queens, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vanessa Paradis,
Nyqvist, Jürgen Prochnow, Martin Wuttke,
Grand Théâtre Lumière (Ticket Required) 20:00 Camélia Jordana, Jeanne Added, Brigitte Maria Simon, Franz Rogowski, Matthias
Sales: Pathé Films (Ibis Entrance, 4a/E) Fontaine, Catherine Ringer, Lou Doillon, Jehnny Schoenaerts
Section: Out of Competition PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (Premiere) Beth Synopsis: Based on real events, A Hidden Life is
Director: Nicolas Bedos France, 120’, Drama. Synopsis: What if French Rock were born with the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter,
Casting: Daniel Auteuil, Guillaume Canet, Olympia 1 Edith Piaf? From sweet sixties pop to today’s who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War
Doria Tillier, Fanny Ardant Sales: MK2 Films (52 La Croisette) gender-indifferent anthems, from feminist rebels II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced
Synopsis: Victor, a disillusioned sexagenarian, Section: In competition of the seventies to fashion icons of the social with the threat of execution for treason, it is his
sees his life turned upside down on the day Director: Céline Sciamma media age, from Françoise Hardy to Christine & unwavering faith and his love for his wife, Fani,
when Antoine, a brilliant entrepreneur, offers him Casting: Adèle Haenel, Noémie Merlant, The Queens, via Vanessa Paradis, Catherine and children that keeps his spirit alive.
a new kind of attraction: mixing theatrical Valeria Golino Ringer, Charlotte Gainsbourg and many more,
artifices and historical reconstruction, this Synopsis: Brittany, France, 1760. Marianne, a Oh Les Filles! tells the untold story of French THE LIGHTHOUSE (Premiere)
company offers his clients a chance to dive back painter, is commissioned to do the wedding female rock stars. Narrated by Clémence Poésy, USA, Canada, 110’, Horror.
into the era of their choice. Victor then chose to portrait of Héloïse, a young lady who has just left this groundbreaking documentary combines Arcades 1
relive the most memorable week of his life: the the convent. interviews and iconic footage to radically reverse Sales: A24 Films
one where, 40 years earlier, he met the great love perspectives and give the patriarchy a kick! Section: Directors’ Fortnight
. BLINDSPOT (Premiere) Welcome to France, the land where women rock! Director: Robert Eggers
Next screening: 21 May, 11:00, Lumiere France, 104’, Drama. A HIDDEN LIFE (Premiere) Casting: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe
Arcades 1
Synopsis: From Robert Eggers, the visionary
LIBERTÉ (Premiere) Sales: Doc & Film International (L12) USA, Germany, 173’, Drama. filmmaker behind the modern horror masterpiece
Spain, France, 132’, Drama. Section: ACID Salle Du 60e The Witch, comes this hypnotic and hallucinatory
Salle Bazin Director: Pierre Trividic, Patrick Mario Bernard Sales: Mister Smith Entertainment tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and
Sales: Films Boutique (G3) +04 92 993220 Casting: Jean-Christophe Folly, Golshifteh (Rond Point Dubois D’Angers) mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Section: Day after screenings (Un Certain Farahani, Isabelle Carré, Sami Ameziane, Peter Section: Day after screenings (In Competition) Next screening: 24 May, 19:30, Theatre
Bonke, Tella Kpomahou, Charles Berberian
Regard) Synopsis: Dominick always had the power to Director: Terrence Malick Croisette
Director: Albert Serra turn invisible but he chose to keep it secret and Casting: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Michael
Synopsis: 1774, shortly before the French barely used it. One day, his ability to control it Nyqvist, Jürgen Prochnow, Martin Wuttke,
Revolution, somewhere between Potsdam and gets out of his hands, throwing his life and loves Maria Simon, Franz Rogowski, Matthias
Berlin. Madame de Dumeval, the Duc de Tesis into turmoil. Schoenaerts
and the Duc de Wand, libertines expelled from Synopsis: Based on real events, A Hidden Life is MARKET
the puritanical court of Louis XVI, seek the Next screening: 23 May, 14:00, Palais C the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter,
support of the legendary Duc de Walchen, 20:30 who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War
German seducer and freethinker, lonely in a II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced
country where hypocrisy and false virtue reign. AN EASY GIRL (Premiere) with the threat of execution for treason, it is his 9:00
Their mission is to export libertinage, a France, 92’, Comedy. unwavering faith and his love for his wife, Fani,
philosophy of enlightenment founded on the Theatre Croisette and children that keeps his spirit alive. WILD LEAGUE (Premiere)
rejection of moral boundaries and authorities, Sales: Wild Bunch 22:00 Russia, 123’, Action/Adventure.
but moreover to find a safe place to pursue their (5 Square Mérimée – 1st floor) Palais J (Invite Only)
errant games, where the quest for pleasure no Section: Directors’ Fortnight FRANKIE (Premiere) Sales: Lastudio (M19)
longer obeys laws other than those dictated by Director: Rebecca Zlotowski France, Portugal, 98’, Drama. Section: Market
unfulfilled desires. Casting: Clotilde Coureau, Benoît Magimel, Salle Bazin (Press Screening) STRIPPED
19:15 Zahia Dehar, Mina Farid, Nuno Lopes Sales: SBS International Israel, 119’, Drama.
Synopsis: Naïma has just turned 16. This
(Building Comoran 2, 1st Floor)
Riviera 2
THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE summer, she will have to decide what she wants Section: In competition Sales: Alpha Violet (E18)
GUSMÃO (Premiere) from life if she doesn’t want to miss out. . Director: Ira Sachs Section: Market
Brazil, 145’, Drama. Next screening: 21 May, 22:30, Arcades 1 Casting: Isabelle Huppert, Brendan Gleeson, Director: Yaron Shani
Théâtre Claude Debussy (Press Screening) 21:00 Jérémie Renier, Marisa Tomei, Vinette Robinson, Casting: Laliv Sivan, Bar Gottfried
Sales: The Match Factory Ariyon Bakare, Pascal Greggory Synopsis: The critical meeting of two modern
(25 La Croisette) +33 6 43 63 46 73 ABOU LEILA (Premiere) Synopsis: Frankie, a famous French actress, urbanites will produce both destruction and
Section: Un Certain Regard Algeria, France, 140’, Drama. learns that she only has a few months to live. For growth, violence and grace.
Director: Aïnouz Karim Miramar one final family vacation, she gathers everyone 9:30
Casting: Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler, Fernanda Sales: Films Boutique (G3) +04 92 993220 together in Sintra, Portugal.
Montenegro Section: Critics’ Week (In Competition) Next screening: 21 May, 08:30, Lumiere A WHITE, WHITE DAY (Premiere)
Synopsis: Rio de Janeiro, 1950. Euridice, 18 and Director: Amin Sidi-Boumédiène 22:15 Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, 109’, Second film.
Guida, 20, are two inseparable sisters. They live Casting: Slimane Benouari, Lyes Salem, Azouz Arcades 2
at home, and each has a dream: becoming a Abdelkader, Fouad Megiraga, Meryem FRANKIE (Premiere) Sales: New Europe Film Sales
renowned pianist, or finding true love. Medjkane, Hocine Mokhtar, Samir El Hakim France, Portugal, 98’, Drama. (Scandinavian Terrace) +48698900936
Next screening: 21 May, 18:00, Salle Du 60e Synopsis: Algeria, 1994. With Civil War raging Grand Théâtre Lumière (Ticket Required) Section: Market (Critics’ Week)
19:30 for years in the north of the country, each day Sales: Sbs International (Building Comoran 2, Director: Hlynur Pálmason
Synopsis: In a remote Icelandic town, an off
continues to bring its share of death and horror.
1st Floor)
CHICUAROTES (Premiere) Police officers S. and Lotfi, two childhood friends, Section: In competition duty police chief begins to suspect a local man
Mexico, 95’, Drama. travel through the desert looking for Abou Leila, Director: Ira Sachs for having an affair with his wife, who recently
Salle Du 60e a dangerous terrorist on the run. In the Casting: Isabelle Huppert, Brendan Gleeson, died in a car accident.
Sales: Cinepolis immensity of the Sahara, their quest seems Jérémie Renier, Marisa Tomei, Vinette Robinson, BAIKONUR, EARTH
Section: Out of Competition (Special absurd, but Lofti has only one priority: to keep S. Ariyon Bakare, Pascal Greggory Italy, 74’, Documentary.
as far from the capital as possible, knowing his
Synopsis: Frankie, a famous French actress,
Screening) friend is too fragile to face more bloodshed. But learns that she only has a few months to live. For Arcades 3
Director: Gael García Bernal the deeper they get into the desert, the more one final family vacation, she gathers everyone Sales: Rai Com (A8)
Casting: Dolores Heredia, Daniel Giménez they are confronted with their own trauma and together in Sintra, Portugal. Section: Market
Cacho, Benny Emmanuel violence. Director: Andrea Sorini
Synopsis: A full-fledged member of Mexico’s Next screening: 21 May, 08:15, Miramar Next screening: 21 May, 08:30, Lumiere Synopsis: In the past just a few caravans dared
exceptionally talented generation, a first-rate 22:30 to cross the northern route of the silk road. These
actor in films by Iñárritu and Cuarón, Gael García 21:30 territories today are part of Kazakhstan. In 1955
Bernal, along with Diego Luna, is a devotee of A HIDDEN LIFE (Premiere) the Soviet government realised that those lands
Cannes, where he was on the Jury in 2014. HAUT LES FILLES (Premiere) USA, Germany, 173’, Drama. were just one step away from the universe.

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