Tous les films, encore inconnus en France, de la première réalisatrice japonaise, dans une des plus remarquables éditions de l’année. Actrice mythique de l’âge d’or du cinéma japonais, immortalisée à l’écran par Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirô Ozu ou Mikio Naruse, Kinuyo Tanaka fut aussi la première femme cinéaste de l’après-guerre au Japon. Elle réalisa six longs … Read more
The reminder of a terrible witch hunt in Czechoslovakia, at the end of the 17th century, by a filmmaker to discover. Moravia, 1670. For having stolen a host, believing that it was treating her cow which no longer gives milk, an old woman is accused of witchcraft. The lord of the country then summons a … Read more
The first big-spectacle Polish film, the work of an unfairly misunderstood filmmaker, too absent from our catalogues. To discover ! Poland, early 15th century. Originally a religious order intended to protect pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land, the Teutonic Knights created their own all-powerful state, establishing their commanderies all over Europe. Lord Jurand of Spychów … Read more
Bushido, imposing a strict submission of samurai to the lords of feudal Japan, may have permeated Japanese culture. Tokyo, early 1960s. Susumu Iikura is called by a hospital: his fiancée Kyoko has attempted suicide. On returning home, he opens the family archives recovered at the death of his mother and rereads the writings of his … Read more
The restrained evocation of Kenneth Branagh’s childhood memories, before violence pushed his family to flee to England. Belfast, August 15, 1969. Buddy, 9, knows perfectly well who he is and to what world he belongs, that of the working class of the northern districts of Belfast where he lives happy, pampered and safe; in a … Read more
A delicate adaptation by Patrice Leconte of a beautiful novel by Patrick Modiano, unfairly shunned when it was released in theaters. During the summer of 1958, Victor, a young Frenchman, to escape conscription at the time of the Algerian war, took refuge in a boarding house on the shores of Lake Geneva, claiming to be … Read more
A tribute to comedians forced to play utilities rendered by three great actors. A wacky and unbridled comedy by Patrice Leconte. Three old comedians, penniless, shabby and unemployed, are engaged in a mediocre boulevard comedy that goes on tour. The show is set up by a producer in default, determined to sabotage it in order … Read more
A childless quadra takes care of his 10-year-old nephew. They hardly know each other, but will learn to discover each other. Moving. A radio journalist, Johnny interviews young people across the country about their vision of the future. A family crisis suddenly turns his life upside down: his sister, to whom he is not very … Read more
The lives of four families, from 1936 to 1980, told in a history book written, put into images and music by Claude Lelouch. Forty-five years in the history of the world, from 1936 to the 1980s, through the destiny of four families, in the four corners of the world. Moscow: Tatiana, a dancer, marries Boris; … Read more
One of Joseph Losey’s masterpieces, Palme d’Or 1971, is, for the first time, offered at the expected level of quality. Leo Colston, 13, of humble origins, was invited by a classmate Marcus Maudsley to spend the summer holidays of 1900 with him at his family’s castle in Norfolk. Leo, captivated by the beauty of Marian, … Read more