Two atypical characters, one red and one blue, try to communicate. Were it not for Alain’s shyness and Rosalba uncontrollable body behaviour whenever she hears a song, a love story could happen. But between the ebbs and flows there is a tiny space. In this major work, Le Quellec entertains and moves us and we feel like saying: the secret is in the pin! (M. V.)
Charlotte, 17 years old, is preparing to leave her hometown, but this night trip will bring out something very sinister. The Giant is a sensory film that clings to the skin – the narrative, the framing and editing will gradually become ambiguous and the slowness of the characters’ actions creates a rhythm that transports us to a bizarre and very dark place. (R. F.)
Mother and daughter walk in a medieval landscape. To the reports of romantic fantasies of her mother’s adolescence, the daughter responds with deep annoyance. Helmut has the peculiarity of being a film about family, made among family. The young protagonist also signs the film, along with her father, creating a(n) (almost musical) comedy, a very special film about the generational conflict. (R. F.)
After leaving prison, Francine settles in a small rural town in the U.S., where she leads a solitary life, avoiding creating emotional ties with people. Her love for animals seems to dominate her completely, to the point of not hesitating to act in their defense. Actress Melissa Leo, famous for her performance in 21 Grams and Frozen Rivers, shows us once again her talent to embody this reserved and intense character, giving way to the first feature-length fiction by the independent filmmaker duo Melanie Schatzky and Brian M. Cassidy. A film that surprises us by its intensity and restraint. (C. C.)
An unusual Portuguese adaptation of the famous Bluebeard tale. An excellent stop motion animation with special attention to shots and wardrobe. The horror story of a woman who marries the famous Bluebeard and is tempted to enter the only room that is forbidden. Forbidden fruit is always the sweetest. (C. R.)
The father figure is essential in every family, not in terms of personification or biology but in terms of authority or law. Sheryl, a single mother is lifting on her own the weight of responsibility of the growing up of her two sons. Marc (16) her eldest
In a world without adults, three brothers try, each in their own way, to find their own space. When the rabbit doesn’t return, new calculations have to be made, even when the pretty girl prefers music to science. In a very contrasted black and white, the director explores the conquest of space in an accurate and intelligent narrative. (M. V.)
Can a lie get so big that turns into suicide? Can the individual’s perception of reality be so distant from the external world? Can pessimism about future prospects drive you to end your life? All these are questions our main heroine ‚ Martha ‚ is inevita
There are those who cry out for their rights and others who whisper to society how things should be. The usual forms of protest are not effective ‚ it is necessary to find another way. A couple living an ordinary day has a desire to rebel. Posters and slo
There are a lot of ways for a love story to start and Leonard’s and Mary’s started the hardest and the simplest way possible. Right from the beginning they build up a relationship by building a birdhouse‚Ķ it took them a while but they got around to dinner
A ballet of dead insects invades the city of Helsinki and the Baltic. Flies, bees, spiders and butterflies form a morbid and yet moving tapestry. The beauty of the film consists in mastering a combination of digital imaging, X-ray scans and stop motion sh
The film describes a journey of initiation full of obstacles. The musical plot is solid and original, full of little details. The voice is dislocated from the mouth, the images are juxtaposed, the sounds of the fields and the sublime landscape opposing
Three parallel lives struggling for self-survival. Lwei, a suicidal and wannabe writer, unable to cope with his role as a father is constantly fighting with himself for better and for more. Evelyn, a transsexual, in a never-ending search for sexual identi
The journey of a father seeking medical help for his child introduces us in a world where animals and plants have a spiritual meaning. Neither a fiction nor a documentary, this film reveals us the secret and delicate bonds that tie together humanity and n
What can be the influence or place of the sacred in present days? The film tries to answer this question by exploring lies: a fake and still plausible prayer and a false re-creation of city life. From this mystification emerges an hypnosis, a relationship
Sometimes we find ourselves walking, talking or simply looking at things. That is what the protagonists of this film do. However, inside this mystery of life, we don’t know who they are or what they do. Teddy Williams builds yet again a dense and fantasmatic universe where breezes rhyme with vacancies and to the verb to be has its full double meaning. (M. V.)
In the midst of the Californian desert lies Bagdad, a train center for soldiers, before they leave for real Iraq. In this documentary by Emanuel Licha what scares us the most is that we play at wars, as if they were Hollywood movies. Accurate and astute,
Guided by the singular and attentive regard of the director, we share a brief moment of the life of these two people who work amongst coal in the mountains. The delicate photography shows us a place and characters full of details, contrasts and rhymes whe