FROM 8 MAY 2021

May Cinema Selection from TV5MONDE

With the Cannes Film Festival now due to take place this July rather than in its traditional slot in May, TV5MONDE will be screening a selection of award-winning films from previous years. Here are some of the highlights.

Festival favourite Christophe Honoré’s Sorry Angel shows on Thursday 20 May. We first screened this foray into love and friendship during the 2018 Festival and Honoré himself was a guest with Beloved in 2011. The line-up also includes two films by Canadian director Xavier Dolan, who featured in the 2012 Festival with Laurence Anyways.

All films will be available to watch on TV5MONDE live via their website, or via the new TV5MONDE Smart TV App for Samsung / Android / Amazon Fire TVs at their scheduled time, just like in the cinema – tune in at the scheduled time and sit back and enjoy the film. Catch up is also available via the TV5MONDE Smart TV App – just search in your TV App Store to find it.

In the meantime why not take a look at some of the other great content available for free from TV5MONDE, including news, TV drama and programmes aimed at younger audiences? We hope you enjoy the films.

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I Killed My Mother / J’ai tué ma mère

Screening on Sunday 16 May (20:00)

Dir Xavier Dolan

Synopsis

The conflicting love-hate relationship between a mother and her son. 
In the prodigy director’s first film, a teenager loves his mother but can’t stand being her son. Her tastes and personality horrify him, as does her crass ignorance.

Awards

Cannes Film Festival (2009)
Directors’ Fortnight

Credits

Dir Xavier Dolan
Cast Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément
2009 | Canada | 96 mins | French with English subtitles.

Sorry Angel / Plaire, aimer et courir vite

Screening on Thursday 20 May (20:00)

Dir Christophe Honoré

Synopsis

By the time you learn to love yourself, it’s already too late.
In Paris in the 1990s, 22-year-old Arthur meets Jacques, a gay writer. This marks the beginning of a passionate relationship. But time is short because Jacques is dying of AIDS so a lifetime of love will have to be lived in the time they have…

Awards

Cannes Film Festival (2018)
Official Selection
Winner Louis-Delluc Prize

Credits

Dir Christophe Honoré
Cast Vincent Lacoste, Pierre Deladonchamps, Denis Podalydès
2018 | France | 132 mins | French with English subtitles.

Heartbeats / Les Amours imaginaires

Screening on Sunday 23 May (20:00)

Dir Xavier Dolan

Synopsis

Three is obviously one too many to be a couple.
Two friends in love with the same person engage in an unhealthy duel to win the object of their desires. Each obsessively interprets the ambiguous and destructive behaviours of the object of their desire.

Awards

Cannes Film Festival (2010)
Official selection – Un certain regard

Credits

Dir Xavier Dolan
Cast Monia Chokri, Niels Schneider, Xavier Dolan
2010 | Canada | 101 mins | English and French with English subtitles.

Sofia / Sofia

Screening on Sunday 30 May (20:00)

Dir Meryem Benm’Barek

Synopsis

When the victim is guilty.
After denying her pregnancy, a young Moroccan woman finds herself in the illegal situation of giving birth to a child out of wedlock. She has 24 hours to find a solution before the hospital alerts the authorities…

Awards

Cannes Film Festival (2018)
Winner Screenplay Award

Credits

Dir Meryem Benm’Barek
Cast Maha Alemi, Sarah Perles, Hamza Khafif
2018 | Belgium | 80 mins | French with English subtitles.

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