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.
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I Killed My Mother / J’ai tué ma mère
Screening on Sunday 16 May (20:00)
Dir Xavier Dolan
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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
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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
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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
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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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