9 JULY NEW RELEASES

July 10, 2021

9 JULY 2021

 

 

Screening in cinemas

From Friday 9 July

 

 

This week, two exciting new foreign language films hit UK cinemas. The line-up includes Jumbo which stars Noémie Merlant from French Film Festival UK 2019 hit Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Read on to find out more.

 

 

Jumbo / Jumbo

 

Jeanne, played by Noémie Merlant, (Marianne in Portrait of a Lady on Fire) still lives with her extrovert mother Margarette (Emmanuelle Bercot) and works nights in an amusement park. She is quiet and retiring – until she meets Jumbo, the park’s new star attraction.

 

Dir Zoé Wittock
Cast Noémie Merlant, Emmanuelle Bercot, Bastien Bouillon
2019 | France | 93 mins
French with English subtitles

 

Awards & Festivals

Winner, DFCC jury prize, Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival (2021)

 

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Martin Eden / Martin Eden

Sailor Martin Eden is invited to Arturo’s family home after saving the boy, a young scion of the industrial middle class, from a beating. Here he meets Elena, Arturo’s beautiful sister, and falls in love with her at first sight. The cultured and refined young woman becomes not only the object of Martin’s affections but also a symbol of the social status he aspires to achieve.

 

Dir Pietro Marcello
Cast Luca Marinelli, Jessica Cressi, Carlo Cecchi
2019 | France, Italy | 129 mins
Italian with English subtitles

 

Awards & Festivals

Winner, Best Actor (Luca Marinelli), Venice International Film Festival (2019)

 

Watch the Trailer

 

 

 

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It Must Be Heaven

June 20, 2021

20 JUNE 2021

Palestinian Comedy

It Must Be Heaven

Elia Suleiman’s whimsical feature in cinemas NOW!

Dir: Elia Suleiman

Elia Sulieman escapes from Palestine seeking an alternative homeland, only to find that Palestine is trailing behind him. The promise of a new life turns into a comedy of errors: however far he travels, from Paris to New York, something always reminds him of home.

Cast: Elia Suleiman, Tarik Kopty, Kareem Ghneim 
2019 | France, Canada, Palestine, Turkey | 97 mins | English and French with English subtitles.

Special mention: Cannes Film Festival (2019).

Reviews

“Stylishly made with a distinctive signature.”
“For Suleiman, comedy is a kind of rhetorical non-violence…it points you in the direction of a political situation…”
The Guardian

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Films to watch on MUBI in May

April 29, 2021

FROM 29 April 2021

Watch Award-winning French films from MUBI

This week we take a look at some of the great titles which are coming up in May on MUBI. To give you some ideas we’ve picked our top four, which are a mixture of documentaries, feature films, and shorts.

Included in the line-up is The Things of Life, based on a novel by Paul Guimard. Directed by previous Festival guest Claude Sautet, it circles around a car accident experienced by Pierre (Piccoli) and the events leading up to and after it.

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Personal Shopper / Personal Shopper

Available 2 May

Dir Olivier Assayas

Synopsis

Maureen, mid-20s, is a personal shopper for a media celebrity. The job pays for her stay in Paris, a city she refuses to leave until she makes contact with the spirit of her twin brother who died there. Her life becomes more complicated when strange anonymous text messages start appearing on her phone.

Awards

Cannes Film Festival (2016)
Winner: Best Director

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Credits

Director Olivier Assayas
Cast Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie
2016 | France, Germany | English | 106 mins

WATCH IT FROM 2 MAY

Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno / L’enfer d’Henri-Georges Clouzot

Available 3 May

Dirs Serge Bromberg & Ruxandra Medreau

Synopsis

Documentary. In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s production of L’Enfer starring Romy Schneider came to a sudden halt after only three weeks. The initial footage was forgotten about for over fifty years till film archivist Serge Bromberg uncovered a treasure trove of breathtaking imagery, and from it tells us of what would have been a unique film.

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Credits

Directors Serge Bromberg & Ruxandra Medrea
2009 | France | French with English subtitles | 100 mins.

WATCH IT FROM 3 MAY

The Things of Life / Les Choses de la vie

Available 17 May

Dir Claude Sautet

Synopsis

In the aftermath of a violent car crash, as Pierre lies semi-conscious beside the burning wreckage of his car, his life flashes before his eyes – specifically, his complex entanglement with two very different women: his dutiful, long-suffering wife and his adoring, free-spirited mistress.

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Credits

Director Claude Sautet
Cast Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider
1970 | France, Italy | French with English subtitles | 81 mins.

WATCH IT FROM 17 MAY

Tender / Tendre

Available 26 May

Dir Isabel Pagliai

Synopsis

Documentary. On a hot summer day by a small lake, 11-year-old Mia asks Hugo, 15, to tell her about his love story with Chaïnes. Despite his reluctance, memories of evenings spend with her at the edge of the lake a few months earlier come flooding back.

Awards

IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival (2020)
Winner, Short Film Grand Prize

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Credits

Director Isabel Pagliai
2020 | France | French with English subtitles | 43 mins.

WATCH IT FROM 26 MAY

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