Wednesday means cinema. Today, we offer you our selection of films for the week, to best guide you through the darkened theaters.
1. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny by James Mangold
For this fifth installment of the essential Indiana Jones saga, the direction is not by Steven Spielberg, but by James Mangold. Harrison Ford reprises his legendary role as Doctor Jones in 1969 New York. After ten years of teaching, the archaeology professor is about to retire. His plans are disrupted by the unexpected visit of his goddaughter Helena Shaw, who leads him on one last adventure. Indeed, she is looking for a rare artifact that her father entrusted to Indy years ago: the famous Archimedes Dial.
2. Ruby, the Teenage Kraken by Kirk DeMicco and Faryn Pearl
Ruby Gillman is 16 years old and attends Oceanside High School, where she struggles to find her place among other creatures her age. Secretly in love with a skater to whom she gives math lessons, he sees her only as a nerd. Her social life is limited by a rule imposed by her mother: she is not allowed to swim in the ocean. A prohibition that actually hides a big secret, Ruby is a Kraken and not just any Kraken. She is a direct descendant of the line of warrior queen Krakens. She is destined to ascend the throne currently occupied by her grandmother: the warrior queen of the Seven Seas. An animated film created by the studios of Shrek and Dragons.
3. A Brighter Tomorrow by Nanni Moretti
The 69-year-old Italian director presents an autofiction in which he does a work of introspection. Nanni Moretti plays a director named Giovanni, completely overwhelmed by life as he tries to complete his film project. His relationship is in crisis, his connection with his daughter is complicated, and his French producer is on the brink of bankruptcy. If he wants to succeed, he will need to adopt a new approach. A dramatic comedy presented in competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2023.
4. Farang by Xavier Gens
Sam is an exemplary inmate. A few months before his release, he is diligently preparing for his reintegration. During a leave, his past catches up with him, and an accident leaves him with only one choice: to flee. Five years later, he has rebuilt his life in Thailand, where he has started the family he always dreamed of. Crime will catch up with him even at the ends of the earth, threatening the family he has built. An action film forbidden for under 12s.
5. The Revenges of Master Poutifard by Pierre-François Martin-Laval
Robert Poutifard, played by Christian Clavier, is finally retired after a thirty-year career, but that doesn’t mean he’s finished with his teaching work. He is ready to deliver one final lesson of vengeance to all the students who made his classroom life miserable. With the help of his mother as an accomplice, he devises machiavellian plans to make them suffer, one by one.
