Who says Wednesday says cinema. Today we present to you our selection of films for the week, to guide you as best as possible in the dark rooms.
1. Life for Real by Dany Boon
The iconic duo Dany Boon and Kad Merad returns in a quirky and family-friendly comedy along with Charlotte Gainsbourg. Tridan Lagache was born and spent his entire life at Club Med. At 50, he decides to resign from this holiday club in Mexico, the only home he has known, to return to France. Naive and completely disconnected from the reality of Parisian life, he arrives in the capital with one mission in mind: to find Violette, his childhood sweetheart. His half-brother, Louis, whom he didn’t know existed, is forced to take him in. To rid himself of this quite cumbersome Tridan, Louis convinces one of his lovers to pretend to be the one who has made his half-brother’s eyes shine for 42 years.
2. Before the Collapse by Alice Zeniter and Benoît Volnais
Under the stifling Parisian heatwave, Tristan, the campaign manager of a candidate for the legislative elections, receives an anonymous letter. The content: a positive pregnancy test, no note, no explanation. He then embarks on a relentless quest for the truth, confronting his recent partners. But is he dealing with a very bad taste prank, a sneaky revenge, a cry for help, or even a political maneuver? The question becomes obsessive for someone who might be suffering from a deadly and incurable genetic disease.
3. The Conference by Matti Geschonneck
January 20, 1942, Nazi Germany dominates a large part of Europe. In a conference room of a villa in Wannsee, the German director retraces the two hours that changed the course of history. 15 dignitaries of the Third Reich are summoned in great secrecy, for a meeting whose purpose they are unaware of until the last minute. It turns out that they are ordered to take all necessary measures to solve the Jewish question in Europe before noon. In other words, in this room, they establish the Final Solution, the project of exterminating the Jewish people. Debates, discussions, and political maneuvers will clash, plunging millions of souls into horror.
4. The Last Queen by Damien Ounouri and Adila Bendimerad
Algiers, 1516. The city is in Spanish hands. King Salim Toumi calls upon the Turkish pirate, Aroudj Barbarossa to free the people of Algiers. Despite their alliance, legend has it that he allegedly murdered the king. The legend also tells of a woman, Queen Zaphira. And against all odds, she stands up to the corsair. A power struggle where all moves are allowed rages for the good of Algiers.
