When it’s Wednesday, it means cinema. Today we offer you our selection of films for the week, to guide you as best as possible in the dark rooms.
1. Barbie by Greta Gerwig
Welcome to Barbieland, a perfect world where shades of pink reign as the master colors in an aesthetically perfect plastic setting. This world parallel to the real world is where the Barbies live in dream houses and have fantastic days believing they are adored by all the little girls in the world. Meanwhile, the Kens live their Ken life. But when this little bubble of happiness bursts at the first existential crisis, the consequences will be terrible for everyone. Margot Robbie plays the stereotypical Barbie, “the one you think of when you think of Barbie” and her platinum blond Ken is none other than Ryan Gosling.
2. Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan
An immersion in the middle of World War II, Christopher Nolan takes the audience to 1942, a year that will change the course of history. Convinced that Nazi Germany is developing a nuclear bomb, the United States initiates the Manhattan Project. In the greatest secrecy, the best scientists are gathered in a remote location in New Mexico. In this ultra-secret laboratory in Los Alamos, J. Robert Oppenheimer, a brilliant physicist, and his team, will construct the nuclear weapon that will destroy hundreds of thousands, hastening the end of the war. A moving biopic about the “father of the atomic bomb”.
3. Sous le tapis by Camille Japy
For her first feature film, the actress Camille Japy offers us a sensitive and surprising dramatic comedy within Odile’s family who find themselves experiencing a unique mourning, with an original soundtrack by “M”. As she is preparing to receive her children and grandchildren to dine for her birthday, her husband Jean suddenly dies. Wanting to avoid facing this situation, Odile, played by Ariane Ascaride, hides him under her bed.
4. Les Meutes by Kamal Lazraq
The Moroccan director presents a dark thriller set in the popular suburbs of Casablanca. Hassan and Issam are father and son and partners in crime. To survive, they engage in small deals for the benefit of the local underworld. Danger and violence loom over their daily lives until one night plunges them even deeper into wrongdoing. A film awarded the Jury Prize in the selection Un certain regard at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
5. The House of Evil by Samuel Bodin
Peter, an eight-year-old boy, is tormented by a mysterious and incessant noise, like a tapping coming from the wall of his room. A regular and distressing sound that he hears when he sleeps. His parents insist it is just a bad dream and attribute all his accounts to his overactive imagination. But the nightmares seem intent on continuing. As his fear intensifies, Peter becomes convinced that his parents are hiding a terrible secret from him and loses all trust in them, which only increases his anxiety and terrors… This horror film is forbidden for viewers under 12 years old.
