Wednesday means cinema. Today, we offer you our selection of films of the week, to best guide you through the dark halls.
1. The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan by Martin Bourboulon
Martin Bourboulon presents his reinterpretation of Alexandre Dumas’s masterpiece. In this first installment of a two-act saga, we follow the adventures of the young and impetuous Gascon Charles D’Artagnan, played by François Civil. The French director brings back to life the story of the four famous musketeers, taking us to a Kingdom divided by the wars of religion and threatened by invasion from England. Action scenes guaranteed, the feature film rises to the challenge of respecting the story and genre of the novel by making a true swashbuckler film.
2. Super Mario Bros, the Movie by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic
The most famous plumber and his loyal partner, his brother Luigi, are swept into a pipe that leads them straight to a magical universe. Separated from his brother, Mario embarks on a thrilling adventure to find him. On his quest, he can rely on the help of Toad the Mushroom, a resident of the Mushroom Kingdom, and the guidance of Princess Peach, a determined warrior leading the Kingdom. Precious allies who will help him fulfill his mission. A highly anticipated animated film for fans of the Nintendo franchise.
3. It’s My Man by Guillaume Bureau
Like thousands of soldiers, Julien Delaunay disappeared on a battlefield during the First World War. His wife, played by Leïla Bekhti, is convinced he is alive. When the portrait of an amnesiac man is shared by the press, Julie recognizes without a doubt the man she loves. A new fight begins for him, to relearn to love a woman he has no memory of. But another woman claims him as her husband.
4. The Workbench by Mathias Gokalp
The French director offers a cinematic adaptation of the eponymous novel by Robert Linhart. Back in 1968, after the revolutionary events of May, Robert, a ‘normalien’ and far-left activist still thirsts for justice. He puts on his work outfit and joins the ranks of the Citroën company. Under his guise as a factory worker, he tries to gain his colleagues’ trust with the sole aim of showing them that a revolution is possible. While he spends months at the factory trying to ignite a social movement, when Citroën decides to recoup the Grenelle Agreements by requiring workers to work three additional hours per week for free, he finally sees the opportunity he was looking for.
5. About Kim Sohee by July Jong
The South Korean director immerses us in the dramatic and oppressive tale of the ‘Case that Shook Korea’. Kim Sohee, a high school student, joins a call center of the Korea Telecom company for her end-of-study internship. She discovers with great violence, a ruthless work environment with degrading conditions. Within a few months, she descends into a system where only performance matters at any cost with increasingly difficult targets to meet. The situation alerts local authorities, prompting Inspector Yoo-jin to intervene. She will conduct an investigation whose findings will shake her. Alone, she challenges the system.
