Today is Wednesday and as everyone knows, Wednesday means cinema. Here is our list of films released this week for your next visit to the darkened theaters.
1. The Green Promise by Edouard Bergeon
Martin, 28 years old, joins an NGO in Indonesia to conduct research. After a tragic event, he heads to the airport to return to France, but he is arrested with drugs in his belongings and is unjustly sentenced to death. In an attempt to save her son, Carole embarks on an uneven battle against the palm oil exploiters responsible for deforestation and against the powerful industrial lobbies.
2. No Waves by Teddy Lussi-Modeste
Julien is a middle school teacher. Young and eager, he tries to connect with his class by mentoring a few students, including the shy Leslie. This special treatment is badly perceived by some of her peers who ascribe other intentions to the teacher. Julien is accused of harassment. Rumors spread. The teacher and his student find themselves trapped in a vicious cycle. But amidst a school on the brink of igniting, there’s only one instruction: no waves…
3. Kung Fu Panda 4 by Mike Mitchell (V) and Stephanie Stine
After three adventures in which the dragon warrior Po has battled the most formidable villains thanks to unparalleled courage and martial arts skills, fate knocks on his door once again to… invite him to finally rest. Specifically, to be named spiritual leader of the Valley of Peace. This poses some obvious problems. Firstly, Po masters spiritual leadership as well as diets, and secondly, he must quickly find and train a new dragon warrior before he can reap the rewards of his prestigious promotion. Even worse, there’s talk of the recent emergence of a witch as malevolent as she is powerful, Chameleon, a tiny lizard that can transform into any creature, regardless of size. Chameleon is eyeing Po’s wisdom staff with her keen and greedy eyes, intending to use it to re-summon from the spirit realm all the evil masters our dragon warrior has defeated. Po will need to find help. Whether he does or not remains to be seen, with Zhen, a corsac fox, as crafty a thief as she is quick-witted, who has a knack for annoying Po but whose skills will prove invaluable. To protect the Valley of Peace from Chameleon’s reptilian claws, this odd duo will have to find common ground. This will be an opportunity for Po to discover that heroes aren’t always where you expect them to be.
4. The Queen’s Game by Karim Aïnouz
In the bloodstained Tudor England, Catherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII, is appointed Regent during his military campaigns. With this temporary role, Catherine attempts to influence the king’s advisors towards a future based on her Protestant beliefs. Upon returning from combat, the increasingly paranoid and ill king accuses a childhood friend of Catherine of treason and sends her to the stake. From that moment on, Catherine fights for her own survival.
5. The Abel Trem Case by Gábor Reisz
It’s the end of the school year in Budapest. Abel, trying to meet the expectations of his father György, sits for the baccalaureate exam, in which he fails miserably. Abel then decides to lie to his parents about the reasons for his failure by claiming it was due to the nationalist pin he wore on his lapel, inadvertently triggering a political-media scandal.
