When it’s Wednesday, it’s movie time. Today, we offer you our selection of films for the week, to guide you as best as possible in the dark rooms.
1. Furiosa: a Mad Max saga by George Miller
In a dystopian world, while still a young girl, Furiosa is torn from the Green Place. She is captured by a horde of bikers led by the formidable Dementus. As she struggles to survive in the Wasteland, with Immortan Joe, she tries to find her way back home and has only one obsession: vengeance.
2. White Dog by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
In 1968 in the United States, Martin Luther King is assassinated and racial hatreds set the country ablaze. Romain Gary and his wife, actress Jean Seberg, living in Los Angeles, take in a stray dog. They realize that this particular dog is trained exclusively to attack Black people: a white dog. The writer, an animal lover, refuses to have it euthanized, risking his relationship with his wife, a civil rights activist.
3. Thunder by Carmen Jaquier
In the summer of 1900, in the heart of a valley in southern Switzerland. Elisabeth, 17 years old, after spending 5 years in a convent, must return to her family farm following the sudden death of her sister. Elisabeth quickly finds herself overwhelmed by this life of toil and obsessed with the mysteries surrounding her sister’s disappearance. She then seeks to free herself from her status and new commitments.
4. Heroico by David Zonana
In Mexico, Luis, an 18-year-old young man, enters the Mexican military college in the hope of securing a better future. However, he encounters an inflexible and violent system, witnessing several hazing scenes, designed to make him a perfect soldier.
5. Mystery at Cake Hill by Will Ashurst
At Cake Hill Farm, no more crops are growing. Albert, a famous inventor, has developed a revolutionary nano-seed that can solve the problem. During the journey, aboard his high-tech lab-train, the seed is stolen. The thief is among them! Clara and Gavin join forces with famous detective Agatha Christensen to unmask the culprit and ensure the future of Cake Hill.
