Who says Wednesday says cinema. Today we offer you our selection of films of the week, to best guide you through the darkened theaters.
1. The Animal Kingdom by Thomas Cailley
After The Fighters, Thomas Cailley directs his second film titled The Animal Kingdom. A fantasy adventure film featuring Romain Duris, Paul Kircher, Adèle Exarchopoulos. The world as we know it is experiencing a great transformation. A mysterious phenomenon is gradually turning some humans into animals. This is the case with François’s wife. He sets out on a quest to save her, taking their 16-year-old son with him. An unforgettable adventure begins across a region increasingly populated by creatures we know nothing about yet.
2. Bernadette by Léa Domenach
Catherine Deneuve slips into the role of Bernadette Chirac in this comedy directed by Léa Domenach. This film focuses on the first steps of Madame Chirac at the Élysée and her struggle to gain popularity among the French people, all with respect and lightness. Initially seen as haughty, cold, and out-of-touch, the first lady is not among the most appreciated in the palace. So, she decides to take matters into her own hands, change this image, find her place, and finally step out of her husband’s shadow, who was then a unifying president.
3. Mothering Sunday by Éva Husson
Eva Husson directs a film adaptation of the romance novel Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift published in 2016. In 1924, in Downton Abbey’s England, Jane is a maid for an aristocratic couple. The young woman has a secret affair with Paul, the man living in the manor next door. Jane knows their love story is impossible; their social class difference is inappropriate, and Paul is about to marry to satisfy society. Passionate about writing, she aspires to become an author, clinging to these stolen moments filled with sensuality just as she does with her words filling notebooks. A historical drama starring Olivia Coleman, Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, and Colin Firth.
4. Lost in the Night by Amat Escalante
In a small town in Mexico, Emiliano is in search of truth, looking for those responsible for the disappearance of his mother. The mystery still looms, as she vanished three years earlier. An environmental activist, she opposed the local mining industry. Receiving no help from the police or the judicial system, his search leads him to the wealthy Aldama family. A thriller featuring Ester Expósito, Juan Daniel García Treviño, and Bárbara Mori.
5. L’air de la mer rend libre by Nadir Moknèche
L’air de la mer rend libre tells the story of an arranged marriage between Saïd and Hadjira, in today’s Rennes. Gay and of Maghrebi descent, Saïd does not dare reveal to his family who he truly is. While seeing a man named Vincent, he sees no other solution but to agree to an arranged marriage with a woman to regain his freedom. Hadjira has also resigned herself to obeying her mother, following a failed love story and problems with the law. Now married, they find themselves living under the same roof, but the illusion for their families does not last long.
