Every Wednesday, discover our selection of the five most anticipated cinema releases of the week. A selection of must-see films to discover now in theaters.
1. The Witches of Eastwick 2
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Director: Susanne Bier
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Cassie Bradley
Synopsis: The Owens sisters face the dark curse that threatens to destroy their family once and for all, in a cinematic event blending entertainment, magic and chaos.
2. Pressure
Genre: War, Historical, Thriller
Director: Anthony Maras
Cast: Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser, Kerry Condon
Synopsis: Three days before D-Day, a single decision can change the course of history. As the Allies prepare to launch the greatest landing ever organized, a violent storm threatens to sabotage the operation. General Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg, a meteorologist, face an impossible choice: attack despite the uncertainty… or risk losing the war. PRESSURE, the true story of a countdown under high tension.
3. A Woman’s Life
Genre: Dramedy
Director: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
Cast: Léa Drucker, Mélanie Thierry, Charles Berling
Synopsis: Gabrielle devotes herself body and soul to her work. A surgeon and department head in a public hospital, she rushes around and multitasks, overwhelmed with responsibilities. She has little time for her private life — a loving husband and a mother she must care for. When a novelist comes to spend a few weeks in her department for the sake of a book, her balance wavers. In the daily life Gabrielle has built for herself, is there room for the unexpected?
4. Akira
Genre: Action, Animation, Drama
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Cast: Mathias Kozlowski, Alexandre Gillet, Barbara Tissier, Pierre Hatet, Valérie Siclay
Synopsis: July 1988. The use of a new weapon of mass destruction in the Kantō region of Japan triggers the Third World War.
2019, thirty-one years later. As preparations for the following year’s Olympic Games rekindle memories of Neo-Tokyo’s former greatness, a megalopolis built on Tokyo Bay, Kaneda, leader of a gang of vigilante bōsōzoku, rides through the devastated streets of the city on his motorcycle and sows chaos. One night, Tetsuo, a member of the gang, crosses paths with a strange boy linked to a government experimental program. Before the astonished eyes of Kaneda and his gang, Tetsuo and the mysterious boy are taken to a military laboratory. Determined to save his friend, Kaneda infiltrates the facility, where he discovers that Tetsuo has developed supernatural powers. Meanwhile, one of the laboratory’s children predicts the awakening of AKIRA, the government’s best-kept secret. Seeking answers about his newfound powers, Tetsuo descends into the depths of Neo-Tokyo, where AKIRA has been sleeping for years.
5. The Heroes of the Louvre
Genre: Drama, Historical
Director: Élie Chouraqui
Cast: Kad Merad, Marie Gillain, Fantine Guyot
Synopsis: As World War II breaks out and German invasion looms, Babi Maklouf, a night watchman at the Louvre Museum, is tasked with transporting some of its treasures out of Paris. This marks the beginning of an epic and dangerous family adventure across occupied France, forever linking the destiny of these works of art to the Maklouf family.
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