“Not a word” breaks the silence
Hanna Slak’s film is a psychological family drama, where the tumultuous relationship between a mother and her teenage son is as tempestuous as Brittany.
Rencontres de Gérardmer
The revolt of the “Little Hands”
Director Nessim Chikhaoui came to the Rencontres du Cinéma de Gérardmer to present his film inspired by the Paris hotel maids’ strikes. A mix of comedy and social film.
Viggo Mortensen: “I grew up with Westerns”.
An international star, the actor-director came to the Rencontres du Cinéma de Gérardmer to present his film “Jusqu’au bout du monde”, a beautiful romantic western starring Vicky Krieps. “I thought it was interesting to set the story of a free, independent woman in the western United States in the 19è century, where society was a bit savage, dominated by men,” confides Viggo Mortensen.
Rencontres de Gérardmer : ask for the program!
18 films will be previewed from April 8 to 12 in the Vosges, where several directors are expected, including Artus, Bruno Podalydès… and Antoine Raimbault, who will be accompanied by José Bové!
« Ma langue au chat », soupçons, secrets et devinettes
“I wanted to talk about people in their fifties and a woman facing this age,” says director Cécile Telerman, who came to present her film at the Rencontres du Cinéma de Gérardmer.
Carried away by “The Torrent”!
Shot in the region of Gérardmer, Anne Le Ny directed a film “100% Vosges”, with José Garcia and André Dussolier. “I needed the mountains,” says the actress and director.
The final sprint of “L’équipier”
Kieron J.Walsh takes us into the peloton of the 1998 Tour de France, with a rider at the end of his career.
Thanks boss!
Javier Bardem plays a cynical boss in “El Buen Patron”, a delightful tragicomedy by Fernando Leon de Aranoa, a success in Spanish cinema.
“Luck smiles at Mrs. Nikuko”, and Mrs. Nikuko smiles at life
Telling the daily life of a mother and her daughter, this Japanese animated film is as funny as it is touching.
Clovis Cornillac : “Benevolence is a superpower”
The actor-director plays a kind of “Forrest Gump,” a kind man who fades away, and exposes “a way of looking at life” in his film “It’s Beautiful !”
Audrey Dana : ” I wanted to talk about you, the men “.
The actress-director wanted to “take a feminine look” at guys with “Men on the verge of a nervous breakdown”, a tender and benevolent group comedy.
Claude Lelouch : ” I like films where there is hope “.
“I still have two films to make”, confided the filmmaker at the Rencontres du Cinéma de Gérardmer. This time he is the filmmaker filmed by Philippe Azoulay, who has dedicated a documentary to him, “Tourner pour vivre”.