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.
Movies
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!
“The Zone of Interest”, neighbors of horror
Winner of the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, Jonathan Glazer’s film demonstrates by example “the banality of evil”, the quiet, carefree daily life of a Nazi family right next to the Auschwitz camp.
“May December”, a duo of actresses taking turns
Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore star in this Todd Haynes film, in which one plays the other in a stylish but superficial tale.
“Captives” in asylum
Arnaud des Pallières’ film is a huis-clos in the women’s hell of La Salpêtrière, where the voluntary inmate played by Mélanie Thierry discovers horror and despair.
For “La beauté du geste”
With a young deaf boxer as his heroine, Japanese filmmaker Sho Miyake has created a benevolent, discreet and melancholy film.
“Green algae” poisoning Brittany
Adapted from the comic strip, reports and life story of journalist Inès Léraud, Pierre Jolivet’s film recounts the authorities’ denial, pressure and intimidation, on a subject that is polluting the social climate in the region.
« 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.
“Armageddon Time”, the lost time of childhood
James Gray revisits his childhood with this nostalgic family chronicle, in the New York of the 80s.
“Close”, friends who are too close
After his first film “Girl”, the young Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont received the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival for this sensitive and intense drama.