Île-de-France

Young Eva, played by Lucie Charles-Alfred (center), arrives at a palace where she is to be trained by Simone, a cantankerous old hand played by Corinne Masiero.

Young Eva, played by Lucie Charles-Alfred (center), arrives at a palace where she is to be trained by Simone, a cantankerous old hand played by Corinne Masiero.

The revolt of the “Little Hands”

- 1:43 pm

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.

Brétigny accident (Poudou99, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Brétigny accident (Poudou99, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Brétigny : an unpredictable but probable accident

- 10:29 am

On April 25, the trial of the “Brétigny disaster” will begin. The SNCF, SNCF Réseau and an SNCF executive will appear before the Evry-Courcouronnes criminal court (Essonne) for involuntary manslaughter and involuntary injury. The State, which bears a crushing responsibility in this accident, does not seem to be among the accused.

"What is crazy is that the film that, three years ago, was a science fiction film, very quickly it becomes almost a period film," says Louis Garrel.

"What is crazy is that the film that, three years ago, was a science fiction film, very quickly it becomes almost a period film," says Louis Garrel.

Louis Garrel: “I know nothing about ecology

- 8:47 am

The actor-director has shot a whimsical, eco-friendly fable, “The Crusade,” where he and his wife Laetitia Casta play a couple. “A comic film because it is optimistic,” he says.