cLet’s start with the out of competition, which today presents Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe Of Martin Provost with Cecile de France and Vincent Macaignefocused on the painter’s wedding Pierre Bonnard and his wife Marthe over fifty years.
Cecile de France and Vincent Macaigne.
Another thought (after The Wife and much more) on great women behind great artists, on the female tendency towards oblation. Pierre Bonnard would not be the painter that everyone knows without the enigmatic Marthe who alone takes up almost all of her work…
Firebrand with Alicia Vikander
From the competition, here is the awaited historical fresco Firebrand directed by Karim Aïnouz and written by Jessica Ashworth and Henrietta Ashworth, from the 2013 novel Queen’s Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle focused on the figure of Katherine Parr (Alicia Vikander), the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII (Jude Law).
Alicia Vikaner at Firebrand.
Anathomie d’une chuteby Justine Triet
And always in competition, Anathomie d’une chutedirected by Justine Triet and written by Triet with Arthur Harari (who we have already seen in the role of the lawyer of Le procès Goldeberg which opened the Quinzaine des cinéastes), has as its protagonist Sandra Hüller as a writer trying to prove her innocence for the death of her husband.
Sandra Huller in Anathomie d’une chute.
Club Zero with Mia Wasikowska
Club Zero by Jessica Hausner with Mia Wasikowskaelaborates some of our very contemporary anxieties: food anxieties, above all. Miss Novak is the new teacher of a private British high school, she just arrived she inaugurated a nutrition course based on an innovative concept. Some of his pupils join the mysterious Club Zéro.
A film from Ulanbaatar, Mongolia
If Only I Could Hibernate Of Zoljargal Purevdash is the proposal of Un certain regard. The film tells the story of Ulzii, a teenager determined to win a competition for a scholarship. Ulzii lives in a poor neighborhood in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. His illiterate mother finds work in the countryside and abandons him and his brother and sister. Torn between the need to take care of his siblings and his desire to study for the competition.
Homage to Godard
From Mongolian neorealism to the inevitable homage: Godard par Godard by Florence Plataretsin Cannes Classics, is an archival self-portrait by the director of Until the last breath. Retraces the unique journey of a filmmaker who has never looked back on his past, has never shot the same film twiceand has always tirelessly pursued his research, in a truly inexhaustible diversity of inspirations. Through Godard’s words, eyes and work, the film tells a life made of cinema.
Jean-Luc Godard in front of the poster of “Le Petit soldat” in 1963.
The book of solutions by Michel Gondry
For La Quinzaine des cinéastes, today a must see The book of solutions by Michel Gondry with Vincent Lacoste which we hope to inspire ourselves: Marc, a director, takes refuge with his crew in a small village in the Cévennes to finish his guest film by his aunt Denise. There his creativity manifests itself in the form of a million ideas that will plunge him into a bizarre chaos. Marc then starts writing the Solution booka guide of practical advice that could be the solution to all your problems…
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