Tuesday July 15 20:45 Friends from France
(France, Germany, Russia, Canada) Pyramide, Paris. 100min. Dir: Anne Weil, Philippe Kotlarski. Key cast: Soko, Jeremie Lippmann, Vladimir Fridman. Cousins Carole and Jerome are posing as newlyweds on a group tour to Odessa. It is 1979 and the Soviet Union is on the brink of the Cold War. Their real aim is to make contact with Russian-Jewish refuseniks in need of assistance. By
day, Carole and Jerome visit the tourist sites; by night, they sneak away to public phone booths and whisper the code phrase: “Hello, we are friends from France.” Carole is entirely devoted to her political cause; Jerome couldn’t care less about their mission and just wishes Carole would show more interest in him. And the meetings with the refuseniks? Well, let’s just say they are not exactly what the idealistic cousins expect. The Jewish Experience Cinematheque2
Looking for a terrific action film with amazing cinematography? Gareth Evans returns to Indonesia with his hero, Officer Rama. This time, Rama goes to jail as an undercover agent to expose a brutal crime gang. Naturally, the mission proves more difficult than expected and the hardened criminals are even tougher and more vicious than those in the first film, leading Rama on an odyssey of violence like no other.
and norms is revealed, in which astronomical pricetags make certain artists more sought after than others. Carte Blanche Cinematheque4
22:15 Intrepido: A Lonely Hero See box, below
23:00 The Babadook
(Australia) Entertainment One, Montreal. 92min.
Dir: Jennifer Kent. Key cast: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall. “Do you want to die?” Samuel asks his mother Amelia, who in turn wonders whether the question is a threat or a warning. Throughout her son’s seven years, Amelia has dealt with his volatile temper, and now it seems that Samuel has begun to turn his violent behaviour on her. But when a strange children’s book entitled “Mr Babadook” appears mysteriously on his bookshelf, foreshadowing horrors for mother and child, Amelia begins to wonder whether some creature is actually lurking in the night in the dark corridors of their house. Into the Night Cinematheque2
Wednesday July 16 09:30 Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants
(France) Futurikon, Paris. 89min. Dir: Helene Giraud, Thomas Szabo. Leftovers from a picnic in a peaceful valley ignite an all-out war between two rival ant colonies, fighting obsessively over the same prize: a box of sugar
cubes. A ladybug with a clipped wing finds shelter in the sugary treasure, befriends a black ant, and helps him rescue his fellow ants from the clutches of the red ants. On the way the clip-winged ladybug gets away by the skin of her teeth from a frog, a fish and a lizard, which from her perspective look like dinosaurs from Jurassic Park. JFF Kids Cinematheque3
10:00 24 Days
(France) Alexandre Films, Paris. 110mins. Dir: Alexandre Arcady. Key cast: Zabou Breitman, Pascal Elbe, Jacques Gamblin. January 20, 2006. After dinner with his family, Ilan Halimi called an attractive girl he had met at work and made plans to meet her for coffee. Ilan did not suspect a thing; he was 23 and had his whole life ahead of him. The next time Ilan’s family heard from him, it was through a cryptic online message from kidnappers demanding a ransom in exchange for their son’s life. The Jewish Experience Cinematheque1
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22:00 The Art Rush
Jorge to situations he never dreamed possible. When the authorities are unable to help him and his family faces daily threats, it appears that Jorge has but one alternative. Debuts Competition Lev Smadar
20:45 Friends from France See box, above
21:00 The Kindergarten Teacher
(Israel) Pie Films, Tel Aviv. 120min. Dir: Nadav Lapid. Key cast: Sarit Larry, Avi Shnaidman, Lior Raz, Hamuchtar. In a world that does not appreciate artists, where sensitive souls don’t stand a chance, a poetry-loving kindergarten teacher
discovers a child poet and decides to take it upon herself to nurture him, to save his greatness from the world, to salvage him from the banal, the mediocre and the crude — to save him from life itself. It is the story of a female Don Quixote, who strives to save the world through the poetry of a child, and of a pensive child who has no desire to be saved. The Haggiag Awards for Israeli Cinema — Full Length Films Cinematheque1
21:45 The Raid 2
(US, Indonesia) Sony Pictures, Los Angeles. 150mins. Dir: Gareth Evans. Key cast: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Arifin Putra.
(France) The Festival Agency, Paris. 86min. Dir: Marianne Lamour. When works of art are sold for tens of millions of dollars or more, it is clear that the art world is also — if not primarily — a market. The film takes us on a journey between the established art centres of Venice, Paris, Basel and New York, to no less important centres in the 21st-century global art economy, such as Dubai, Hong Kong and Beijing. From art fairs, exhibition openings, and public auctions, to encounters with art dealers, curators, artistic consultants, collectors and even a few artists, the director tries to understand just how this global market works. Gradually a set of rules
Tuesday July 15 22:15 Intrepido: A Lonely Hero
(Italy) Rai Trade, Rome. 104min. Dir: Gianni Amelio. Key cast: Antonio Albanese, Livia Rossi, Gabriele Rendina. Antonio is middle-aged and divorced, and like most people he wakes up every morning and goes to work. Except that one day he’s a construction worker and the next he’s a cook. He is also driving a tram, delivering pizzas, or pasting
posters. In short, he makes a living as a “fill-in”, going to different jobs for a few hours or a few days, replacing people who are out for some reason or another. One day he meets Lucia, a young woman with a pessimistic outlook. He tries to help her, but it turns out that there are some jobs that not everyone, and perhaps no one, can do. Masters Cinematheque3
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