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17:45 Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq
Friday July 18 18:30 Famous Nathan
(US) Picture Palace Pictures, New York. 98mins. Dir: Lloyd Handwerker. Key cast: with Nathan, Sol and Lloyd Handwerker. In the heart of Coney Island is a culinary institution known to every New York hotdog
lover. Nathan’s Famous, founded in 1916 by a penniless Jewish immigrant from Poland, became a celebrated US fast-food chain. The founder’s grandson has gathered archival material to chronicle the business and its employees. Int. Documentaries Cinematheque4
director plan a film, a Mafia hit-squad shoots its victim, a man travelling on a train imagines the rape of the fat girl with glasses sitting opposite him, an official arrives at a palace with elegant offices, a grandfather tells his grandson about Genghis Khan, a boy imagines Pushkin’s visit to a Mongol tent village, a hunting dog recalls a particularly successful day, an incident from a few decades ago in which a young woman throws a cup of wine to the floor and leaves her officer boyfriend is presented from several angles, and so on — some 80 characters and situations, past and present, real and imagined, fill this magical and unusual cinematic creation.
Klein. Key cast: Wes Bentley, Vinessa Shaw, Jason Isaacs. Bill is the American we’ve met a hundred times: working for an insurance company, living a peaceful home life, a married father of two. But it turns out that he has recently lost his job and has not told his family. Coincidentally, he begins a career as a burglar. After his first theft succeeds, he decides to improve his technique and even begins to enjoy it. At the same time, he becomes friendly with an unusual character, Frank, a former detective with a drinking problem who seeks to restore his former glory. What will happen when Bill finds out that his friend is a dangerous thief ?
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The Wonders
(US) Pascale Ramonda, Paris; Celluloid Dreams, Paris. 110mins. Dir: Saar
(Germany, Italy, Switzerland) Match Factory, Cologne.
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110mins. Dir: Alice Rohrwacher. Key cast: Maria Alexandra Lungu, Sam Louwyck, Monica Bellucci. Teenage Gelsomina is growing up with her sisters in a chaotic family that earns its living from beekeeping and honey production. She comes across as the most responsible person in the family and the natural successor to the family business. Despite her conservative father, she convinces the family to compete for a large cash prize on a reality show with a Felliniesque hostess. The children are sent to carry out challenges on a desert island, intensifying the tension between the old world and today’s digital reality. Panorama Cinematheque1
16:15 Jealousy
(France) Lev Films, Tel Aviv. 77mins. Dir: Philippe Garrel. Key cast: Louis Garrel, Anna Mouglalis, Rebecca Convenant. In 1965, when he was only 17 years old, Philippe Garrel made a short film in which he cast his father, well-known stage actor Maurice Garrel, in the role of a father spending a weekend with his mistress when his son pays a visit. Shortly after the death of his father, Garrel decided to make an updated version
of the autobiographical short. Masters Cinematheque2
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17:30 Timbuktu
(France, Mauritania) Le Pacte, Paris. 100mins. Dir: Abderrahmane Sissako. Key cast: Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Abel Jafri, Fatoumata Diawara, Hichem Yacoubi. The death of a cow in a bloody conflict between a shepherd and a fisherman encompasses the grim story of Mali, a West African country torn between religious factions, and particularly portrays Timbuktu, a former tourist destination that is today controlled by radical Jihadists. The cow, nicknamed GPS, serves as a metaphor for a country held hostage by armed religious bullies who rely upon the most advanced technology: smart phones, cars, video cameras and, of course, weapons. Under the theocratic regime it is forbidden to listen to western music, wear immodest clothing, or even play football. This is the first film made in Mali since armed militias seized control in 2012. In the Spirit of Freedom in Memory of Wim van Leer Cinematheque3
(US) Cactus Three, New York. 91mins. Dir: Nancy Buirski. Of all the dancers who have left their mark on the history of ballet, Tanaquil Le Clercq (1929-2000) was perhaps the most sublime. Her elongated physique and grace captivated audiences and choreographers alike. Le Clercq became a muse for two of the great choreographers of the 20th century — George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. She and Balanchine eventually married, while Robbins made his famous version of “Afternoon Of A Faun” for her. Tanny had it all; love, glory, wealth, the position of prima ballerina of the New York City Ballet. But all this came to a sudden and tragic end when, aged 27, while on tour in Copenhagen, she was stricken with polio and became paralysed. She would never dance again, and the world of ballet is haunted by her disturbing story to this day. Carte Blanche Cinematheque2
18:00 Bad Hair
(Germany, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela) Figa Films, Los Angeles. 93mins. Dir: Mariana Rondon. Junior dreams of having straight hair. Just eight years old, he is determined to tame his curls for his class picture. He lives in a big Caracas housing project along with his mother Marta, a young widow who recently lost her job as a security guard, and his baby brother. Marta is distressed by her son’s obsession with his appearance, fearing early signs of homosexuality. The more the captivating boy tries to win his mother’s love and acceptance, the more she pushes him away. Junior’s paternal grandmother, a charming and vibrant woman, understands his situation and offers to take the child under her care
but Marta refuses and decides she’ll do everything in her power to put her son “back on track”. Panorama Cinematheque1
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19:45 Club Sandwich
(Mexico) Funny Balloons, Paris. 82mins. Dir: Fernando Eimbcke. Key cast: Maria Renee Prudencio, Lucio Gimenez Cacho, Danae Reynaud Romero. Paloma and Hector have a very special relationship. She’s 35 and he’s 15. She’s his mother and he is her son, but by looking at them you’d think they were best friends. On vacation at a hotel, Hector meets a girl and begins to discover the world of romantic love and sexuality. Paloma must come to terms with the cracks that appear in the relationship. Panorama Cinematheque3
October November
(Austria) Match Factory, Cologne. 116mins. Dir: Gotz Spielmann. Key cast: Nora von Waldstatten, Ursula Strauss, Peter Simonischek, Sebastian Koch, Johannes Zeiler. Sonja lives in a large city. She is an acclaimed actress but is stuck playing superficial roles and living a hedonistic existence. Her life is in contrast to that of her sister, Verena, who lives with husband and son in the family home where the two sisters grew up in the Austrian Alps, caring for their infirm father. If there is something the two sisters share, it is denial. While Sonja denies the identity crisis she is experiencing, Verena’s idyllic family life conceals the affair she is having with the local doctor. When the father’s condition deteriorates and Sonja arrives for a visit, it is only a matter of time before secrets from the past begin to emerge. Panorama Cinematheque2