NENETTE ET BONI
21.00 Wednesday 5th March / GATE / Presented by Jonathan Broda (Eicar, Paris) Teenage siblings Nenette and Boni were raised apart as a result of their parents’ ugly divorce. Working as a pizza chef, Boni spends most of his days immersed in sexual fantasies about the baker’s wife and his nights hanging out with local hoods. He is enraged when his younger sister suddenly turns up having run away from boarding school and seven months pregnant. A tender portrait of two damaged lives shot with an intimacy of expression that makes it one of Claire Denis’ most sensitive and humane films. Tindersticks have enjoyed a long-standing collaboration with Denis, scoring six of her ten features, including the last five. Their music blends perfectly with her visual style that likes to breathe and her patient way of framing her subjects.
SAME OLD SONG On Connaît La Chanson
France 1996 | 100 min | Cert 15 Director: Claire Denis Cast: Grégoire Colin, Alice Houri, Jacques Nolot, Vincent Gallo Language: French with English subtitles
14.00 Thursday 6th March / GATE / Presented by Jonathan Broda (Eicar, Paris) Winner of seven César Awards, Same Old Song is a charming, romantic musical comedy directed by Alain Resnais (Hiroshima, Mon Amour). The film revolves around two Parisian sisters caught in a web of dysfunctional relationships and romantic confusion. In a tribute to Dennis Potter (The Singing Detective), Resnais has his characters lip-sync to fragments of musical recordings from Josephine Baker, Maurice Chevalier, Edith Piaf, Johnny Halliday and contemporary pop songs, allowing them to express their innermost thoughts and feelings. Set against the glittering Paris skyline, Same Old Song is a captivating and playful round-robin game of romance.
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France, UK, Switzerland, Italy 1997 | 120 min Director: Alain Resnais Cast: Agnes Jaoui, Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azema, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jane Birkin Language: French with English subtitles