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Rise [France]

RISE [France], Thursday 28 September, 8pm

By archive, Season 24 Autumn 2023

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Marion Barbeau, a Paris Opera dancer making her acting debut, is terrific as an injured performer who finds strength in a contemporary dance company.

Elise, a ballet prima donna, believed she had a perfect life with a loving boyfriend and a successful career. However, one catastrophic night, her world falls apart as she discovers her partner’s infidelity before suffering a serious injury on stage. Now, she faces a recovery period that may take two years, with the possibility of never being able to dance professionally again.

In search of physical and emotional healing, Elise escapes to Brittany, leaving Paris behind. Surrounded by friends, a new love interest, and the liberating world of contemporary dance, she rebuilds her relationship with her reserved father and rediscovers her true self.

Ballet-trained Paris Opera principal Marion Barbeau’s body-and-spirit performance is magnetic and heartwarming.

Barbeau, a trained ballet dancer in the Paris Opera, gives a beautiful performance that communicates the emotional interiority that exists in the physicality of dancing. – The Guardian

Breezy, charming love letter to the art form, its tightknit communities, and what nourishes the impulse to find healing expression in movement. – Los Angeles Times

Presented with the support of the French Embassy and the Institut Français.

100% Rotten Tomatoes

  • RISE [EN CORPS]
  • France, 2021 | Language: French | 120 minutes | Cert: 15
  • Director: Cédric Klapisch
  • Cast: Marion Barbeau, Pio Marmaï, François Civil, Denis Podalydès, Muriel Robin
  • Foreign language films are subtitled.  Cert: CLUB for over 18s.
  • A short film may be shown before the feature.
  • BOOKING
  • Tickets: €8.50/€7 concession
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Cairo Conspiracy [Egypt]

CAIRO CONSPIRACY [Egypt], Thursday 5 October, 8pm

By archive, Season 24 Autumn 2023

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A gripping political thriller. A fisherman’s son wins a scholarship to a prestigious Islamic university only to be recruited as a government informant.

This critically acclaimed new film by Tarik Saleh (The Nile Hilton Incident, The Contractor) follows Adam who is offered the ultimate privilege: to study at Cairo’s Al-Azhar University, the epicentre of Sunni Islam power. Soon after his arrival in the city, the university’s highest-ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt’s religious and political elite. As he struggles to balance a range of competing interests that favour different leaders, he soon finds that he must fight for his very survival as the succession intensifies.

There’s an intriguing mix of scorn and paranoia here, together with a yearning for individual figures of decency halfway down the food chain – it reminded me of John le Carré. – The Guardian

A measured but unsparing portrait of corruption perpetrated by people who, across the board, are utterly confident of their own rectitude. – New York Times

CAIRO CONSPIRACY

Egypt, 2022 I Language: Arabic I 126 minutes I Cert: Unrated

Director: Tarik Saleh

Cast: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri

Foreign language films are subtitled.  Cert: CLUB for over 18s.

A short film may be shown before the feature.

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Love According to Dalva [France]

LOVE ACCORDING TO DALVA [France/Belgium], Thursday 12 October, 8pm

By archive, Season 24 Autumn 2023

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Made with painstaking care and sensitivity, this debut feature from Belgian film-maker Emmanuelle Nicot is about a child victim of grooming and rape who takes the side of her abuser.

After her abusive father is arrested, 12-year-old Dalva is taken into care. Acting more like an adult than a child, her social workers and new roommates find it difficult to connect with Dalva. Gradually with their help, she accepts that her relationship with her father was not normal, allowing her to experience the joys of childhood she was previously denied.

Tackling difficult subject matter with the utmost care and sensitivity, Love According to Dalva is a remarkable film about one young girl’s journey as she emerges from the most horrific situation. Writer / director Emmanuelle Nicot has made an exceptional and assured debut – a compassionate exploration of hope and recovery. Young Zelda Samson excels in an extraordinarily challenging lead role.

This deserved award-winner at Cannes last year manages the tricky feat of mining difficult and potentially lurid material without a single exploitative beat. – The Times [UK]

An intense film about trauma and its devastating consequences. I can’t think of another movie I was so reluctant to watch, but after it started I couldn’t look away. – The Guardian

First-time feature director Emmanuelle Nicot paints an achingly beautiful portrait of friendship, recovery and identity through a young girl’s childhood sexual abuse story. – Little White Lies

It’s an uncomfortable watch, but this assured French-language debut from director Emmanuelle Nicot negotiates its disturbing subject matter with delicacy, sensitivity and honesty. – The Observer

  • LOVE ACCORDING TO DALVA
  • France/Belgium 2022 | Language: French | 87 minutes | Cert: 15A
  • Director: Emmanuelle Nicot
  • Cast: Zelda Samson, Alexis Manenti, Fanta Guirassy
  • Foreign language films are subtitled.  Cert: CLUB for over 18s.
  • A short film may be shown before the feature.
  • BOOKING
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  • Book online: https://bit.ly/Dalva-12thOct
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War Pony [USA}

WAR PONY [USA], Thursday 19 October, 8pm

By archive, Season 24 Autumn 2023

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Stunning, tender and utterly compelling, War Pony tells the interlocking stories of two Oglala Lakota men coming of age on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.

At 23, Bill just wants to make something of himself. Whether it’s syphoning gas, delivering goods or breeding poodles, he is determined to carve his way to the ‘American Dream’. Meanwhile, 12-year-old Matho can’t wait to become a man. Desperate for approval from his young, unavailable father, a series of destructive decisions turns Matho’s life upside down and he finds himself unequipped to deal with the harsh realities of the adult world.

A powerful tale of life, hope and belonging on the Reservation. Featuring spellbinding performances from first-time actors Jojo Bapteise Whiting and LaDainian Crazy Thunder, and created over a period of several years, in collaboration with members of the Pine Ridge Reservation.

War Pony is the directorial debut of Riley Keough (Daisy Jones & The Six, Zola) and Gina Gammell, and written with first-time writers, Franklin Sioux Bob and Bill Reddy.

Winner, Caméra d’Or for Best Debut Feature, Cannes Film Festival, 2022.

For clarity, we will screen War Pony with English subtitles.

This Caméra d’Or winner (for best debut feature at Cannes) is a keenly observed, subtle, and challenging drama about a corner of society never included in the American dream, one that reveals both the spirit and longing found there. – Irish Independent

A new directorial dynamic duo has arrived. – Little White Lies

Working with Gammell, Keough … successfully transitions to the other side of the camera with this respectful take on a community under pressure. – Irish Times

Riley Keough is an actor who establishes her film-making credentials with this terrific debut feature, co-directed with Gina Gammell. – The Guardian

The rangy, inquisitive screenplay… doesn’t artificially intertwine this pair’s life stories. Instead, it simply allows them to play out in tandem, inviting us to spot the reflections and echoes. – Daily Telegraph

  • WAR PONY
  • USA, 2022 | Language: English, screened with English subtitles | 114 minutes | Cert: 15A
  • Directors: Gina Gammell, Riley Keough
  • Cast: Iona Red Bear, LaDainian Crazy Thunder, Jojo Bapteise Whiting
  • Foreign language films are subtitled.  Cert: CLUB for over 18s.
  • A short film may be shown before the feature.
  • BOOKING
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The Beasts, Spain, 26 Oct

THE BEASTS [Spain], Thursday 26 October, 8pm

By archive, Season 24 Autumn 2023

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A French couple’s dream of the good life in rural northern Spain descends into all-out war with the locals in Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s superbly acted drama.

A French couple are living their dream of moving to the Galician countryside and setting up their own small farm. Their refusal to sell their land to developers has created tensions with local brothers who want the money for a chance at a new life. Tensions boil over after an act of sabotage leads to increasingly tense and violent confrontations between the neighbours.

Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s engrossing thriller is a slow-burn in the best possible way. Aided by remarkably naturalistic performances, this is a methodical film where the tension builds and builds in a manner that’s utterly compelling. It dominated Spain’s Goya film awards, where it won in nine categories including Best Film.

🏆Dublin International Film Festival, 2023 – Best Film (Dublin Film Critics’ Circle)

🏆Goya Awards, 2023 – Winner of nine awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay

🏆César Awards, 2023 – Best Foreign Film

A terrific, gripping drama that will cross cultural borders with ease. – Irish Times

★★★★★ a breathtakingly tense Galician thriller The Guardian

From its very first minute, this searing drama of rural strife, xenophobia and cultural hostility is filled with almost unbearable tension. – Hollywood Reporter

Sorogoyen has made a brilliantly written, superbly acted film with the grave heft of non-fiction: a glimpse of stark truths behind that lush Galician landscape. – Financial Times

Sorogoyen uses long, single-take scenes to capture the explosive buildup of tension; it’s a breathlessly compelling device that showcases the phenomenal quality of the acting. – Observer

98% Rotten Tomatoes

  • THE BEASTS
  • Spain/France 2022 | Language: Spanish/French | 137 minutes | Cert: CLUB
  • Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen
  • Cast: Denis Ménochet, Marina Foïs, Luis Zahera, Diego Anido
  • Foreign language films are subtitled.  Cert: CLUB for over 18s.
  • A short film may be shown before the feature.
  • BOOKING
  • Tickets: €8.50/€7 concession
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  • Book online: https://bit.ly/TheBeasts-26thOct
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The Night of the 12th [France]

THE NIGHT OF THE 12th [France], Thursday 9 November, 8pm

By archive, Season 24 Autumn 2023

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A young woman is murdered in this unnerving, fictionalised version of a real case that haunts the police officers unable to solve it. A gripping true-crime drama.

Set in the foothills of the looming Alps, this deeply atmospheric thriller follows Yohan Vives, an ambitious, disciplined young detective as he takes up a post at the Grenoble police station. His first case as the bureau’s new chief is a tough one. A young woman named Clara Royer has been murdered as she walked home from a party, apparently by someone who knew her. Vives teams up on the case with an older partner, Marceau, whose long career with the Police Judiciaire (the criminal investigation department) has started to take its toll.

Their investigation delves into Clara’s sexual relationships with the men who now constitute the prime suspects in her murder and their often disturbing attitudes toward her. But the film is just as interested in the attitudes of the men responsible for solving such cases, and how those attitudes—toward gender, sex, and violence—inform their work. As a judge observes to Vives at one point in his investigation, “There is something seriously amiss in the relationship between men and women.”

Based on two chapters of a true crime book, “18.3 – A Year with the Judicial Police,” and an actual unsolved case, this immersive police procedural is ultimately a powerful portrait of the society that produces criminals and detectives alike, those who commit the crimes and those responsible for solving them as best they can.

🏆Winner of six César Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Dominik Moll.

🏆 Winner of the Lumière award for Best Film.

French film-maker Dominik Moll has given us a gripping true-crime procedural, a desolate study of the ubiquity of evil and misogynist violence and the abyss of unknowing into which everyone finds themselves gazing… a brutally engrossing drama. – The Guardian

Critic’s Pick. A refreshingly grounded picture of crime-fighting. – The New York Times

This taut and piercing thriller is one of Moll’s stronger works to date, using a genre template to delve into issues of violence, gender and policing in contemporary France. – Hollywood Reporter

93% Rotten Tomatoes

  • THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH [LA NUIT DU 12]
  • France, 2022 | Language: French | 115 minutes | Cert: CLUB
  • Director: Dominik Moll
  • Cast: Bastien Bouillon, Bouli Lanners, Anouk Grinberg, Mouna Soualem, Pauline Serieys
  • Foreign language films are subtitled.  Cert: CLUB for over 18s.
  • A short film may be shown before the feature.
  • BOOKING
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Plan 75 [Japan]

PLAN 75 [Japan], Thursday 16 November, 8pm

By archive, Season 24 Autumn 2023

Online booking is appreciated and we cover the cost of your booking fee.  Click here to buy your ticket for Plan 75.

A thought-provoking Japanese drama imagines a world where a country with a low birth rate and dwindling work force takes drastic steps to alleviate the burden of its aging population.

Set in a not-too-distant future, Plan 75 imagines a Japan where citizens over the age of 75 are considered a threat to the country’s economy. A government programme is introduced to encourage and incentivise voluntary end of life. The film follows three characters whose lives are impacted by Plan 75 in very different ways.

A protégé of renowned Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda, director Chie Hayakawa handles this sensitive material with a deft hand. Through Plan 75’s science-fiction-tinged conceit, she crafts a humanist story that explores the dangers of neglecting a society’s senior citizens and unveils the beauty and dignity of human life.

Plan 75 may seem like it’s about ageing, but more accurately it is about the importance of community – Screen International

Baisho gets across the creeping despair that morbidity and the loss of community can create — a sensation that lets “Plan 75” double as a consummate entry in pandemic-era cinema. – New York Times

This is an ultra-delicate whisper of a drama… And yet the anger that fringes such bittersweet moments gradually accumulates into a palpable and lingering rage at how good we’ve become at branding cruelty as compassion. – IndieWire

93% Rotten Tomatoes

  • PLAN 75
  • Japan, 2022 | Language: Japanese | 113 minutes | Cert: CLUB
  • Director: Chie Hayakawa
  • Cast: Stefanie Arianne, Chieko Baisho, Hayato Isomura
  • Foreign language films are subtitled.  Cert: CLUB for over 18s.
  • A short film may be shown before the feature.
  • BOOKING
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Close [Belgium]

CLOSE [Belgium], Thursday 23 November, 8pm

By archive, Season 24 Autumn 2023

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Winner of the Grand Prix award at Cannes 2022 and selected as the Belgian entry for the 2023 Academy Awards, CLOSE is an elegant, poetic and empathetic study of youth from acclaimed writer-director Lukas Dhont.

Thirteen-year-olds Leo and Remi are inseparable; they spend every waking moment together, racing each other on their bikes, playing in the fields that surround their homes, and sleeping at each other’s houses. They are best friends, as close as brothers. However as they start a new school year, the pressures of burgeoning adolescence challenge their bond with unexpected and far-reaching consequences. 

With incredibly authentic and emotional performances from newcomers Eden Dambrine and Gustav De Waele, Dhont’s latest film is as evocative as it is visually stunning, set against the rich landscape of the Belgian countryside. A powerful coming of age story, this profoundly moving portrait of male friendship offers a depiction of intimacy and masculinity that is sure to have an enduring impact.

★★★★★ makes an indelible emotional impactIrish Times

An authentic study of loss, buttressed by two extraordinary child actors, and complemented by a handful of impeccable adult players, most notably Émilie Dequenne. – Times [UK]

Dambrine’s performance is by some distance one of the most extraordinary by a child his age I’ve ever seen: tempered, tightly wound, as truthful as a flower. – Financial Times

★★★★ achingly poignant tale of the end of a childhood friendship – The Guardian

Winner – Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival 2022

Winner – Best Film, Sydney Film Festival 2022

Nominee – Best International Feature Film, Academy Awards 2023

91% Rotten Tomatoes

  • CLOSE
  • Belgium, 2022 | Language: French | 104 minutes | Cert: 15A
  • Director: Lukas Dhont
  • Cast: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Emilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker
  • Foreign language films are subtitled.  Cert: CLUB for over 18s.
  • A short film may be shown before the feature.
  • BOOKING
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  • Book online: https://bit.ly/Close-23rdNov
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Lola [Ireland/UK]

LOLA [Ireland/UK], Thursday 30 November, 8pm

By archive, Season 24 Autumn 2023

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LOLA stylishly fuses time-travel and found footage elements to craft a clever ‘what-if’ story that buzzes with timeless ingenuity.

Impressive debut film from an Irish director destined for cult status… like the Sorcerer’s Apprentice as written by HG Wells.Irish Times

England, 1941. Sisters Thomasina and Martha have created a machine that can intercept broadcasts from the future. This delightful apparatus allows them to explore their inner punk a generation before the movement comes into existence.

But with World War II escalating, the sisters decide to use the machine as a weapon of intelligence, intercepting information from the future that could help with military intelligence.

The machine initially proves to be a huge success, rapidly twisting the fortunes of the war against the Nazis. While Thomasina becomes intoxicated by LOLA, Martha begins to realise the terrible consequences of its power.

A thrillingly inventive Irish sci-fi thriller… Andrew Legge’s mockumentary, shot with vintage cameras, conjures a chilling glimpse of an alternative fascist reality. – The Guardian

Andrew Legge’s imaginative and experimental science-fiction feature commits itself admirably to an outlandish idea, and skilfully weaves black and white found footage into an intriguing, playful movie. – Irish Independent

Andrew Legge’s distinct authorial voice continues to wow, and one can’t help but look forward to what he does next! – Film Ireland Magazine

Even with all the metaphysical mayhem, the movie remains rooted in the lives and attitudes of its characters, and in the magnetic performances of Martini and Appleton. – Los Angeles Times

LOLA is the feature debut of Irish filmmaker Andrew Legge who loves playing with film form and music as part of the story telling process. He has made a series of award-winning short films. The Unusual Inventions of Henry Cavendish, a silent love story, was partly shot on a hand wound 16mm camera and screened in Dublin, New York and the Barbican in London with live accompaniment from a pianist. The Girl With The Mechanical Maiden was screened with a twenty-five-piece orchestra and team of Foley artists dressed in lab coats at the National Concert Hall in Dublin and Lincoln Center in New York.

Click here to read Irish Times interview with Andrew Legge.

100% Rotten Tomatoes

Filmed at Killadoon House, Celbridge, Co. Kildare; Knockmaroon Farm, Castleknock, Dublin; and King’s Inns in Dublin. Music by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy.

  • LOLA
  • Ireland/UK, 2023 | Language: English | 80 minutes | Cert: TBC
  • Director: Andrew Legge
  • Cast: Stefanie Martini, Emma Appleton, Rory Fleck Byrne, Aaron Monaghan
  • Foreign language films are subtitled.  Cert: CLUB for over 18s.
  • A short film may be shown before the feature.
  • BOOKING
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The Innocent [France]

THE INNOCENT [France], Thursday 7 December, 8pm

By archive, Season 24 Autumn 2023

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Familial tensions, criminal hijinks and unexpected romance collide in the uproariously entertaining new comedy from the multi-talented Louis Garrel (A Faithful Man), about the misguided attempts of a dedicated son who, in trying to protect his mother, finds himself embroiled in an elaborate heist.

Lyon, present day. When widowed marine biologist Abel (played by director Garrel) learns that his impulsive mum Sylvie is once again re-marrying – this time to an inmate she met whilst teaching theatre in prison – he’s much more than uncomfortable. Doubting that convicted burglar Michel is capable of turning over a new leaf, Abel’s protective streak kicks in, and so with the help of his best friend Clémence, he begins tailing his new stepfather’s movements. Their amateur sleuthing is quickly uncovered by Michel and triggers an unlikely – and bold – business proposition for them both.

Joyfully paying homage to the great crime capers of the French New Wave, and partly inspired by events from his own life, Garrel’s witty and beautifully constructed film is a delirious mix of comedy, romance, suspense and action, with several twists too good to spoil. Selected as the special Gala Screening to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival – where it drew a thunderously positive response – this hilarious, quintessentially French comedy aims to please and does so effortlessly.

Few caper comedies have this much heart, and few romantic dramas offer such an appealingly nutty plot. – Wall Street Journal

A humanistic story wrapped in a fun, punchy exterior, much like the French synth-pop music throughout its soundtrack. – New York Times

The Innocent is the first movie of Cannes 2022 to give me that belly aching, knee slapping laughter that I desperately needed. – Deadline Hollywood

It’s a broad, enjoyable, light-hearted movie with a fair few not-insignificant plot holes, but a genuinely surprising storyline that keeps you guessing to the end. – The Guardian

100% Rotten Tomatoes

  • THE INNOCENT
  • France, 2022 | Language: French | 99 minutes | Cert: 15a
  • Director: Louis Garrel
  • Cast: Roschdy Zem, Anouk Grinberg, Noémie Merlant, Louis Garrel
  • Foreign language films are subtitled.  Cert: CLUB for over 18s.
  • A short film may be shown before the feature.
  • BOOKING
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