{"id":1594,"date":"2016-02-01T12:02:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T12:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2016-12-30T23:22:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T23:22:44","slug":"the-great-man-le-grande-homme-france-thursday-24-november-8pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/2016\/02\/the-great-man-le-grande-homme-france-thursday-24-november-8pm\/","title":{"rendered":"THE MEASURE OF A MAN (LA LOI DU MARCH\u00c9), France] &#8211; Thursday 1 December, 8pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SlLUzvHlNlU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nVincent Lindon deservedly scooped Best Actor at Cannes for his moving portrayal of a middle-aged man grappling with unemployment whilst trying to maintain his self-respect and integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Thierry (Lindon), a principled middle-aged man, has been unemployed for over a year. He doesn\u2019t want to rely on state handouts like many of his former co-workers, instead preferring to continue looking for work, so that he can provide for his family honestly.<\/p>\n<p>After a lengthy and often humiliating search, he finally gets a security job at a local supermarket. But Thierry finds himself constantly struggling to negotiate between his conscience and the demands of his new position.<\/p>\n<p>Similar in tone to recent Dardenne brothers\u2019 films, St\u00e9phane Briz\u00e9\u2019s low-key but powerful social drama hinges on Lindon\u2019s quiet yet emotionally gripping performance; the rest of the cast are non-professionals which adds a further layer of naturalism and poignancy.<\/p>\n<p><em>tough and compassionate<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2016\/jun\/02\/the-measure-of-a-man-review-stephane-brize\">The Guardian<\/a>\u00a0\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n<p><em>It may be a hard film to watch at times, but with Lindon&#8217;s great performance at its center, it is one from which you cannot look away.<\/em> \u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/the-measure-of-a-man-2016\">Roger Ebert.com<\/a>\u00a0\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n<p>France, 2015 | Language: French |93 minutes | Cert: TBC<\/p>\n<p>Director: St\u00e9phane Briz\u00e9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vincent Lindon deservedly scooped Best Actor at Cannes for his moving portrayal of a middle-aged man grappling with unemployment whilst trying to maintain his self-respect and integrity. Thierry (Lindon), a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1594"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1633,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594\/revisions\/1633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}