{"id":2982,"date":"2023-12-08T22:00:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T22:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/?p=2982"},"modified":"2024-01-22T16:01:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T16:01:26","slug":"driving-madeleine-france-thursday-25-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/2023\/12\/driving-madeleine-france-thursday-25-january\/","title":{"rendered":"DRIVING MADELEINE [France], Thursday 25 January, 8pm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Driving Madeleine - Official Trailer HD\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w_ZLwuO2eg8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Online tickets for DRIVING MADELEINE are sold out. A limited number will be available to purchase on the door. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Would you mind if we took a quick detour?\u201d &#8211; \u201cIt\u2019s not on the way, not even close\u201d- \u201cI know, but it\u2019ll take what? Ten minutes? What\u2019s ten minutes out of our lives? It\u2019s nothing.&#8221;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A seemingly simple taxi ride across Paris evolves into a profound meditation on the realities of the driver, whose personal life is in shambles, and his fare, an elderly woman whose warmth belies her shocking past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Madeleine, 92 years old, calls a taxi to take her to the retirement home where she will be living. Charles, a disillusioned driver with a tender heart, agrees to drive by the places that affected Madeleine\u2019s life. Through the streets of Paris, her extraordinary past is revealed. They don\u2019t know it yet, but they will forge a friendship during this drive that will change their lives forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>It\u2019s this uncommon grit from the director and co-writer Christian Carion that differentiates the movie from the comforts of the \u201cwise ole coot\u201d genre (from The Straight Story to Pixar\u2019s Up).<\/em> \u2013 The Times [UK]\n\n\n\n<p><em>Both of the leads keep it low-key, with 95-year-old Renaud\u2019s unfussy reminiscences dotted with defiant irony, and the initially unforthcoming Boon opening up under her cajoling as naturally as a flower.<\/em> \u2013 The Guardian<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Christian Carion offers up a voyage through one person\u2019s memories and depicts a bond developing between a taxi driver and his passenger in a simple and especially human film.<\/em> &#8211; Cineuropa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/driving_madeleine\" target=\"_blank\">96% Rotten Tomatoes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>DRIVING MADELEINE (UNE BELLE COURSE)<\/strong><\/li><li>France, 2022 | Language: French | 1 h 30 min | Cert: CLUB<\/li><li>Director: Christian Carion<\/li><li>Cast: Line Renaud, Dany Boon, Alice Isaaz<\/li><li>Foreign language films are subtitled.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Cert: CLUB for over 18s.<\/li><li><strong>WIRELESS, <\/strong>a short film by Cork filmmaker Brian Dwyer, will be shown before the feature.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>BOOKING<\/strong><\/li><li>Tickets: \u20ac8.50\/\u20ac7 concession<\/li><li>Book online:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/DRIVINGMADELEINE-25thJan\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/DRIVINGMADELEINE-25thJan<\/a><\/li><li>Cork Cine Club absorbs the cost of online booking fees.<\/li><li>Online booking closes at 5pm on the night of the film.<\/li><li>Pay at the door by card or cash. 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