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MARCH - APRIL 2020 ISSUE 79 CATHERINE DENEUVE IN THE TRUTH
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A N D P R O D U C E R
WELCOME
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CURZON ON DEMAND 10
CURZON SELECTOR 12 As I write, my colleagues and have yet to come down from the
BERTHA DOCHOUSE 16 ground-breaking opening of Curzon release Parasite and Bong
I T H U N G E R S F O R Y O U.
Joon Ho’s home invasion of the Oscars. In case you somehow
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missed it, the director picked up four awards, including Best 1 7. 04 . 2 0
EVENTS 44 Film and Director, and his South Korean masterpiece is
FEATURES 50 breaking UK box office records for a world cinema film.
It may even challenge The Passion of the Christ (2004)
as the biggest-grossing foreign language movie.
For many reasons, including a digital explosion of choice,
Editor we’ve seen fewer world cinema hits in recent years, which
Ian Haydn Smith
makes Parasite’s achievement all the more remarkable. It’s
Designer also hopeful for those who share our passion for culturally
Hannah Attwell
diverse independent cinema. Flying Daggers was one of four
Contributor:
non-Bollywood subtitled films across the first decade of the
Philip Kemp
2000s that crossed the coveted £1m mark at the UK box office.
But it’s a milestone reached by few films per year over most of
curzon.cinemas the last decade.
Parasite’s success (hitting £1m in its first weekend) is a
CurzonCinemas
timely reminder that world cinema is still thriving and can
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still break through to move and inspire all audiences if given
the support it sorely needs. Check out our article (p.64) on
Operated by CURZON CINEMAS upcoming foreign language releases at Curzon, our touring
2nd Floor, 20-22 Stukeley Street,
London WC2B 5LR programme of titles from around the world, VOYAGER (p.15),
Participant in the Europa Cinemas/ and of course Curzon Home Cinema (p.10) for the best new
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releases on demand on the same day as cinemas.
At the time of going to print every
effort was made to ensure the Finally, you have a chance to see Parasite from a different
information contained in this
programme was correct. However,
perspective with a special new version remastered shot by
where circumstances dictate, we shot into monochrome in homage to Bong’s heroes Kurosawa
reserve the right to make changes.
and Hitchcock. The roll out around our circuit of the black and
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MILITARY WIVES See page 18 for synopsis
THE TRUTH See page 24 for synopsis
MOFFIE See page 42 for synopsis
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KNIVES OUT 30 MAR
Coming off the back of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson
returned to the playful genre entertainment on which he
established his career. Like his earlier Brick and Looper,
Knives Out gleefully skewers genre conventions, offering
up a modern take on the Agatha Christie-style whodunit
and featuring more twists than your average plate of fusilli.
When a best-selling novelist and patriarch of a large family
dies, a famous sleuth (Daniel Craig) is called in to investigate.
But who hired him and was the death in fact murder?
DISCOVER
Gems not to be missed
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MOFFIE THE STREET 23 MAR
PINK WALL 23 MAR
The grand, masterpiece of
revered Hungarian director
THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM 23 MAR Béla Tarr is a monumental
Director: Oliver Hermanus
work. A group of workers on
Starring: Kai Luke Brummer, Ryan de Villiers, Matthew Vey,
a rural farm see a way out
Stefan Vermaak, Hilton Pelser, Wynand Ferreira,
Rikus Terblanche of their drab existence, until
an old colleague, presumed
dead, returns. The film’s
An abusive South African anti-gay slur, ‘moffie’ is bandied opening seven-minute
around a great deal in Oliver Hermanus’ excellent drama, introduces us to this world,
which finds a closeted teenager having to perform his but those expecting an
compulsory military service on the border with Angola. exercise in miserablism might
It’s 1981 and tensions are high between the countries. be surprised by the film’s
Nicholas hates his posting and is singled out for bullying. sardonic humour, which is
He finds solace in the company of another recruit, but required as this epic film plays
their growing intimacy could spell trouble, or worse. out across seven-and-a-half
Knives Out
hours. But it’s worth it.
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The 1970 Miss World Pageant brought the Just when you thought it was safe to talk
clash between generations to the front page again... Yes, Emily Blunt’s resilient mother
of newspapers, as an outdated competition and her children are once again facing up to
faced the rancour of women who wanted their alien invaders. They know the creatures’
their sex to be more than the object of men’s weakness and are hell-bent on winning their
desire. Director Philippa Lowthorpe (The Girls, world back. But this time they might face an
Swallows and Amazons) directs a fantastic even deadlier challenge – other humans.
cast, who all balance humour and politics to John Krasinski returns to the director’s seat.
create a smart portrait of an era. See page 20 See page 24
MULAN TBC
Disney continues to mine its rich back
catalogue for live-action updates that
employ state of the art technology to create
extraordinary worlds. There’s no better time
to revisit this tale of a young Chinese girl who
forges her own path in life, resisting gender
stereotypes to become a prized warrior in
her emperor’s army. Expect action on an
epic scale.
Misbehaviour
See page 29
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ON OUR PLANET
Since its publication in 1911, Frances Hodgson
Burnett’s children’s novel has become a beloved For most of his life, Sir David Attenborough
classic. This new version stars Colin Firth, has taken us to some of the most remarkable
Julie Walters and newcomer Dixie Egerickx places around the globe, highlighting the
as Mary Lennox, the young girl a young girl beauty and diversity of the natural world.
who finds solace in the secrets surrounding a But recent programmes have also focused
beautiful garden. But perhaps the biggest on our impact upon it. His new film continues
draw is writer Jack Thorne, one of the creative this theme and after it, Sir David will discuss
forces behind the J.K. Rowling stage hit Harry its themes in a live satellite broadcast.
Potter And The Cursed Child. See page 37 See page 47 IN CINEMAS MARCH 13
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Director: Levan Atkin Director: Václav Marhoul
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Director: Peter Cattaneo
Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas,
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Voices: Tom Holland,
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US 2020 | TBC mins
A British army unit is
deployed to Afghanistan. In an alternative universe,
Under the stewardship of the creatures that exist in
Kate and Lisa, the soldiers’ fantasy tales are real and live
wives decide to start a choir. in suburbia. It’s called New
When word reaches them Mushroomton and it’s home
that the unit is missing, the to Ian (Tom Holland) and
choir takes on an increasingly Barley Lightfoot (Chris Pratt).
important role. Like his When the boys are given the
previous The Full Monty, wizard’s rod that belonged to
Peter Cattaneo’s film, written their deceased father, they
by Rosanne Flynn and Rachel discover that they can bring
Tunnard, balances humour him back for one whole day. But
and emotion to create a things don’t quite go to plan in
perfect crowd-pleaser. . this inventive Pixar romp.
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Director: Philippa Lowthorpe Director: David Lynch Director: Nick Rowland
Starring: Gugu Mbatha-Raw Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Starring: Cosmo Jarvis, Ned
Keira Knightley, Keeley Hawes, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, Dennehy, Barry Keoghan,
Jessie Buckley, Suki Waterhouse, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Niamh Algar, David Wilmot,
Rhys Ifans, Greg Kinnear, Freddie Jones, Michael Elphick Anthony Welsh, Hazel Doupe,
Lesley Manville US, UK 1980 | 118 mins Roisin O’Neill
UK 2020 | 106 mins UK 2019 | 100 mins
The story of John Merrick,
The 1970 Miss World pageant a man in the Victorian era Arm is a brutal enforcer for
highlighted a shift in gender who was born with severe the Devers clan, who pretty
and racial issues. Philippa disfigurement, is presented much run criminal life in this
Lowthorpe’s entertaining here with compassion and part of Ireland. With his child
drama captures the story of verve. Released on its 40th growing up and a feeling that
that event, from the nascent anniversary, David Lynch’s his life needs to change, he
feminist movement deter- extraordinary evocation of looks for a way to escape.
mined to disrupt, the first late-19th century London But that’s easier said than
black contestants from South is made all the more richer done in this world. Cosmo
Africa and Grenada, and the by John Hurt and Anthony Jarvis (Lady Macbeth) is
men who were hopelessly out Hopkins’ extraordinary outstanding in Nick Rowland’s
of touch with the times. performances. hard-hitting debut.
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“A SENSUAL TALE OF IDENTITY AND DESIRE”
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Starring: Levan Gelbakhiani, Filho, Juliano Dornelles Featuring: Carolyn Brown,
Starring: Bárbara Colen, Sonia John Cage, Ashley Chen, A FILM BY LEVAN AKIN
Bachi Valishvili, Ana Javakishvili,
Giorgi Tsereteli, Tamar Braga, Udo Kier, Thomas Brandon Collwes, Dylan
Bukhnikashvili, Marika Gog- Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Crossman, Julie Cunningham
ichaishvili Thardelly Lima, Rubens Santos, Germany, France, US 2019 |
Sweden, Georgia, France Brazil, France 2019 | 131 mins | 93 mins
2019 | 113 mins | Georgian Portuguese and English with
with English subtitles English subtitles Merce Cunningham took
+ ON CURZON HOME CINEMA physical performance into
Because traditional Georgian uncharted waters. Working
dance is regarded as a A group of white outsiders with Robert Swinston and
strictly heterosexual art arrive in a remote part of Jennifer Goggans, long-term
form, Merab’s style attracts Brazil. They’re there to hunt collaborators of the
the rancour of his instructor. down the locals for sport. choreographer, director Alla
But the arrival of Irakli to The director of Aquarius Kovgan has chosen 14 dance
the dance troupe shifts the and collaborator Juliano pieces from the first 30 years
dynamic and pushes Merab Dornelles have come up with of Cunningham’s life, filming
into dangerous territory. a politically loaded riff on them in 3D (in select cinemas).
Levan Atkin’s drama is a The Most Dangerous Game Like Wim Wenders’ Pina,
rapturous paean to dance scenario. It’s a thrilling blend Cunningham is both a feast
and the emotions that govern of genre thrills and shocks, for the eyes and a reminder of
our lives. and smart satire. the choreographer’s brilliance.
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Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda Directors: Oliver Laxe Directors: John Krasinski
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Starring: Amador Arias, Starring: Emily Blunt, Millicent
Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Benedicta Sánchez, Inazio Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cillian
Clémentine Grenier, Manon Abrao, Elena Mar Fernández Murphy, John Krasinski, Djimon
Clavel, Christian Crahay Spain, France, Luxembourg Hounsou, Lauren-Ashley
Japan, France 2019 | 107 mins 2019 | 90 mins | Gallegan and Cristiano, Okieriete
French and English with English Spanish with English subtitles | Onaodowan, Wayne Duvall
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The Palme d’Or-winning The director of Mimosas Having escaped an alien
director of Shoplifters makes returns with a meditative attack, Evelyn and her
his first feature outside of rumination on pastoral life, children set out in search
Japan, with this sublime albeit seen through the eyes of other humans. Details
drama about a beloved icon of a pyromaniac, who returns of the creatures’ arrival
of French cinema and her home to his family farm in the are recounted, but as the
brittle relationship with her Spanish countryside. Laxe’s family contact other people,
daughter. Catherine Deneuve style is observational and they begin to realise that
and Juliette Binoche spark hedraws impressive the aliens might not be the
off each other brilliantly, performances from his non- greatest danger to them, in
while Kore-eda gently lets his professional cast, before this quietly unsettling sequel
story unfold. reaching the film’s fiery climax. to the 2018 monster hit.
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Starring: Rosamund Pike, Sam Starring: Nora Al Awadh, Dae Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Starring: Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Starring: James Corden, Starring: Helena Zengel,
Riley, Anya Taylor-Joy, Al Hilali, Mila Al Zahrani, Khalid Imogen Poots, Jonathan Aris, Jet Li, Li Gong, Jason Scott Margot Robbie, Rose Byrne, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela
Jonathan Aris, Aneurin Abdulraheem, Shafi Alharthy, Eanna Hardwicke, Shana Hart, Lee, Yoson An, Nelson Lee, Daisy Ridley, Elizabeth Debicki, Maria Schmeide, Lisa
Barnard, Simon Russell Beale, Tareq Al Khaldi, Khadeeja Mua’th Senan Jennings Jun Yu, Jimmy Wong, Doua David Oyelowo, Domhnall Hagmeister, Melanie Straub
Corey Johnson, Indica Watson Saudi Arabia, Germany 2019 | US 2019 | 97 mins Moua, Ron Yuan Gleeson, Damon Herriman Germany 2019 | 118 mins
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Marie Curie lived for and died Gemma and Tom are looking The Emperor of China needs Bennie is out of control. The
as a result of her research Maryam, a trained doctor, is for a home to buy. That’s more soldiers, one from Life in the countryside, nine-year-old runs amok,
into radium. Based on her unable to attend to a medical how they end up in Yonder, every household, to fight alongside their human hurls abuse and lashes out.
research and aided by her conference without the a suburbia in which all a ruthless enemy and his neighbours, has been fun Her mother can’t control
husband Pierre, she turned consent of a male guardian. properties appear the same, evil sorceress. Mulan for Peter & co. But when he her any more and doctors
the scientific world on its With her father absent, she but have yet to be occupied. realises that her ageing overhears plans that a baby treating her suspect both
head. But in a society finds an alternative solution It’s only when they try to father, once a great warrior, may be imminent, he realises a biological imbalance and
dominated by men, it was – run for public office in order leave that the couple suspect will never survive if he goes his idyllic way of life is unlikely deep-seated trauma.
Curie’s husband who was to gain travel papers. Haifaa things are not what they into battle. Instead, she to last. So, he takes his family Nora Fingscheidt’s drama,
initially championed for their Al-Mansour’s (Wadjda) seem. Lorcan Finnegan’s takes his place. Nikki Caro and friends to the city. Will tackling the issue head-on,
discovery. Marjane Satrapi’s engaging drama once again satirical thriller smartly (Whale Rider) directs this Gluck’s update of Beatrix is aided in no small part by
film thrillingly recaptures explores the role of women skewers the banality of thrilling live-action version Potter returns for another Helena Zengel’s committed
that era. in Saudi society. domestic life. of the Disney animation. comedy adventure. performance.
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28 29N EW RELEAS ES THE PAINTED BIRD 18 KOKO-DI KOKO-DA 18 Director: Václav Marhoul Director: Johannes Nyholm Starring: Petr Kotlár, Nina Shunevych, Udo Kier, Starring: Peter Belli, Leif Edlund, Ylva Gallon, Stellan Skarsgård, Harvey Keitel Katarina Jakobson, Morad Baloo Khatchadorian, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine 2019 | 170 Brandy Litmanen mins | Czech, German, Russian and Latin with Sweden, Denmark 2019 | 85 mins | Swedish English subtitles and Danish with English subtitles Based on the novel by Jerzy Kosinski, Václav Elin and Tobias, still grieving over the death Marhoul’s epic and unsettling monochrome of their young daughter, go on a camping drama follows a young Jewish boy as he trip. But their peace is disturbed by attempts to survive the horrors of war-torn psychopaths who kill them again and again. Europe. Certain scenes may disturb some, Imagine Groundhog Day (or Russian Doll) but Marhoul’s vision of a world almost reconfigured as a ghoulishly unsettling horror completely bereft of humanity is a powerful and you’re not far off from Johannes Nyholm and ultimately moving experience. singular chiller. OPENS: FRI 27 MAR OPENS: FRI 27 MAR 30
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Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga Director: Kitty Green
Starring: Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Rami Malek, Starring: Julia Garner, Matthew Macfayden,
Ana de Armas, Naomi Harris, Billy Magnusson, Makenzie Leigh, Kristine, Froseth, Jon Orsini,
Ralph Fiennes, Ben Wishaw, Christoph Waltz Noah Robbins, Stéphanye Dussud,
UK, US 2020 | TBC mins Juliana Canfield
US 2020 | 139 mins
The last outing by Daniel Craig as 007
looks set to be explosive and thrilling Jane’s (an excellent Julia Garner) work life
entertainment. Bond has retired, but an seems organised – she is picked up by car
old friend coaxes him back into action. Cary in the morning and on arriving at her office
Joji Fukunaga (True Detective, Beasts of hits the ground running. But there’s a sense
No Nation) directs, Christoph Waltz and Léa that something isn’t right. Tapping into issues
Seydoux return as Blofeld and Madeleine that resulted in the #MeToo movement, Kitty
Swann, and Rami Malek is the dastardly Green’s drama is an unsettling portrait of
new villain on the scene. a toxic workplace
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TELEVISION FESTIVAL
32 Artwork by Katerina JebbFROM T H E P RODUC ER OF
HARRY POTTER & PADDINGTON
“A MAGICAL UPDATE OF A
MUCH-LOVED STORY”
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“ENCHANTING...YOU WILL BE
COMPLETELY SWEPT AWAY”
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From the producer of PADDINGTON and HARRY
POTTER comes a visionary adaptation of one of the
world’s most enduring children’s stories – THE SECRET
GARDEN. An enchanting and timeless adventure
celebrating friendship, nature and the limitless
power of childhood imagination.
THE SECRET GARDEN tells the story of Mary Lennox
(Dixie Egerickx), a prickly and unloved 10-year-old girl,
born in India to wealthy British parents. When she is sent
back to England to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven
(Colin Firth) at Misselthwaite Manor, under the
watchful eye of Mrs. Medlock (Julie Walters)
Mary dreams of company.
Mary begins to uncover many family secrets, particularly
after meeting her sickly cousin Colin (Edan Hayhurst),
and through her discovery of a wondrous garden,
locked away and lost within the grounds
INTRODUCING
of Misselthwaite Manor.
COLIN JULIE DIXIE
FIRTH WALTERS EGERICKX While searching for Hector, the stray dog who had led
Mary to the garden walls, she befriends local boy Dickon
(Amir Wilson). Together, these three damaged, slightly
misfit children heal each other as they delve deeper
into the mysteries of the garden – a magical place
of adventure that will change their lives forever.
UNLOCK YOUR
IMAGINATION
IN CINEMAS THIS EASTER
TheSecretGardenFilm.co.uk SecretGardenFilm
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PARASITE 15 ROCKS 12A A PROMISING
THE SECRET GARDEN TBC YOUNG WOMAN TBC ANTLERS TBC
Director: Bong Joon Ho Director: Sarah Gavron
Starring: Song Kang-ho, Chang Hyae-jin, Choi Starring: Bukky Bakray, Kosar Ali, D’angelou Director: Marc Munden Director: Emerald Fennell Director: Scott Cooper
Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Lee Sun-kyun, Osei Kissiedu, Shaneigha-Monik Greyson, Starring: Dixie Egerickx, Colin Starring: Carey Mulligan, Bo Starring: Keri Russell, Jesse
Cho Yeo-jeong, Jeong Ji-so, Jung Hyeon-jun, Ruby Stokes, Tawheda Begum Firth, Julie Walters, Edan Burnham, Alison Brie, Connie Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas,
Lee Jung-eun UK 2019 | 93 mins Hayhurst, Isis Davis, Maeve Britton, Adam Brody, Laverne Graham Greene, Scott Haze,
South Korea 2019 | 132 mins | Korean and Dermody, Sonia Goswami, Cox, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Rory Cochrane, Amy Madigan
English with English subtitles Shola ‘Rocks’ Omotoso dreams of being a Paul Dean-Kelly, Anne Lacey Coolidge, Molly Shannon US, Mexico, Canada 2020 |
make-up artist. She is at her happiest UK, US 2020 | 113 mins
UK, France 2020 | TBC mins TBC mins
After its extraordinary success in Cannes hanging out with her friends. But when
and at the Golden Globes, BIFAs, BAFTA, her mother disappears from home, Rocks Frances Hodgson Burnett’s Cassie is angry. In college, What’s hiding in the room
the Independent Sprit Awards and Oscars, is forced to fend for both herself and her beloved children’s novel she realised that the deck that Lucas has to feed
Bong Joon Ho’s brilliant Palme d’Or-winner younger brother. Sarah Gavron’s drama, returns to the screen for a was unfairly, even cruelly, constantly? And what if it
returns to Curzon in this special black and developed in close collaboration with her fourth outing. Mary Lennox stacked against women. escapes? Julia, a local
white version. The transfer was done by writers and cast of newcomers, is a vibrant, has had a turbulent life. So she has decided to tear teacher, and Paul, the town
director Bong and offers the lustrous often funny and moving portrait of But when she goes to live up the rulebook and employ sheriff, find themselves
contrasts of monochrome. teenage life. with her uncle, she discovers the only tactic that makes drawn towards the mystery,
a place that feels magical. sense: revenge. Emerald but they have no idea what
OPENS: FRI 3 APR OPENS: FRI 10 APR Colin Firth and Julie Walters Fennell’s timely, blackly awaits them. Scott Cooper’s
offer strong support, while comic thriller is smart, (Crazy Heart, Black Mass)
newcomer Dixie Egerickx unsettling and features a first horror, produced by
impresses as the stunning performance by Guillermo del Toro, is an
single-minded Mary. Carey Mulligan. impressively moody thriller.
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EMA TBC FAMILY ROMANCE, LLC. TBC
Director: Pablo Larraín Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael García Starring: Yuichi Ishii, Mahiro Tanimoto, Miki
Bernal, Santiago Cabrera, Giannina Fruttero, Fujimaki, Umetani Hideyasu, Shun Ishiga
Catalina Saavedra US 2019 | 89 mins | Japanese with English
Chile 2019 | 102 mins | Spanish with English subtitles
subtitles | + ON CURZON HOME CINEMA
Werner Herzog’s (Encounters at The End
Mariana Di Girolamo is magnificent as the of the World, Grizzly Man) film was inspired
title character in the latest film from the by an article in New Yorker magazine, about
bold director of Tony Manero, No, Neruda a Japanese entrepreneur who runs a
and Jackie. Ema lives her life on the edge rent-a-relative business. These non-sexual
– a dancer by profession but an outlaw in relationships are meant to fill a vacuum in
her life. Pablo Larráin’s film has a similarly people’s lives. But rather then make a
dangerous feel to it – a seductive cocktail of documentary, Herzog has created something
strangeness, violence and eroticism. more beguiling – a playful docudrama.
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38N EW RELEAS ES
ANTEBELLUM TBC LES MISÉRABLES 15
Directors: Gerard Bush, Christopher Renz Director: Scott Cooper
Starring: Janelle Monáe, Eric Lange, Jena Starring: Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti,
Malone, Jack Huston, Kiersey Clemons, Djebril Zonga, Steve Tientcheu, Issa Perica,
Gabourey Sidibe, Marque Richardson, Tongayi Al-Hassan Ly, Almamy Kanoute, Raymond Lopez
Chirisa, Robert Aramayo France 2019 | 104 mins | French and Bambara
US 2020 | TBC mins with English subtitles
Celebrated writer Veronica Henley’s (Janelle A rookie cop’s first day in one of the rougher
Monáe) life is turned upside down when a districts of Paris gives him more than he
strange force catapults her from her con- bargained for, in Ladj Ly’s muscular and
tented present to America’s slave-era past. all-too-believable thriller. It’s a portrait of
Engaging with their country’s dark history, the racism that divides contemporary French
Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz’s society. Winner of the Grand Jury prize at
supernatural thriller continues the style of Cannes last year, it’s an edgy drama that
horror defined by Jordan Peele. never loosens its grip.
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LES MISÉRABLES
A FILM BY LADJ LY
IN CINEMAS APRIL 24
40 © SRAB FILMS, LYLY FILMS & RECTANGLE PRODUCTIONSON YOUR RADAR: THE COUNTY TBC
The Director Country Life
Icelandic director Grímur Hákonarson’s dramatic Hákonarson remains in the countryside
debut Summerland was a satire on the for The County, but this time the main
contemporary middle-class bourgeoisie, protagonist is Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir’s dairy
gently skewering alternative lifestyles. But Rams, farmer, who discovers corporate malfeasance
MOFFIE TBC which premiered as part of Un Certain Regard
at the Cannes Film Festival and went on to
following the death of her husband. Just
as Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir’s Halla became
win that category’s top award, achieved huge a force for environmental good practice in
Director: Oliver Hermanus It’s 1981 and to serve out his compulsory military service,
success with international audiences. It turned Benedikt Erlingsson’s popular eco-satire
Starring: Kai Luke Brummer, young South African Nicholas Van der Swart is posted to
its attention to the country’s farming culture Woman at War, so Egilsdóttir’s Inga decides
Ryan de Villiers, Matthew Vey, the Angolan border. Although conflict seems almost certain,
and in particular the animosity between two to root out corruption. But how Hákonarson
Stefan Vermaak, Hilton Pelse, the biggest threat Nicholas faces is from his fellow recruits
elderly siblings – old neighbouring sheep sets up this battle doesn’t just create as a
Wynand Ferreira, Hendrik and their bullying. Oliver Hermanus’ excellent drama is a
breeders whose memory of what drove them conflict between small and big business, but
Nieuwoudt, Rikus Terblanche powerful portrait of the toxic masculinity faced by a young
apart has long since been forgotten. But one that pits tradition versus modernity. And
South Africa, UK 2019 | 104 gay man who is taunted for being different.
when a lethal disease descends upon their that Hákonarson ends up with one of the
mins | Afrikaans with English
community, threatening the entire livestock in year’s great crowd pleasers is testament to
subtitles OPENS: FRI 24 APR
the valley, the brothers find a cause greater a filmmaker who has made Inga’s battle an
+ ON CURZON HOME CINEMA
than their decades-long feud. The film works issue that all of us can relate to.
because of its balance of humour and genuine
concern for its characters and way of life. OPENS: FRI 22 MAY
42 43EVENTS
CURZON Q&As DOCDAYS
AND THEN WE DANCED 15
+ DIRECTOR LEVAN AKIN IN CONVERSATION
Date: Sun 8 Mar | 15:00 Where: Bloomsbury
See page 22 for synopsis
THE STREET 15
+ DIRECTOR ZED NELSON IN CONVERSATION
Date: Friday 6 Mar | 18:30 Where: Soho UK 2019 | 94 mins
FIRE WILL COME TBC This timely survey of five years in the life of one city street (Hoxton Street in Hackney) examines
+ DIRECTOR OLIVER LAXE IN CONVERSATION how gentrification, the Brexit debate and other recent events have changed the face of our cities.
Date: Sat 21 Mar | 15:00 Where: Bloomsbury
See page 24 for synopsis
JIHAD JANE 15
EVENTS
+ PANEL DISCUSSION
CUNNINGHAM U Date: Wed 11 Mar | 18:30 Where: Soho
+ DIRECTOR ALLA KOVGANIN CONVERSATION US 2019 | 94 mins
Date: Thur 20 Mar | 18:20 Where: Mayfair
This intriguing documentary presents a fascinating
See page 22 for synopsis
portrait of self-styled white American jihadi Colleen
LaRose and Ireland-based Jamie Paulin Ramirez,
whom the media labelled ‘Jihad Jamie’.
BILL DRUMMOND: BEST BEFORE DEATH 12A RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES
+ PERFORMANCE PIECE BY DRUMMOND AND TAM PROJECT TBC
DEAN BURN + DIRECTOR MATT WOLF IN CONVERSATION
Date: Fri 17 Apr | 18:30 Where: Soho Date: Sun 19 Apr | 15:00 Where: Soho
UK 2019 | 93 mins US 2019 | 87 mins
This screening of Paul Duane’s documentary A fascinating and immersive documentary
THE PAINTED BIRD 18 about Bill Drummond’s working in various about a woman who recorded 30 years of
+ DIRECTOR VÁCLAV MARHOUL IN CONVERSATION creative roles around the world will be television, building a library that captured
Date: TBC | TBC Where: TBC bookended by a two-part play featuring modern life. From the director of Wild
See page 30 for synopsis Drummond and Tam Dean Burn. Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell.
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45EV ENTS EVENTS
METROPOLITAN OPERA Fidelio BOLSHOI BALLET SPECIAL EVENTS
Where: Bloomsbury Canterbury Colchester Where: Canterbury Knutsford Oxford SÁTÁNTANGÓ
Knutsford Mayfair Oxford Richmond Ripon Ripon Sheffield Victoria Wimbledon Date: Sat 11 Apr | 11:00 | 419 mins
Sheffield Victoria Wimbledon Where: Soho
ROMEO AND JULIET Date: Mon 13 Apr | 11:00 | 419 mins
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER Date: Sun 29 Mar | 15:00 | 185 mins
Where: Bloomsbury
Date: Sat 14 Mar | 16:55 | 164 mins Prokofiev’s grand cinematic score drives this
Director: Béla Tarr | Hungary 1994
Bryn Terfel makes his Met debut with this adaptation of Shakespeare’s tale of star
stunning Wagner opera. cross’d lovers. Spend a day (yes, a day – look at the running
time!) in the company of master filmmaker
TOSCA JEWELS Béla Tarr’s magnum opus.
Date: Sat 11 Apr | 17:55 | 198 mins Date: Sun 19 Apr | 16:00 | 165 mins
David McVicar’s bold staging of Puccini’s This is a perfect combination of Fauré,
operatic thriller stars Anna Netrebko. Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky’s and George
RADIOACTIVE
Balanchine’s choreography.
+ DISCUSSION WITH ROSAMUND PIKE AND
DIRECTOR MARJANE SATRAPI, LIVE BY
SATELLITE FROM THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
Date: Sun 8 Mar | 13:30 | 140 mins
Where: Canterbury Colchester Knutsford
Oxford Ripon Sheffield Victoria Wimbledon
See page 28 for synopsis.
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
Where: Aldgate Bloomsbury Canterbury NICK MASON’S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS:
Colchester Knutsford Mayfair Oxford LIVE FROM THE ROUNDHOUSE
Richmond Ripon Sheffield Victoria Date: Tue 10 Mar | 18:20 | 125 mins
Wimbledon Where: Canterbury Colchester Knutsford
Mayfair Oxford Richmond Sheffield
FIDELIO Nick Mason’s popular tour reaches our
Date: Tue 17 March | 19:15 | 150 mins
screens with this concert film.
Antonio Pappano conducts Jonas
King John
Kaufmann Toby Kratzer production of EXHIBITION ON SCREEN
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
Beethoven’s only opera. DAVID ATTENBOROUGH:
EASTER IN ART A LIFE ON OUR PLANET
SWAN LAKE Date: Tue 7 Apr | 18:30 | 85 mins Date: Thu 16 April | 19:10 | 140 mins
KING JOHN Date: Wed 1 Apr | 19:15 | 150 mins Where: Canterbury Colchester Knutsford Where: Aldgate Bloomsbury Canterbury
Date: Wed 29 Apr | 14:00 | 212 mins Relish the beauty of the dance and music in Oxford Richmond Ripon Sheffield Colchester Knutsford Mayfair Oxford
Where: Richmond this staging of Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet. Victoria Wimbledon Ripon Sheffield Victoria Wimbledon
Date: Wed 29 Apr | 17:30 | 212 mins Date: Tue 7 Apr | 11:00 | 85 mins The celebrated broadcaster will be in
Where: Knutsford Oxford Victoria CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA/PAGLIACCI Where: Mayfair conversation, live by satellite from the
Wimbledon Date: Tue 21 Apr | 19:00 | 180 mins This film explores the different ways artists Royal Albert Hall, following a screening of
A chance to see this rarely performed This double serving of classic opera explores have depicted the Easter story through his new film, which focuses on the future
account of the ruthless monarch. life in a southern Italian village. the ages. of our species and the planet we live on.
46 47EV ENTS TATE MODERN
13 FEB – 11 M AY 2020
FESTIVALS
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Date: 12-20 March Where: Soho
FAR FROM THE TREE 12A
Date: Fri 13 Mar | 18:30 | 93 mins
LEFTOVER WOMEN 12A
Far From the Tree Date: Sat 14 Mar | 16:00 | 85 mins
RADIO SILENCE 12A
Date: Sat 14 Mar | 18:40 | 77 mins
I AM NOT ALONE 12A
Date: Sun 15 Mar | 15:45 | 93 mins
BORN IN EVIN 12A
Date: Sun 15 Mar | 18:30 | 98 mins
All screenings will be followed by a Q&A.
For more information on these screenings,
visit curzoncinemas.com/hrwff.
For information on the full festival
Leftover Women
programme, go to ff.hrw.org/london.
ASHES I L LU M I N E R
C A R I B S’ L E A P MEES
C H A R LOT T E ONCE UPON A TIME
CO L D B R E AT H S TAT I C
TAIWAN FILM FESTIVAL UK END CREDITS WESTERN DEEP
E XO D U S WEIGHT
GIRLS, TRICKY 7 T H N O V.
Date: 2 - 29 March
Where: Soho Bloomsbury
TFFUK returns for another year. For more
information on the festival, visit
filmtaiwan.org or curzoncinemas.com S O U T H WA R K u
in the coming weeks. F R E E F O R TAT E M E M B E R S
Supported by the Steve Mc Queen Exhibition Supporters
Circle, Tate International Council and Tate Patrons
48 Steve Mc Queen Illuminer 2001 Courtesy the artist, Thomas Dane Gallery,
London and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York © Steve Mc QueenF E ATURE FEATUR E
THE HOUSE THAT
BOND BUILT
James Bond is the longest-running blockbuster franchise,
with a history as compelling as 007’s own adventures
FEATURES
by Ian Haydn Smith
One business outside the military industrial complex that
has profited handsomely from the Cold War is the world
of publishing. For almost half a century, writers employed
the covert machinations between East and West as a rich
bedrock upon which to set their tales of espionage. But for
Ian Fleming, a straightforward tale of international intrigue
was never enough. Presaging the rise of the tech giants who
increasingly control public and private life, and the oligarchs
whose wealth has been obtained by dubious means, Fleming
imagined criminal masterminds who transcended the politics
of the day. And it took two equally ambitious individuals to
bring the spy world’s equivalent of a modern-day Marvel
hero to the screen.
The genesis of the Bond film lies with of Albert Broccoli
and Harry Saltzman. Born in the New York borough of Queens
Broccoli, who became known by his childhood nickname ‘Cubby’,
began his film career performing odd jobs on the set of
Howard Hughes’ The Outlaw (1941). He would later become
close friends with the filmmaker and recluse, who was an
inspiration for the Willard Whyte character in Diamonds Are
Forever (1971). Moving to London in 1951, Broccoli formed
Warwick Films with fellow producer Irving Allen, which oversaw
more than 20 productions over the course of a decade. In the
early 1960s, he began looking into buying the rights of
Fleming’s creation. But he was beaten to it by Harry Saltzman.
50W I N N E R O F 4 O S C A R S®
FE ATURE
INCLUDING BEST PICTURE & BEST DIRECTOR
A FILM BY BONG JOON HO
Born in Quebec, Saltzman had already carved out a rich
and varied career in film by the time he happened upon a
copy of ‘Goldfinger’, Fleming’s eighth entry in the Bond series.
Most notably, he formed Woodfall Film Productions with Tony
Richardson and John Osborne, which was responsible for key
British films of the era, such as Look Back in Anger (1959),
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), A Taste of Honey
(1961) and the Oscar-winning Tom Jones (1963). (Not content
with overseeing the Bond films, Saltzman also produced the
Harry Saltzman and Albert Broccoli more urbane Harry Palmer spy series, starring Michael Caine
and beginning with The Ipcress File [1965].)
Broccoli and Saltzman set up Danjaq, S.A. in 1962, with
its subsidiary Eon Productions created solely to produce the
Bond films. Eon’s logo became known to the public with the
release of Dr. No on October 5, 1962. The film was a success
in the UK, but it was with the subsequent two films in the
series, From Russia With Love (1963) and Goldfinger (1964),
that the Bond franchise not only became a global
phenomenon, it presaged the modern blockbuster. With the
exception of two other films featuring Fleming’s hero, which
were produced elsewhere (the chaotic 1967 production of
Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson
Casino Royale featuring multiple Bonds, even more directors
and a narrative that makes little sense, and 1983’s Never Say
NO TIME TO DIE opens 25 Nov Never Again – a remake-of-sorts of Thunderball that saw
Sean Connery return to the role that made him a star), Eon
continued to oversee the series throughout the 1960s, 70s
and 80s, introducing George Lazenby, Roger Moore and
Timothy Dalton as the rapscallion yet suave secret agent.
Broccoli and Saltzman both died in the mid-1990s. By that
time, control of Eon Productions and the Bond franchise had
passed to Barbara Broccoli, Cubby’s daughter, and Michael
G. Wilson. Both had been involved with the films for some
time, but Goldeneye (1990) marked the cementing of their
partnership as the leading force behind the Bond series. Since
then, they have produced four films with Pierce Brosnan in
the title role and five with Daniel Craig. The role of Bond has
also been modified, as evinced by the artwork produced for B L AC K-A N D -W H I T E E D I T I O N
each film. (And the title credits, which are no less imaginative
now, but a world away from Maurice Binder’s mixture of kitsch
SONG KANG HO LEE SUN KYUN CHO YEO JEONG CHOI WOO SHIK PA R K S O DA M
and risqué.) And Eon has expanded its range in recent years,
producing Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (2017) and The
Rhythm Section (2020). But for most people, like the names
LONDON EXCLUSIVE AT CURZON SOHO FROM 3 APRIL
Broccoli and Saltzman, Eon will forever be linked to Bond.
A RELEASE PARASITEMOVIE.CO.UKFE ATURE
A GIRL’S
LIFE
Screenwriters Theresa Ikoko and
Claire Wilson discuss the development
of Rocks
Director Sarah Gavron, Fable Pictures and the the journey as much as you. Sarah and associate director Anu actors were encouraged to be consultants
British Film Institute wanted a female writing While there were elements we loved in the Henriques were involved from the outset, on cultural specifics on their character’s
partnership to compose a story reflecting early drafts, it wasn’t quite the story we wanted along with the rest of the creative team. A home lives. We also invited the girls to bring
teenage girls’ lives in contemporary London. to tell. It was around this time that Bukky truly collaborative process was central to this detail to the school scenes.
That was as much of a premise as we were Bakray showed the full extent of her talent film made by many women, for many women. We’re very proud of the way audiences
given. The nature of the project was designed and clearly needed to be the centre of our Rocks was formed of a 75% female crew, who have connected with Rocks since its
to be collaborative, so before we sat down to imaginary world. Bukky was a revelation to us. held the story close all the way. There was a premiere at Toronto Film Festival. For many
write, we joined Sarah and casting director We immediately engaged with her presence strong sense of sisterhood felt throughout black and brown women to see themselves
Lucy Pardee for several months, observing and knew we wanted her to play Rocks. the journey. It was important to all of us to represented on film in such a way is a first.
girls in schools and drama clubs. Theresa had been working separately on get this right. Sarah allowed a lot of room for The love and care that went into making
As the core group of potential actors was an idea about the journey of a young British improvisation, which gives the film that extra Rocks seems to be spreading outward with
fine-tuned, we began to develop a narrative, Nigerian girl in London. She shared the story sense of truth. We were on set to make sure the response. We hope this is the first of
which became the first version of a script. with us and it sparked an instant connection the narrative held up, watching back each many instances for young women to feel
From the start, there was chemistry with our with everyone. This narrative became the take and feeding live changes as scenes seen and grow in confidence of their place
writing. Although our voices are different, backbone of Rocks. We continued to develop was were filmed. However, we left room for in popular narrative.
our core values hold pretty much the same. the script together, involving the cast in a nuance in the detail. Bukky and Kosar Ali
Particularity in a story like Rocks, it’s writers’ room, staying true to the collaborative (Sumaya) had an instant bond, which bled ROCKS opens 10 April
important to know your partner cares for ethos that we had begun. into the film and is evident on screen. The
54 55FEATUR E
ONE IN
EVERY CITY
Acclaimed photographer Zed Nelson’s feature
documentary debut is a powerful and moving
portrait of a rapidly changing street.
Shot over a period of five years, The Street is a profile of a city
in flux. Hoxton Street, in the London borough of Hackney, has
been at the forefront of significant change over the course
of the last decade. The street as it once was has now mostly
gone – the local businesses replaced by new ones aimed at
a growing market of wealthier people. And the Brexit debate
has only polarised attitudes further.
But Zed Nelson’s film isn’t a barometer of opinions over
Britain’s place in Europe – its stretch is far wider. This street
represents so many places in Britain – and around the
world – where development and change is outstripping
people’s ability to cope with it. Less a polemic than a detailed
series of observations about the impact of this change, it is
an important record of what this street once was, how it
looks now and where it is heading.
THE STREET is available on Curzon Home Cinema from 23
March. See page 45 for a special screening and Q&A
56 57F E ATURE FEATUR E
MORE THAN A STAR
With her leading role in The Truth, Catherine Deneuve
by Philip Kemp
continues to be an essential part of French cinema.
In the 60-plus years since making her screen outside his native language. The Japanese
debut at age 14, Catherine Deneuve – the director, best known for such subtle studies
undisputed grande dame of French cinema – of emotional crises as After Life (1998), Our
has graced films by some of her most notable Little Sister (2015) and Shoplifters (2018),
compatriots, from François Truffaut, Jacques brings his understated humour and skill with
Demy and Agnès Varda, to Leos Carax, family tensions to this drama of unreliable
François Ozon and Nicole Garcia. But memory. Deneuve is Fabienne Dangeville,
she’s also starred in films by Luis Buñuel, an eminent veteran actor appearing in what
Roman Polanski, Lars von Trier and Tony she warns may be her final film. She’s also
Scott for whom, in The Hunger (1983), she just written her autobiography. Her daughter
unforgettably played a lesbian vampire with Lumir (Juliette Binoche) comes over from the
carnal designs on Susan Sarandon. States with her American actor husband
Deneuve came to fame in two glorious (Ethan Hawke) and their small girl, to
French musical excursions, The Umbrellas of celebrate the book’s imminent publication.
Cherbourg (1964) and Les demoiselles de But on reading it, Lumir finds it full of
Rochefort (1967); but for a while she seemed omissions and blatant untruths.
to have settled into a run of ice-queen ‘Memory can’t be trusted’, we’re told more
femme fatale roles (which sparked one critic’s than once. The film Fabienne is shooting
ungallant reference to her as ‘Catherine concerns a stressed mother-daughter
Deadnerve’). More recently, though, she’s relationship in which the truth is elusive and
evidently enjoyed subverting this chilly image, Kore-eda uses the overlapping echoings
as witness her entrance in Ozon’s Potiche and reflections of his story to nod towards
(2010), jogging through a woods in a cerise elements of Deneuve’s own career. Fabienne
jumpsuit with her hair in curlers. (Deneuve’s real second name), like Deneuve
Now, in a further unpredictable move, herself, just missed the chance to work with
Deneuve takes the lead in The Truth, the Hitchcock when the ageing Hitch was too ill
first film that Hirokazu Kore-eda has made to realise the project. There are frequentF E ATURE FEATUR E
references to a beautiful actor, a rival to Less is More
Fabienne in her youth, who died an untimely Of the 13 features that he produced throughout
death – as did Deneuve’s sister, Françoise his career (of which, a record seven appear
Dorléac, tragically killed in a motor accident in Sight and Sound’s 250 greatest films list),
at 25. Bresson’s signature style is one of restraint. He
Ambiguity has often characterised employs a minimalist perspective, from using
Deneuve’s key roles. In Belle de Jour (1967), non-professional actors, to paring down his
she plays a respectable housewife who narratives to their core. The result is anything
moonlights two or three afternoons a week in but simplistic and the emotional power of
the local brothel. Isolated in a South Kensington his work is overwhelming. Diary of a Country
flat in Repulsion (1965), she’s tormented by Priest (1951), A Man Escaped (1956), Pickpock-
visions of violence that are probably illusory – et (1959) and The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
but just possibly not. Playing a devious double are films stripped to their essence, detailing
role in Mississippi Mermaid (1969), Deneuve’s every nuance of their characters’ daily lives in
character (or perhaps characters, it’s left an attempt to understand them. He went fur-
uncertain) seems bent on the destruction ther with Au hasard Balthazar (1966), reveal-
of Jean-Paul Belmondo’s wealthy tobacco ing humanity’s capacity for cruelty through the
planter. And as the eponymous Tristana (1970), wretched lives of a donkey and young woman.
she transforms from a wronged innocent into In Mouchette (1967) a young girl is the target
Potiche
a seasoned manipulator. of society’s indifference and neglect. And in his
final film L’Argent, an adaptation of Tolstoy’s
MEET THE
From 1985 to 1989, Deneuve’s image was
used to represent Marianne, the national novella The Forged Coupon, Bresson created
symbol of France, and as she matured into a work of sublime brilliance, showing the abyss
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matriarch roles she took on enhanced gravitas. upon whose precipice we all exist.
But even then the characters she played
An Early Triumph
revealed layers of complexity. As Guillaume
It might come as a surprise to some that
Depardieu’s mother in the bizarre Pola X
Bresson’s second film, Les Dames du Bois
(2000), she has a relationship with her son
de Boulogne (1945), and his first to attract
that verges on the incestuous. In the Agatha- ROBERT BRESSON universal acclaim, features a cast of
Christie-esque 8 Women (2002), not only is
professional actors and is very much a
she a prime murder suspect, but gets into
studio-set production. Co-written with
a hair-pulling catfight with fellow French What to know
Jean Cocteau, Bresson’s moodily shot
icon Fanny Ardant. And in A Christmas Tale Robert Bresson’s career spans half a century.
drama adopts a noirish tone in its tale of
(2008), she’s a materfamilias (one of her He was born in Bromont-Lamothe, in the
an angst-ridden love triangle, between
daughters-in-law played by Deneuve’s own Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central
a spurned lover, her ex and the danc-
daughter, Chiara Mastroianni) whose imminent France. A devout Catholic who became a
er-turned-prostitute she sets him up with.
death leaves her strangely carefree. With painter after graduating from college, he
It might be starkly different to his later work,
these roles, alongside the longevity of her then turned to photography and made his
but it remains a compelling exploration into
career, Deneuve is no longer just a star, film debut, the short Les affaires publiques, in
the affairs of the human heart.
she is the face of French cinema. 1934. A prisoner of the Nazis for a year during
the Second World War, it was this experience,
A MAN ESCAPED is available on Curzon Home Cinema.
THE TRUTH opens 20 March | + ON CURZON HOME CINEMA combined with his faith and painstaking
Belle de Jour LES DAMES DU BOIS DE BOULOGNE arrives 16 March
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