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P.4   LOLA BY LAURENT MICHELI

     P.6   PRELUDE BY INA WEISSE

     P.8   OH LES FILLES! BY FRANCOIS ARMANET

    P.10   THE RIVER BY GHASSAN SALHAB

    P.12   WONDERS IN THE SUBURBS BY JEANNE BALIBAR

    P.16   PARTICLES BY BLAISE HARRISON

    P.18   A PARIS EDUCATION BY JEAN PAUL CIVEYRAC

    P.20   LIBRARY FOCUS

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                                   BY LAURENT MICHELI

             (EVEN LOVERS GET THE BLUES, 2017 - Critics Award in Namur 2016)
                            Drama / Belgium, France / 2019 / French, Dutch

Synopsis:                                                      Cast:
Lola, 18 years old, bleach blonde hair, lives in a             MYA BOLLAERS
foster home with Samir, her only friend. Impulsive             BENOÎT MAGIMEL
and lonely, she is trying to get her diploma as a
veterinary assistant. When her mother passes away,             Produced by:
her father Phillip makes sure that Lola will miss              WRONG MEN (Belgium)
the ceremony. Two years before that, Philip was                10:15! PRODUCTIONS (France)
throwing her out of the family home: at the time, Lola
was still Lionel…                                              Distributed in France by:
Philippe is determined to fulfill Catherine’s last wish:       LES FILMS DU LOSANGE
to be dispersed to the North Sea, in the dunes of her
childhood home. Lola on the other hand is furious
against her father, but she will not leave her mother
alone in this last journey. So they take off together,
both unwilling to share a car but determined to take
Catherine home…

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                                        BY INA WEISSE

             (THE ARCHITECT, 2008 – Festival Max Ophüls 2009, Best Screenplay)
                             Drama / Germany, France / 2019 / German

Synopsis:                                                   Cast:
Anna teaches violin at a high school for young              NINA HOSS
musicians in Berlin. Her French husband Bronsky             SIMON ABKARIAN
makes violins. Together, they have a ten-year-old           SERAFIN MISHIEV
son.                                                        ILJA MONTI
At her school’s annual entrance exam, despite               JENS ALBINUS
the opposition of all the other teachers, Anna drives
through the admission of a boy in whom                      Produced by:
she detects a remarkable talent.                            LUPA FILM (Germany)
She will work with Alexander with great dedication          IDEALE AUDIENCE (France)
and affection, and soon, devote more time and
attention to Alexander than to her own son Jonas…           Distributed in France by:
Rivalry arises between the two boys, while Anna             LES FILMS DU LOSANGE
and Bronsky’s marriage is going downhill. But
where she failed, her gifted student Alexander must
succeed… As an important audition approaches,
Anna becomes increasingly obsessed with driving
him to new heights.

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              OH LES FILLES!
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                              BY FRANÇOIS ARMANET

                                  (DANDY, 2002 - Berlin Panorama)
                           Musical documentary / France / 2019 / French

Synopsis:                                                  Cast:
What if French Rock were born with Edith Piaf?             FRANÇOISE HARDY
From sweet sixties pop to today’s gender-indifferent       CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS
anthems, from feminist rebels of the seventies             CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
to fashion icons of the social media age, from             VANESSA PARADIS
Françoise Hardy to Christine & The Queens, via             CAMÉLIA JORDANA
Vanessa Paradis, Catherine Ringer, Charlotte               JEANNE ADDED
Gainsbourg and many more, Oh Les Filles! tells             BRIGITTE FONTAINE
the untold story of French female rock stars.              CATHERINE RINGER
Narrated by Elisabeth Quin, this groundbreaking
documentary combines interviews and iconic                 Produced by:
footage to radically reverse perspectives and              INCOGNITA FILMS (France)
give the patriarchy a kick!
                                                           Distributed in France by:
 Welcome to France, the land where women rock!             LES FILMS DU LOSANGE

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                            THE RIVER
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                                  BY GHASSAN SALHAB
         (THE VALLEY, 2015 - Berlin, Forum / Toronto, Contemporary World Cinema •
                                   THE MOUNTAIN, 2010)
                                Drama / Lebanon, France / 2019 / Arab

Synopsis:                                                      Cast:
A young woman and an older man are having lunch                ALI SULIMAN
on the terrace of a restaurant located in the midst of         YUMNA MARWAN
a mountainous landscape in Lebanon. Suddenly the
sky darkens, followed by rumbling sounds. Fighter              Produced by:
planes crisscross the sky. As the man heads to                 KHAMSIN FILMS (Lebanon)
his car to leave the place, the woman disappears               SURVIVANCE (France)
somewhere below. He follows her, loses sight of her,
eventually catches up with her, films her, talks to her        Distributed in France by:
about their relationship, tries to kiss her, but she           LES FILMS DU LOSANGE
manages to escape him. As the day declines, they
venture deeper into a nature that is more and more
spectral, like the couple they form today.

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             WONDERS
          IN THE SUBURBS
                        A COMEDY BY JEANNE BALIBAR
                                            • 1st Feature Film •
(As actress: COLD WAR, Competition in Cannes 2018 • BARBARA, Un Certain Regard 2017)
                          Comedy / France / 2019 / French

Synopsis:                                                     Cast:
Joëlle and Kamel are key members of the staff of              Jeanne BALIBAR
Montfermeil’s new mayor. The whole team works                 Ramzy BEDIA
together on the implementation of a wacky new                 Emmanuelle BEART
policy for this sensitive urban zone.                         Mathieu AMALRIC
The policy is a great success in revitalizing the town        Bulle OGIER
but life no less complicated for the mayor’s staff.           Florence LOIRET-CAILLE
Joëlle and Kamel are in the process of divorcing              Philippe KATERINE
and at war with each other, and each in love with             Valérie DREVILLE
mysterious blind dates. The mayor is headed for a             Anthony BAJON (Best Actor, Berlin Film Festival 2018)
nervous breakdown; her secretary exhausts herself
learning Malian Mandinka out of love.                         Produced by:
What’s more, shadowy traitors in the administration           Mathieu AMALRIC - FILM(S)
seek to sabotage the mayor’s good work. Suspicions            and Martine MARIGNAC
                                                                                                                      Photos © Matthieu Ponchel

fall on Kamel...
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Photos © Matthieu Ponchel
WONDERS IN THE SUBURBS
A COMEDY BY JEANNE BALIBAR
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                            PARTICLES
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                                    BY BLAISE HARRISON
                                               • 1st Feature Film •
         (As medium-length director: HARMONY, 2013 • SUMMER GROWING UP, 2011
             As cinematographer: THE PARIS OPERA, 2016 • AUGUSTINE, 2012)
                        Fantastic, Drama / France, Switzerland / 2019 / French

Synopsis:                                                         Cast:
At the foot of the Jura Mountains, PA, aged 17, and               Thomas DALOZ
his gang of friends are in their last year at high school.        Salvatore FERRO
400 feet below ground, the Large Hadron Collider                  Léo COUILFORT
enables scientists to discover previously unknown                 Nicolas MARCANT
particles. As the area slips into wintertime, PA starts to        Néa LUEDERS
realize the world around him is on the move. He starts            Emma JOSSERAND
seeing things glow, abnormalities in the landscape,
tiny alterations in a familiar ecosystem.                         Produced by:
                                                                  LES FILMS DU POISSON (France)
                                                                  BANDE A PART FILMS (Switzerland)

                                                                  Distributed in France by:
                                                                  LES FILMS DU LOSANGE

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COMPLETED

                          A PARIS
                        EDUCATION
                               BY JEAN PAUL CIVEYRAC
                (MY FRIEND VICTORIA, 2014 • YOUNG GIRLS IN BLACK, 2010 •
                              THROUGH THE FOREST, 2005)
                         Drama / Romance / France / 2017 / 136 min

Synopsis:                                                     Cast:
Etienne comes to Paris to study filmmaking at the             Andranic MANET
Sorbonne. He meets Mathias and Jean-Noël who                  Corentin FILA
share his passion for films.                                  Gonzague VAN BERVESSELÈS
But as they spend the year studying, they have to face        Diane ROUXEL
friendship and love challenges as well as choosing            Jenna THIAM
their artistic battles.                                       Sophie VERBEECK
                                                              Charlotte VAN BERVESSELÈS

                                                              Produced by:
                                                              MOBY DICK FILMS (Frédéric Niedermayer)
                                                              ARP (Michèle & Laurent Pétin)

                                                              Distributed in France by:
                                                              ARP SELECTION

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                                    MICHAEL HANEKE’S LIBRARY HD                                                                                           BARBET SCHROEDER’S LIBRARY HD
                             HAPPY END, 2017 [Competition - Cannes Film Festival 2017]                                                                 THE VENERABLE W, 2017 [Official Selection Special Screenings - Cannes Film Festival]
                             AMOUR, 2012 [Academy Award, Best Foreign Language • Golden Globe, Best Foreign Language •                                 AMNESIA, 2015 [Official Selection Special Screenings - Cannes Film Festival]
                             Golden Palm - Cannes Film Festival]                                                                                       OUR LADY OF THE ASSASSINS, 2000 [Competition - Venice Film Festival]
                             THE WHITE RIBBON, 2009 [Golden Globe, Best Foreign Language • Golden Palm - Cannes Film                                   TRICHEURS, 1984
                             Festival]                                                                                                                 KOKO, 1978
                             HIDDEN, 2005 [Best director award - Cannes Film Festival]                                                                 MISTRESS, 1976
                             THE TIME OF THE WOLF, 2003 [Out of Competition - Cannes Film Festival]                                                    GENERAL AMIN DADA, 1974
                             THE CASTLE, 2000                                                                                                          THE VALLEY, 1972
                             FUNNY GAMES, 1998 [Competition - Cannes Film Festival]                                                                    MORE, 1969
                             71 FRAGMENTS OF A CHRONOLOGY OF CHANCE, 1995
                             BENNY’S VIDEO, 1993
                             THE SEVENTH CONTINENT, 1989

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                              6 MORAL TALES:                                                                                                                  DOCUMENTARIES TO DISCOVER !
                                     • CHLOE IN THE AFTERNOON, 1972
                                     • CLAIRE’S KNEE, 1970 [Golden Seashell Award – San Sebastian Film Festival]                                         LA MAISON DE LA RADIO, 2012 [Panorama – Berlin Film Festival]
                                     • MY NIGHT AT MAUD’S, 1969 [Official Selection Academy Award]                                                       NENETTE, 2010 [Forum - Berlin Film Festival]
                                     • THE COLLECTOR, 1967 [Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize – Berlin Film Festival]                                 BACK TO NORMANDY, 2007 [Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival]
                                     • SUZANNE’S CARREER, 1963                                                                                           TO BE AND TO HAVE, 2002 [Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival]
                                     • THE GIRLS AT THE MONCEAU BAKERY, 1962                                                                             EVERY LITTLE THING, 1996 [Official Selection - Locarno Film Festival]
                              6 COMEDIES AND PROVERBS:                                                                                                   ANIMALS AND MORE ANIMALS, 1994 [Official Selection - San Francisco Film Festival]
                                     • MY GIRLFRIED’S BOYFRIEND, 1987 [Official Selection – Venice Film Festival]                                        IN THE LANDS OF THE DEAF, 1992 [Official Selection - Locarno Film Festival]
                                     • THE GREEN RAY, 1986 [Golden Lion - Venice Film Festival]                                                          LOUVRE CITY, 1990 [Best Documentary – Cinema du Réel]
                                     • FULL MOON IN PARIS, 1984 [Best Actress - Venice Film Festival]
                                     • PAULINE AT THE BEACH, 1983 [Silver Bear – Berlin Film Festival]
                                     • THE GOOD MARRIAGE, 1982 [Volpi Cup/Best Actress - Venice Film Festival]
                                     • THE AVIATOR’S WIFE, 1981

                              4 TALES OF THE FOUR SEASONS:
                                      • AUTUMN TALE, 1998 [Best Screenplay – Venice Film Festival]
                                      • A SUMMER TALE, 1996 [Official Selection – Cannes Film Festival]
                                      • A WINTER’S TALE, 1992 [Official Selection/FIPRESCI Award – Berlin Film Festival]
                                      • A TALE OF SPRINGTIME, 1990 [Official Selection – Berlin Film Festival]

                              PERCEVAL, 1978
                              THE MARQUISE OF O, 1976, Grand Prize of the Jury – Cannes Film Festival 1976
                              SIGN OF LEO, 1959

                              And many others (feature films and short movies)…

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