“La Chimère”, “The soiled doves of Tijuana”, “Bâtiment 5” by Ladj Ly… Our reviews of the films of the week – Libération

2023-12-06 13:50:08

But also, this week in the film pages of “Libé”: “Levante”, “Le department store”, “Fremont”, “Kokomo city” and “The Apu trilogy”.

Love at first sight

“The Chimera” by Alice Rohrwacher

For her fourth feature film, the Italian follows a band of “tombaroli”, grave robbers in search of treasure. A romantic variation on forgetting, the passing of time and materialistic intoxication at the turn of the 80s. Read our review and our interview with the filmmaker.

La Chimère by Alice Rohrwacher, with Josh O’Connor, Isabella Rossellini, Lou Roy-Lecollinet… 2h10.

«The soiled doves de Tijuana» de Jean-Charles Hue

Continuing his long-term work on the Mexican border, Jean-Charles Hue films the marginal existences of drug addicts, prostitutes and homeless women with the force of a revelation, at the intersection of the sordid and the sacred. Read our review.

The Soiled Doves of Tijuana de Jean-Charles Hue, 1h22.

Slump

“Building 5” by Ladj Ly

Ladj Ly’s new fable confronts the inhabitants of a working-class neighborhood with the municipality which is organizing its dismantling. Confused and desperate. Read our review.

Building 5 by Ladj Ly, with Anta Diaw, Aristotle Luyindula… 1 hour 40 minutes.

And also…

«Le grand magasin» de Yoshimi Itazu

The first feature by Yoshimi Itazu, who collaborated with Hayao Miyazaki, gently follows the young saleswoman in a shopping mall serving extinct animal species. Read our review.

“Lift Up” by Lillah Halla

Filmmaker Lillah Halla stands out from the teen movie formatted on minorities and gracefully explores the illegal desire for abortion of a player in an inclusive volleyball team in Brazil. Read our review.

“Fremont” by Babak Jalali

The melancholy of an Afghan refugee in San Francisco gives rise to a funny and charming film about the absurdity of existence. Read our review.

“Kokomo City” by D. Smith

D. Smith follows four black and trans sex workers in an aesthetic and compelling docu. Read our review.

“La trilogie d’Apu” by Satyajit Ray

The coming-of-age story of a child from a very poor family, the Indian filmmaker’s flamboyant trilogy, filmed in the 1950s, is being re-released in a restored version. Read our review.