2024-01-31 07:33:57
“Libé” guides you through the cinema releases in theaters this Wednesday, January 31, with also “They Shot The Piano Player”, “Mambar Pierrette”, “Argylle”, “Les éclairs d’Aden”, “la Ferme des Bertrand”, “A Man”, “Under the Wind of the Marquises”. Supporting trailers.
Movie of the week
“The Area of Interest”
An ambivalent circumvention of the representation of the Holocaust, Jonathan Glazer’s film, winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes, follows the daily life of SS Rudolf Höss and his family installed behind the Auschwitz-Birkenau wall. Read our review and the interview with sound designer Johnnie Burn.
The Zone of Interest by Jonathan Glazer with Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Johann Karthaus… 1h45
Go for it !
“The shooting star”
Fifth feature film directed and starring the oddball couple Abel and Gordon, this regressive police comedy about identity swapping is a sweet, powerful and melancholic delirium. Read our review.
L’Etoile filante by and with Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, 1h38
«They Shot The Piano Player»
A journalist’s investigation into the disappearance of a great Brazilian pianist on the eve of the Argentine coup d’état, this animated film cleverly combines the joyful birth of bossa nova and the violence of South American dictatorships. Read our review.
They shot the piano player by Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal with Jeff Goldblum, Roberta Wallach, Tony Ramos…1h43
“Mambar Pierrette”
In a remarkable first feature-length fiction film at the crossroads of documentary portrait and adventure story, Rosine Mbakam shows the hellish daily life of her seamstress cousin in Cameroon. Read our review.
Mambar Pierrette by Rosine Mfetgo Mbakam with Pierrette Aboheu Njeuthat, Nancy Karelle Kenmogne… 1h33.
«Amelia’s Children»
Gabriel Abrantes succeeds in his turn into horror with a film combining historical inspirations and rural mysticism, around a family with strange morals. Read our review
Amelia’s children by Gabriel Abrantes with Brigette Lundy-Paine, Carloto Cotta, Anabela Moreira… 1h31.
“The Bertrand farm”
From 1997, director Gilles Perret followed the lives of his farmer neighbors. He delivers a sensitive documentary on agricultural unhappiness. Read our review.
The Bertrand Farm by Gilles Perret. 1h29
Pity !
«Argyle»
An exhausting parody of a thriller where a successful author finds herself drawn into a conspiracy by her hero, Matthew Vaughn’s latest film borders on heights of emptiness. Read our review.
Argylle de Matthew Vaughn avec Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill… 2h20
«A Man»
Clinging to a scenario in the form of a surprise cake that is not easily digestible, A Man forgets to film the scenes and to offer a point of view on its story.
A Man de Kei Ishikawa avec Satoshi Tsumabuki, Akira Emoto, Nana Seino, 2h01.
“Under the wind of the marquises”
The least we can say is that this drama of filiation, boring as a rainy day, smacks of the bottom of the drawer.
Under the Wind of the Marquises by Pierre Godeau with François Damiens, Salomé Dewaels, Roman Kolinka, 1h31.
And also…
“The Lights of Aden”
This rare Yemeni film shows the difficulty of a couple whose wife seeks an abortion, in a country which prohibits it. Read our review.
The Lights of Aden by Amr Gamal with Abeer Mohammed, Khaled Hamdan, 1h31.
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