Wednesday means cinema. We offer you today our selection of films of the week, to better guide you in the dark rooms.
1. On ira – Enya Baroux
The director Enya Baroux presents On ira, a touching dramedy highlighting intergenerational relationships. Featuring Hélène Vincent, Pierre Lottin, and David Ayala, the film tells the story of a grandmother and her grandson embarking on an unexpected journey. This road-movie promises moments of emotion and connection.
Marie, 80, is fed up with her illness. She has a plan: to go to Switzerland to end her life. But when the moment comes to tell Bruno, her irresponsible son, and Anna, her teenage granddaughter in crisis, she panics and creates a big lie. Supposedly to find a mysterious inheritance in a Swiss bank, she proposes that they all go on a trip together. Unwilling accomplice to this charade, Rudy, a caregiver just met the day before, will take the wheel of the old family camper van, driving this family on an unexpected journey.
2. The Insider – Steven Soderbergh
The thriller master Steven Soderbergh presents The Insider, a gripping spy film starring Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett. The film explores the intricacies of the modern espionage world, blending suspense and action. The performances of Fassbender and Blanchett, portraying a pair of secret agents, are praised by critics.
THE INSIDER is a gripping spy film that tells the story of a couple of secret agents, George Woodhouse and his wife Kathryn. When Kathryn is suspected of betraying the nation, George faces a heart-wrenching dilemma: protect his marriage or defend his country.
3. Parthenope – Paolo Sorrentino
Paolo Sorrentino, known for his unique visual style, returns with Parthenope, a dramatic romance set in Naples. The film stars Celeste Dalla Porta, Stefania Sandrelli, and Gary Oldman. Sorrentino immerses us in an enchanting Naples, blending poetry and melancholy.
The life of Parthenope from her birth in the 1950s to the present day. A female epic devoid of heroism but full of longing for freedom, Naples, and love. The true loves, unspeakable or short-lived, that condemn you to pain but make you start again. The perfect summer in Capri of a carefree youth despite a dead-end horizon.
Around Parthenope, the Neapolitans. Scrutinized, loved, disillusioned, and full of life, we follow them in their melancholic drifts, tragic ironies, and moments of discouragement.
Life can be very long, memorable or ordinary. The passing time offers the whole repertoire of feelings. And there, deep down, close and distant, this indefinable city, Naples, which enchants, enchants, screams, laughs, and can hurt us.
4. Outsourced – Ali and Redouane Boughéraba
The brothers Ali and Redouane Boughéraba present Outsourced, a refreshing comedy about the misadventures of a French company outsourced overseas. The film humorously tackles cultural clashes and misunderstandings related to globalization. A social satire that promises guaranteed laughs.
The day Redouane gets his promotion and finally becomes a foreman, he learns that the mattress factory where he works is being moved to India. Determined to keep his promotion, he agrees to go while being guaranteed double pay and takes Marguerite, his partner, with him. Once there, he discovers that his boss has tricked him; he will indeed be paid double, but in rupees. Furious, he decides to take revenge by teaching the teams the best of French social rights: strikes, demonstrations, and days off, aiming solely to overthrow his boss. Between cultural clash and social struggle, Redouane leads an unexpected revolution that might change the fate of the factory… and his own.
5. The Last Showgirl – Gia Coppola
Under the direction of Gia Coppola, The Last Showgirl highlights Pamela Anderson in the role of Shelly, a Las Vegas dancer facing the end of her career. Alongside Dave Bautista and Kiernan Shipka, Anderson delivers an emotional performance, praised by critics as one of the best of her career.
Shelly, an experienced cabaret dancer, has to face her future when her Las Vegas show is abruptly interrupted after 30 years. A dancer in her fifties, she struggles to find what to do next in her career. And as a mother, she seeks to mend a strained relationship with her daughter, who has often been relegated to the background compared to her family of artists.