UPCOMING AT A GLANCE
BURNING 18 April 2019
ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL From 5 March 2019
Palace Films releases screening within this year’s festival include: Pierre Salvadori’s The Trouble With You (Opening Night), Who You Think I Am (starring Juliette Binoche), A Faithful Man (directed by Louis Garrel and starring Lily-Rose Depp), Sorry Angel (from director Christophe Honoré), Family Photo (starring Vanessa Paradis), Claire Darling (starring Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni), and I Feel Good(starring Jean Dujardin).
NB: release dates subject to change, please refer to below descriptions for release scale and further details.
NEW ACQUISITIONS
THE TRUTH
Release date: tbc / in post-production
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Catherine Deneuve
Fabienne (Catherine Deneuve) is a star of French cinema. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir (Juliette Binoche) returns from New York to Paris with her husband (Ethan Hawke) and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter will quickly turn to confrontation: truths will be told, accounts settled, loves and resentments confessed. For his first feature set outside Japan, Kore-eda unites French screen legends Deneuve and Binoche in a powerful and emotional story of family conflicts.
THE COUNTY
Release date: tbc / in post-production
Director: Grímur Hákonarson
Cast: Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir, Sigurður Sigurjónsson
Following the internationally celebrated RAMS, Icelandic director Grímur Hákonarson’s THE COUNTY tells the story of middle-aged dairy farmer Inga (Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir), who loses her husband and realises she must stand on her own two feet. She decides to start a new life on her own terms and rises up against corruption and injustice in her community.
OF LOVE AND LIES
Release date: tbc / in post-production
Director: Julien Rappeneau
Cast: François Damiens, Maleaume Paquin, Ludivine Sagnier
From the director of ROSALIE BLUM and based on a graphic novel by Mario Torrecillas and Artur Laperla, OF LOVE AND LIES is an inspiring story about the unlimited power of a child’s love, and the lengths that one boy will go to to help get his father’s life back on track.
COMING SOON TO CINEMAS
BURNING
Release date: 18 April 2019
Release scale: National
Director: Lee Chang-dong
Cast: Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jun Jong-seo
Winner – Cannes International Film Festival 2018, FIPRESCI Critics’ Prize for Best Film
Winner – Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2018, Grand Jury Prize
Official Selection (South Korea) – Academy Awards 2019, Best Foreign Language Film
Official Selection – 2018 New York, BFI London, Toronto, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide Film Festivals
Based on a Haruki Murakami short story, Korean master Lee Chang-dong’s remarkable new thriller BURNING was the most acclaimed film of Cannes, setting a record for the highest-ever score achieved in the 18-year history of Screen International’s prestigious critics’ poll. Novelistic in scope, grandeur and impact, and featuring three remarkable performances, it’s a gripping psychological study of thwarted love, ambition and obsession.
Full synopsis, trailer and more: www.palacefilms.com.au/burning
NOW IN CINEMAS
LORO
Release date: 17 January 2019
Release scale: National
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Cast: Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio, Kasia Smutniak
Full synopsis, trailer and more: www.palacefilms.com.au/loro
COLD WAR
Release date: 26 December 2018
Release scale: National
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Cast: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza
Synopsis, trailer and more: www.coldwar.com.au
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