Those who have missed cinema for three months will be able to catch up. And not just a little. To date, 43 films have been announced on the two days of Monday June 22, the date of the reopening of the French cinemas, closed since mid-March, and Wednesday 24, the traditional day for cinema releases. Never seen. Why such a profusion? Because there will exceptionally have to coexist with novelties and films already released in February or March, before the start of confinement.
Distributors of films like "The Good Wife", "A Son" or "Radioactive", released on March 11, could not do anything against the brutal career stop of their feature films which did not hold the poster only three days before the cinemas close due to the Covid-19 epidemic. During confinement, the idea, accepted by the exhibitors, germinated so that these works were given priority to come out as soon as they resumed.
They were soon joined by others, who had left a little earlier (like "Invisible Man"), or who were due to go out on March 18 (like "Benni"). Added to this are new features, hence the incredible rush expected on the screens on the 22nd and 24th. It's up to you, knowing that you will have to take precautions: one seat out of two unoccupied, seat reservations at the 'advance, fewer sessions due to disinfection of the premises between each screening: welcome to the post-deconfinement cinema.
THE FILMS OF JUNE 22
Reversals
"The Good Wife" .Released on March 11, this pretty comedy with Juliette Binoche and Noémie Lvovsky tells the throes of a patroness of a "housewife school" in the 1960s, at the turn of modernity. She was off to a big box office success…
"Invisible Man" . In this new version of "The Invisible Man", released on February 26, Elisabeth Moss struggles against her former lover, declared dead but whom she thinks is still alive and who takes advantage of her invisibility to track her down. Signed by Australian Leigh Whannell, the film succeeds in thrilling the spectators, while capturing the spirit of the times.
"De Gaulle" . It is Lambert Wilson who embodies the general in this fiction dedicated to him and which was released on March 4. Makeup and fitted with prostheses, the actor physically resembles his character. But if he chose to adopt his phrasing, he does not imitate the timbre of his voice. A disconcerting bias, and which does not manage to save a film which runs out of steam quickly.
"Ducobu 3". Directed and interpreted by Elie Semoun, the third part of the adventures of the pupil Ducobu puts him in the grip of a rival. The scenario is pleasant. As for the energy displayed by Elie Semoun in his character of hysterico-psychorigid teacher (and who also embodies his own tyrannical mother), it testifies to an effective work of clown which sincerely deserves an excellent note.
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"A Mermaid in Paris" . In this musical film signed by musician and director Mathias Malzieu, released on March 11, a crooner (Nicolas Duvauchelle) falls in love with a sea creature… This “Mermaid in Paris” catches our eye first thanks to its decor "Vintage", whimsical and dreamlike. By telling a fantastic story in a realistic setting, it then touches with its unique charm.
"Forward". On screens on March 4, the new animated film from Disney-Pixar studios, visible from 6 years old, accompanies two teenage elf brothers who will relive a funny day thanks to a magic stick and be able to make their missing father reappear… but only halfway, and in a universe populated by strange creatures.
" The forest's call ". Also distributed by Disney, this feature film adapted from the work of Jack London, in theaters on February 19, and which mixes real and synthetic images, describes the relationship between a martyred dog who wants to return to Nature and a researcher of disillusioned gold, brilliantly interpreted by the great Harrison Ford.
"Sonic the Film". Released on February 12, this adaptation of one of the most famous video games in the world mixes real images and animation to stage the adventures of the little blue hedgehog with astonishing speed. Animation, scenario, actors' play ... this feature film is wobbly at all levels.
"Lucky". Released on February 26, this comedy confronts two crook apprentices - interpreted by Michaël Youn and Alban Ivanov - with a female cop cop (Florence Foresti) while they steal a dog from the Stupa brigade in order to find drugs easily . The third feature film by Belgian director Olivier van Hoofstadt, who had already hired Foresti for the highly lit “Dikkenek”, this “Lucky” was the delightful surprise of the Alpe d'Huez festival. An electric film full of ideas.
"The Family Spirit". Bringing together Guillaume de Tonquédec, François Berléand, Josiane Balasko, this dramatic comedy, which made its theatrical debut on January 29, paints a portrait of a man overshadowed by the ghost of his late father.
"Radioactive" . The life of Marie Curie, embodied by the British Rosamund Pike and directed by the designer and director Marjane Satrapi. The film was released on March 11. This nuanced biopic is interspersed with bright explanations of radioactivity. And sequences that show, over several eras, how the works of Marie Curie have saved millions of lives.
"A Son" . Also released three days before confinement, this feature film with Sami Bouajila follows a Tunisian family struggling with a terrorist group while on vacation in the south of the country. A very beautiful film on solidarity, forgiveness and madness that awaits us in the face of the unbearable.
"Papi Sitter". In this comedy which was released in theaters on March 4, Gérard Lanvin and Olivier Marchal interpret the two grandpas, one very rigid and the other turbulent, of a teenager who was entrusted to them so that she revises her baccalaureate in good conditions. A stripper duo.
"10 Days without mom". The HRD of a large DIY store, close to being appointed head of his brand, suddenly has to take care of his four children when his wife decides to take a few days away from home to take take care of her. Chaos will quickly set in ... Franck Dubosc and Aure Atika play the main roles in this creaky comedy originally released on February 19.
"Woman". This documentary, co-directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, in theaters on March 4, focuses on the injustices suffered by women around the world, but also on everything that makes them strong, giving a voice to 2,000 between them, from 50 different countries.
"Vivarium". Another film that was released on March 11 for a handful of days. Presented in Cannes in 2019, this fantastic Irish feature film encloses us with a young couple in search of a house - interpreted by Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots, amazing - who finds himself in the heart of a strange and labyrinthine suburban suburb of 'where he can't escape ...
"The Communion" . This Franco-Polish film, released in theaters on March 4, tells the story of an imposture, that of a young worker who pretends to be a priest in a small town.
"The Boy: The Curse of Brahms". A couple who was the victim of a home attack moved to the countryside. Their child discovers in the forest a strange doll which will terrorize his parents. This wobbly sequel to a horror film, released on February 26, is interpreted by the American Katie Holmes.
"Three Summers" . A Brazilian feature film (released on March 4), in the form of a criticism of neo-liberalism, which follows the fate of a governess who has to manage alone the luxurious holiday villa of her rich bosses involved in a financial scandal.
"Mickey and the Bear". This independent American film, which was released on February 12, explores the complex relationship between a teenage girl from Montana and her opiate-addicted father whom she has to deal with, until there is an opportunity to her to sail towards other horizons.
"Where is Jimi Hendrix? " A Cypriot musician who can not live off his art decides to start a new life elsewhere. But when he leaves the island, his ex's dog runs away, and he has to put his project aside to find him. Co-produced by Germany and Cyprus, this film was released on March 4.
"If it was Love" . A French documentary, in theaters on March 4, of fifteen young dancers of various origins, on tour to play a piece inspired by the raves of the 1990s.
"Kongo" . In theaters on March 11, this Franco-Congolese documentary films a "healer" of evil spells who will be accused of practicing black magic.
"Shamanic Visions: Forgotten Territories" . Discover the initiation rites of the Fangs of Gabon and the Shipibos in Peru, this is what this documentary, already released on March 11, offers, in which the shamanic author Sandra Ingerman guides the viewer.
"First Steps in the Forest" . This set of animated Russian and Korean short films, intended for toddlers (from 3 years old) which tells stories of foxes and elephants, was originally released on December 4.
" The tie ". Released last February, this documentary paints a portrait of a young Beauvaisian militant from the far right, campaigning during the 2017 presidential election, who will be confronted with his own disappointments.
Unpublished
"Daughters of joy" . Two mothers and a young girl secretly cross the border every day to work incognito in a brothel ... This social drama brings together Sara Forestier, Noémie Lvovsky and Anabelle Lengronne.
"Benni". She is 9 years old, and sails from home to home because her mother no longer wants to take care of her. Benni, an atypical child in need of love, capable of terrible fits of rage, seems lost. But in the social services that deal with her case, some will do everything to help her, sometimes in spite of herself ... An amazing German film, painful at times, but staged at 300 an hour and beautifully interpreted.
"The Hunt". Average Americans are kidnapped, then hunted down by strangers who massacre them during a very special hunting hunt. Until one of their victims begins to give blow for blow ... This horrifying quirky thriller, which caused scandal in the United States and which Donald Trump spoke badly without even having seen it, counts with his casting Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank.
"Wild youth". A kid, head of a small gang of young people left to their own devices, accidentally kills the leader of a rival gang. A crime that will mark his rise in rank in the world of criminals where he gravitates, and make him a hero for his group ... This Franco-Belgian novelty benefits from the freshness of his young actors.
"Be natural, the hidden story of Alice Guy-Blaché" . Jodie Foster's voiceover punctuates this documentary, conducted as an investigation devoted to the first director, producer and studio director in the history of cinema, which shot in 1896.
"The Shadow of Stalin" . In 1933, a journalist who managed to interview Hitler tried to repeat the feat with Stalin. But upon his arrival in Moscow, he will be confronted with the heaviness of power and the ambient paranoia. Followed and spied on, he fled to Ukraine…
"Cancion sin nombre" . In the 1980s, a woman in Peru lost track of her child in hospital after giving birth. To find her, she will conduct an investigation with the help of an investigative journalist ...
"We Dogs" . This South Korean animated film follows a band of stray dogs after being abandoned by their owners, who will have to relearn how to live without humans.
"My name is Clitoris" . In this French documentary, young women talk about their sexuality with humor and campaign for a female sexuality free from constraints and taboos.
"The Demon inside" . On leaving prison, a priest, who was convicted after an exorcism session that ended in the death of a child, approaches a man who thinks that his son is possessed.
"The great green Wall" . This British documentary focuses on the crazy environmental project of growing an 8,000 km long wall of trees between Senegal and Ethiopia to combat desertification. It is the Malian musician Inna Modja who plays the guides during this incredible story.
"Mosquito" . Halfway between the war film and the initiatory journey, this fiction tells the fate of a young Portuguese who enlisted in the army during the First World War and who, sent to the front in Mozambique, will have to walk for thousands of kilometers after being let go by his unit.
"The Little Mole loves nature" . Star of cartoons in the 1960s, the Little Mole, born and drawn in the Czech Republic, is back to delight very young spectators in three new modern adventures where it is about protecting the environment.
"Perro Bomba". In this Chilean film, a young Haitian immigrant in Santiago (Chile), who led a peaceful life, will suddenly have to face a hateful and xenophobic outburst.
" Green Boys ". This documentary, signed by Frenchwoman Ariane Doublet, tells the astonishing and beautiful story of friendship between a Guinean teenager who has just emigrated in the Normandy countryside and a local boy, with whom he will embark on the construction of a hut.
"Capital in the 21st century". Adapted from the work of Thomas Piketty, this French documentary, co-directed by the author and Justin Pemberton, reviews recent economic history by putting power, wealth, social progress and inequality in perspective.
THE FILMS OF JUNE 24
"Midnight Runner" . Inspired by a news story, the story of a Swiss long-distance running champion who is haunted by murderous impulses, and does everything to avoid acting out.
"Journey to Kabylia" . When his father died, Zahir, living in a small Kabyle village, discovered a brother whose existence he was unaware of and who lives in France. He is going to bring him into the country, but asking him to hide the truth.
"Parkour (s)" . This Algerian comedy describes the crazy day of a singer, a cook and a street vendor at a wedding party.
