Barring any last-minute surprises, they will be thirty-four in theaters from the first day of the reopening of the cinemas, Monday May 19.
Of those films, nineteen were released in September or October before the shutdown, two should have been released on December 15, and nine had no release date so far.
Four old films will even find the big screen for the occasion.
Here is a review of the details of this first poster.
The Spring
“Goodbye idiots” by Albert Dupontel
. The feature film was the big winner of the Césars, with no less than seven well-deserved statuettes as it is visually impressive and emotionally powerful. This dramatic comedy features Suze Trappet (played by Virginie Efira), in her forties, who knows she is doomed by illness. To find the son she was forced to abandon at birth, Suze will ask for the services of JB (Albert Dupontel), a desperate employee. The duo will go on the run and at war against the administration, the absurdity, the cruelty of the world and… the idiots. A feverish and moving opera.
Maïwenn's “DNA”
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Neige, a single mother of three, regularly reunites with her family around Emir, the beloved Algerian grandfather.
When the latter dies, Neige enters a deep identity crisis.
She will then do a DNA test, then reconnect with her Algerian roots… "DNA" is a powerful, inspired, tender, moving and funny drama, embodied by impressive actors of truth.
"Chiffon Boy" by Nicolas Maury
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The doubts and moods of an ultra-sensitive young man… Jeremiah, an eternal tortured and sickly jealous teenager, finds himself in pieces when Albert, his adored companion, leaves him.
Jérémie then returns to his mother in Limousin.
This first film by Nicolas Maury (Hervé in "Ten percent") is of rare delicacy and poetry.
"Poly" by
Nicolas Vanier
. Adapted from the soap opera of the 1960s, "Poly" tells a pretty story of friendship between a girl and a pony. The nature of the Cévennes is beautifully filmed there and we are moved by this little girl ready to do anything to snatch an animal from the hands of a formidable villain (played by Patrick Timsit). The plot, which ends on a scene full of suspense, is also punctuated by a few moments of humor.
“Little Vampire” by Joann Sfar
. Adapted by Joann Sfar from his comic strip and the resulting TV series, “Little Vampire” tells the story of a vampire who is 10 years old ... for three hundred years. Both funny and charming, the film will delight the youngest with its nifty gallery of monsters, while proving to be beneficial for parents: thanks to it, they will be able to discuss certain subjects with their children more easily, in particular that of the mourning.
"100% wolf" by Alexs Stadermann
. It is important not to stop at the unsightly graphics of the characters. On a frantic pace, "100% wolf" tells a beautiful story of emancipation: that of Freddy, born into a family of werewolves, but who turns into a tiny white and fuchsia pink poodle. Over action scenes spiced with humor and emotion, the film praises the difference. And underlines, precisely, that one should not trust appearances.
“Under the stars of Paris” by Claus Drexel
. A tale full of humanity and a pretty story of solidarity, this film features Christine (Catherine Frot), homeless for many years, who sees her loneliness broken by the sudden arrival of Suli, a little boy who does not speak French and lost his mother. When Christine understands that Suli's mother is threatened with expulsion, she decides to help the child… Despite a rather dry realization, this very current drama offers moments of poetry and a very moving end.
"Drunk" by Thomas Vinterberg
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Four slightly depressed high school teachers decide to put into practice the theory of a Norwegian psychologist: by maintaining his blood alcohol level at 0.5 g / l, the man would see his life markedly improved ... melancholy background, but the end of which, totally intoxicating, shows that it is above all a hymn to friendship and to life.
Alternately anguished, joyful and flayed, Mads Mikkelsen carries the film with incredible subtlety.
“Drunk” has just won the Oscar for best foreign language film.
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“Two” by Filippo Meneghetti
. Selected for the Oscars, winner of the César for the first film, “Deux” tells a love story between two women in their seventies, Madeleine (Martine Chevallier) and Nina (Barbara Sukowa). While the couple plans to fly to Rome to end their life there, a drama occurs… A stunning film of strength and emotion.
"30 days max" by Tarek Boudali
. A schoolboy comedy, vulgar, but funny ... Cowardly cop mocked by his colleagues, Rayane does not dare to admit his love to his colleague, Stéphanie. But when he learns, after having been bitten by a rat, that he has only thirty days "max" to live, he decides not to be walked on any more ... From an incredible scenario, Tarek Boudali does not avoid mistakes of taste, but connects effective gags and quite funny action scenes.
"Billie" by James Erskine
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This exceptional documentary is full of revelations about the extraordinary fate of Billie Holiday, who died in 1959 at the age of 44.
Entirely based on unpublished recorded tapes left by a journalist who had investigated the star in the 1960s, "Billie" is as surprising in substance as in form.
"Josep" by Aurel
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First film by cartoonist Aurel, "Josep" tells a little-known episode in French history: the imprisonment in camps of hundreds of thousands of Spanish Republicans who landed in France in 1939 to flee the Franco dictatorship.
It stages a story of solidarity and humanity in a cruel and violent context, illustrated by magnificent drawings which come to life, freeze or overlap.
“Calamity, a childhood of Martha Jane Cannary” by Rémi Chayé
. Sumptuous graphics, splendid landscapes, inventive and exhilarating scenario: this animated film should not be missed. This tells the story of the childhood of the future Calamity Jane. Take the story of young Martha who, at the end of the 19th century in the American West, accompanied her family in a convoy heading to less harsh and more welcoming territories.
“A Secret Life” by Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi and José Mari Goenaga
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This Spanish film, which is inspired by real events, tells the story of these Republican fighters forced to go into hiding for years after Franco's seizure of power.
Too long (2:27!), It arouses a feeling of suffocation ... But it is nonetheless impressive on the bottom and marked by a very moving end.
And also :
“Lupine III: The First” by Takashi Yamazaki
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The “gentleman burglar” Lupine third of the name returns on a frantic adventure, for the first time in the cinema in France, to mark his great return to the country of his illustrious grandfather.
He joins forces with the young Laëtitia to get hold of Bresson's journal, a treasure that even Arsène Lupine has never managed to steal ...
"Michelangelo" by Andrey Konchalovsky
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A biography of Michelangelo who is interested in moments of anguish and ecstasy of genius, and a dive into Florentine Italy at the beginning of the 16th century.
“On the road to Compostela” by Fergus Grady and Noel Smyth
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A documentary on six pilgrims who set out on the road to Compostela, 800 km long between France and Spain.
The story of ordinary people who make an extraordinary journey.
“Faustina, apostle of mercy” by Michal Kondrat
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In the 1930s, Sister Faustina received private revelations during many of Christ's appearances.
The latter is responsible for spreading the message of his divine mercy to the whole world.
A mission that Father Michel Sopocko, his confessor, will continue after Faustina's death ...
“Vortex” by Christophe Karabache
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The story, forbidden to under 16s, of a desperate killer who leaves town and crosses paths with a mysterious witch intimately linked to nature.
Between them then begins a strange organic relationship, between life and death.
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"Slalom" by Charlène Favier
. At 15, Lyz joined the ski-study section of the Savoyard high school in Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Her trainer, Fred, is initially very hard with her as with the other students, but soon enough, he decides to bet everything on his talent. The relationship between the teenager and her trainer becomes fusional, to the point of falling into the grip ... A very beautiful film, nestled in a mountain that evokes a thriller setting, with magnificent colors, powerful scenes and inhabited actors.
“Falling” by Viggo Mortensen
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John lives in California with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter Mónica.
His father, Willis, a stubborn man from a bygone era, now lives alone on the isolated farm where John grew up.
The son will then try to take care of his declining father, but the latter does not want to change anything in his way of life ... A heartbreaking drama.
"The Embrace"
by Ludovic Bergery
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It's Emmanuelle Béart's big comeback to the cinema.
In this first film by Ludovic Bergery, she plays Margaux, a woman who lost her husband and starts a new life.
Margaux resumes her studies, meets students and tries to reconnect with desire ... A delicate but sometimes harsh film about the mourning of youth and the quest for love.
"Mandibles" by Quentin Dupieux
. This is the new farce of the unpredictable Quentin Dupieux. This time, the musician, director and screenwriter stages two broken arms, Manu and Jean-Gab, who find a giant fly stuck in the trunk of a car. The duo take it into their heads to train the insect to earn money with it. There is in "Mandibules" a nice cousinization with the comedies of the Coen brothers and some funny gags, but the film seems too often freewheeling.
"The Wicker man" by Robin Hardy.
Cult film, Golden Unicorn at the 1974 Paris International Fantastic Film Festival, considered by the British Film Institute (the UK equivalent of our Cinémathèque française) as one of the 100 greatest feature films ever produced in the UK. United, this "Man of wicker" has never been released in theaters in France.
A gap finally repaired!
It tells of the investigation of a police officer in search of a missing girl, on a small island whose inhabitants display strange customs and affirm that the young girl never existed ...
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“Fly me” by Christophe Barratier
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Thomas spends his nights in a nightclub and his days in bed, until the day his father decides to cut him off and forces him to take care of one of his young patients: Marcus, 12, who suffers from 'a serious illness.
This meeting will upset the daily life of one and the other ...
"Tom & Jerry" by Tim Story
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Tom & Jerry's new adventures combine digital special effects and live action shots.
When Jerry settles into New York's finest hotel on the eve of the Century Wedding, Tom finds himself tasked with getting rid of the intruder.
A new chase begins between the cat and the mouse ...
“On-Gaku: our rock!
By Kenji Iwaisawa
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This animated feature film features a trio of marginal high school students who, one summer day and when they have never touched an instrument in their life, decide to create a music group.
“Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba - The movie: the infinity train” by Haruo Sotozaki
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This film was a hit at the Japanese box office.
It is inspired by a series of manga that follows the journey of Kamado Tanjirō.
This young boy is looking for a way to make his little sister Nezuko human again after her transformation into a demon.
Ben Smith's “StarDog and TurboCat”
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In this animated film, Buddy the dog finds himself, after a trip in space, in a future where animals are no longer welcome.
Fortunately, he meets Felix, a cunning cat, and convinces him to help him.
They therefore become Stardog and Turbocat, two hairy heroes on a crazy adventure.
“Violet Evergarden - The Movie” by Taichi Ishidate
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Here is another Japanese animated film, inspired by novels for young adults.
It features a young woman, Violet Evergarden, a former soldier who has become a “doll of automatic memories”, a job that consists of helping people write letters that transcribe their feelings.
“Audacieuses” by Cécile Carré, Anthony Coveney, Lauriane Escaffre…
Four short films on adolescence.
Stella, Anaïs, Élodie and Romane are determined to live their lives as they see fit!
Through different ages of life and the trials that will mark their lives, a single watchword: face.
The recoveries
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Breathless”
by Jean-Luc Godard.
“Dirty Dancing”
by Emile Ardolino.
“Patate”
by Sylvain Vincendeau, Claude Barras and Isabelle Favez.