Even if the eruption of the omicron variant has once again upset release schedules, the 7th art is betting on many nuggets and blockbusters this year, where sequels and superheroes still take the lion's share.
To discover
The peasant humor of Bodins does not make Paris laugh
The Batman
, March 2
The vigilante of Gotham, who has the features of Robert Pattinson, is in the dark.
Under the relative secrecy of his mask or drenched in the thick, sticky Gotham rain, Bruce Wayne presents a harsh, tormented face.
Hieratic at best.
The millionaire who hunts down the vile and the rascal by night is accused of not being among the number of philanthropists in the metropolis.
No reaction from the heir full to the aces.
Emaciated features, eyebrows as arched as a gothic arch, the man does not yet know how to play flamboyant playboys.
Architect of the resurrection of Planet of the Apes, director Matt Reeves promises a different film, full of rage and anger, and not a story of origins.
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Belfast
, March 2
Director Kenneth Branagh brings his carefree childhood back to life in Belfast.
But in the summer of 1969, the rise in tensions between Catholics and Protestants signaled the end of this time of innocence.
In the shoes of the actor's parents, Jamie Dorman (
50 Shades of Gray
) and Caitriona Balfe (the
Outlander
series ) can hope for an Oscar nomination.
The semi-autobiographical film received the Audience Award in Toronto and deserves all the tears and laughs you will shed.
A huge crush.
Crimes of the Future
, date not announced
In the near future, humanity has learned to live without its bodily envelope.
This evolution causes humans to go beyond their natural state and to metamorphose, by modifying their biological composition.
Saul Tenser is a "performer" who embraced the syndrome of accelerated evolution, causing new and unexpected organs to appear in his body.
With his partner Caprice, Tenser has transformed the removal of these organs into a spectacle that his loyal followers can admire in real time.
Can we hope to see David Cronenberg, Viggo Mortensen, Kristen Stewart and Léa Seydoux climb the stairs in Cannes?
May be !
Cyrano
, March 23
Joe Wright (
Come back to me
) is adapting the Broadway musical inspired by Edmond Rostand's classic to the big screen.
In the skin of the poet soldier a prodigious Peter Dinklage, far from
Game of Thrones
.
Decision t
o Leave,
date unspecified
Perhaps another contender for the Croisette.
Korean Park Chan-Wook
(Miss, Old Boy)
follows an honest policeman who investigates a suspicious death in a mountain.
Soon, he begins to suspect the wife of the deceased while being attracted to her.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,
May
4
The Marvel agenda will be busy in 2022. This first blockbuster which launches hostilities is directed by Sam Raimi and extends the exploration of the multiverse explored brilliantly in
Spider-Man No Way Home
.
A darker turn for the wizard played by Benedict Cumberbatch who finds the bereaved Scarlet Witch, Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen).
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... What Marvel is preparing for this year 2022
Downton Abbey: a new era
, March 16
End of the 1920s. The Crawleys and their servants leave their Yorkshire home to discover the delights of the French Riviera, where the Dowager Countess inherited a villa from a mysterious admirer of youth.
Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery ... The entire cast of the cult series is at the rendezvous of this second part imagined by Julian Fellowes.
The French Nathalie Baye and Jonathan Zaccaï from the
Bureau des Légendes
are also in the game.
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Downton Abbey
sets sail for the Riviera for his second film "full of good feelings"
Jurassic World: The Next World,
June 8
A great mystery hangs over the synopsis of this third installment where we find Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas-Howard but we can imagine a difficult cohabitation between humans and dinosaurs.
The True Family,
February 16
Anna, 34, lives with her husband, her two little boys and Simon, a child placed with them by Social Assistance since the age of 18 months, who is now 6 years old.
One day, Simon's biological father expresses a desire to regain custody of his son.
It is heartbreaking for Anna, who cannot bring herself to let go the one who has always called her "Mom".
Fabien Gorgeart's film received at the Angoulême Festival, the prize for best actress for Mélanie Thierry and the jury prize.
Fantastic Beasts 3: Dumbledore's Secrets
April 13
To counter his former friend Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen who replaces the ostracized Johnny Depp) who, convinced of the superiority of wizards, wants to enslave and terrorize the world, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) calls for help his former pupil and lover magical creatures the "magizoologist" Norbert Dragonneau (Eddie Redmayne). Dumbledore, who was then only an esteemed Hogwarts professor and not its headmaster, instructed him to assemble a disparate team: his brother, a senior official in the Ministry of Magic Theseus (Callum Turner), the descendant of an august line of magicians. , a professor of magic or Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler), the faithful baker without power (a muggle in the jargon of JK Rowling). But in the world of the 1930s, tensions do not only rise among the magical community.
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plunges Hogwarts into World War II
The Origin of Evil
, November 2
Worker in a cannery, Stéphane gets back in touch with Serge, the father she never knew.
She then discovers an extremely rich man, reclusive in his huge home and surrounded by the women in his life who will seek to destabilize her.
To impress them, Stéphane invents another life.
Jealousies and resentments begin to fracture the family.
Evil is spreading… Director Sébastien Marnier brings together Laure Calamy, Doria Tillier, Dominique Blanc, Jacques Weber and Céleste Brunnquell (
In therapy
).
Nightmare Alley
, January 19
As he goes through a rough patch, the charismatic Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) arrives at a traveling fair and manages to curry favor with a psychic, Zeena (Toni Collette) and her husband Pete (David Strathairn) , a former glory of mentalism.
Learning about them, he sees this as a way to get his ticket to success and decides to use his new “telepathic” talents to rip off the elite of good New York society in the 1940s. enigmatic psychiatrist Lilith Ritter (Cate Blanchett) on his way.
Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro delivers an elegant and luxurious tribute to black films and their femme fatales.
Our children's souls
, January 26
Radio journalist, Johnny interviews young people across the country on their vision of the future.
A family crisis suddenly turns his life upside down.
His sister, to whom he is not very close, asks him to take care of her son, Jesse.
Johnny agrees to do it but has no experience raising a child.
Yet he takes this nephew on his road trip across America.
Mike Mills (
Beginners
) captures a calmed Joaquin Phoenix with a lot of poetry.
Notre-Dame burns,
March 16
The feature film by Jean-Jacques Annaud, hour by hour reconstructs the incredible reality of the events of April 15, 2019 when the cathedral suffered the most important disaster in its history.
And how women and men will put their lives in peril in an incredible and heroic rescue.
With Samuel Labarthe, Jérémie Laheurte, Chloé Jouannet and Pierre Lottin.
Scream
, January 12
Twenty-five years after the peaceful town of Woodsboro was hit by a series of violent murders, a new killer dons the mask of Ghostface and targets a group of teenagers.
He is determined to bring back the dark secrets of the past.
Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette reprise their iconic roles alongside Melissa Barrera, Kyle Gallner, Mason Gooding, Mikey Madison, Dylan Minnette and Jenna Ortega.
The Innocents
, February 9
In the summer tranquility of a northern suburb, four children discover amazing powers that they innocently summon up in their games, far from the eyes of adults.
As they explore their new abilities in the surrounding forest and park, their distractions slowly take on a disturbing turn.
The director is the Norwegian Eskil Vogt, co-writer of Julie in 12 Chapters.
The Innocents received a lot of attention at the Critics' Week this summer in Cannes.
Top Gun Maverick,
May 25
Often postponed because of the pandemic, this sequel, ready for two years, finds the best fighter pilot in the US Navy.
Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) continues to push his limits as a test pilot. He refuses to rise in rank because it would force him to give up flying. He is tasked with training a detachment of young graduates. During this special mission, Maverick meets Lieutenant Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw (Miles Teller), the son of his late friend, navigator Nick “Goose” Bradshaw. Tom Cruise is also due in theaters on September 28 for the 7th installment of
Mission Impossible
.
Uncharted,
February 16
Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg wear this adaptation of the adventure video game of the same name.
A young girl who is doing well,
January 26
For her first film, Sandrine Kiberlain tells about the summer of 1942 of Irene (formidable Rebecca Marder).
The young Jewish girl saw the momentum of her 19 years in Paris.
Her family watches her discover the world, her friendships, her new love, her passion for the theater… Irene wants to become an actress and her days are linked in the carefree attitude of her youth.
Z like Z
, June
The shooting of a horror film of "Z series" turns into a disaster.
The technical team is jaded and the actors are elsewhere.
Despite a paltry budget, the director seems motivated to bring this zombie movie to a successful conclusion.
However, in the middle of filming, the team is attacked by real living dead.
Michel Hazanavicius embarks on his remake of the Japanese film Do not cut Romain Duris, Bérénice Bejo, Grégory Gadebois and Finnegan Oldfield.
