D'Emmanuelle à Emmanuelle
« Emmanuelle » was released 50 years ago. Its main character, played by the young Sylvia Kristel, delve freely into her sexuality, without taboo. This bold movie became one of the great success of french cinema in the 70s, and Emmanuelle became the face of sexual liberation. Through the gaze of a woman, the character is back on the screen in 2024. This new Emmanuelle, written by Audrey Diwan, go in quest of a lost pleasure.
The Benefit of the Doubt
A documentary following US, Peter Brook's experimental play about the moral issues surrounding the Vietnam War, Benefit of the Doubt is the only known film record of the Royal Shakespeare Company production. It was filmed by Peter Whitehead concurrently with his Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967), on the surface a very different film, yet both share a central concern with the war, protest and Britain's political and cultural relationship with America.
Across the Aisle
An idealistic congressman attempts to woo his colleague from the other side of the aisle.
Jacques Doriot, le petit Führer français
Her Name Is Ida
During a long-awaited family pizza night, Martin makes an announcement that challenges the family dynamic. His parents come to understand that the truth cannot be accepted as one.