The Lumière Festival will take place from October 12 to 20 throughout the Lyon metropolis. For this edition, the festival will award its traditional Lumière Prize, a distinction which rewards a personality who has left its mark on the history of cinema. Isabelle Huppert will be in the spotlight. She will receive this distinction on Friday October 18.
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Created in 2009 by teams from the Institut Lumière, the Lumière Festival celebrates the classic films that have made the history of cinema. An unmissable festival in the city that saw the birth of the 7th Art.
From October 12 to 20, the festival will offer numerous screenings, debates and meetings in 43 locations in the Lyon metropolis.
Over the nine days of the event, the festival has many highlights. Like every year, the Halle Tony Garnier will welcome the opening ceremony marked by the screening of the film “A ghost” by Christian Jaque. This film, shot in 1946, takes the viewer back to post-war Lyon.
“The film begins in an extremely foggy atmosphere. There are shots of the slopes of Croix-Rousse, Place Antoine Vollon, the traboules, the quays. All Lyonnais will recognize everything, while being struck by the change”, explains Maëlle Arnaud, programmer of the Lumière Festival.
“Un Revenant” with Louis Jouvet, 1946 film shot in Lyon: screening of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Lumière Festival.
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It is the first film shot in Lyon after the Second World War. The symbol of the revival of French cinema. On display, Louis Jouvet returns to the screens after his exile. The film was presented in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 1946. “A Ghost” is based on a sordid news item that occurred among the upper bourgeoisie of Lyon in the 1920s. The film is loosely inspired by the scandal of the affair Gillett.
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♦ Two large retrospectives are proposed: one around the American director Fred Zinnemann and the other on the cult Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune.
♦ film concerts are planned at the Auditorium. Among the highlights: A special evening on October 14 is dedicated in the auditorium to Canadian director Xavier Dolan, with the screening of the film Mommy. L‘Orchestra national de Lyon, conducted by Timothy Brock, will accompany the screening of the film Vampire by Carl Theodo, 17 October.
♦ Several cinema personalities will be in the spotlight on the occasion of masterclass scheduled at the Pathé Bellecour: Vanessa Paradis, Costa-Gavras, Xavier Dolan, Giuseppe Tornatore or Benicio del Toro. Isabelle Huppert will receive the Lumière Prize on Friday October 18. Earlier in the day, she will hold a masterclass at 3 p.m. at the Théâtre des Célestins.
♦ On October 19, the Festival invites fans of thrills at the Halle Tony Garnier for a Night “Journey to the end of horror” with the screening of four classics of the genre: “the hill has eyes”, “heredity”, “the exorcist” et “the claws of the night”.
♦ Children will not be forgotten : on Sunday October 13, 5,000 children and their parents are expected to rediscover it on the big screen “The 12 labors of Asterix”.
♦ The closing session is a tribute to Alain Delon. The screening of “Plein Soleil” by René Clément will take place on Sunday October 20 (3 p.m.) at the Halle Tony Garnier. “The emotion at the announcement of his recent death was intense, as if we still had to prove that cinema is part of our lives. To pay tribute to him and to see him again on the big screen of the Halle Tony Garnier , the Lumière festival dedicates its Closing Ceremony to Alain Delon”, said the organizers.
Retrospectives, giant screenings, film concerts, meetings and exhibitions, the program is rich and varied. To consult in detail on the festival website.
