“Libé” guides you through the cinema releases for this Wednesday January 8 with also “The Daughter of a Great Love”, “Nobody Understands Nothing”… Supporting trailers.
Love at first sight
“The Room Next Door” by Pedro Almodovar
In his first English-speaking feature film, the great Spanish filmmaker sublimates the bond between two childhood friends while one, ill, plans to end her life gently. Read our review and interview with actress Julianne Moore.
The Room Next Door of Pedro Almodóvar with Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore… 1 h 47.
“The Wild Fires” by Jia Zhangke
From twenty years of rushes and several years in the editing room, the filmmaker constructs a remarkable love story, crossed by the changes in 21st century China. Read our review.
Wild Fires de Jia Zhangke avec Zhao Tao, Zhubin Li, Jianlin Pan… 1 h 51.
“Bernie” by Richard Linklater
Inspired by a Texan news item, the black comedy, which this time is released in theaters, charms with its curious main character, an affable murderer. Read our review.
Bernie de Richard Linklater avec Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey… 1 h 36.
And also
“The Daughter of a Great Love” by Agnès de Sacy
From her parents' second marriage, the screenwriter who signs her first feature film draws a delicate and sincere evocation of the difficulties of reconnecting by loving each other differently. Read our review.
The Daughter of a Great Love by Agnès de Sacy, with Isabelle Carré, François Damiens, Claire Duburcq… 1 h 34.
“No one understands anything” by Yannick Kergoat
At the origin of the revelations on the supposed financing of the 2007 campaign by the Libyan dictatorship, Mediapart releases a film retracing the affair, while questioning his own media isolation. Read our review.
Nobody understands anything by Yannick Kergoat. 1:44 a.m.
“Winter in Sokcho” by Koya Kamura
Adapted from the first novel by Elisa Shua Dusapin, the film by the Franco-Japanese director questions the dual cultural identity but falls down the depressive slope of its characters. Charming, but not very fascinating. Read our review.
