Julien Colonna and Guillaume Senez

Corsica 1995, a father in hiding and on the run with his teenage daughter Lésia and her gaze, helpless in the face of men's violence.
Julien Colonnais the director of this first film, “The Kingdom”.
A territory, he says, where fathers are looked upon as kings by their children. But a kingdom also like a lost paradise.

He travels around Tokyo every day at the wheel of his taxi in the hope of finding his daughter Lily, of whom he has never been able to obtain custody.
Guillaume Senezfrom a current news item in Japan, the Belgian filmmaker has made a fiction, “A Missing Part”, with Romain Duris at its heart.

“The Kingdom” and “A Missing Part” on our screens next Wednesday, as well as many other films…

The choice of films:

• The Nevenka AffairIciar Bollaín
• Get to work!Gilles Perret
• I Feel Fine, Austin Spicer, Hailey Spicer
• Louise VioletEric Besnard
• The Shadow of the CommanderDaniela Völker
• The SubstanceCoralie Fargeat
• Three FriendsEmmanuel Mouret
• Trip to GazaPiero Usberti
• PleasureMax Ophüls (reissue, 1940)
• Without TomorrowMax Ophüls (reissue, 1952)
• Madam of… Max Ophüls (reissue, 1953)

Festivals :

• Arras Film Festival from November 8 to 17
  The film festival returns to Arras for a 25th edition. On the program: previews, screenings of classics, meetings with the film teams but also film concerts. Comedies, thrillers, sci-fi, animations… there is something for everyone, with many films being previews but also retrospectives of classics and so-called “special” screenings, for a total of 115 films offered this year, mainly European with two focuses on Italy and Yugloslavia.
• Cinéfil in Charleville-Mézières from November 13 to 17
  Charleville-Mézières is hosting the second edition of the Cinéfil festival, a unique biennial event combining cinema, screens and puppets, offering a rich and diverse program. It is an innovative celebration of cinema and puppetry, an art at the heart of the history of cinema and modern media. This year, the festival offers a series of screenings, with more than 70 films from 22 countries, combining short films, documentaries and fiction. School film shorts dedicated to students complete the programming, stimulating the imagination of the youngest. Four days to see short or long films, unexpected images, and meet artists. Four days to discover behind the scenes, to participate in manufacturing workshops. Four days to fill with dozens of emotions.
• Muret International Film Festival from November 10 to 17
  For eight days, Muret becomes the most cinema-loving town in Occitania, with the twelfth edition of its International Film Festival. There are 55 films, and not the least, all in preview which will be screened. Guest of honor of the festival, Gilles Perret, emblematic figure of French documentary cinema, who seduced us last year with “La ferme des Bertrand” will be present on Monday November 11 and Tuesday November 12, to accompany seven of his films including ” Get to Work!” his new documentary which offers an incisive look at social inequalities and dignity at work. Fifty-five films and documentaries, and among them 20 in competition, half French, the others from all over the world, most of which will be released in 2025, are on the bill for this festival which, this year, has as its theme conducts otherness and living together. Let's even add that children are not forgotten, with three children's films and a movie snack!

Gifts given to guests:

• Le Comte de Monte Cristo by Alexandre De La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte released on November 6 by Pathé.
  With: Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier, Laurent Lafitte
  Victim of a conspiracy, young Edmond Dantès is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After fourteen years of detention at the Château d'If, he managed to escape. Having become immensely rich, he returns under the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo to take revenge on the three men who betrayed him.
• The Third Man by Carol Reed (1949), box set released by Studiocanal on November 6, 2024
  Avec: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Paul Horbiger, Ernst Deutsch, Erich Ponto
  Victim of a conspiracy, young Edmond Dantès is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After fourteen years of detention at the Château d'If, he managed to escape. Having become immensely rich, he returns under the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo to take revenge on the three men who betrayed him.

Musical programming:

Blasé, Ice Comfortable (2024)