A Lado BB film screening of 'Les Pétroleuses', with general admission at €3.20 and discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, Youth Card holders, the unemployed, students, film students, juniors (up to 16) and over-65s.
The Dardenne brothers portray Jessica, Perla, Julie, Ariane and Naïma, mothers barely over 18 who, in a shelter, try to find their place in the world and offer their children a better future — an intimate portrait of youth and motherhood awarded Best Screenplay at Cannes.
A session of the Cinemateca retrospective dedicated to Noémia Delgado, screening 'The Bread Thief' (O Ladrão do Pão) and 'The Little Princess of Roses' (A Princesinha das Rosas). Tickets cost 3,20€, with discounts available.
The first major co-production between the Central African Republic and the DR Congo, Rafiki Fariala's vibrant musical drama, premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, follows Robert, a 17-year-old in Bangui who, amid war and his parents' imprisonment, finds in music a way to resist.
A Cinemateca screening of 'Le Repos du Guerrier' as part of the 'Lado BB' series, with tickets at 3,20€ and discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, youth card holders, the unemployed, students, over-65s and retirees.
Quentin Dupieux's absurdist black comedy 'Full Phil', presented at Cannes, stars Woody Harrelson as a millionaire American industrialist whose trip to Paris with his daughter (Kristen Stewart) becomes increasingly surreal. Screened at the 27th French Film Festival, tickets 6€.
The Paulo Branco retrospective at the Cinemateca brings 'Le Mariage à Trois' to the big screen. Tickets are €3.20, with reduced rates for students, seniors and other groups.
Julien Gaspar-Oliveri's raw family drama 'La Frappe', premiered at Cannes Critics' Week, builds suspense through silence around buried family trauma, with Diego Murgia and Bastien Bouillon. Part of the 27th French Film Festival, tickets 6€.