"The utterly remarkable Charlotte Rampling oozes charisma throughout this ever-shifting light-and-dark drama as the uncompromising mentor to a one-time concert piano prodigy (François Civil, who - remarkably - matches Rampling shot for crumpled, scene-stealing shot), following his return to his Lyon home after eight years teaching in Japan. But a brutal night of solitary, alcohol-fuelled self-recrimination following a brief meeting with a young woman throws everything into chaos."
"Young leads Paul Kircher, Salif Cissé, and Idir Azougli are astonishing in this buddy movie-plus set in darkest Diagonale du vide as young friends who have to face up to the obvious - and not-so obvious - end-point of what had, until then, been carefree lives of drugs, fun and alcohol when the spontaneous theft of a cat goes horribly wrong."
"Thursday, November 13th Revoir Paris (Paris Memories) Where? Arlequin 76 rue de rennes, Paris. When? Drinks at 7pm, screening at 8pm, followed by Q&A with director Alice Winocour Virginie Efira won a César for her gut-wrenching portrayal of an interpreter struggling with the lingering mental and physical effects of having survived a terror attack in Paris months earlier. As she tries to move on with her life, she sets out to find the restaurant kitchen em"
Lost in Frenchlation presents eight French-language films with English subtitles across November in Paris, each screening accompanied by drinks and a director Q&A. Events take place at venues including Cinéma du Panthéon, L'Entrepôt, and Arlequin, with scheduled drinks at 7pm and screenings at 8pm. Selections include Deux Pianos featuring Charlotte Rampling and François Civil, Meteors with Paul Kircher, Salif Cissé and Idir Azougli, and Revoir Paris starring Virginie Efira. Films cover themes of mentorship, artistic crisis, youthful reckoning, and trauma recovery. Several screenings feature post-film Q&As with the directors.
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