15.10. - 20:00 - Faces Places OmU
18.09.2024 - ESOC Ciné-Club
Faces Places (original title: Visages Villages) is a French documentary by and about street art artist JR and filmmaker Agnès Varda, which premiered in 2017 as part of the Cannes Film Festival. It describes the unlikely friendship of two artists of different generations and media influencing each other (similar to Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat). The two drive through the French countryside, from Provence to Normandy, and photograph people whose portraits they then immortalize on facades.
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05.11. - 20:00 - Driving Madeleine OmU
18.09.2024 - ESOC Ciné-Club
Driving Madeleine is a 2022 film about a life story and a fateful taxi ride. An annoyed taxi driver and his 92-year-old customer: slowly a conversation develops, in which each one offers insight into the life of the other. The taxi scenes transition into flashbacks, but the focus is on Madeleine and her life path. A film about the things that matter in life. Une belle course Originalsprache mit deutschen Untertiteln
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03.12. - 20:00 - The Taste of Things OmU
18.09.2024 - ESOC Ciné-Club
The Taste of Things is perhaps the most culinary film of all time. But the film also deals with love and dedication. Dishes from past times are shown very plastically, with the dishes created by star chef Pierre Gagnaire. In this film you will also be able to admire an everyoung Juliette Binoche. The film is a veritable gourmet event. Please do not come to the film hungry, as the film will not leave any stomach indifferent.
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14.01. - 20:45 - Mr. Blake at your service OmU
18.09.2024 - ESOC Ciné-Club
Mr. Blake at your service is a 2023 film. It is a juicy comedy in which you will experience a French-speaking John Malkovich. Andrew Blake is tired of a world he no longer fits into without the people he loves and those who disappear one by one. He decides to abandon the management of his small company and work as a butler in France, the country where he met his wife.
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04.02. - 20:00 - Out of Season OmU
18.09.2024 - ESOC Ciné-Club
Out of Season is a 2023 film starring Guillaume Canet and Alba Rohrwacher. It deals with depression and success, different life choices and scenarios. Mathieu lives in Paris, Alice in a small spa town. They have a brief affair, and then both go their own way. To expel his melancholy, Mathieu goes to a spa facility where he happens to meet Alice and buried feelings are whirled up. Hors-Saison Originalsprache mit deutschen Untertiteln
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04.03. - 20:00 - Sidonie in Japan OmU
18.09.2024 - ESOC Ciné-Club
Sidonie in Japan is a 2023 film starring the tireless Isabelle Huppert. It deals with cultural misunderstandings, grief and memories. But the focus is also on the fact that in Japan, spirits and ghosts are taken very seriously and are part of everyday life. This sometimes creates strange situations. A bittersweet story about overcoming grief and new beginnings. For Japanese friends, it’s a particularly enjoyable movie experience, as the movie settings are simply dreamlike.
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