"Emphasis and harmony. The cinema of Arnaud Desplechin" showcase will be inaugurated by the screening of "Les Fantomes d'Ismael". The screening will be followed by a meeting with the director and Alba Rohrwacher - Cinema Massimo, 9 February 8.30 p.m.
Cinema Massimo – From 9 to 27 February 2018 – Screen Three
The National Cinema Museum is presenting the Emphasis and harmony. The cinema of Arnaud Desplechin film showcase at the Cinema Massimo, from Friday 9 to Tuesday 27 February 2018.
A complete showcase dedicated to this French director and screenwriter and to his vibrant cinema, always tuned into a minute analysis of feelings; a minimalist cinema, alert to its characters’ psychology, as they touch and crisscross each other in dynamics that are always fascinating. The family, growing up, human relationships in their everyday unfolding and in the miniatures of their consequences, are the focus of his interest, both in the documentaries and in the feature films making up his filmography. His debut behind the camera took place in 1991 with the medium-length film La Vie des morts, followed by La Sentinelle, which earned many prizes and launched Emmanuel Salinger into the Olympus of the most sought-after French actors. He obtained broader recognition in 2004 with Kings and queen, always with Mathieu Amalric, his alter ego.
The showcase will be inaugurated on Friday 9 February at 8.30 p.m. at the Cinema Massimo on Screen Three by the screening of his film Les Fantomes d'Ismael (France, 2017). The screening will be followed by a meeting with Arnaud Desplechin and Alba Rohrwacher. Admission 6.00/4.00/3.00 euro.
Ven 9, h. 20.30/Sab 24, h. 18.30
Screenings calendar
Fri 9, at 8.30 p.m./Sat 24, at 6.30 p.m.
Les Fantomes d'Ismael
(France 2017, 135’, DCP, col., o.v. it. s/t)
Ismaël Vuillard, a frantic writer, writes at night so as to repel his nightmares. Romantically linked to Sylvia, an astrophysicist with her head among the stars, he lost Carlotta, his young spouse, swallowed up twenty years before into nothingness. Since then, he has been looking after Henri Bloom, a film writer, a mentor and the inconsolable father of Carlotta, who returns one summer day from the nether world.