2 premieres of the 10th French film festival >

Persepolis and Intimate enemies

PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi and Vicent Paronaud

Screening in original version with Czech subtitles

10th Frech film festival will be inaugurated with the film Persepolis; adapted by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud from Satrapi's black and white graphic novels. The movie, in French, is something new in an art form that is spinning in all directions. "I never saw it as a cartoon," the artist said in an interview. The artwork had to be in black and white, and the characters are never cute. There are none of the usual special effects - cars don't talk, Spidermen don't fly. But it is funny, imaginative, and sad, bringing the famous books to life.

This year at the festival in Cannes, the animated film in black and white has been viewed with pleasure by all. There has been word that the Iranian authorities are not pleased.

The visual diaries depict an Iranian girl's life, growing up under several regimes and revolutions, the rise of the mullahs, the imposition of the veil. It is a dark past, a hard story.

But it is also a movie of surprises: there's the striking art work, but also the tempo, fantasy, and drama, and the young author's forceful point of view. The best thing is the sense of real lives - her parents, uncle, grandmother, friends and enemies - throbbing behind the images and voices.

INTIMATE ENEMIES / ENNEMI INTIME by Florent Emilio Siri Screening in original version with Czech subtitles

A fictive combat tale inspired by scenarist Patrick Rotman's same-titled nonfiction book and documentary, Florent-Emilio Siri's Intimate Enemis provides a credibly gritty microcosm of French troops' experiences during the 1954-62 Algerian War. Pic takes no political standpoint beyond the usual war-is-hell, admitting that France's bloody attempt to hold onto its colony was a doomed waste of many lives on both sides. Pic works best as a straightforward portrait of a dirty ground conflict fought in unfamiliar territory. Visceral and engrossing, if not ultimately a first-rank war film, "Enemies" should do well at home and attract decent export interest. In leading roles Benoit Magimel and Albert Dupontel.

New realease of the film The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie of Luis Bunuel will be on the program of the festival as well as and the short film by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali An Andalusian Dog.

11 FILMS IN COMPETITION and CZECH CRITICS’ CHOICE

Competition of the French film festival > screenings with English subtitles

The selection for the competion of the French film festival was the Czech critics’ choice and 4 more films. Most of the films in competition will be screened in original version with Czech and English subtitles.


The films in Competition:

Among Adults (Entre adultes) by Stephane Brisé

Molière by Laurent Tirard

My Best friend (Mon meilleur ami) by Patrice Lecompte

Very well, thank you (Très bien merci) Thanks by Emmanuelle Cuau

Conversation with my Gardener (Dialogue avec mon jardinier) by Jean Becker

Stolen Holidays (Les petits vacances) by Olivier Peyon

Secret (Un Secret) by Claude Miller

You and me (Toi et Moi) by Julie Lopes-Curval

Don’t touch the Axe (Ne touchez pas la hache) by Jacques Rivette

A Girl cut in two (La fille coupée en deux) By Claude Chabrol

Waiting for someone (J’attends quelqu’un) by Louis Renard