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I, Olga Hepnarova
by Tom Weinreb & Petr Kazda
In Your Dreams!
by Petr Oukropec
2/9/16 5:00 PM
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Rudd, Coogan
Say I Do for
An Ideal Home
By Rebecca Ford
French art house icon Isabelle Huppert arrives for the premiere of her new drama directed by Mia Hansen-Love.
Read THRs review of the Berlinale competition title on page 33.
By Rebecca Ford
An emerging niche market for mid-budget releases could be a game-changer for independent
producers hoping to get a slice of the Chinese movie boom By Patrick Brzeski and Scott Roxborough
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theREPORT
HEAT INDEX
MICHAEL SHANNON
The actor is receiving rave reviews for
his performance as a father trying to
protect his young son with superpowers in
Midnight Special, his fourth collaboration
with director Jeff Nichols.
ARIANNE FRASER
China
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
MOUNTAINS MAY
DEPART (2015)
$5 MILLION
After years of foreign festival
acclaim his Touch of
Sin won the Cannes best
screenplay award in 2013
but zero theatrical exposure
back home, Chinese auteur
Jia Zhangke finally scored
a domestic release with
this feature, which earned
an estimated $5 million.
Ideal Home
Nichols
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BLACK COAL,
THIN ICE (2014)
$16.5 MILLION
Director Diao Yinans
art house thriller achieved
the impossible: It won over
foreign critics with its noirish
take on contemporary
China, passed the test at
Beijings censorship
bureau and received a
mainstream embrace from
domestic moviegoers.
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SCREENINGS
TODAY / Feb 14th / 12:00 pm / Berlinale Palast / PRESS
TODAY / Feb 14th / 7:00 pm / Berlinale Palast / PREMIERE
TOMORROW / Feb 15th / 10:00 am / Haus der Berliner Festspiele
TOMORROW / Feb 15th / 11:30 am / CinemaxX 10
TOMORROW / Feb 15th / 12:15 pm / Friedrichstadt-Palast
TOMORROW / Feb 15th / 6:00 pm / Zoo Palast 1
SUNDAY / Feb 21st / 10:00 pm / Haus der Berliner Festspiele
2/4/16 12:16 PM
theREPORT
A-List Comedies
Getting the Last
Laugh in Berlin
By Rebecca Ford
Neesons Korean
War Pic Sells to
Germany, Taiwan
Hayek
Exclusive
First Look
By Patrick Brzeski
The Runaround
Oscar winner J.K. Simmons plays a workaholic father who, after his daughter (Analeigh Tipton) goes missing,
begrudgingly teams up with her ex-boyfriend (Emile Hirsch) to find her. The Solution is selling Gavin Wiesens comedy in Berlin.
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theREPORT
BERLINALE IN BRIEF
Cumberbatch to Narrate
Naples 44 Documentary
Schamus Named
Qatari Qumra Master
n
H i d d eS
GEM
Director Aaron Brookner set out to make a doc about his filmmaker uncle and,
thanks to William S. Burroughs, discovered a man he never knew By Alex Ritman
Howard Brookner
(right) with Burroughs
in the 1980s.
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SUSANNE BIER
The filmmaker is in Berlin
with The Ink Factorys TV spy
drama The Night Manager.
Only in Berlin moment
I was on the competition
jury a couple of years ago
when Wong Kar-wai was
jury head. The festival
coincided with the Chinese
New Year, so Wong took
us all out to a Chinese
restaurant in Berlin. It was
a really wild evening
and definitely one that could
only happen in Berlin.
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Estonia
SPECIAL FEATURE
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SAVE MONEY
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NEXT FILM?
HEAD EAST
Lithuania
Poland
Czech
Republic
Hungary
CZECH REPUBLIC
original sites,
including a church
where the secret
agents were
trapped and killed
by the Germans,
still exist, lending
authenticity to
the film. Daria
Spackova, manAnthropoid
aging director of
local co-producers Lucky Many Films,
says the Czech Republic system could
not have worked better. The incentives system is clearly arranged and
simple, she says. Lucky Many used
the rebates for its previous film, Lost
in Munich, and plans to apply again
for its next project, Zatopek, both from
Czech directors.
INCENTIVES
A cash rebate system features 20 percent available for qualifying Czech
spending and 10 percent for international spending that applies to film and
TV, including all postproduction work.
TALENT TO WATCH
A 1995 graduate of Pragues FAMU
famous film school, Petr Vaclav has
developed a reputation for versatility.
His first feature, Marian (1996), won
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IN BERLIN
Three Czech films are in selection:
Vaclavs We Are Never Alone (Forum),
an existential drama set in modern-day Europe; Tomas Weinreb
and Petr Kazdas I, Olga Hepnarova
(Panorama), the story of the last
woman put to death in Czechoslovakia
(and a co-production with Poland);
and Petr Oukropecs childrens film
In Your Dreams (Generation 14plus).
Michal Hogenauers Outside is at
the Co-Production Market, and EFM
screenings include Devils Mistress,
Filip Rencs drama about Czech actress
Lida Baarova, who was Joseph
Goebbels mistress.
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ESTONIA
The Martian
H U N G A RY
Ridley Scott chose Hungarys Korda Studios to film The Martian because it has some of the
largest and tallest soundstages in Europe. The films production team took over the studios,
located 18 miles west of Budapest, and built the Mars plain using 4,000 tons of local soil
on a massive 64,300-square-foot soundstage where Matt Damons astronaut character
battles the Red Planets elements. Other sets, including a NASA Mission Control Room, were
constructed on the studios five other stages. Korda boasts a total of nearly 162,000 square
feet of soundstages, with the tallest reaching 65 feet, and has a 37-acre empty backlot and
25 acres of ready-built medieval, renaissance and New York City sets. Producer Howard
Ellis of Budapest-based Mid Atlantic Films, which he runs with co-founder Adam Goodman,
notes that Hungarys long-established and generous incentives system was instrumental
in bringing yet another Hollywood production to the country. Right now, Hungary has a
rare combination that is not found in any other location outside of the U.S., Canada and the
U.K., he says. The talent and maturity of crew, deep infrastructure for film and very reliable
and attractive tax incentives create the perfect storm in a good way for filmmakers.
Ellis adds that his company in the past year has worked on such Hollywood productions as
Universals Emerald City, Foxs Tyrant and NBC/Universal The Last Carnival.
INCENTIVES
Hungary is an experienced player in Europes movie incentives game. One of the first
former Eastern Bloc countries (in 2004) to introduce generous tax incentives, it has
progressively increased the amount available to up to 30 percent or eligible productions.
Officially recognized by the European Audiovisual Observatory for the boost its incentives
give to film production between 2010 and 2013, movie spending in Hungary accounted
for on average 0.15 percent of GDP, double that of the U.K. and France national film
fund managers are expecting $200 million in incoming production spending this year alone.
A new statutory commitment by the government to maintain a 14 billion forints (about
$50 million) deposit account to ensure money is available to be paid out for approved
tax rebates is the latest tool to keep Hungarian studios, crews and locations busy with
international productions. There is confidence and trust toward the Hungarian film
industry and its representatives from filmmakers and producers worldwide, says Agnes
Havas, CEO of the Hungarian Film Fund.
TALENT TO WATCH
TALENT TO WATCH
INCENTIVES
IN BERLIN
Estonia has no films in official selection, but for the first time, its
presenting a project, Comrade Child, directed by Moonika Siimets,
at the Co-Production Market. EFM titles include Family Lies,
directed by Manfred Vainokivi and Valentin Kuik; The Polar Boy;
Ghost Mountaineer; and Mother.
Karoly Uij Meszaros, with a track record as a director and producer of commercials, short films and a stage play, has made his feature debut with Liza
the Fox-Fairy, a quirky romantic comedy set in Hungary in the late 1960s. The
film, inspired by the work of the Kaurismaki Brothers and Wes Anderson,
has become a box-office hit, with more than 120,000 admissions in Hungary.
IN BERLIN
Bence Fliegauf returns to Berlinales Forum where his debut feature, Rengeteg, screened
in 2003 with Lily Lane (Liliom osveny), the story of a mother and her young son whose
relationship
Lily Lane
is inextricably
linked to stories
and fantasy. And
Reka Bucsis
animated Love
will screen in the
festivals shorts
competition.
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Introduced at the
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Jella Haase
Germany
Federico Ferrantini
Janita Sassen
Lou de Lage
France
Honoured with
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Stars Award donated
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Sarah Robine
Ona Pinkus
Sara Serraiocco
Italy
Daphn Patakia
Greece
Ruben Vega
Participating EFP
members
Croatian Audiovisual Centre,
EYE International/ The
Netherlands, Flanders Image/
Belgium, German Films,
Greek Film Centre, ICA A /
Spain, Icelandic Film Centre,
Istituto Luce Cinecitt /Italy,
Swiss Films, UniFrance films.
Ana Mihali
Mara Valverde
Spain
Tihana Lazovi
Croatia
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Special Thanks
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SPECIAL FEATURE
LITHUANIA
INCENTIVES
Under a plan introduced in January 2014, productions
that spend up to one-fifth of their budget in Lithuania
can quality for a 20 percent tax rebate via a local production partner, which may use the rebate to reduce
local corporate income tax liability. The incentive is
available to feature films, telefilms, documentaries
and animated movies. Domestic films, co-produced
or commissioned films can take advantage of the
incentive, which is managed by the Lithuanian Film
Center. Ruokyte-Jonsson says that in the current
European environment, standing out from the crowd
is what matters. Its a very tough competition to
attract foreign productions when it comes to tax
incentives, she says. Twenty percent today maybe
is not a sky-high benefit, but combining this with a
super effective, highly professional multilingual local
crew makes the whole package attractive and valuable. Everything is possible in Lithuania. Last year,
in addition to the two-day co-production networking
event on the schooner, Ruokyte-Jonsson promoted
Lithuanian film by setting up a 50-seat theater in the
departure lounge of Vilnius International Airport.
TALENT TO WATCH
IN BERLIN
Mariupolis has its world premiere in the Berlinales
Panorama Documentary section. At the EFM, Wide
is repping Mikko Kuparinens 2 Nights Till Morning,
about a French woman architect and Finnish DJ
who meet while on business trips in Vilnius and end
up spending the night together. When a volcanic
ash cloud grounds their flights, their one-night
stand is extended.
POLAND
INCENTIVES
The countrys system of film support
differs from the rest of the region. The
TALENT TO WATCH
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IN BERLIN
Official selection titles also include
I, Olga Hepnarova (Panorama),
the Czech co-production; Marta
Minorowiczs Zud (Generation Kplus);
Adrian Sitarus Illegitimate (Forum),
produced with France and Romania;
and Joaquin del Pasos PanAmerican
Machinery (Forum), a co-production
with Mexico. Agnus Dei is on offer at
EFM via Films Distribution.
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With mid-budget releases becoming virtually nonexistent in the countrys increasingly corporate
film sector, independent-minded talents are taking matters into their own hands BY LEE HYO-WON
H E SOU T H KOR E A N F I L M
genre pictures have virtually vacated the field. recent years: 91 titles in 2011, 172 in 2012, 246
On a given weekend, the top three boxin 2012 and 359 last year.
office hits take up about three-quarters of the
So, even though a record number of films
screens across Korea. This doesnt give audiwere released in 2015, only 47 titles or
ences much of a choice, says film critic Jeong
1.37 percent managed to secure 500 or
Ji-ouk. The situation is compounded by the
more screens, and those accounted for 81 perfact that top investor-distributors such as CJ
cent of the annual admissions.
Entertainment and Lotte Entertainment also
Five to 10 films open every week, which is
own the countrys largest exhibitors. [Veteran too many considering the size of the domestic
and Assassination] were very well-made films
market. If films dont have a big debut, they
in and of themselves, but we also need to take
get pulled immediately, and then cinemas will
this unfair market structure into considerallot more screens to the bigger blockbustation, Jeong adds.
ers, says a staff member at a major multiplex
Though more films are being
who asked not to be named.
made and released than ever before,
As polarization within the
ILLUSTRATION BY
fewer new titles are actually reachindustry deepens between both
Rafael
ing viewers. In 2015, a record 1,208
big-budget and indie filmmakAlvarez
movies were released in South
ing as well as younger and older
Korea, of which 538, or 41 percent,
audiences insiders say Koreas
were shown on just one screen (Age of Ultron,
oligarchic entertainment conglomerates
by comparison, opened on 1,843 Korean
are only becoming more conservative about
screens). And half of these single-screen
the projects they greenlight.
releases played in the cinema just once before
And much like in Hollywood, its the stars
hitting VOD channels. The number of such
who are stepping up and throwing their weight
single-screen films has been on the rise in
behind inspiring, indie-spirited projects.
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Operation
Chromite
HE SOUTH
Korean film
industry is booming more than
ever, with box-office revenue
and theater admissions in 2015
hitting all-time highs for the
sixth consecutive year. With
a diverse range of big-budget
movies slated for 2016, THR
spotlights five titles already
generating buzz.
Operation Chromite
CJ ENTERTAINMENT (EFM SALES
HANDLED BY FINECUT)
Train to Busan
NEXT ENTERTAINMENT WORLD
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SPECIAL FEATURE
A Korean in Paris
HOUGH LOCAL
films have
been booming
at the South
Korean box office, there have
been relatively few parts for
actresses amid the dominance of testosterone-fueled
actioners. Lee Jung-hyun,
for example, turned to indie
cinema because she could
not find interesting women
to play after appearing in a
minor role in the box-office
smash Roaring Currents.
This year, however, major
studios are spinning out
female-driven titles featuring
Kim Hae-soo
Ha Ji-won
Han Hyo-joo
Son Ye-jin
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via CJ Entertainment.
Cannes winner Jeon
Do-yeon (Secret Sunshine) was
one of the few actresses who
had a memorable presence in
2015 Korean cinema through
The Shameless and the martial
arts epic Memories of the
Sword. She will return with A
Man and a Woman, about a
mother who heads to Finland
to send her autistic son to a
special camp and becomes
passionately drawn to a fellow
parent. This is Jeons second
time working on a melodrama
directed by Lee Yoon-gi, following 2008s One Fine Day.
Kim Hye-soo, Koreas
biggest sex symbol, stood
out last year in Coin Locker
Girl, a female buddy film that
debuted at Cannes. In the
second quarter of 2016, art will
imitate life as the 45-year-old
takes on the role of a superstar
in Familyhood. In this drama
directed by Kim Tae-gon, the
actress flirts with the idea of
becoming a single mother
as she realizes that her star
wattage is fading.
A-lister Son Ye-jin (The
Pirates) will take the lead in
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world of
extraordinary
vulnerability,
Gibney says.
Q&A DIRECTOR
Alex Gibney
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IN COMPETITION
Berlinale Special
Panorama Special
Panorama Special
Panorama Dokumente
Forum Special
Forum Special
Generation Kplus
Generation 14plus
by Serpil Turhan
Producer: DFFB
by Katarina Stankovi
Co-Producer: Ester.Reglin.Film
World Sales: Patra Spanou Film Marketing & Consulting
NEW FILMS
FROM GERMANY
2/3/16 10:53 AM
About Town
4 Jury members
Clive Owen and Alba
Rohrwacher (in Miu
Miu) share a laugh on
stage during the
Berlinale opening
ceremony Feb. 11.
5 Channing Tatum
(in Dolce & Gabbana)
walked the red carpet
for the opening-night
screening of Hail,
Caesar! on Feb. 11.
6 From left: Hail,
Caesar! writer-directors
Ethan and Joel Coen
flank the legendary Ben
Barenholtz. Barenholtz,
who produced several
of the brothers titles,
including their second
feature, 1987s
Raising Arizona, was
awarded an honorary
Berlinale Camera Award
at the Martin-GropiusBau on Feb. 12.
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PORTRAIT
OF A
GARDEN
by Rosie Stapel
Screenings:
Sun Feb 14 22:00
Wed Feb 17 17:00
MGB
MGB
STRIKE A
POSE
by Ester Gould &
Reijer Zwaan
Screenings:
Mon Feb 15 17:00
Tue Feb 16 12:00
Wed Feb 17 17:45
Fri Feb 19 14:30
Sun Feb 21 17:30
International
CineStar 7
Cubix 8
Colosseum 1
Cubix 7
2/10/16 7:46 PM
Picture Tree
Internationals
LenaLove
Voltage Pictures
Heavenly Nomadic,
CinemaxX 13, 81 mins.,
Kyrgyzstan, Pluto Film
Combativo (rough cut),
Zoo Palast Club B, 60 mins.,
Pakistan, Shah Productions
Bon Bini Holland, CinemaxX
16, 88 mins., Netherlands,
Dutch Features Global
Entertainment
Sand Storm, CineStar 2,
88 mins., Israel, Beta Cinema
The Carer, CinemaxX 14,
89 mins., Hungary, United
Kingdom, The Yellow Affair
9:45 Other Girls, Parliament,
83 mins., Finland, Eastwest
Filmdistribution
Blue Bicycle, CinemaxX 10,
94 mins., Turkey, Germany,
Drama Film Production Umit
Koreken
10:00 Am Koelnberg, Zoo
Palast 2, 89 mins., Germany,
Real Fiction Filme
10:15 Rosalie Blum, Kino
Arsenal 2, 95 mins., France,
SND Groupe M6
Dont Call Me Son, CinemaxX
3, 82 mins., Brazil, Loco Films
10:30 Halal Love (and Sex),
Kino Arsenal 1, 95 mins.,
Germany, Films Distribution
10:40 Dad Hold My Hand,
Zoo Palast Club B, 79 mins.,
India, Wet Grass Films
Scratch, CineStar 5,
93 mins., Canada, Filmoption
International
10:45 Very Big Shot,
CinemaxX 2, 107 mins.,
Lebanon, Be for Films
Viva, MGB-Kino, 99 mins.,
Ireland, Mongrel International
The Kind Words, CinemaxX
18, 118 mins., Israel, Canada,
Beta Cinema
11:00 A Conspiracy of Faith,
CinemaxX 4, 110 mins.,
Denmark, Germany, Norway,
TrustNordisk
Between Sea and Land,
CinemaxX 13, 98 mins.,
Colombia, USA, Global Screen
All These Sleepless Nights,
CinemaxX 19, 103 mins.,
Poland, HanWay Films
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Enlightened, CinemaxX 1,
88 mins., Belgium, Ireland,
Germany, Films Boutique
The Master, CineStar 1,
109 mins., Hong Kong, China,
Golden Network Asia
14:30 Young Wrestlers,
CinemaxX 10, 90 mins., Turkey,
Netherlands, Kaliber Film
The Church of Karadima,
EFM Cinemobile, 95 mins.,
Chile, Ocio Films
14:40 Timeswings
Hanne Darboven Revisited,
Marriott 1, 58 mins., Germany,
Moonlightmovies
While the Women Are
Sleeping, CinemaxX 19,
103 mins., Japan, Toei Co.
14:45 Mr. Pig, CineStar 4,
92 mins., USA, Mundial
The Ardennes, CinemaxX
15, 93 mins., Belgium,
Netherlands, Attraction
Distribution
Happy Birthday, CinemaxX 17,
90 mins., USA, Arclight Films
15:00 Nick Off Duty,
CineStar IMAX, 140 mins.,
Germany, Global Screen
Agnus Dei, CineStar 6,
115 mins., France, Poland,
Films Distribution
What a Wonderful Family!,
CineStar 5, 108 mins., Japan,
Shochiku
15:05 Summertime,
CinemaxX 4, 105 mins., Italy,
Rai Com
15:10 Kids in Love, Zoo Palast
3, 83 mins., United Kingdom,
Carnaby International
Sales & Distribution
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Dogwoofs
Richard Linklater:
Dream Is Destiny
Cinemobile, 90 mins.,
Slovenia, Slovenian Film
Centre
18:05 Jonathan, CinemaxX 17,
99 mins., Germany, m-appeal
Raspberry & Cream
18:10 Rosehill, CinemaxX 15,
78 mins., USA, Germany,
ManifestoFilm
18:15 From a House on
Willow Street, CinemaxX
Studio 12, 87 mins., South
Africa, The Exchange
18:30 Humidity, CinemaxX 19,
113 mins., Serbia, Netherlands,
Greece, Soul Food Films
Dont Be Bad, CinemaxX 18,
102 mins., Italy, Rai Com
18:40 Last of the Elephant
Men, CineStar 5, 86 mins.,
Canada, France, Filmoption
International
After Eden, CinemaxX Studio
11, 80 mins., Canada, Wide
Team Spirit, CinemaxX 13,
112 mins., France, Le Pacte
19:00 The Rift, CineStar 6,
90 mins., South Korea, Serbia,
Slovenia, More In Group
Farewell My Teacher,
CineStar 4, 83 mins., France,
Studiocanal
19:05 Scream Week,
CinemaxX 2, 113 mins.,
Netherlands, Belgium,
Incredible Film
19:15 The End (The
Wandering), CineStar 2,
85 mins., France, Gaumont
19:20 We Are the Flesh,
CinemaxX 14, 115 mins.,
Mexico, Reel Suspects
Sophie and the Rising
Sun, CinemaxX 10, 115 mins.,
USA, Seville International
The Greasy Strangler,
CineStar 1, 93 mins.,
United Kingdom, Protagonist
Pictures
19:30 Satanic, Parliament, 85
mins., USA, Magnolia Pictures
Dragon, EFM Cinemobile,
108 mins.,Russia,Mirsand
Kiki, CinemaxX 15, 95 mins.,
Sweden, USA, Films Boutique
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R E V I E WS
Morrison (left)
and Keefe are a
Maori farmer and
his grandson.
The Patriarch
I NCE BU R ST I NG ON TO T H E SCEN E
3 Questions With
Lee Tamahori
By Alex Ritman
Tamahori
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Huppert is forced to
start anew after her
husband leaves her.
Things to Come
French director Mia Hansen-Loves slyly humorous and beautifully observed film
stars Isabelle Huppert as a woman whose life unravels BY JORDAN MINTZER
follows the quotidian travails of a 60-something philosophy teacher (played effortlessly by Isabelle Huppert) whos dumped by her longtime husband, burdened with
a growingly senile mother and suddenly forced to face the onset of old age by herself.
If the filmmakers previous movies all dealt with the passage of time in one way or
another, this latest effort tackles the subject head-on in a manner both deeply intellectual
and compassionately playful, mixing citations by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Blaise Pascal
with witty reflections and a surprising number of cat jokes. While the films first half is
perhaps more potent than its conclusion, this is still another impressive work by an auteur
who manages to transform everyday stories into a singular vision.
The Franco-German production should see extensive art house distribution thanks to
Hupperts name and Hansen-Loves reputation as one of Frances most promising directors, especially after her DJ saga Eden was championed by critics in the U.S. and U.K.
Married for 25 years and most happy when surrounded by her books and students,
Nathalie (Huppert) approaches life and work with a matter-of-factness that doesnt
stop her from asking some serious questions, though perhaps not always of herself. Shes
extremely good at breaking down the thoughts of major 20th-century philosophers, though
all the treatises in the world cant prepare one for the messiness of human existence.
This comes quickly enough when her husband and fellow philosophy teacher, Heinz
(Andre Marcon), decides to leave Nathalie for another woman, moving out of their Parisian
apartment. Meanwhile, Nathalies aging mother, Yvette (the great Edith Scob), has
become incapable of living alone, harassing her daughter with calls day and night.
While these are all transformative events for Nathalie, and not necessarily joyful ones,
Hansen-Love approaches them with lightheartedness. In one scene, Nathalie sobs
alone while riding a city bus but suddenly bursts into laughter when she unexpectedly
sees Heinz and his mistress out the window. Could it really get any worse?
The films shrewd sense of humor, its way of underlining the absurdity of lifes foibles,
is fully carried by Hupperts disarming performance, which never panders to easy sentiments but doesnt shy away from showcasing raw emotion. Per the press notes, the Nathalie
character was inspired by both the actress herself and, like those in many of Hansen-Loves
films, by the directors own family, making for someone who feels incredibly real.
If Nathalies life has clearly been upended, she manages to find some solace in the company of the handsome and considerably younger Fabien (Roman Kolinka), a brilliant
former student who has given up academia to live with a group of anarchists in the countryside. As she becomes more isolated, Nathalie seems further drawn to her ex-pupil,
arriving at his picturesque mountain abode with her moms cat Pandora in tow, resulting
in several gags and a fair amount of animal close-ups.
The closing reels lack the narrative impact of what came beforehand, with Fabien
never turning into a captivating enough character. But anyone hoping to find catharsis in
the work of Hansen-Love should look elsewhere. Working again with DP Denis Lenoir,
she crafts a warmly hued portrait of a woman whose life unravels yet flows stubbornly, and
even humorously, onward.
Competition
Cast Isabelle Huppert, Andre Marcon, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scob, Sarah Le Picard
Director Mia Hansen-Love // 100 minutes
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