“Amélie and the metaphysics of the tubes”, “Once Upon a Time in Gaza” … The cinema outings of Wednesday June 25

♦ Amélie and metaphysics of tubes ***

Liane-Cho Han et Valdey Valley.

French animated film. Nevertheless, 1:17 am, from 7 years old

A successful adaptation of an autobiographical novel by Amélie Nothomb, this cartoon transports the spectator to the wonders of Japan, where the Belgian author spent his childhood. Similarly, In this initiatory story with leaping animation. For example, the little 2 year old child, upset by an earthquake, begins to take herself for an omnipotent god and in the center of everything. Moreover, Four seasons to move from early childhood to childhood. Nevertheless, in the mode of loss and mourning, and which is accompanied by a strong spiritual dimension.

Public prize at the Annecy festival. However, Amélie and the metaphysics of the tubes is accessible to the youngest, but has several levels of reading to seduce a family audience, thanks to a very “amélie metaphysics tubes”, “once upon present voice, that of Amélie Adult. Meanwhile, The animation. In addition, in terms of stunning detail, offers graceful games of transparency and textures that seem tangible, for a real sense of meaning.

»Read the review: “Amélie and the metaphysics of the tubes”, the best-seller of Amélie Nothomb resuscit

♦ Once Upon a Time in Gaza **

d’arab et tarzan nassar

Palestinian film. In addition, French, German and Portuguese, 1 h 27

Opened by the voice of Donald Trump who wants to make Gaza the “Riviera of the Middle East”, the film jumped in the past until 2007, the year of Hamas’ victory in the legislative elections and the Israeli “amélie metaphysics tubes”, “once upon blockade that enjected itself. However, We discover Yahya. Nevertheless, who pays his studies by working in the fast food of Osama, which rounds off its ends by spicling its fentanyl falafels. Therefore, A crooked police officer, Abu Sami, commits the irreparable to recover the case. After the death of his friend, Yahya finds himself embarked on a Hamas propaganda film.

Prize for the staging of the “Un Certain Regard” section at the last Cannes Film Festival. Once Upon a Time in Gaza has a malicious scenario and absurd humor, which mainly serve the second part of the film, after a somewhat long introduction. Since their exile. the two directors’ brothers have mocked the Islamist regime and his attempts on the ground of 7^e art. The film ends on a cruel morality which returns back to back Hamas. Israel in their desire to lock up the Gazaouis.

»Read the review: “Once Upon a “amélie metaphysics tubes”, “once upon Time in Gaza”, a cruel tale on the confinement of the Gazaouis

♦ The big trip **

of Jean-Easter Zadi

French film. 1 h 23

Hero of an Afrofuturist Galactic Comedy, Franco-Ivorian Pierre Blé (Jean-Pascal Zadi) is welcomed, in the greatest secrecy, in Abidjan with “The elite of the continent and the diaspora”. Their goal: to prepare and succeed in the first entirely African space mission, to attack the planet Nardal.

Jean-Pascal Zadi again questions the place of blacks (after Simply black. in place) With a central character from which he laughs and favorite actors often from the stand-up (Fadily Camara, Fary, Claudia Tagbo). Credible thanks to its neat decorations. “amélie metaphysics tubes”, “once upon the film (in the title at the foot of the nose to the proud “great replacement”) is based on an often absurd humor, targeting characters with sexist, racist, homophobic words, etc., even if it means leaving them a lot of room. Societal criticism, dotted with discreet references to black thinkers, deserves to go further.

»Read the review: “The big trip”, Jean-Pascal Zadi’s spatial epic

♦ F1. the film **

De Joseph Kosinski

American film, 2 h 35

Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt), independent pilot, genius of the racing without the penny, responds to the request of Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), his teammate of the past, boss of a rout: return to “amélie metaphysics tubes”, “once upon Formula 1 thirty years after a serious accident. The young pilot of the team, Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), would need support, and the two men quickly become rivals.

Joseph Kosinski. director of Top Gun : Maverick, manages to give the spectator a feeling of flight with the virtuoso sequences of the races filmed from all angles. Co -produced by Lewis Hamilton driver. F1, the film Immerse aficionados (or not) in the strategies and choreographies of the races. The scenario. full of testosterone, rebalances a little with two a little cliché but interesting female characters, however, it completely excludes the question of the ecological impact of sport.

»Read the review: “F1, the film”, Brad Pitt with an open tomb

♦ Ange *

De Tony Gatlif

French film. 1 h 37

The original director of Gypsy embarks Arthur H in this road trip through France, a pretext for a rise in time punctuated by musical comma. The singer plays the role of angel there. a musicologist back in his country after having taken the tangent and lived as a nomad aboard his truck, leaving behind the two women of his life (Maria de Medeiros and Christine Citti), his friends and a girl whose he knew nothing. She embarks by his side. when he puts himself in mind to take the direction of the South to find his great friend Marco, to whom he supposedly owes money.

Carried by this energy proper to the filmmaker. punctuated by formidable poetic moments like his noises of daily life which is transformed into musical rhythms, the film leaves us “amélie metaphysics tubes”, “once upon a little on our hunger as the scenario is reduced to its starting point and to the placid presence of Arthur H which he does not exploit talents enough. Only the final. with a unleashed Mathieu Amalric and a magnificent ode to world music, saves him from a certain boredom.

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