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Release date :
31 March 2023
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MINUIT AU PARC: DOWN BY LAW
When fate brings together three hapless men—an unemployed disc jockey (Tom Waits), a small-time pimp (John Lurie), and a strong-willed Italian tourist (Roberto Benigni)—in a Louisiana prison, a singular adventure ensues. Director Jim Jarmusch followed up his brilliant breakout film Stranger Than Paradise with another, equally beloved portrait of loners and misfits in the American landscape. Described by Jarmusch as a “neo-Beat noir comedy,” Down by Law is part nightmare and part fairy tale, featuring sterling performances and crisp black-and-white cinematography by the esteemed Robby Müller.

‘’The excitement of ''Down by Law'' comes not from what it's ''about.'' Reduced to its plot, it is very slight. But the plot isn't the point. The excitement comes from the realization that we are seeing a true filmmaker at work, using film to create a narrative that couldn't exist on the stage or the printed page of a novel. ''Down by Law'' works on the mind and senses in a completely different fashion. It's an unqualified delight, from its elegiacal opening shots to its unexpected last scene.’’ - VINCENT CANBY – NEW YORK TIMES
 
English 
13+
Release date :
31 March 2023
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ENYS MEN
Set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, a wildlife volunteer's daily observations of a rare flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is nightmare.
 
English subtitled in French
Release date :
31 March 2023
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YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER (stf)
When lesbian teen Jaime is sent to live in a Jehovah's Witness community, she falls hard for a devout Witness girl and the two embark on an intense affair with consequences that will reshape the rest of their lives.
SPECIAL EVENT
Post-screening discussion
01 April 2023  16:45
Original multilingual version subtitled in English
Release date :
31 March 2023
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COYOTE (sta)
Officiel selection - TIFF 2022

A cook in his hey day, Camilo is now a worn-out fifty-year-old who works for a cleaning company. We can guess a personal failure in the past of this solitary Mexican living in Montreal. However, Camilo wants to get back on track and an opportunity to reco-ver his culinary passion finally presents itself. Everything is in place for this new beginning when Camilo receives a visit from his daughter Tania, with whom he had cut ties because of her drug addiction. She tells him that his a grandfather and asks him to take care of the child while she undergoes her umpteenth rehab. The arrival of this grandson will upset Camilo’s plans. There will be a new beginning for him, certainly, but not as he imagined it.
SPECIAL EVENT
ONE SCREENING ONLY !
06 April 2023  19:00
German subtitled in English
Release date :
06 April 2023
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Goethe: THE ORDINARIES (sta)
"A high concept comedy about a three-class society existing in a surreal cinematic world, The Ordinaries is a rare and wonderful celebration of the Golden Age of Hollywood, as well as an unsubtle condemnation of class divisions. In Director Sophie Linnenbaum’s film-based world, Paula, a young Supporting Character, is going to school and aspires to be like her deceased father, a “Main Character”. As she begins to learn more about her father’s death in a past uprising involving the black and white “Out Takes,” the lowest class, she finds herself at odds with her decidedly background mother, and her status as a potential protagonist threatened. Finding legions of fans across the European festival scene this year, this is wildly inventive stuff film nerds will love not only the meta references, but also the golden age costuming and sets. The cast does a wonderful job and the musical numbers are a flourish of energy when they show up. Great ideas well executed. - Source: Victoria Fillm Festival"
 
Original multilingual version subtitled in English
Release date :
07 April 2023
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MINUIT AU PARC: THE NIGHT PORTER (sta)
In this unsettling drama from Italian filmmaker Liliana Cavani, a concentration camp survivor (Charlotte Rampling) discovers her former torturer and lover (Dirk Bogarde) working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them. Operatic and disturbing, The Night Porter deftly examines the lasting social and psychological effects of the Nazi regime.

‘’Surely, its sensitive content is incendiary, its idiosyncratic vision likely to disappoint and/or disturb. Yet, no matter how problematic The Night Porter is, there can be no denying that, even in its occasional excesses – or, perhaps, because of them – Cavani’s film is also a twistedly audacious and fascinating tour de force about profound sensual craving.’’ - JEREMY CARR – SENSES OF CINEMA
 
French subtitled in English
Release date :
07 April 2023
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RODEO (sta)
Julia, a young misfit who is passionate about riding, meets a crew of dirt riders who fly along at full speed and perform stunts. She sets about infiltrating their male-dominated world, but an accident jeopardizes her ability to fit in.
 
English subtitled in French
Release date :
07 April 2023
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REINES DE LA DYNASTIE QING (stf)
A suicidal teen develops a rapport with the student from Shanghai assigned to watch her in the hospital. A nightly exchange of secrets, text messages, and possessions expands the boundaries of the relationship and alters inner chemistry.

QUEENS OF THE QING DYNASTY is a queer friendship romance that breaches the absurd and poetic. Both intimate and intense, it explores the intrinsic beauty and innate faws of what it is to be human, the profundity of connection, the vortex of mental illness, and the creativity of neurodivergence. The electronic music score blurs between cinema foley and sound design to create a feeling of an alternate plane. QUEENS OF THE QING DYNASTY is an affectionate ode to women, asexuals, and genderqueer individuals who exist beyond the norms of society by writer and director Ashley McKenzie (Werewolf, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival).
 
English subtitled in French
Release date :
14 April 2023
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SHOWING UP (stf)
A sculptor preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, in Kelly Reichardt's vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art and craft.
SPECIAL EVENT
One-time screening!
20 April 2023  21:00
Mandarin subtitled in English
Exempté
Release date :
20 April 2023
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NUITS 4E DIMENSION : SHAOLIN INVINCIBLES (sta)
Kung-fu gorillas!

No need to say anything else, we know that you already want to discover the martial arts wonder that is SHAOLIN INVINCIBLES. See you at Cinéma du Parc, on Thursday April 20 th .

What’s that? You want to know more about this sublime disaster? Did we mention it has more to offer than primates that could beat the Shaw Brothers? This film contains scenes of black magic, warriors with gigantic tongues, a mind-boggling fool’s trap, colossal revelations, and quite probably the worst death scene of all time.

Since our unforgettable screening of THRILLING BLOODY SWORD, you know how oddball Taiwanese cinema can be. The outstanding SHAOLIN INVINCIBLES is no exception. Sometimes tragic, mostly shameful, this quest for vengeance lead by two sisters will amaze you with its avalanche of acrobatic frenzy. This milestone does anything and everything to impress you, even if it means throwing logic and decency out the window. Believe us, you have never seen anything like this!

Forget CROUNCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON and join us for another trip through the 4 th Dimension. SHAOLIN INVINCIBLES must be seen on the big screen, with the best audience in the universe. Do not miss this carnivalesque opus that has recently been restored by the good folks at the American Genre Film Archive.

And once again: kung-fu gorillas!
 
Urdu subtitled in English
Release date :
21 April 2023
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JOYLAND (sta)
Jury Prize - Festival de Cannes 2022

Queer Palm - 2022 Cannes Film Festival

The debut feature from writer-director Saim Sadiq, JOYLAND explores the many sides of love and desire in a patriarchal society. Gentle and timid, Haider (Ali Junejo) lives with his wife Mumtaz (Rasti Farooq), his father, and his elder brother’s family in Lahore, Pakistan. Following a long spell of unemployment, Haider finally lands a job at a Bollywood-style burlesque, telling his family he is a theater manager, when in actuality, he is a backup dancer. The unusual position shakes up the steadfast traditional dynamics of his household and enables Haider to break out of his shell. As he acclimates to the new job, Haider becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman Biba (Alina Khan) who runs the show—an unforeseen partnership that opens his eyes and ultimately his worldview, in ways both unexpected and intimate.
 
English subtitled in French
Release date :
28 April 2023
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BEAU IS AFRAID (stf)
A paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother in this bold and ingeniously depraved new film from writer/director Ari Aster.
 

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