A love story that brings people a little too close, a subway corridor that repeats itself endlessly, the life of a Roma community near Madrid and the moral dilemma of a former soldier who has become prey: four films to discover, and as many different cinematic universes.
(Together by Michael Shanks.
Tim (Dave Franco) and Millie (Alison Brie) have been together for a long time, and they're at the age of making big plans. Out of financial necessity, they move to the countryside where Millie has found a job as a schoolteacher. But their relationship is struggling. It has to be said that Tim's adolescent, artistic side, which once charmed Millie, is slowly starting to exasperate her. Despite their efforts, everything suggests they are drifting apart. But one day, during a walk in the woods, a strange phenomenon occurs, and from that moment on, an irresistible force will bring them closer than they ever imagined. For his directorial debut, Michael Shanks has the brilliant idea of blending a love story with a horror film: a script as enjoyable as it is effective, coupled with striking visual touches.
In theaters August 13
Exit 8 by Genki Kawamura.
It was a phenomenal game in the video game world: a small corridor in the Tokyo subway, a left turn, then another, then back to the starting point. To escape this endless loop, the player...Exit 8The Japanese video game, downloaded over a million times since late 2023, was tasked with analyzing the scenery of this otherwise ordinary corridor, searching for anomalies, for what had changed since the player's last visit. Genki Kawamura has adapted the game very faithfully, even reproducing the scenery and characters pixel for pixel. The result is a captivating and original concept film that, like the protagonist, makes you want to uncover the mystery behind the similar walls of one of those subway corridors we walk through without really noticing them.
In theaters September 3
sleepless city by Guillermo Galoe.
In the suburbs of Madrid, a parallel city is taking shape, separate from the rest of Spanish society – it is, it seems, the largest shantytown in Europe. But for Toni, a young Roma teenager, it is home: he wouldn't leave this neighborhood for anything in the world. He is proud to belong to the close-knit Roma community and admires his grandfather, who is like a tribal chief. But one day, the bulldozers arrive. The makeshift neighborhood is partially demolished, and relocation solutions, in suburban public housing, are offered to the residents. Toni is torn: should he accept the deal And leave to live in better conditions, or stay there to ensure the survival of an identity? Somewhere between a Western with rugged heroes and a documentary film as close to reality as possible, sleepless city is a fascinating journey into a community rarely depicted in cinema, skillfully posing the complex question of the survival of marginalized identities in modern societies.
In theaters September 3
The Tormented by Lucas Belvaux.
If Lucas Belvaux (The Reason of the Weakest, Home) had not been running since Men In 2020, he had in the meantime devoted himself to writing his first novel. The Tormented (Alma editions). He then wrote the film adaptation, starring Niels Schneider, Ramzy Bedia, Linh-Dan Pham, and Déborah François. A former legionnaire, now homeless (Schneider), unexpectedly runs into his old sergeant (Bedia). The latter offers him an extremely well-paid, but rather unusual, job: becoming prey for a billionaire hunting enthusiast (Pham). A theoretical film with intoxicating moral dilemmas, The Tormented may not have the strength or radicalism of a Battle Royale, but it remains an interesting reflection on what money can offer, and how far an individual can go to ensure the comfort of their loved ones.
In theaters September 17
