Cinémoi highlights

A CHRISTMAS TALE
2008 | dir. Arnaud Desplechin, with C Deneuve, M Amalric
Sat 19 Dec, 9.00pm | Sun 20 Dec, 4.30pm | Tue 22 Dec, 5.30pm | Wed 23 Dec, 9.00pm
Arnaud Desplechin’s witty, warm and tragic tale sees three generations of a torn family reunite at Christmas following the announcement of the matriarch’s life-threatening illness. A fine ensemble cast of Desplechin regulars play out another interweaving tale of family drama and merriment.

We aboslutely loved it when it first came out. Read our initial views.

LAISSEZ-PASSER
2009 | dir. J Gamblin, D Podalydès
Fri 18 Dec, 8.00pm | Sat 19 Dec, 5.00pm | Sun 20 Dec, 10.00pm | Mon 21 Dec, 7.00pm
Bertrand Tavernier’s epic wartime thriller examines the conflict between Collaborators and Resistants working in the French film industry during the Nazi Occupation, in a film that will have you gripped, while name-spotting the great figures of the Golden Age of French cinema!

BOXES
2008 | dir. Jane Birkin, with J Birkin, M Piccoli, L Douillon
Wed 16 Dec, 10.00pm | Thu 17 Dec, 8.00pm | Tue 22 Dec, 9.00pm
An esteemed cast head up Jane Birkin’s deeply personal directorial debut, in which a woman reflects on the ups and downs of her past. Both Birkin herself and daughter Lou Doillon are joined in front of the camera by screen legends Geraldine Chaplin, Michel Piccoli and John Hurt.