11 films in premiere
48th American Film Festival
ALICE by Krystin Ver Linden
Alice is a slave who works on a rural Georgia plantation and longs for freedom. After a violent confrontation with the brutal and sadistic owner of the estate, she flees through the woods and discovers a reality that escapes her...
In English with French subtitles
Year: 2022
Duration : 1h40
With: Keke Palmer, Common, Jonny Lee Miller, Gaius Charles, Alicia Witt, NaTasha Yvette Williams
ARMAGEDDON TIME by James Gray
A very personal coming-of-age story of a Queens boy in the 1980s, the strength of family and the generational quest for the American dream.
In English with French subtitles
Year: 2022
Duration : 1h55
With : Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb, Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Sell, Andrew Polk
AT THE GATES by Augustus Meleo Bernstein
Ana, a Salvadoran housekeeper, enlists the help of her teenage son Nico to clean the home of the Barris, an influential Los Angeles family. When someone rings the front doorbell, their employers, Marianne and Peter, inform them that immigration agents are looking for them. The couple suggests that Ana and Nico hide in the basement of their home and give them their cell phone as a precaution. As the days go by, each family becomes more and more suspicious and questions the real intentions of each.
In English & Spanish with French subtitles
Year: 2022
Duration: 1h37
With : Vanessa Benavente, Ezekiel Pacheco, Miranda Otto, Noah Wyle, Sadie Stanley
BLONDE by Andrew Dominik
Based on the bestseller by Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde reinvents the life of one of Hollywood's greatest legends, Marilyn Monroe. From the difficult childhood of little Norma Jeane to the iconic Marilyn's rise to stardom and turbulent love life, the film blurs the line between fact and fiction to explore the growing gap between the public image and the true nature of Marilyn Monroe.
In English with French subtitles
Year: 2022
Duration : 2h45
With : Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel, Julianne Nicholson
BLOOD by Brad Anderson
Jess Stokes, a recently separated nurse, moves into her old family farmhouse with Tyler, her teenage daughter, and Owen, her eight-year-old son. One night, their dog is attracted to something in the surrounding forest and disappears. A few days later, the animal returns and savagely bites Owen before his mother can intervene. When they arrive at the hospital, the child's health keeps getting worse... until Jess finds a way to cure him that is disturbing, to say the least...
In English with French subtitles
Year: 2022
Duration : 1h42
With : Michelle Monaghan, Skeet Ulrich, Finlay Wojtak-Hissong, June B. Wilde, Skylar Morgan Jones
CALL JANE by Phyllis Nagy - Opening film
Chicago, 1968. Joy, married with a grown daughter, faces an unexpected and life-threatening pregnancy. When medical institutions refuse to help her, she turns to the "Janes", a group of women who meet secretly to perform back-alley abortions. Years before the practice was legalized by Roe v. Wade, Joy joined the group to fight for women's rights.
In English with French subtitles
Year: 2022
Duration : 2h01
With : Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara, Wunmi Mosaku, Cory Michael Smith, Grace Edwards
DON'T WORRY DARLING by Olivia Wilde - Closing Night Film
Alice and Jack are fortunate enough to live in the idyllic community of Victory, a small corporate experimental town that houses the men working for the ultra-confidential Victory Project and their families. The 1950s optimism that runs through the company is completely shared by the company's CEO, Frank, and permeates every aspect of daily life in this utopian bubble in the middle of the California desert. While the men spend all day in the Victory Project HQ, their wives live in luxury and idleness. Life is perfect in this environment where the slightest desire of the residents is satisfied by the company. But when cracks begin to appear, revealing a dark reality beyond the seductive façade, Alice can't help but wonder...
In English with French subtitles
Year: 2022
Duration : 2h02
With : Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Olivia Wilde, Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, Nick Kroll, Kate Berland, Sydney Chandler, Timothy Simons, Kiki Layne, Douglas Smith
GOD'S COUNTRY by Julian Higgins
Sandra Guidry teaches at a university in a rural Montana town. She has just lost her mother whom she took care of until her last breath. One day, she has an altercation with two hunters who encroach on her land and finds herself drawn into an increasingly virulent power struggle with dramatic consequences.
In English with French subtitles
Year: 2022
Duration : 1h42
With : Thandiwe Newton, Jeremy Bobb, Joris Jarsky, Jefferson White, Kai Lennox, Tanaya Beatty
JUNE ZERO by Jake Paltrow
The world is witnessing the execution of Adolf Eichmann after a public trial that arouses a lot of emotions. In Israel, three people are intimately linked to this historic event that forged the identity of this nation.
In Hebrew, Arabic & English with French subtitles
Year: 2022
Duration : 1h45
With : Noam Ovadia, Tzahi Grad, Yoav Levi, Tom Hag, Joy Rieger, Ami Smolarchik, Rotem Kainan, Adam Gabai, Koby Aderet
WHEN YOU FINISH SAVING THE WORLD by Jesse Eisenberg
Evelyn devotes her life to helping others in times of need, but can't communicate with her son Ziggy, who lives only for his social media fans and ignores the problems of the world.
In English with French subtitles
Year: 2022
Duration: 1h28
Starring: Julianne Moore, Finn Wolfhard, Alisha Boe, Jay O. Sanders, Billy Bryk, Eleonore Hendricks
X of Ti West
Late 1970s. A film crew moves to an isolated farm in Texas to make a pornographic film. Their hosts, a reclusive old couple, are particularly interested in the young guests. As night falls, this curiosity turns morbid and the crew members find themselves in a desperate struggle for survival.
In English with French subtitles
Year: 2022
Duration : 1h45
Starring: Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, Scott Mescudi, Martin Henderson, Owen Campbell, James Gaylyn, Simon Prast, Geoffrey Dolan, Matthew Saville, Bryony Skillington
