French romantic drama in cinema
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French romantic dramas ‘De rouille et d’os’ (Rust and Bone) directed by Jacques Audiard and Lila dit ça (Lila Says) directed by Ziad Doueiri will be screened at Alliance Française de Colombo, Barnes Place, Colombo 7.
Made in 2013 ‘De rouille et d’os’ narrates the story of a struggling single father who helps a beautiful whale trainer recover her will to live following a terrible accident that leaves her confined to a wheelchair. It will be screened at 3 pm on April 19 and at 6.30 pm on April 20.
Lonely and destitute, Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) leaves the north of France for his sister’s house in Antibes after becoming the sole guardian of his estranged five-year-old son Sam. When Ali lands a job as a bouncer in a nearby nightclub, things quickly start to look up for the itinerant father and son. Then one night, after breaking up a fight in the club, Ali …
‘Lila dit ça’ made in 2005 is the tale of Lila who is a gorgeous 16-year-old girl who has just moved in, with her rather strange aunt, into a poor neighbourhood populated primarily by Arab families.
The two leaders of the suburb’s main gang fall in love with her. One is the film’s poetic narrator, a quiet boy with a talent for writing named Chimo; the other is Mouloud, a headstrong punk. One day, Lila dares Chimo to look up her skirt — if he can handle it — and by doing so, puts into motion a sequence of raw, devastating events. The ensuing maelstrom that develops out of this romantic triangle reveals the dangers inherent in sexual game playing.
The film will be screened at 3 pm on April 26 and at 6.30pm on April 27.