Mitra Farahani, producer of The Book of Images by the recently deceased Jean-Luc Godard, signs À vendredi, Robinson, which will premiere in Spain at FICX in collaboration with ZINEBI (in a real, palpable demonstration of the synergies between FICX and other festivals). Special Jury Prize at the Berlinale, it is a fascinating film in which the Iranian filmmaker sparks the first encounter between the master of the Nouvelle Vague and the Iranian legend of cinema and poetry, Ebrahim Golestan. A twilight film built on the wisdom of two nonagenarian geniuses. An e-mail every Friday is the challenge Godard throws down from his iPhone to Golestan, who picks up the gauntlet by initiating an atypical and amusing conversation, always under the constant presence of his director.
After signing Medeas and Hannah, Italian Andrea Pallaoro presents Monica, a family drama acclaimed in the Official Selection at Venice, whose international cast is headed by Trace Lysette (Shea in the essential TV series Transparent), alongside the infallible Patricia Clarkson (The Bookshop). Monica returns home after 20 years away to care for her ailing mother. Simplicity and serenity permeate the light and tempo of this delicate story of family reconciliation in its intimate approach to universal themes such as abandonment, identity, acceptance and forgiveness.
Pink Moon springs from a surprising premise: Iris and her brother Iván face, from opposite points of view, the news that their father, 74 and in perfect health, is celebrating his upcoming birthday by announcing his desire to carry out his own euthanasia. Second feature film by Dutch writer-director Floor van der Meulen, whose 9 Days- from my Window in Aleppo triumphed at the European Film Awards. Pink Moon masterfully captures the practical, liberal and unceremonious character of her native country. World premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in New York, this dramatic comedy is an emotionally gripping film full of black humour and an overwhelming soundtrack.
Heterogeneous discourses and styles make up a competition that marks the direction of cinema to come. Diverse ways of narrating and making that converge in a common point, the truth of a cinema that tells stories that touch their creators in the first person.