Theatre, cinema and literature are intertwined in a season of films exploring innovative approaches to text, process and performance, with classic films and compelling narratives set both on and off the boards.
The programme features Acting and T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets, two films from acclaimed director Sophie Fiennes (Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami, A Pervert’s Guide to Cinema). Other highlights include Quentin Dupieux’s Yannick reflecting on the act of acting.
Ciné Lumière also revisits classic titles that capture drama and passion on and off stage: Marcel Carné’s epic masterpiece Les Enfants du paradis (1945), François Truffaut’s The Last Metro (1980), Ernst Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to Be (1942) and John Cassavetes’s Opening Night (1977).
Younger audiences will be treated with A Monster in Paris, a tribute to The Phantom of the Opera and Houdini.
Guests in attendance include Ralph Fiennes, Sophie Fiennes, Declan Donellan, Nick Ormerod and Glyn Maxwell.
