TRIBUTES AND RETROSPECTIVES
A rare gem: Alan Clarke |
| A feature film selection of a leading figure in British cinema of the 70s and 80s. Alan Clarke created a striking, refined, harsh and dissenting work from within the BBC which would influence numerous filmmakers, from Stephen Frears to Gus Van Sant. |
Feature films
Short films
Screenings :
/ sunday 22 - 4:30 pm - Variétés A2 / thursday 26 - 8:00 pm - Les 400 coups A5 presented by Molly Clarke
Elephant
Alan Clarke1989 - Royaume-Uni - 39mn
With Gary Walker, Bill Hamilton, Michael Foyle, Danny Small, Robert Taylor
At the end of the 1980s, the Troubles in Northern Ireland are raging and Belfast lives to the rhythm of riots and bombings. Elephant depicts 18 cold-blooded executions in 18 tracking shots.
Christine
Alan Clarke1987 - Royaume-Uni - 52mn
With Vicky Murdock, Kelly George, Mark Harvey, Joanne Mapp, Anthony Smith
13-year-old Christine wanders through the deserted streets of a London suburb with a plastic bag in her hand. Inside the bag is heroine and everything needed to inject it. One day is the same as every other: she goes to see her dealer, shoots up, begins her rounds, always in the same order, and sells drugs to other young people her age.