IMPERIAL CINEMA
Centre Sandra et Leo Kolber | Salle Lucie et André Chagnon
FILMS
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A BETTER LIFE
UNE VIE MEILLEURE
CEDRIC KAHN & DENISE ROBERT will be present Friday November 4th (7:15PM).
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A HAPPY EVENT
UN HEUREUX ÉVÉNEMENT
LOUISE BOURGOIN will be present Saturday November 12th (10:45AM) and Sunday November 13th (3:30PM).
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A LADY IN PARIS
UNE ESTONIENNE À PARIS
Estonian Director Ilmar Raag won the Ecumenical Prize at the Locarno Film Festival 2012 with this endearing yet challenging film singled out for...
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ALIYAH
ALYAH
ALIYAH, the remarkably realistic portrait of Alex (the charming Pio Marmaï, UN HEUREUX ÉVÉNEMENT, CINEMANIA 2011), is a...
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ALL OUR DESIRES
TOUTES NOS ENVIES
Director Philippe Lioret's latest is one of the most eagerly awaited films of the year following the incredible success of WELCOME (CINEMANIA,...
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ARMED HANDS
MAINS ARMÉES
Lucas (Roschdy Zem, no stranger to CINEMANIA's screen) is a hard-nosed 46 year-old detective who heads up investigations into arms trafficking...
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AUGUSTINE
First-time director Alice Winocour generated much excitement at the Special Screening of her absorbing historical drama AUGUSTINE, at Cannes 2012...
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BELOVED
LES BIEN-AIMÉS
Ludivine Sagnier dazzled us at CINEMANIA 2010 in PIEDS NUS SUR LES LIMACES (LILY SOMETIMES) and charmed audiences with her personal appearance. She...
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D
DO NOT DISTURB
Madcap comedy DO NOT DISTURB features the incredibly engaging duo of François Cluzet (INTOUCHABLES) as Jeff, and director Yvan Attal (DANS...
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EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD AND RISING
J'AIME REGARDER LES FILLES
It's 1981, on the eve of Francois Mitterrand's election. There's an air of excitement, almost of revolution, in working class...
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FREE HANDS
LES MAINS LIBRES
FREE HANDS is a remarkably intense and powerful autobiographical work - first-time feature director Brigitte Sy re-tells her personal story of a...
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FREE MEN
LES HOMMES LIBRES
In 1942, Paris is a city occupied by German forces. Younes (Tahar Rahim, star of A PROPHET), a young illiterate Algerian who lives precariously...
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GEBO AND THE SHADOW
GEBO ET L’OMBRE
It's difficult to grasp that director Manoel de Oliveira is 103 years old and that the creative juices are still coursing through his veins....
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GREED
POSSESSIONS
"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house" - (from the Biblical Ten Commandments).
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HEADWINDS
DES VENTS CONTRAIRES
Paul (Benoît Magimel) still suffers terrible anxiety nearly a year after his beloved wife Sarah (Audrey Tautou, of AMÉLIE) disappears...
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IF YOU DIE, I KILL YOU
SI TU MEURS, JE TE TUE
CINEMANIA 2008 audiences were blown away by Hiner Saleem's BENEATH THE ROOFTOPS OF PARIS. His eagerly awaited IF YOU DIE, I KILL YOU, has been...
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IN A RUSH
AU GALOP
Ada (the scintillating Valentina Cervi), lives a happy and well-organized Parisian lifestyle with her child and husband-to-be. A happenstance...
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IN TURMOIL
DANS LA TOURMENTE
A powerhouse cast (Mathilde Seigner as Helene, Clovis Cornillac as her husband Franck, Yvan Attal as an old buddy) deliver a compelling and...
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LAST SCREENING
DERNIÈRE SÉANCE
SIMON LAPERRIÈRE (Programmer, Fantasia Film Festival) will be present
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LAST WINTER
L’HIVER DERNIER
Far away, on an isolated plateau, Johann (Vincent Rottiers) expends every last bit of energy working to preserve the family farm. His is a life of...
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LE HAVRE
Renowned Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki also scripted this endearing dramatic comedy, the story of a failed author in the port city of Le...
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LÉA
Director Bruno Rolland's first feature stars Anne Azoulay as Léa. She lives a spartan existence in Le Havre, totally devoted to looking...
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LES LYONNAIS
Edmond Vidal (Gérard Lanvin), nicknamed "Momon", grows up in miserable surroundings in a gypsy encampment. Proud of his origins he...
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LOVE AND BRUISES
Controversial Chinese director Lou Ye, highly respected by his peers in France, filmed his latest work in Paris, in the French language. He based...
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MADAME SOLARIO
It's 1906. The young, aristocratic beauty, Natalia Solario (Marie Féret), is on a long late-summer holiday at a luxury Swiss-Italian...
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MADDENED BY HIS ABSENCE
J’ENRAGE DE SON ABSENCE
SANDRINE BONNAIRE and DOMINIQUE BESNEHARD will be present
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MILES FROM ANYWHERE
AU CUL DU LOUP
Christina, (Christelle Cornil), soon to turn 30, lives in the Charleroi region of Belgium with Marco, her long-term partner. Christina holds down a...
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MOBILE HOME
Simon (Arthur Dupont), quits a city job and abandons his bosom buddy to return to his native village where his retired parents still live. He...
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MY PIECE OF THE PIE
MA PART DU GATEAU
CEDRIC KLAPISCH will be present Saturday November 5th (7:15PM) and Sunday November 6th (3:30PM).
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NIGHTS WITH THEODORE
LES NUITS AVEC THÉODORE
A walk in the park by director Sébastien Betbeder starts out like a documentary on the fabled Parc des Buttes-Chaumont in Paris, and quickly...
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NO AND ME
NO ET MOI
Lou (Nina Rodriguez), a polite, petite and precocious 13 year-old Parisian, is smart-beyond her-years, still immature, and anything but streetwise....
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OF WOMEN AND HORSES
SPORT DE FILLE
Gracieuse (Marina Hands, AN ORDINARY EXECUTION), is an equestrian who trains young horses and is painfully forced to part with them when they are...
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ON AIR
PARLEZ-MOI DE VOUS
Forty year-old Mélina (Karin Viard at the top of her game), is France's most popular pop-psychologist - her nightly radio call-in show...
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ONE NIGHT
38 TÉMOINS
Arriving back from a business trip to China, Louise (Sophie Quinton), is startled to find her street in Le Havre a crime-scene. There are...
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OPEN HEART
À COEUR OUVERT
Mila (Juliette Binoche) and Javier (Edgar Ramírez) are cardiac surgeons operating at the same clinic. They're very much in love, living...
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PATER
DOMINIQUE BESNEHARD will be present Tuesday November 8th (11:15AM) and Thursday November 10th (11:15AM).
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POINT BLANK
À BOUT PORTANT
With his latest thriller, director Fred Cavayé ratchets-up the suspense-ometer several notches from his ground-breaking and crowd-pleasing...
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POLISS
POLISSE
MAÏWENN will be present Thursday November 3rd (7:30PM), Friday November 4th (2:00PM) and Saturday November 5th (3:15PM - MEET MAÏWENN).
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R
REBELLION
L’ORDRE ET LA MORALE
April 1988. The island of Ouvéa in the French territory of New Caledonia is the scene of a violent insurrection as armed liberationists of...
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RUST AND BONE
DE ROUILLE ET D'OS - OPENING FILM
After a long absence, Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts), ex-boxer with a murky past, reclaims his young son from a foster home in Northern France. The...
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SECOND CHANCE
LA CHANCE DE MA VIE
YVES JACQUES will be present Friday November 4th (9:30PM).
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SEX, LIES, AND SURGERY
LA CLINIQUE DE L’AMOUR
Describing this deranged film as high-spirited and bubbly is an understatement - it's a hysterically-funny satirical comedy, parodying just...
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SUPERSTAR
Inexplicable overnight celebrity! Everyman's dream or nightmare? This exceptionally well-made big screen production displays the remarkable...
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THE BAG OF FLOUR
LE SAC DE FARINE
Alsemberg, Belgium, 1975. Eight year-old Sarah, an orphan in a Catholic institution, receives a visit from her biological father. He claims...
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THE BEST WAY TO WALK
LA MEILLEURE FAÇON DE MARCHER
ANNIE MILLER and NATALIE CARTER will be present
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THE CASE OF THE MISSING LADY
ASSOCIÉS CONTRE LE CRIME
Agatha Christie herself would have loved every minute of this charmingly nutty adaptation of her mystery novel, The Case of the Missing Lady ...
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THE DAY I SAW YOUR HEART
ET SOUDAIN, TOUT LE MONDE ME MANQUE
Director Jennifer Devoldère puts the minefield of Jewish father-daughter relationships under the microscope in this poignantly contemporary...
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THE FAIRY
LA FÉE
DOMINIQUE ABEL & FIONA GORDON will be present Wednesday November 9th (7:00PM) and Thursday November 10th (9:30PM).
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THE MINISTER
L'EXERCISE DE L'ÉTAT
PIERRE SCHOELLER will be present Saturday November 12th (1:00PM and 3:30PM) and Sunday November 13th (11:15AM).
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THE MOON CHILD
LA PERMISSION DE MINUIT
We're privy to a rare friendship, that of David (Vincent Lindon) age 50, professor and dermatological surgeon, and his patient Romain (Quentin...
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THE NIGHT CLERK
AVANT L'AUBE
DOMINIQUE BESNEHARD will be present Monday November 7th (9:30PM) and Wednesday November 9th (11:00AM).
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THE PREY
LA PROIE
Escaped convict Franck (an uncharacteristically tough and muscular Albert Dupontel), keeps one step ahead of the police as he desperately tries to...
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THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO
LES NEIGES DU KILIMANDJARO
Robert Guédiguian, great champion of social causes, worked with his loyal actors (Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin) to create his...
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THE WELL-DIGGER’S DAUGHTER
LA FILLE DU PUISATIER
Two of the great classics of French cinema are the late Claude Berri's 1986 adaptations of Marcel Pagnol's 1962 novels, JEAN DE FLORETTE...
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THREE WORLDS
TROIS MONDES
Alan (Raphaël Personnaz), a decent guy of modest background, prepares to marry the boss' daughter and achieve succession as head of the...
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TOP FLOOR, LEFT WING
DERNIER ÉTAGE, GAUCHE GAUCHE
François (Hippolyte Girardot), a Paris bailiff, is serving an eviction notice in the suburban "projects" on a father & son...
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VOIR LA MER
PATRICE LECONTE & PAULINE LEFEVRE will be present Thursday November 10th (7:30PM) and Friday November 11th (1:00PM).
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WHAT THE DAY OWES THE NIGHT
CE QUE LE JOUR DOIT À LA NUIT
ALEXANDRE ARCADY will be present
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YOU WILL BE MY SON
TU SERAS MON FILS
Having produced many prestigious CINEMANIA films (including NO AND ME in this year's program), the multi-talented Gilles Legrand wore his...
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