DINNER WITH FRIENDS and MONSIEUR LAZHAR – ALKESTIS THEATRE – CAGLIARI – 21 TO 27 SEPTEMBER

from Friday 21 to Thursday 27 September

DINNER WITH FRIENDS by Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte

Synopsis
Vincent, Realtor forties went to dinner by his sister Elizabeth and brother Pierre (both teachers). Has also been invited Claude is an orchestra. While waiting for the laggard wife Anne, Vincent is at the center of attention. The two in fact are going to have a baby. All goes well until it touches a topic that gives way to a series of problems: the name chosen for the baby.
Of more or less dinner with friends, maybe with offenses provided for in the menu, world cinema has already laden many. Better distribution would translate literally the Italian title, or at least to evoke the specificity. You ‘name’ not so much dinner the pivot around which the whole film. From the curious titles in which the names of those who contributed to the success of the operation are strictly excluded. And then continue with the path of a pizza delivery boy in motion, marked by the headers of the streets with a lot of minibiography holders.
In fact, fitting into the tradition of the theater boulevardier quality Dinner with friends build everything around a central core and, as it happened to Francis Veber the successful The Dinner Game Delaporte and De la Patellière have absolute control of comic timing. Their work is first in terms of cinema, but the text has been written for four hands and the cast (with one exception) is that of staging (hit at the box office) by Bernard Murat. The exception is Charles Berling, replacing Jean Michel Dupuis, adding to the French public, a halo of cultured Gauche that the actor has built over the course of his career. Do not think that you are faced with a review of Carnage. There, the meeting took place between strangers while here there is a history of relationships and unspoken that ends up taking center stage. The original theatrical at times you feel, especially when the tones begin to exasperated, but overall the film holds and manages to bring a smile (a little ‘bitter), even though the voice acting (how perfect) without these plays across the Alps to the musicality (which is transformed sometimes into pomposity) and rhythm that are inherent in the language. The final will be a surprise to some (from multiple points of view).

Directed by: Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte Actors: Patrick Bruel, Valérie Benguigui, Françoise Fabian, Charles Berling, Guillaume De Tonquedec Original title: Le Prénom Screenplay: Matthieu Delaporte Editor: Jérôme Rebotier Genre: Comedy Running Time: 109 min Country: France Belgium Year: 2012 Production: Chapter 2, Pathé, TF1 Films Prod Distribution: Eagle Pictures

TIME progammazione:
Weekdays and Saturdays at 21.30
Sunday at 19.30 and 21.30

from Saturday 22 to Sunday, September 23

MONSIEUR AZHAR Philippe Falardeu

Synopsis
In an elementary school in Montreal teacher dies tragically. Having read about it in the newspaper, Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant of 55 years, which is in the school to offer as a substitute. Immediately hired to replace the missing teacher, finds himself in a school in crisis and is forced to face a personal tragedy. Gradually Bachir learns his group of children shaken but be careful. While the class begins the healing process, nobody in the school is aware of Bachir’s painful past, no one suspects that is at risk expulsion from the country at any time …

Directed by: Philippe Falardeu Cast: Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nelisse, Emilien Néron, Brigitte Poupart, Danielle Proulx, Louis Champagne, Francine Ruel, Jules Philip, Sophie Sanscartier, Seddik Benslimane Screenwriter: Philippe Falardeu Photograph: Ronald Plante Genre: Drama Runtime: 94 min Country: Canada Year: 2011 Distribution: Officine UBU

TIME progammazione:
Saturday at 19:30
Sunday at 17.30 *

* Reduction senior paper holders

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