Cinema screenings

En fanfare

French comedy-drama by Emmanuel Courcol – 1h44

With Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Lottin, Sarah Suco

Thibaut is an internationally renowned conductor who travels the world. When he learns that he has been adopted, he discovers that he has a brother, Jimmy, who works in a school canteen and plays trombone in a brass band in northern France. On the surface, everything separates them, except their love of music. Sensing his brother’s exceptional musical abilities, Thibaut sets out on a mission to remedy the injustice of fate. Jimmy then begins to dream of another life…

Friday, January 17th at 8:30pm
Salle Loisirs et Culture in Beaumont-sur-Sarthe
5,50€

Juré n°2

Film broadcast in original version with french subtitles

American drama by Clint Eastwood – 1h54

With Nicholas Hoult, J.K. Simmons, Kiefer Sutherland

When a man finds himself on trial for murder, he discovers that he was behind the crime. He is faced with a moral dilemma between protecting himself and turning himself in.

Monday, January 20th at 8:30pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€

La plus précieuse des marchandises

French drama / animated film by Michel Hazanavicius – 1h21

With the voices of Jean-Louis Trintignant, Dominique Blanc, Denis Podalydès

Once upon a time, in a big wood, there was a poor woodcutter and a poor woodcutter’s wife. Cold, hunger, misery, and war all around them, made their lives very difficult. One day, the poor woodcutter took in a baby. A baby thrown from one of the many trains that constantly passed through their woods. Protected at all costs, this baby, this little commodity, will change the lives of this woman, her husband, and all those who will cross her destiny, right up to the man who threw her off the train. Their story will bring out the worst and the best in human hearts.

Monday, January 27th at 8:30pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€

La Vallée des fous

French drama by Xavier Beauvois – 2h00

With Jean-Paul Rouve, Pierre Richard, Madeleine Beauvois

An avid sailor, Jean-Paul has fallen on hard times. He’s accumulating debts and drifting away from his family. Determined to get his life back on track, he signs up for Virtual Regatta, the virtual Vendée Globe race. He puts himself in the conditions of a real skipper by isolating himself for 3 months on his boat in his garden… This voyage, unlike any other, will enable him to reconnect with his family and, above all, with himself.

Sunday, February 2nd at 5pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€

Vingt dieux

French drama by Louise Courvoisier – 1h30

With Clément Faveau, Maïwène Barthelemy, Luna Garret

Totone, 18, spends most of his time drinking beers and scouring the Jura dances with his gang of buddies. But reality catches up with him: he has to look after his 7-year-old sister and find a way to earn a living. So he sets out to make the best Comté cheese in the region, one that will win him the gold medal at the Concours Agricole and 30,000 euros.

Monday, February 10th at 8:30pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€

Conclave

American-British psychological drama by Edward Berger – 2h00

With Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini

When the Pope dies unexpectedly and mysteriously, Cardinal Lawrence finds himself in charge of organizing the selection of his successor. As the political machinations within the Vatican intensify, he realizes that the deceased had hidden a secret from them that he must uncover before a new Pope can be chosen. What happens behind these walls will change the face of the world.

Monday, February 17th at 8:30pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€

Mufasa : Le Roi Lion

Young audience screening

American animated film from Walt Disney Studios – 1h58

Rafiki tells the young lioness Kiara – Simba and Nala’s daughter – the legend of Mufasa. He is helped in this by Timon and Pumbaa, whose catchphrases are now well known. Told in flashbacks, Mufasa’s story is that of a lonely, distraught orphan cub who one day meets the friendly Taka, heir to a royal lineage. This chance encounter marks the start of a journey full of adventures for a small group of “undesirables” who have formed around them and are now in search of their destiny. Their bonds of friendship will be put to the test when they must team up to escape an enemy as menacing as it is deadly…

Wednesday, February 19th at 3pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€