Le Village aux portes du paradis
Film broadcast in original version with French subtitles
Multinational drama by Mo Harawe – 2h14
Starring Canab Axmed Ibraahin, Axmed Cali Faarax, Cigaal Maxamuud Saleebaan
A small village in the hot, windy Somali desert. Mamargade, a single father, works at a series of odd jobs to give his son Cigaal a better life. His sister Araweelo, recently divorced, returns to live with them. Despite the shifting winds of a country plagued by civil war and natural disasters, love, trust and resilience will enable them to take control of their destiny.
Monday, June 2nd at 8:30pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€
Film Le Village Aux Portes Du ParadisMa Mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan
French-Canadian comedy-drama by Ken Scott – 1h42
With Leïla Bekhti, Jonathan Cohen, Joséphine Japy
In 1963, Esther gives birth to Roland, the youngest of a large family. Roland is born with a clubfoot that prevents him from standing upright. Against everyone’s advice, she promises her son that he’ll walk like everyone else and have a fabulous life. From then on, Esther will do everything in her power to keep this promise. Through decades of hardship and miracles, this film is the story of an incredible destiny and the greatest love of all: a mother’s love for her child.
Saturday, June 7th at 8:30pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€
Film Ma Mere Dieu Et Sylvie VartanMikado
French comedy-drama by Baya Kasmi – 1h34
With Félix Moati, Vimala Pons, Ramzy Bedia
Mikado and Laetitia live with their children on the road. When their engine breaks down, they move in for the summer with Vincent, a teacher who lives alone with his daughter. It’s the start of an enchanted interlude that could also upset the balance of the whole family, as Nuage, their eldest daughter, begins to dream of a normal life.
Sunday, June 8th at 5pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€
Film MikadoDes jours meilleurs
Franco-Belgian comedy-drama by Elsa Bennett and Hippolyte Dard – 1h44
With Valérie Bonneton, Michèle Laroque, Sabrina Ouazani
Following a car accident, Suzanne loses custody of her three children. She has no choice but to seek treatment at a center for alcoholics. When she arrives, she meets Alice and Diane, two women with strong characters… Denis, a sports educator, will try to unite them around the same goal: to take part in the Rallye des Dunes in the Moroccan desert. He’ll have to be patient and educational to prepare this unlikely crew to reach their goal.
Friday, June 13th at 8:30pm
Salle Loisirs et Culture in Beaumont-sur-Sarthe
6€
Film Des Jours MeilleursVermiglio ou La Mariée des montagnes
Film broadcast in original version with French subtitles
Italian drama by Maura Delpero – 1h59
With Tommaso Ragno, Giuseppe De Domenico, Roberta Rovelli
Deep in the winter of 1944. In a small mountain village in Trentino, northern Italy, war is both distant and omnipresent. When a young soldier arrives, seeking refuge, the dynamics of the local schoolteacher’s family are changed forever. The young man and the eldest daughter fall in love, leading to marriage and an unexpected destiny…
Monday, June 16th at 8:30pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€
Film Vermiglio Or La Mariee Des MontagnesCassandre
French drama by Hélène Merlin – 1h43
With Billie Blain, Zabou Breitman, Eric Ruf
Summer 1998. Countryside. Cassandre is 14. Her parents and older brother notice that her body has changed. Fortunately, Cassandre has a passion for horses and joins a small riding school for the vacations, where she is adopted as a strange animal. There, she discovers a different kind of normalcy that gradually extracts her from a family body that is swallowing her up…
Monday, June 23rd at 8:30pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€
Film CassandreLe Mélange des genres
French comedy-drama by Michel Leclerc – 1h43
With Léa Drucker, Benjamin Lavernhe, Melha Bedia
Simone, a cop with conservative ideas, is infiltrated into a feminist collective she suspects of complicity in murder. In contact with them, Simone gradually opens up to their ideas. But when the group suspects her of being a mole, she uses the first person she meets to cover her tracks: Paul, a gentle, harmless man who respects women and lives in the shadow of his better half, making him, in spite of herself, an innocent culprit. Simone, devastated by what she has done, tries to make amends… How will Paul react?
Saturday, June 28th at 8:30pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€
Film Le Melange Des GenresDes jours meilleurs
Franco-Belgian comedy-drama by Elsa Bennett and Hippolyte Dard – 1h44
With Valérie Bonneton, Michèle Laroque, Sabrina Ouazani
Following a car accident, Suzanne loses custody of her three children. She has no choice but to seek treatment at a center for alcoholics. When she arrives, she meets Alice and Diane, two women with strong characters… Denis, a sports educator, will try to unite them around the same goal: to take part in the Rallye des Dunes in the Moroccan desert. He’ll have to be patient and educational to prepare this unlikely crew to reach their goal.
Sunday, June 29th at 5pm
Salle André Voisin in Fresnay-sur-Sarthe
5€
Film Des Jours Meilleurs
