Alpenland Booking possible – Robert SCHABUS – 19:33 (Austria)
Focus
Le Coeur d'Or 3
Travelling to meet mountain farmers in Austria, visiting a small manufacturing company in Italy and going to famous skiing resorts in France and Germany, Alpenland paints an insightful and sympathetic portrait of this region caught between the two opposite poles of economy and ecology.
Les Huit Montagnes Booking possible – Charlotte VANDERMEERSCH – Felix VAN GROENINGEN – approved for all audiences – 22:32 (Italy)
Focus
Le Coeur d'Or 3
Pietro, a city boy, befriends Bruno, the last child living in a forgotten village in the Aosta Valley. While Bruno remains faithful to his mountain, Pietro travels the world. On this journey, they experience love and loss, their origins and destinies, but above all, a life-and-death friendship.
The screening will be preceded by the Focus section short film Discussion animée entre entendeurs de voix by Tristan Thil.
Sunday, December 11, 2022
3:45 PM
Les Survivants – Guillaume RENUSSON – 17:48 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Focus
Salle Bernard Taillefer
Samuel goes into seclusion in his chalet in the heart of the Italian Alps. One night, a woman takes refuge in his house. She is Afghan and wants to cross the mountain to France. Samuel decides to help her but beyond the hostility of nature, it is the hostility of men that they will have to face...
The screening will be preceded by the Focus section short film Like Snails by Margherita Panizon.
6:00 PM
De grandes espérances Booking possible – Sylvain DESCLOUS – 20:15 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Focus
Le Coeur d'Or 2
A graduate of Sciences-Po, Madeleine leaves to prepare for the ENA orals in Corsica with her lover, Antoine. At the bend in a deserted road, the couple gets involved in an altercation that turns into a tragedy. The secret that now binds them will weigh heavily on their future political careers…
Les Huit Montagnes – Charlotte VANDERMEERSCH – Felix VAN GROENINGEN – approved for all audiences – 22:32 (Italy)
Focus
Salle des festivals
Pietro, a city boy, befriends Bruno, the last child living in a forgotten village in the Aosta Valley. While Bruno remains faithful to his mountain, Pietro travels the world. On this journey, they experience love and loss, their origins and destinies, but above all, a life-and-death friendship.
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?
The screening will be preceded by the Focus section short film Monologhes by Andrea Franceschini.
8:30 PM
La Montagne Booking possible – Thomas SALVADOR – 22:50 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Focus
Le Coeur d'Or 2
Pierre, a Parisian engineer, goes up in the Alps for his work. Irresistibly attracted by what surrounds him, he camps out alone high in the mountains and leaves behind his everyday life. Up there he meets Léa, a chef of an alpine restaurant, while mysterious glows glitter in the deep mountains…
