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LADS
AND JOCKEYS / LADS ET JOCKEYS
(PG)
Director Benjamin Marquet |
Edinburgh
Filmhouse 15 November 6.00pm
Dumfries Film Theatre 19 November
1.30pm/6.00pm
Glasgow Film Theatre 29 November 1.15pm |
| Lushly filmed and moving equestrian
documentary from debut director Benjamin Marquet looking at
the strict regime and dedication of those involved in a school
designed to train aspiring jockeys. It is September 2006 and
a new school year has begun in France. Thirty 14- year-old boys
and girls in Chantilly enter a boarding school specialised in
the education of jockeys and stable lads and girls. For many
of them, the first contact with the reality of the job they
have chosen is very hard. They find themselves in a world where
time means nothing and the needs of the horses are everything.
Marquet follows the lives of the whole class, focusing particularly
on Steve, Flavien and Florian. Most of them have in common first
loves, mobiles, mp3 players and dreams of fame and fortune.
We have an opportunity to watch them develop till the final
race at the end of the school year. Then they may be they will
get the chance to become real jockeys… |
Director
Benjamin Marquet
2008. 100 mins
Int. Sales Les Films du Losange
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MAGIC!
/ MAGIQUE! (PG)
Director Philippe Muyl |
Edinburgh
Filmhouse 14 November 1.00pm
Glasgow Film Theatre 21 November 3.15pm
London Ciné Lumière
19 December 1.00pm CHANGED |
| The title says it all
– the film deals with the magic of laughter and of love.
Betty (Marie Gillain), a young woman raising her ten-year-old
son, Tommy (Louis Dussol), alone on an isolated farm. The boy
has never known his father and imagines him to be an astronaut.
Each night, Tommy watches the sky, waiting for his father's
return – Betty hasn't the heart to tell him the truth
as she has problems of her own: Indeed, she struggles to earn
enough money, while her online attempts to find a male companion
have so far been in vain. She's a sad, silent woman, always
in a state of melancholy. And they are faced with being evicted
because she can't pay the rent. Yet, Magique! slowly brings
laughter in to her life. Tommy plans to use his own brand of
magic to bring his mother out of her sad state and finds the
perfect opportunity to do just that when the circus comes to
town. The beautiful scenery with lush cinematography is a pleasure
to watch. Magique! can also be considered a musical as the songs
tend to emphasise a certain point, or call attention to ideas
or feelings. A sheer delight from Philippe Muyl who made Le
Papillon and La vache et le Président. Muyl won the Alice
in the City award given by a jury of eight- to 12-year-olds
at the Rome International Film Festival 2008. |
Cast
Marie Gillain, Cali, Antoine Dulèry, Louis Dussol, Benoît
Briére, Holly O'Brien, Rachel Gauthier, Stéphane
Breton, Evelyne de la Chenelière.
Director Philippe Muyl
2008. 91 mins
Int. Sales Wild Bunch
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