Cinemania 2018: Opening and Closing Films

CINEMANIA
24th Edition

November 1 - 11, 2018

Opening Film

Doubles Vies (English title: Non-Fiction)

Director Olivier Assayas / France / 100 min / 2018

OFFICIAL SYNOPSES

"Alain (Guillaume Canet) is a publisher and Léonard (Vincent Macaigne) a needy novelist. Modern publishing trends and shifting tastes have totally passed them by. These guys are overwhelmed by change and in mid-life crisis - they struggle to find their place in society in a changing industry whose entry codes they cannot seem to crack. And, they're tone-deaf to the advice of their restless wives (wonderfully portrayed by Juliette Binoche and Nora Hamzawi). All four, plus assorted girlfriends and lovers, agonize over the future with delicious dialogue in a series of dinner parties.

Renowned director-scriptwriter Olivier Assayas gathers a great ensemble cast, delivering a clever not-to-be-missed comedy set in today's sophisticated world of Parisian publishing!"

Closing Film

Edmond

Director Alexis Michalik / France, Belgum / 1h 45 min / 2018

OFFICIAL SYNOPSES

“December 1897, Paris. Playwright Edmond Rostand, is not yet 30 and is stressed ‘to-the-max’. He hasn’t written a word in 2 years! Desperate, he propositions the great theatrical actor Benoît-Constant Coquelin to appear in his next production, a heroic comedy for the stage in time for the year-end holidays. The only problem...it hasn’t been written yet! In the midst of a chaotic life filled with capricious actors & actresses, a jealous wife, demanding producers, his best friend’s convoluted love life, and a general lack of enthusiasm for his new play, Edmond sits down to write. But all he can thus far commit to paper is the title, ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’...”

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