The aim of the Brussels Film Festival is to honour European cinema with indoor and outdoor screenings. Also this year, there will be special attention for Polish cinema during the POLISH EVENING in the presence of the actor Janusz CHABIOR. This Polish evening will be organised on Sunday 19 June in Flagey. Two movies will be screened: Life Must Go On, by Maciej MIGAS and The Lure, by Agnieszka SMOCZYŃSKA.
+++ More info about the Polish evening on the website of Brussels Film Festival
Life Must Go On (Poland, 2016, 100 min), by Maciej MIGAS
Bartek, alcoholic and debonair actor, is diagnosed with incurable cancer. What to do during the three months he has left to live? Reconcile with his family? Suicide? Or re-edit his life by trying to fix the past and what is left to live. Inspired by a true story, the film immediately causes a strong empathy for the main character. It follows the last days of his life when quirky humor often gets the upper hand on the drama. The strength of the theme and its originality makes this film both dramatic and hilarious. Tomasz Kot brilliantly fills the screen again after his memorable role in Gods.
Cast: Tomasz Kot, Janusz Chabior, Jacek Beler, Klara Bielawka, Jacek Braciak
The Lure (Poland, 2016, 92 min), by Agnieszka SMOCZYNSKA
In this movie everything is a little crazy and daring. So if you are fond of surprising discoveries, do not miss it. It’s dark, fog envelops the bank of a river while musicians from a bar, drink and sing recklessly. The camera moves to the surface of the water where it is expected to arise the body of a drowned body. But instead two mermaids emerge from the Vistula and sing: “Catch us, we will not eat you.” The sentence will show later to be premonitary. Agnieszka Smoczynska, who presented the film at Sundance, is not content to revisit the myth of mermaids, but transforms it into a musical thriller with style. At times kitschy, sometimes disturbing, the film never ceases to surprise the viewer by its characters, its sets and changes of tones. It is not every day you can get to see a film with mermaids singing in dubious nightclubs, a truly original work which will appeal anyone.
Cast: Kinga Preis, Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszańska, Jakub Gierszal
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
>>> Flagey (Place Sainte-Croix, 1050 Brussels) – see map
>>> Sunday 19 June 2016 – 19:00: Life Must Go On | 21:30: The Lure
>>> 2 films-pass: €10 (full price) | €7,5 (-26) – Buy your tickets online
>>> 1 film ticket: €7,5 (full price) | 6,5€ (-26)
Links
Brussels Film Festival: http://www.brff.be/fr/
