From the 11th to the 21st September 2008 at the NU METRO - VA & Waterfront
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Another Woman (Une Autre Femme)

Sat 13 / 6pm (+Panel) - Wed 17 / 7.15pm

Dir : Jérôme Foulon - France - 2004 - 106min

Parce qu’elle surprend par hasard les confidences dramatiques d’une jeune femme, Hope, avec son psychiatre, Marion, intellectuelle de cinquante ans, à la vie réglée comme papier à musique, va tout remettre en question. Elle va s’interroger sur elle-même et démêler ses souvenirs embrouilles pour découvrir en elle-même une autre femme qui la stupéfie.

Léa turns heads wherever she goes, but keeps her deep, dark secret hidden. When forced to return to Paris, she cannot resist finding the spouse and children she abandoned ten years ago. This impressive film sympathetically and realistically captures Léa’s anguish at her deception, as well as the confusion and betrayal felt by those left behind.

Times Have Been Better (Le Ciel sur la tête)

Sat 13 / 10.30pm - Fri 19 / 10.30pm - Sun 21 / 8pm

Dir : Régis Musset - France - 2006 - 91min

Un week-end, Jérémy fait une visite surprise à ses parents. Au moment du départ, Jérémy se décide enfin à révéler le réel motif de sa visite : il a emménagé avec Marc, l’homme qu’il aime. Aussitôt son homosexualité avouée, il saute dans le train qui le ramène à Paris, laissant ses parents sous le choc...

In imitable quirky French style, the proud liberal parents of thirty-something, banker Jeremy descend into crisis when he celebrates moving into a new house with his older, long-term boyfriend by fnally announcing to the family that he is gay. Seen from the point of view of his erstwhile loving and open-minded family, his upbeat father plummets into farcical, almost pathological, despair as he becomes obsessed with his son’s ‘position’ in the relationship. His supportive mother ventures on a voyage of self-discovery, befriends her bitter gay co-worker and re-evaluates the meaning of motherhood. Now that their shining light, Jeremy, has temporarily dimmed in their eyes, the youngest brother is unwittingly hauled into the spotlight. Questioning the strength of familial and other relationships that are often taken for granted, this delightful movie explores difficult personal questions in a fresh and Jhb approachable way.

XXY

Thu 18 / 7pm - Tue 16 / 7pm - Sat 20 / 6pm

Dir : Lucia Puenzo - Argentina/France/Spain - 2007 - 86min

Alex, une adolescente de 15 ans, a un secret : elle est hermaphrodite. Peu après sa naissance, ses parents décident de quitter Buenos Aires pour s’installer sur la côte uruguayenne, dans une maison de bois perdue dans les dunes. XXY commence avec l’arrivée d’un couple d’amis venus de Buenos Aires, accompagnés d’Alvaro, leur fils de 16 ans. Le père, un spécialiste en chirurgie esthétique, a accepté l’invitation en raison de l’intérêt médical qu’il porte à Alex. Une attirance inéluctable naît entre les deux enfants qui va les obliger à affronter leurs peurs... Des rumeurs se répandent dans la ville. On commence à dévisager Alex comme si elle était un monstre. La fascination qu’elle exerce risque désormais de devenir dangereuse.

Living in a coastal Uruguayan town, Alex has been isolated and protected, for the past 15 years, by her parents Kraken and Suli. As puberty gets its grip on the teenager they think that now is the time for Alex to make a decision regarding her gender identity. Her mother invites a top plastic surgeon and his family to stay with them, to assist with a decision, but sexually aggressive Alex is far more interested in the plastic surgeon’s closeted son, Alvaro. While the parent’s agonise over the conundrum of Alex’ gender, the teens get on with their complex exploration of sexuality and identity. Beautifully shot, sparsely scripted, with stellar performances, this calmly observed and quietly unassuming film is as much about the psychological fallout of family anxieties, than the confusion surrounding Alex’s gender.

Cannes 2007 - Critics Week Grand Prize and Grand Golden Rail
Edinburgh IFF 2007 - New Director’s Award
San Francisco ILGFF 2008 Audience Award Best Feature Film
Athens IFF - Golden Athena Award
Bangkok IFF - Golden Kinnaree Award Best Picture
Goya Awards 2008 Best Spanish Language Foreign Film