Ciné dimanche

Sunday Cinema at the Mucem every third Sunday of the month Each film is introduced by a critic or cinema specialist. On this occasion, we’ll introduce you to an object from the Mucem collections connected with the city in the spotlight.

• Film scheduled for November 15: Vers un avenir radieux For this first screening, we head to Rome, in the heart of Italy and the cinema of Nanni Moretti. Giovanni, a renowned Italian filmmaker, is about to shoot his new film. But with his relationship in crisis, his French producer on the brink of bankruptcy and his daughter neglecting him, everything seems to be working against him! Always walking a tightrope, Giovanni will have to rethink his approach if he wants to lead his whole little world toward a bright future. Vers un avenir radieux, by Nanni Moretti (Italy, 2023, 1h35). Starring Nanni Moretti, Silvio Orlando, Margherita Buy. A screening accompanied by Emmanuel Burdeau and moderated by Camilla Trombi. With the participation of Vincent Giovannoni, chief heritage curator at the Mucem.

• Film scheduled for December 20: Persepolis A screening held in tribute to Marjane Satrapi, offering a chance to rediscover this iconic animated film. Tehran, 1978: eight-year-old Marjane dreams about the future. Cherished by her modern, cultured parents and close to her grandmother, she follows with excitement the events that bring down the Shah’s regime. With the establishment of the Islamic Republic, the era of the revolutionary committees begins, controlling clothing and behavior. Marjane, who must wear the veil, now dreams of becoming a revolutionary. Soon, the war against Iraq brings bombing and deprivation… Internal repression grows more severe by the day. Her sharp tongue and rebellious views become a problem. Her parents then decide to send her to Austria to protect her. Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (2007, 1h35). Cast: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Sean Penn, Gena Rowlands. A screening accompanied by Guilda Chahverdi, director, curator, writer and actor. With the participation of Mireille Jacotin, chief heritage curator at the Mucem

• Film scheduled for February 21: 200 mètres A family man’s odyssey through Jerusalem, a fast-paced road movie. Mustafa on one side, Salwa and the children on the other: a family lives on opposite sides of the Israeli wall, just 200 meters apart. They get by each day with all the ingenuity and tenderness needed to “live” like everyone else, until a serious incident disrupts this fragile balance. To reach his injured son on the other side, the father sets off on an odyssey through the checkpoints, riding in an illegal minibus where everyone’s fate collides with the most absurd obstacles. 200 mètres, by Ameen Nayfeh (2021, 1h37). A screening moderated by Borja de Miguel Sanz. With the participation of Raphaël Bories, chief heritage curator at the Mucem.

• Film scheduled for March 14: Les femmes du bus 678 Turning the tables on male supremacy. Fayza, Seba and Nelly, three contemporary women whose lives are entirely different, join forces to fight the impunity of the machismo that pervades the streets, buses and homes of Cairo. Determined, they will now humiliate those who humiliated them. As the movement grows, the unconventional Inspector Essam investigates. Who are these mysterious women shaking a society founded on male supremacy? Les Femmes du Bus 678, by Mohamed Diab (Egypt, 2010, 1h40). A screening accompanied by independent journalist Nina Hubinet. A screening organized as a follow-up to International Women’s Day.