re(discoveries)

This year, the (Re)discoveries selection showcases a new cinematic variation. Alternative versions of cult movies, some « one-time-directors », unseen director’s cuts with unlikely re-editing, many different ways of thinking about cinema revealed to us as a living body in perpetual transformation.

Often planned by studios, the necessity to revisit a universe, a character, a story, comes above all from the directors’ and audience’s desire. An artist who considers his piece unfinished won’t deprive himself from reworking on it, from a micro-detail to the most exuberant changes, even shocking the most enthusiastic of all fans. As for the film lovers looking for the ultimate version, they will be thrilled to see their cult movies gain maturity if not reinterpreted.

Experiences, hypothesis, alternative paths, unexpected reinterpretations : the movies of this selection tell us about obsession, dream and directors who had the will and freedom to claim another possible version of their stories (fictional and/or personal) and to extend the life and fate of their characters and films beyond the credits.

The Professional
The Professional
Luc Besson
Fiction, Crime | France | 1994 | 2h 13min | VOEN/FR
Sat. 17/06 - 15:00 - UGC George V - Theater 3 - VOEN/FR
Tue. 20/06 - 21:15 - UGC George V - Theater 3 - VOEN/FR
Phase IV
Phase IV
Saul Bass
Fantastic | USA | 1974 | 1h 24min | English with French subtitles
Fri. 16/06 - 18:30 - Le Balzac - Theater 2 - English with French subtitles
Sun. 18/06 - 12:45 - Le Lincoln - Theater 1 - English with French subtitles
©Gaumont
The Science of sleep
Michel Gondry
Fiction, Comedy | France, Italy | 2006 | 1h 10min | VOFR-EN-ES/FR
Sun. 18/06 - 14:30 - Publicis Cinémas - Theater 2 - VOFR-EN-ES/FR
Thu. 22/06 - 16:00 - Publicis Cinémas - Theater 2 - VOFR-EN-ES/FR
Crédits : Gaumont
Une histoire immortelle The immortal story
Orson Welles
Fiction, Fantastic | France | 1967 | 1h 08min | French
Sat. 17/06 - 14:00 - Publicis Cinémas - Theater 2 - English with French subtitles
Sun. 18/06 - 16:30 - UGC George V - Theater 4 - English with French subtitles
Blood Simple
Blood Simple Blood simple
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Thriller | USA | 1998 | 1h 32min | English with French subtitles
Sat. 17/06 - 17:30 - UGC George V - Theater 3 - English with French subtitles
Thu. 22/06 - 20:30 - UGC George V - Theater 3 - English with French subtitles
©1992 Universal Studios. All rights reserved
Raising Caïn
Brian De Palma
Thriller | USA | 1992 | 1h 32min | English with French subtitles
Sun. 18/06 - 20:30 - Le Lincoln - Theater 3 - English with French subtitles
Mon. 19/06 - 15:00 - Le Balzac - Theater 2 - English with French subtitles
Wanda
Wanda
Barbara Loden
Drame | USA | 1970 (restored version) | 1h 45min | English with French subtitles
Sun. 18/06 - 18:00 - UGC George V - Theater 4 - English with French subtitles
Mon. 19/06 - 19:30 - UGC George V - Theater 4 - English with French subtitles

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