120 battements par minute (Campillo)

The stalwart formula of Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne—the corrosive effects of capitalism on mostly working-class families in and around Liège—has drawn enthusiastic audiences around the world for over thirty years. Their new feature, UNE FILLE INCONNUE/THE UNKNOWN GIRL, takes a particularly hard look at the socio-economic triggers of male depredation.

Dardenne regulars Jérémie Renier and Olivier Gourmet are back, and Adèle Haenel (Aliyah, L’homme qu’on aimait trop, Nocturama, and the upcoming 120 BPM) adds to her growing list of memorable performances.

LA FILLE INCONNUE/THE UNKNOWN GIRL, through October 5.

ROYAL, Santa Monica Boulevard, West Los Angeles.

PLAYHOUSE, 673 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena.

Opening September 29:

TOWN CENTER, 17200 Ventura Boulevard, Encino.

https://www.laemmle.com/films/42654

From top: Louka Minnella and Adèle Haenel in La Fille inconnue. Adèle Haenel. Image credit: Sundance Selects.

“A naturalistic drama about the Paris branch of ACT UP in the nineties that masterfully intertwines dual narratives—a group portrait of AIDS activists and a love story of great delicacy—and deftly sidesteps every social-issue/disease movie cliché in the book.” — Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter

120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE (2017)—written and directed by Robin Campillo (who was a member of ACT UP twenty years ago)—came out of nowhere to win the Grand Prix at Cannes this weekend.

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The film stars Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, and Antoine Reinartz and will open in Paris cinemas on August 23, 2017.

Above: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Arnaud Valois in 120 battements par minute (2017). Photograph by Celine Nieszawer. Image credit: Les films de Pierre.

Below: Valois (center).

Photographs by Celine Nieszawer. Image credit: Les films de Pierre.

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