FRI, APR 28, 7:30p film, (THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV) and 9:30p Q&A:
“S P E A K I N G I N C I N E M A #12”
A series of events at MBC
celebrating cinema as a art-form
With special guests
Director
ALBERT SERRA
&
Film Comment Film Critic & Filmmaker
YONCA TALU
Hosted by
Miami Film Critic
HANS MORGENSTERN
Discussing
the films of Albert Serra including
THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV
(La Mort de Louis XIV)
Made possible through the generous support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of the Knight Arts Challenge, with additional support from the Sagamore Hotel, Nespresso and Coppola Wines
SPEAKING IN CINEMA presented by MBC is a series of events giving an in-depth look at the intricacies of the art of filmmaking led by local and visiting film critics. With filmmakers, artists and international specialists as guests, connecting to and supplementing MBC programming, the series of discussions is an ongoing and inclusive celebration of the art of cinema, the “Seventh Art”, which brings together all of the other six. SPEAKING IN CINEMA explores cinema’s past, present and future as the medium that encompasses spatial, temporal and visual aspects of art. The series provides a platform for continued engagement with a video library of the events to be released soon on the MBC website.
Info on the film:
Florida Premiere Engagement!
“Best of Cannes”
Winner: Prix Jean Vigo 2016
(La mort de Louis XIV)
Directed by ALBERT SERRA/France/Spain/2016/1 hr, 55mins.
With Jean-Pierre Léaud, Bernard Belin, Phillippe Crespeau
Versailles, August 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV (Jean-Pierre Léaud) feels a pain in his leg. The next days, the Sun King fulfills his duties and obligations, but he has trouble sleeping. A serious fever erupts, which marks the start of the slow agony of the greatest King of France. Surrounded by doctors and family, he struggles to run the country from his bed. Based on extensive medical records and the memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon and other courtiers, The Death of Louis XIV is a magistral, neoclassical chamber drama, a work of pure magic. (In French with English subtitles).
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Cannes Film Festival Special Screening
WINNER: Prix Jean Vigo, 2016
WINNER: Online Film Critics Society Best Non-US Release
WINNER: Best International Feature Jerusalem Film Festival
WINNER: Lumiere Awards Best Actor, Best Cinematography
WINNER: International Cinephile Awards Best Picture Not Released in 2016
“SURELY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FILM AT CANNES 2016…One of Sight and Sound’s Best Films of 2016”-Jonathan Romney, Sight and Sound
“A MEZMERIZING ELEGY”-Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“AN INSTANT CLASSIC”-Nina Menkes, filmmaker
“LÉAUD’S FINEST ONSCREEN CREATION SINCE THE 400 BLOWS”
-Eric Kohn, IndieWire
“POIGNANT”-New York Times
“DEEPLY MOVING”-BFI
“MAGNIFICENT”-Mubi
“UNFORGETABLE”-Film Journal International
“EXQUISITE”-Film Comment
“HAUNTING”-Sight and Sound
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