- Opera
Discover three films by Philippe Grandrieux
Fri, Feb 17, 2023
Philippe Grandrieux is making his opera debut with Tristan und Isolde. But as a filmmaker, he has already made his mark. Three cinemas, three films, three chances to get to know his work.
WHITE EPILEPSY
Sunday 5 March 2023 at 2:30pm - Studio Skoop, Ghent
Sunday 12 March 2023 at 2:30pm - Cinema Cartoon's, Antwerp
At Studio Skoop (Ghent) and Cinema Cartoon's (Antwerp), White Epilepsy is on the programme. This 2012 film is set in a forest, where a man and a woman perform a stark choreography. It is an ancient ritual, a ceremonial struggle at the focal point between domination and submission.
LA VIE NOUVELLE
Monday 20 March 2023 at 20:00 - Art Cinema OFFoff, Ghent
Art Cinema OFFoff (Ghent) programmes La vie nouvelle (2002), a dark tale of prostitution, desire, friendship and betrayal
UN LAC
Friday 7 April 2023 at 20:30 - De Cinema, Antwerp
Finally, De Cinema (Antwerp) is showing Un Lac from 2009. The setting of this film is a land of forests and snow, somewhere in the north. A family lives in a lonely house on the edge of a lake. One day, a stranger appears...