Ciné-Dimanche

For this first session, we’re heading to Rome, in the heart of Italy and the world of Nanni Moretti’s films.
Giovanni, a renowned Italian filmmaker, is about to shoot his new film. But between his relationship in crisis, his French producer on the verge of bankruptcy, and his daughter turning her back on 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 little world toward a bright future. “Toward a Bright Future,” by Nanni Moretti (Italy, 2023, 1 hr 35 min). Starring Nanni Moretti, Silvio...

A screening organized in honor of Marjane Satrapi, offering a chance to rediscover this iconic animated film.
Tehran, 1978: Eight-year-old Marjane dreams of the future. Cherished by her modern, cultured parents and close to her grandmother, she follows with excitement the events that lead to the fall of the Shah’s regime. With the establishment of the Islamic Republic comes the era of the revolution’s commissars, who control people’s attire and behavior. Marjane, who is required to wear the hijab, now dreams of becoming a revolutionary. Soon, the war against Iraq brings bombings and hardship…...

A Family Man’s Odyssey in Jerusalem: A Fast-Paced Road Movie.
With Mustafa on one side and Salwa and the children on the other, a family lives separated on either side of the Israeli Wall, just 200 meters apart. They cope with daily life using all the ingenuity and tenderness needed to “live” like everyone else, until a serious incident shatters this fragile balance. To find his injured son on the other side, the father embarks on an odyssey through the checkpoints, riding as a passenger in an illegal minibus where everyone’s fate collides with the most...

Shuffling the deck of male supremacy.
Fayza, Seba, and Nelly—three modern women with completely different lives—join forces to fight the unchecked sexism that plagues Cairo’s streets, buses, and homes. Determined, they will now humiliate those who once humiliated them. Faced with the scale of the movement, the unconventional detective Essam leads the investigation. Who are these mysterious women who are shaking the foundations of a society based on male supremacy? “The Women of Bus 678,” by Mohamed Diab (Egypt, 2010,...