Every Wednesday, Le Méridional shows you the films currently showing in cinemas in Marseille and Aix-en-Provence.
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Blue Beetle
🎞️ Release date : August 16, 2023
🕙 Duration : 2h08min
💥 Gender : Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
😎 Distribution : Xolo Mariduena, Bruno Marquezine, Susan Sarandon
🧾 Summary: Fresh out of college, Jaime Reyes returns home full of ambition, only to discover things have changed a lot since he left. As he searches for his place in the world, fate interferes: Jaime accidentally finds himself in possession of the Scarab, an ancient relic of alien biotechnology. As soon as the Scarab chooses to make Jaime its host, the young man finds himself clothed in extraordinary armor that grants him extraordinary – and unpredictable – powers. Everything changes then for Jaime who becomes the superhero Blue Beetle…
🍿 Where to see this film:
Marseille: Artplexe Canebière, Pathé La Joliette, Bonneveine, The 3 palms, Cinema Le Prado Marseille
Aix-en-Provence: The Cézanne.
⏲ Schedules :
Artplexe Canebière: 1:45 p.m., 7:00 p.m., 9:55 p.m.
Pathé La Joliette: 3:35 p.m.; 4:35 p.m.; 7:00 p.m.; 7:25 p.m.; 20:45; 22:10
Bonneveine: 1:45 p.m.; 4:20 p.m.; 19:05; 21:20
The 3 palms: 1:30 p.m.; 4:15 p.m.; 7:15 p.m.; 22:55
Cinema Le Prado Marseille: 1:15 p.m.; 4:05 p.m.; 6:55 p.m.; 21:45
The Cezanne: 1:30 p.m.; 4:10 p.m.; 7:20 p.m.; 21:55
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THE ALMODÓVAR EXPERIENCE
🎞️ Release date : August 16, 2023
🕙 Duration : 1h01min
🎭 Gender : Drama, Western
😎 Distribution : Tilda Swinton, Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal
🧾 Summary: Two medium-length films by Pedro Almodovar: Strange Way of Life and The Human Voice.
Strange Way of Life (2023): Silva crosses the desert on horseback to find Jake, whom he knew twenty-five years earlier when they were both contract killers. Silva wants to reconnect with his childhood friend, now sheriff, but this reunion is not his only motivation…
The Human Voice (2020): A woman watches time pass by the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to pick them up, but never arrives) and a restless dog who does not understand that his master has abandoned him . Two living beings facing abandonment.
🍿 Where to see this film:
Marseille: The Varieties, Pathé Marseille – Madelaine
Aix-en-Provence: The Mazarin
⏲ Schedules :
Varieties: 15:25; 4:50 p.m.; 19:45
Pathé Marseille – Madelaine: 3:45 p.m.; 19:45
The Mazarin: 1:30 p.m.; 6:50 p.m.
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Reality
🎞️ Release date : August 16, 2023
🕙 Duration : 1h22min
😱 Gender : Thriller, Drama, Biopic
😎 Distribution : Sydney Sweeney, Josh Hamilton, Marchant Davis
🧾 Summary: On June 3, 2017, Twenty-five-year-old Reality Winner was questioned by two FBI agents at her home. This banal and sometimes surreal conversation, with each dialogue taken from the authentic transcript of the interrogation, paints a complex portrait of an American millennial, veteran of the US Air Force, yoga teacher, who loves animals. , travel and share photos on social networks. Why is the FBI interested in her? Who is Reality really?
🍿 Where to see this film:
Marseille: Varieties, Pathé Marseille – La Madeleine
Aix-en-Provence: The Renoir
⏲ Schedules :
Varieties: 1:40 p.m.; 5:40 p.m.; 19:25
Pathé Marseille – La Madeleine: 4:30 p.m.; 7:50 p.m.; 21:30
Renoir: 1:30 p.m.; 18:05
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Close eyes
🎞️ Release date : August 16, 2023
🕙 Duration : 2h29min
🎭 Gender : Drama
😎 Distribution : Manolo Solo, Jose Coronado, Ana Torrent
🧾 Summary: Julio Arenas, a famous actor, disappears while filming a movie. His body was never found, and the police concluded an accident. Twenty-two years later, a television program devotes an evening to this mysterious affair, and solicits the testimony of Julio’s best friend and director of the film, Miguel Garay. By going to Madrid, Miguel will dive back into his past…
🍿 Where to see this film:
Marseille: The Varieties
Aix-en-Provence: The Mazarin
⏲ Schedules :
Varieties: 2:00 p.m.; 20:45
The Mazarin: 14:15; 19:40
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Second Youth
🎞️ Release date : August 16, 2023
🕙 Duration : 1h31min
😂 Gender : Comedy, Romance
😎 Distribution : Gianni Di Gregorio, Stefania Sandrelli, Alfonso Santagata
🧾 Summary: Astolfo, a retired teacher, has to leave his Roman apartment, evicted by the landlady. Penniless, he decides to return to the village of his ancestors, to live in the family palace in ruins, a vestige of a heritage that everyone is trying to monopolize. He befriends the marginalized man who has been squatting in the house for years, but also with a retired cook and a young unemployed man. But above all, he meets Stefania, a woman of his age, shy, gentle and generous. Encouraged by his friends, Astolfo takes a brave step and learns with joy that it is never too late to fall in love.
🍿 Where to see this film:
Marseille: The Varieties
Aix-en-Provence: The Mazarin
⏲ Schedules :
Varieties: 5:15 p.m.
The Mazarin: 2:00 p.m.
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When the waves recede
🎞️ Release date : August 16, 2023
🕙 Duration : 3h07min
🎭 Gender : Drama, Thriller
😎 Distribution : John Lloyd Cruz, Ronnie Lazaro, Don Melvin Boongaling
🧾 Summary: Lt. Hermes Papauran, one of the best investigators in the Philippines, finds himself in a deep moral dilemma. As a member of the police force, he is the privileged witness of the deadly anti-drug campaign that his institution leads with dedication. The atrocities corrode Hermes physically and spiritually, causing him a severe skin disease that results from anxiety and guilt. To heal, he will have to face his own demons.
🍿 Where to see this film:
Marseille: The Varieties, The Caesar
⏲ Schedules :
Varieties: 5:00 p.m.
The Caesar: 1:50 p.m.; 6:50 p.m.