CINEMA BY LES CULTURELLES
MOVIE OF THE WEEK:JACKIE
Our proposal for this week is the movie Jackie, a biographical drama directed by the Chilean director Pablo Larrain and protagonist Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy. The movie is inspired by Jackie's interview at Life magazine, four days after Kennedy's death, to the journalist Theodore H. White.
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| First Lady trying to find the place where JFK would be burried The movie is about the death of John F. Kennedy focusing on the personal drama of the First Lady of the USA. It deals with the impact of Kennedy's death in Jackie's life, her grief the next three days of the assassination, the impact in her children's life and her effort to define Kennedy's legacy. |
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| Jackie in the White House after Kennedy's assassination |
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| First Lady of USA as a widow |
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| Jackie and her children leaving the White House for the funeral |
Portman perfectly sums up and affects us deeply by quoting "Don’t let it be forgot, that for one brief, shining moment there was Camelot". This was what Jackie told White quoting from the relevant musical revealing all her thoughts, feelings and intentions.
Director Pablo Larrain
Writer Noah Oppenheim
Main actors: Natalie Portman (Jackie)
Peter Sarsgaard (Bobby Kennedy)
Greta Gerwig (Nancy)
Billy Crudup (The journalist)
John Hurt (the priest)
- Duration: 1hour 40 minutes
official trailer
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: MOONLIGHT
Les Culturelles love cinema and this week we went to the movies.We will share with you
our suggestion for each week. So, for the first week of February our proposal is the movie
"Moonlight" by Barry Jenkins.
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Official poster of the movie
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Story
Chiron grew up in a tough neighborhood of Miami. During his journey from childhood
he struggles balancing between the problems, the masculinity of young African-American
men and his effort to understand his place in the world.
Little becomes Chiron and then Black unraveling in a simple but touching way how society gives no words to express what he feels and goes through. Although the dialogues are memorable what is left unsaid highlights the very essence of the movie.
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Little by the sea ©A24
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Moonlight is a social drama in which the Jenkins trusts the actors to touch the audience with their emotions instead of splurging words or actions.
Les Culturelles loved this movie for the simple but also great plot, the dramatic but touching scenes and the amazing music.
Moonlight is a sublime movie that you should definitely see. You will leave the cinema full of emotions.
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Chiron bullied at school©A24
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You can watch the trailer here.
You can see the movie in Amsterdam in one of our following favorite cinemas:
De Filmhallen
Cinecenter
Pathe Tuschinsky
Director: Barry Jenkins
Story by: Tarell Alvin McCraney
Cast
Juan: Mahershala Ali
Paula: Naomie Harris
Teresa: Janelle Monae
Little: Alex R. Hibbert
Kevin:Jaden Piner
Chrion: Ashton Sanders
Kevin: Jharell Jerome
Black: Trevante Rhodes
Kevin: Andre Holland
