9º – In Another Country (Sang-soo Hong, 2012)
Nurturing three different stories about the passage of a French tourist through South Korea, the film shows the social relations of this character with the most diverse inhabitants of the country, elevating the figure of camaraderie, romance and the various human inconsistencies. A good choice for Korean cinema, this work achieves its true brilliance in the fabulous presence of Isabelle Huppert as protagonist.
8º – Violette (Claude Chabrol, 1978)
Claude Chabrol launches here a small sketch of what would make perfect ten years later. In ‘Violette’, we are introduced to the life of a young girl who is absent from reality, with the only projection of living every moment to the fullest. The film will deal with the family, social and moral implications of the girl’s excessive attitudes, always taking into account the turbulent historical period that permeated the place at the time.
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