01.04. - 20:00 - The Beast OmU

 13.03.2025 -  ESOC Ciné-Club

The Beast (Originaltitel: La Bête)
In a near-future where artificial intelligence reigns, human emotions have become a threat. To get rid of them, Gabrielle must purify her DNA by going back into her past lives. There, she reunites with Louis, her great love. But a fear invades her, a premonition that a catastrophe is brewing.

La Bête Original language with German subtitles
Kanada / Frankreich 2024, 146 min R Bertrand Bonello B Bertrand Bonello, Guillaume Bréaud, Benjamin Charbit K Josée Deshaies M Anna Bonello, Bertrand Bonello D Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova
FSK ab 12 freigegeben

06.05. - 20:00 - A Great Friend OmU

 13.03.2025 -  ESOC Ciné-Club

A Great Friend (Originaltitle: Les choses simples)
Vincent is a successful entrepreneur. One day, a car breakdown on a mountain road temporarily interrupts his frantic race. Pierre, who lives away from the modern world in the midst of sublime nature, comes to his aid and offers him hospitality. The encounter between these two men, who have nothing in common, will turn their respective certainties upside down. Are they really living the lives they want to live?

03.06. - 20:00 - Es sind die kleinen Dinge OmU

 13.03.2025 -  ESOC Ciné-Club

Es sind die kleinen Dinge (Originaltitel: Les Petites Victoires)
Between her duties as mayor and her role as a teacher in the small village of Kerguen, Alice’s days are already quite busy. The arrival of Emile, a sixty-year-old with a fiery personality who has finally decided to learn to read and write, will make her daily life unmanageable. Especially since Alice, who didn’t see it coming, will also have to save her village and her school…

01.07. - 20:00 - A Little Something Extra OmU

 13.03.2025 -  ESOC Ciné-Club

A Little Something Extra (Originaltitle: Un p’tit truc en plus)
To escape from the police, a son and his father on the run are forced to take refuge in a holiday camp for young adults with disabilities, posing as a resident and his special educator… The beginning of trouble and a wonderful human experience that will change them forever.

“Un p’tit truc en plus” Original language with German subtitles
Frankreich 2024, 89 min R Artus B Milan Mauger, Clément Marchand, Artus K Jean-Marie Dreujou D Artus, Clovis Cornillac, Alice Belaïdi, Marc Riso, Céline Groussard, Gad Abecassis
FSK ab 6 freigegeben

15.10. - 20:00 - Faces Places OmU

 18.09.2024 -  ESOC Ciné-Club

Faces Places (original title: Visages Villages) is a French documentary by and about street art artist JR and filmmaker Agnès Varda, which premiered in 2017 as part of the Cannes Film Festival.

It describes the unlikely friendship of two artists of different generations and media influencing each other (similar to Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat). The two drive through the French countryside, from Provence to Normandy, and photograph people whose portraits they then immortalize on facades. It’s a touching film, a film duo for eternity!

05.11. - 20:00 - Driving Madeleine OmU

 18.09.2024 -  ESOC Ciné-Club

Driving Madeleine is a 2022 film about a life story and a fateful taxi ride.

An annoyed taxi driver and his 92-year-old customer: slowly a conversation develops, in which each one offers insight into the life of the other.

The taxi scenes transition into flashbacks, but the focus is on Madeleine and her life path. A film about the things that matter in life.

Une belle course Originalsprache mit deutschen Untertiteln
Frankreich 2023, 91 min R Christian Carion B Cyril Gely K Pierre Cottereau M Philippe Rombi D Line Renaud, Dany Boon, Alice Isaaz, Gwendoline Hamon, Hadriel Roure
FSK ab 12 freigegeben

03.12. - 20:00 - The Taste of Things OmU

 18.09.2024 -  ESOC Ciné-Club

The Taste of Things is perhaps the most culinary film of all time. But the film also deals with love and dedication. Dishes from past times are shown very plastically, with the dishes created by star chef Pierre Gagnaire. In this film you will also be able to admire an everyoung Juliette Binoche.

The film is a veritable gourmet event. Please do not come to the film hungry, as the film will not leave any stomach indifferent.

14.01. - 20:45 - Mr. Blake at your service OmU

 18.09.2024 -  ESOC Ciné-Club

Mr. Blake at your service is a 2023 film. It is a juicy comedy in which you will experience a French-speaking John Malkovich.

Andrew Blake is tired of a world he no longer fits into without the people he loves and those who disappear one by one. He decides to abandon the management of his small company and work as a butler in France, the country where he met his wife. He lands at the Beauvillier estate, where no one knows who he is, and hopes to forget his past. But encounters and out-of-control situations decide differently.

04.02. - 20:00 - Out of Season OmU

 18.09.2024 -  ESOC Ciné-Club

Out of Season is a 2023 film starring Guillaume Canet and Alba Rohrwacher. It deals with depression and success, different life choices and scenarios.

Mathieu lives in Paris, Alice in a small spa town. They have a brief affair, and then both go their own way. To expel his melancholy, Mathieu goes to a spa facility where he happens to meet Alice and buried feelings are whirled up.

Hors-Saison Originalsprache mit deutschen Untertiteln
Frankreich 2024, 116 min R Stéphane Brizé B Stéphane Brizé, Marie Drucker K Antoine Héberlé M Vincent Delerm D Guillaume Canet, Alba Rohrwacher, Sharif Andoura
FSK ab 12 freigegeben

04.03. - 20:00 - Sidonie in Japan OmU

 18.09.2024 -  ESOC Ciné-Club

Sidonie in Japan is a 2023 film starring the tireless Isabelle Huppert.

It deals with cultural misunderstandings, grief and memories. But the focus is also on the fact that in Japan, spirits and ghosts are taken very seriously and are part of everyday life. This sometimes creates strange situations.

A bittersweet story about overcoming grief and new beginnings. For Japanese friends, it’s a particularly enjoyable movie experience, as the movie settings are simply dreamlike.