📹 Meet the director!

☞ SUMMARY:

🎞️FILM: ‘Ils Sont Vivants’ directed by Jérémie Elkaïm (112 min)
🎬 DATE & TIME: Thursday, April 7th, drinks at 7pm, screening at 8pm, followed by a Q&A with the director
📽️CINEMA: Luminor, 20 Rue du Temple, Paris 4
🎟TICKETS: €10 full price; €8 for students and all other concessions: https://www.luminor-hoteldeville.com/reserver/F307609/

☞ DETAILS:

Based on the real-life romance between a far-right French widow and an Iranian refugee, ‘Ils sont vivants’ tells the story of two people whose love knows no limits. Stick around after the screening for an engaging Q&A with director Jérémie Elkaïm. You won’t want to miss this movie full of hope and changes of heart!

☞THE MOVIE:

“Calais, French border with the UK. Newly widowed, Béatrice lives with her son and her mother. Her beliefs and her very life are shaken upon meeting Mokhtar, an Iranian teacher who recently illegally fled to Europe. Her love for him pushes her to question the prejudices she is accustomed to and to challenge the laws of her country.” – Synopsis

“‘Ils sont vivants’ is a hymn to life, a film of great beauty.” – Télérama

Watch the trailer with English subtitles here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbfPHSvL7Lo

☞THE PLAN:

Start the night on the right note with drinks at 7pm! Our screening will then commence at 8pm, followed by a Q&A with director Jérémie Elkaïm.

🎬 The Lost in Frenchlation & the Luminor team