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The Big Hit

The Big Hit

Theatrical starts October 29, 2021

2020 - FRANCE - 106 MINUTES - COLOUR / IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES/ ORIGINAL TITLE : UN TRIOMPHE
A FILM BY EMMANUEL COURCOL
FEATURING: KAD MERAD, MARINA HANDS, LAURENT STOCKER

Etienne, an often out of work but endearing actor, runs a theatre workshop in a prison, where he brings together an unlikely troupe of prisoners to stage Samuel Beckett’s famous play Waiting for Godot. When he is allowed to take the colourful band of convicts on a tour outside of prison, Etienne finally has the chance to thrive. Each date is a new success and a unique relationship grows between this ad hoc group of actors and their director. But soon comes the final performance in Paris. Will their last night together be the biggest hit of them all?

The Violin Teacher

The Violin Teacher

THEATRICAL BEGINS OCTOBER 28, 2016

RAZIL – 2015 – 100 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN PORTUGUESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY SÉRGIO MACHADO

After failing to be admitted into the renowned São Paulo Symphonic Orchestra, Laerte, a talented violinist, is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school in Heliopolis, the biggest favela of Brazil. His path is full of difficulties but the transforming power of music and the friendship arising between the professor and his students open the doors into a new world. Based on a true story.