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First film recommendations released for Shanghai International Film Festival
2018-06-01 13:41

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Jusqu’a la Garde

Director: Xavier Legrand  

Write: Xavier Legrand

Starring: Denis Ménochet, Léa Drucker, Thomas Gioria

The movie depicts a family’s struggles with the fallout of a divorce and the resulting joint-custody arrangement. Myriam and Antoine Besson have divorced, and Myriam seeks sole custody of their son Julien to protect him from Antoine, a father she claims is violent. Antoine pleads his case and the judge rules in favor of joint custody. Julien is pushed to the edge to prevent the worst from happening.The debut film of Xavier Legrand won the Best Director award and the Best First Feature Film award at the 74th Venice Film festival. 

 


|The first list of film recommendations in the Official Recommendation Section for this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival has come out! [!--empirenews.page--]|Among the list of the recommended films are Cold War, the best director award winner at the 71th Cannes Film Festival; JUSQU'À LA GARDE, the best director award winner and the Best First Long Film winner at the 74th Venice Film festival; Lady Bird, the Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, and the Best Actress winner at this year’s Golden Globes; Toivon tuolla puolen, the Silver Bear for Best Director at the last Berlin Festival; Hannah, the best actress award winner at the 74th Venice Film festival; The Killing of a Sacred Deer, the Best Screenplay winner at the 70th Cannes Film Festival; and The Disaster Artist, also a winner of many prizes. Let’s take a close look at these movies![!--empirenews.page--]|Cold WarDirector: Pawel Pawlikowski Starring: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Agata Kulesza, and Borys Szyc[!--empirenews.page--]|Jusqu’a la GardeDirector: Xavier Legrand  Write: Xavier LegrandStarring: Denis Ménochet, Léa Drucker, Thomas Gioria[!--empirenews.page--]|Lady BirdDirector: Greta GerwigWriter: Greta GerwigStarring: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf and Timothée Chalamet[!--empirenews.page--]| The movie is a version of the real-life story of Tommy Wiseau, an aspiring actor in San Francisco in the late nineties, who takes an acting-class friend, Greg Sestero, to Los Angeles in pursuit of stardom. The film chronicles the making of Tommy Wiseau's 2003 movie, The Room, widely considered one of the worst films ever made. The film won the award for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy at the 75th Golden Globe Awards.[!--empirenews.page--]|The Other Side of Hope (Toivon Tuolla Puolen)Director:Aki KaurismäkiWriter:Aki Kaurismäki   Starring: Sherman Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, and Niroz Haji.[!--empirenews.page--]|The film won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival  [!--empirenews.page--]|The film won the best actress award at the 74th Venice Film festival.