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There is one great premier hitting the cinema in Brittany this week - the western 'Meek's Cutoff' which is perfect for any aspiring Cowboys!.

 

Or why not catch some recent new releases such as 'Beginners', 'Blue Valentine' and 'X Men: First Class'.

 

Alternatively there are some great 'classic showings' this week in cinemas across Brittany including 'Badlands' and 'Killers Kiss'. 

 

A summary of each of the films is shown below along with where you can watch them in Brittany this week.  For full details on cinema contact details and further information visit our 'Guide to English Language Films' in cinemas across Brittany.

 

 

This Weeks Premiers

 

 

Meek's Cutoff - Western (Released France 22nd June 2011)

Plot

 

Settlers traveling through the Oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.

 

Showing

 

Les Studios - 29200, Brest

Cine TNB - 35000, Rennes

 

 

Recent Releases

 

 

Beginners - Comedy, Music, Drama (Released France 15th June 2011)

 

Plot

 

A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.

 

Showing

 

Cinéville Colombier - 35000, Rennes

Les Studios - 29200, Brest

L'Image - 29470 Plougastel Daoulas

Garenne - 56000, Vannes

 

 

Blue Valentine - Romance, Drama (Released France 15th June 2011)

 

Plot

 

Dean Pereira and Cindy Heller Pereira are a young, working class married couple - Dean currently working as a painter, and Cindy working as a nurse in a medical clinic - with a young daughter named Frankie. Despite their relatively tender ages, they are both ravaged by the life they've eked out together and by the experiences they've had leading into their marriage. Dean, a high school drop out, comes from a broken home, where he never really had a mother figure. He never saw himself getting married or having a family despite falling in love at first sight with Cindy. He doesn't have any professional ambition beyond his current work - which he enjoys since he feels he can knock off a beer at 8 o'clock in the morning without it affecting his work - although Cindy believes he has so much more potential in life. Cindy also comes from a dysfunctional family, with her own mother and father not setting an example of a harmonious married or family life…

 

Showing

 

Cine-TNB - 35000, Rennes

Les Studios - 29200, Brest

Quai des Images - 22600, Loudéac

 

 

X-Men: First Class - Adventure, Action, Drama (Released France 1st June 2011)

 

Plot

 

Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-MEN.

 

Showing

 

Gaumont - 35000, Rennes

 

 

Midnight in Paris - Comedy, Fantasy, Romance (Released France 11th May 2011)

 

Plot

 

A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.

 

Showing

 

Ciné Breiz - 22110, Rostrenen

Cinemarine - 29950, Bénodet

Cinema Jeanne d'Arc - 56190, Muzillac

Cineville - 56100, Lorient

Club 6 - 22000, Saint-Brieuc

Gaumont - 35000, Rennes

Jeanne d'Arc - 56110, Gourin

Les Baladins - 22200, Guingamp

Les Studios - 29200, Brest

Multiplexe Liberté - 29200, Brest

 

 

The Tree of Life - Drama, Sci Fi (Released France 17th May 2011)

 

Plot

 

The impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack (played as an adult by 'Sean Penn' ) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

 

Showing

 

Cinema Le Club - 35300, Fougeres

Cinemarine - 29950, Bénodet

Garenne - 56000, Vannes

Les Baladins - 22200, Guingamp

 

 

Limitless - Mystery, Thriller, Sci Fi (Released France 8th June 2011)

 

Plot

 

An action-thriller about a writer who takes an experimental drug that allows him to use 100 percent of his mind. As one man evolves into the perfect version of himself, forces more corrupt than he can imagine mark him for assassination. Out-of-work writer Eddie Morra's (Cooper) rejection by girlfriend Lindy (Abbie Cornish) confirms his belief that he has zero future. That all vanishes the day an old friend introduces Eddie to NZT, a designer pharmaceutical that makes him laser focused and more confident than any man alive. Now on an NZT-fueled odyssey, everything Eddie's read, heard or seen is instantly organized and available to him. As the former nobody rises to the top of the financial world, he draws the attention of business mogul Carl Van Loon (De Niro), who sees this enhanced version of Eddie as the tool to make billions. But brutal side effects jeopardize his meteoric ascent. With a dwindling stash and hit men who will eliminate him to get the NZT...

 

Showing

 

Garenne - 56000, Vannes

Gaumont - 35000, Rennes

 

 

Beaver - Drama (Released France 25th May 2011)

 

Plot

 

A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communicating.

 

Showing

 

Agora - 29150, Châteaulin

Le Celtic - 56150, Baud

 

 

Still Chance to Catch

 

 

Animal Kingdom  - Crime, Drama, Thriller (Released France 25th February 2011)

 

Plot

 

Despite being no saint herself, Julia Cody has shielded her seventeen year old son, Joshua "J" Cody, from her Melbourne-based criminal relatives who they have not seen in years. After Julia dies in front of J's eyes from a self-inflicted heroin overdose, J, who is slightly detached from life, feels he has no choice but to contact his maternal grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, the family matriarch, for a place to live. Smurf rules the family with a borderline incestuous love over her three sons, the quietly menacing Andrew "Pope" Cody, the hyperactive Craig Cody, and the barely of age Darren Cody. Pope and his best friend, Barry "Baz" Brown, are armed robbers, with Darren their up and coming apprentice, while Craig is a mid level drug dealer. Melbourne's Armed Robbery Squad is after specifically Pope, who is hiding out. But when the standoff between the Codys and the Armed Robbery Squad is brought up a notch... 

 

Showing

 

Cinéma Les Baldwins - 22200 Guingamp

 

 

The Kings Speech - Biography, Drama, History (Released France 2nd February 2011)

 

Plot

 

Tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stammer and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country through war.

 

Showing

 

Quai des Images - 22600, Loudéac

 

 

Rabbit Hole - Drama (Released France 4th February 2011)

 

Plot

 

Becca and Howie Corbett are a happily married couple whose perfect world is forever changed when their young son, Danny, is killed by a car. Becca, an executive-turned-stay-at-home mother, tries to redefine her existence in a surreal landscape of well-meaning family and friends. Painful, poignant, and often funny, Becca's experiences lead her to find solace in a mysterious relationship with a troubled young comic-book artist, Jason - the teenage driver of the car that killed Danny. Becca's fixation with Jason pulls her away from memories of Danny, while Howie immerses himself in the past, seeking refuge in outsiders who offer him something Becca is unable to give. The Corbetts, both adrift, make surprising and dangerous choices as they choose a path that will determine their fate.

 

Showing

 

Studio du Chapeau Rouge - 29000, Quimper

 

 

Brighton Rock - Crime, Thriller, Drama (Released France 4th February 2011)

 

Plot

 

Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.

 

Showing

 

Arvor - 35700, Rennes

Les Studios - 29200, Brest

 

 

Classic Unmissable Cinema

 

 

Badlands -  Crime, Drama, Romance (Released France 7th April 1975)

 

Plot

 

Kit Carruthers, a young garbage collector and his girlfriend Holly Sargis from Fort Dupree, South Dakota, are on the run after killing Holly's father who disagreed with their relationship. On their way towards the Badlands of Montana they leave a trail of dispassionate and seemingly random murders. A very intriguing narrative without judgements, and lacking the usually sensational approach of this genre. Very good acting and directing, and beautiful photography. The script was based upon the true story of the Charles Starkweather and Caril-Ann Fugate murders in 1958.

 

Showing

Cine TNB - 35000 Rennes

 

 

Black Narcissus -  Biography, Drama, History (Released France 22nd May 1947)

 

Plot

 

Sister Clodah is dispatched with four other nuns to establish a new convent far in the Himalayas. It's a difficult journey and their new house is a ramshackle old building on the edge of a cliff that had been abandoned by a religious Brotherhood many years before. They soon establish a school and an infirmary though the local General's agent, Mr. Dean, warns them against treating the deathly ill as they would no doubt be blamed if the patient doesn't recover. The location, the culture and the mountain air all begin to have a strange effect on the Sisters. Sister Clodagh, who is also on her first assignment as Sister Superior, begins to remember a romance she had as a young woman before entering the sisterhood. Another however, becomes obsessed with Mr. Dean, which leads to tragedy.

 

Showing

Cine Manivel - 35600 Redon

 

 

Killer's Kiss - Crime, Drama, Film Noir (Released France 13th June 1962)

 

Plot

 

Prize-fighter Davy Gordon intervenes when private dancer Gloria Price is being attacked by her employer and lover Vincent Raphello. This brings the two together and they get involved with each other, which displeases Raphello. He sends men out to kill Davy, but they instead kill his friend. Gloria is soon kidnapped by Raphello and his men, and it is up to Davy to save her.

 

Showing

 

Cine-TNB - 35000, Rennes

 

 

 

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