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Discover the great classics of the French cinema on may 28 at Cinemaspace
French Cinema at Cinemaspace
May 28 - 5 pm
“The 400 Blows”
Directed by François Truffaut
Cinema space, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi – 5 pm
Duration : 1h39
Language : French
Subtitles : English
directed by François Truffaut
The 400 Blows is a 1959 French New Wave coming of age drama film, and the directorial debut of François Truffaut. Written by Truffaut and Marcel Moussy, the film is about Antoine Doinel, a misunderstood adolescent in Paris who struggles with his parents and teachers due to his rebellious behavior. Filmed on location in Paris and Honfleur, it is the first in a series of five films in which Léaud plays the semi-autobiographical character.
The 400 Blows received numerous awards and nominations, including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director, the OCIC Award, and a Palme d’Or nomination in 1959, and was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1960. The film had 4.1 million admissions in France, making it Truffaut’s most successful film in his home country.
May 28 - 7 pm
“Timbuktu“
directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
Cinema space, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi – 7 pm
Duration : 1h40
Language : Hassayani Arabic / English / French
Subtitles : English
The film centres on the brief occupation of Timbuktu, Mali by Ansar Dine, and is partially influenced by the 2012 public stoning of an unmarried couple in Aguelhok. Shot in Oualata, Mauritania, Timbuktu was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the François Chalais Prize. It was chosen as Mauritania’s submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and went on to be nominated for the prize at the 87th Academy Awards; it was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language at the 69th British Academy Film Awards.Timbuktu was named Best Film at the 11th Africa Movie Academy Awards, where it was nominated for ten further awards. In 2017, The New York Times ranked it the twelfth best film of the twenty-first century so far.