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Four Daughters (LES FILLES D'OLFA) documentary
directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
POSTPONED
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
Official Submission, Tunisia: Best International Feature Film 96th Academy Awards
Winner: Best Documentary – Cannes Film Festival
A riveting exploration of rebellion, memory, and sisterhood, Four Daughters reconstructs the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters, unpacking a complex family history through intimate interviews and performance to examine how the Tunisian woman’s two eldest daughters were radicalized. Casting professional actresses as the missing eldest daughters Ghofrane and Rahma, along with acclaimed Egyptian-Tunisian actress Hend Sabri as Olfa, director Kaouther Ben Hania restages pivotal moments in the family’s life, interwoven with confessions and reflections from Olfa and younger daughters Eya and Tayssir that capture moments of joy, loss, violence, and heartache. Four Daughters is a compelling portrait of five women and a unique and ambitious work of nonfiction storytelling that questions the nature of memory, the weight of inherited trauma, and the ties that bind mother and daughter. In Arabic.
PRISCILLA dRAMA
directed by SOPHIA COPPOLA
Friday, January 5th at 7:30
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a gentle best friend. Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla's long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland, in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy, and fame.
Official Selection: Venice International Film Festival
Driving Madeline DRAMA
directed byChristian carion
Discussion to Follow
Coming Soon
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
A Parisian taxi race full of humor and revelations”
-Cinemania
“A heart-warming drama”
-The Curb
“ …utterly irresistible”
-Sydney Morning Herald
Madeleine, 92 years old, calls a taxi to take her to the retirement home where she will be living. Charles, a disillusioned driver with a tender heart, agrees to drive by the places that have affected Madeliene’s life. Through the streets of Paris, her extraordinary past is revealed. They don’t know it yet, but they will forge a friendship during this drive that will change their lives forever. In French with subtitles.
The Sitting Duck /
La Syndicaliste DRAMA
directed by Jean-Paul Salomé
Discussion to Follow
Coming Soon
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
An investigative thriller set in the world of nuclear power and corrupt politics, La Syndicaliste follows the true story of Maureen Kearney (Isabelle Huppert), the influential head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. A deft navigator of elite political and financial circles, Maureen becomes a whistleblower when she discovers international backroom dealings, exposing secrets that shook the French nuclear sector. Fighting against government ministers and industry leaders, Maureen worked tirelessly to bring the scandal to light and defend thousands of jobs until she was violently sexually assaulted in her own home, seemingly targeted for her attempts to reveal the truth. As her attack is investigated, new elements create doubt in the minds of detectives and lawyers, and they begin to see Maureen not as a victim, but as a suspect. Surrounded by powerful enemies and unable to trust anyone, Maureen must fight to clear her name.
Official Selection: Venice International Film Festival
Only In Theaters documentary
directed by Raphael Sbarge
Discussion to Follow
Coming Soon
Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
An intimate film about the Laemmle Theatres, the beloved 84-year-old arthouse cinema chain in Los Angeles, as they face seismic change and downward pressure. Yet the family behind this multigenerational business – whose sole mission has been to support the art of film – is determined to see it survive. The film features interviews with Ava DuVernay, James Ivory, Cameron Crowe, Mark Ulano, and Leonard Maltin.
