Reel Lives | Full Time (Preview Screening)
Nerve Centre
Admission: £5 + booking fee
Julie (Laure Calamy) goes to great lengths to raise her two children in the countryside while keeping her job in a Parisian luxury hotel. When she finally gets a job interview for a position she had long been hoping for, a national strike breaks out, paralysing the public transport system. The fragile balance that Julie has established is jeopardised. Julie then sets off on a frantic race against time, at the risk of faltering.
Winner of Best Director (Eric Gravel) and Best Actress (Laure Calamy) at 2021 Venice Film Festival.
“Julie is required to constantly shape-shift, running from role to role: mother to maid to marketing exec, and Calamy delivers a performance that is utterly present, physically and emotionally, in the adrenaline-fueled panic in which Julie exists.” — Katie Walsh, The Wrap.
2021. France. Director: Eric Gravel. Cast: Laure Calamy, Anne Suarez, Geneviève Mnich. Duration: 1hr28mins. Cert: TBC.
Foyle Film Festival presents... Reel Lives
This event is part of Foyle Film Festival presents Reel Lives, a new short programme aiming to showcase different lives on screen, shining a light on alternative, lesser known perspectives, inspiring stories and people and communities on the margins seeing themselves on the big screen.
Reel Lives will host a series of public screenings, a primary and post primary education programme and some Foyle Film Festival favourites such as Cinematic Breakfasts and Dementia Friendly screenings.
