53rd Marcigny Film Meeting, Marcynéma
All Saints' Day holidays
October 25 to 29, 2024
Vox Cinema, 71110 Marcigny, Burgundy, Saône-et-Loire, France
Report on the 53rd meeting
For over fifty years, the Marcynéma association has successfully achieved the challenge of annually presenting heritage films representative of French and international independent artistic creation. Over the space of five days, the films follow one another based on varied subjects & themes. We do our best to offer variety in worldwide origins, time periods and types of cinematic production.
It's possible to see just a few films or the whole programme. The most important thing for us is to give people the chance to get to know the various cinematic styles & films through viewing and discussion with film professionals and spectators.
This year, short films are back in the programme with :
Rupture by Pierre Etaix - France - 1961 - 11 mins. With Claude Melki. Friday 25 at 2pm.
Pourvu qu'on ait l'ivresse... by Jean-Daniel Pollet - France - 1958 - 20 mins. With Claude Melki. Friday 25 at 4.30pm.
L'Avatar botanique de Mademoiselle Flora by Jeanne Barbillon - France - 1965 - 14 mins. With Bernadette Lafont. Monday 28 at 9.30pm.
Les Mistons by François Truffaut - France - 1957 - 17 mins. With Bernadette Lafont. Monday 28 at 2.30pm.
At the start of each film we will be showing you examples of our favorite Heritage trailers and ads from the 70s and 80s. We love them!
Presentation
Marcynéma Association
The Marcynéma association runs viewing sessions reserved for members and has organized for over 53 years an annual film event, the "Rencontre Cinéma de Marcigny" (Marcigny Film Meeting).
Marcynéma meetings
Since the foundation in 1971 of the “Rencontre” , we have successfully brought together enthusiasts and moviegoers, high school students and students, the general public and professionals of the 7th art, with the opportunity of discovering excellent world classic films and rare films from a large library of restored Heritage film copies.
Marcigny Heritage films Meeting is the oldest of its type situated in a rural setting; it was directed by Paul Jeunet until 2018. Paul was an initiator and artistic director in audiovisual art for our annual meetings, he was also the cousin of Jean-Pierre Jeunet who was one of the directors of the association from the outset.
Since the beginning of the Heritage films Meetings in Marcigny journalists, critics, film distributors, directors, film heritage curators... have each year contributed to the success of the event.
The films are presented in the Vox Cinema in Marcigny, which was originally an Ursuline convent Chapel of the Charolais-Brionnais region. In parallel to the film meeting the Marcynéma exhibits bills/posters in various historic monuments around the town, in shops, restaurants and museums. An exhibition of contemporary photographs, film archives, a theatrical show, a concert or a cinema concert, debates... often accompanies the event.
We can dream about the future of Heritage, because it’s already our Present (1).
Marcynéma invites you to experience this our Present during the “Rencontre”. A journey across French and foreign filmographies: Belgium, United Kingdom, Iran, Mexico, United States...
A foray into different genres: drama, comedy, thriller, detective, romance, fantasy, western...
A journey through four decades: the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. Revisit films that have left their mark on the history of cinema, in original versions and restored prints.
Rediscover our favorite Heritage 35mm trailers and advertisements. All this while enjoying large screen projection conditions.
For us, it's always a pleasure to enhance experience or/and relive some great cinema moments.
(1) Alexis Hyaumet, founder of the quarterly heritage film news magazine.
Program of the 53rd Meeting
Line-up
JULIE BERTUCCELLI began her career as an assistant director working with Otar Iosseliani, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Rithy Panh and Bertrand Tavernier, before directing documentaries for television: La Fabrique des juges, Un monde en fusion, etc. Her first feature film, Depuis qu'Otar est parti..., won the Grand Prix de la Semaine de la Critique at Cannes in 2003 and the César for Best First Feature in 2004. Revealed to the general public, she directed L'Arbre, then La Cour de Babel, Dernières Nouvelles du cosmos, La Dernière Folie de Claire Darling with Catherine Deneuve and Jane Campion, The Woman of Cinema. Julie Bertuccelli chairs the Cinémathèque du Documentaire, which she initiated, after having been President of the Scam (Société civile des auteurs multimédia), Co-President of the ARP (Société civile des auteurs, réalisateurs et producteurs) and Co-Director of the Directing Department at the Fémis (École nationale supérieure des métiers de l'image et du son de Paris).
BÉATRICE DE PASTRE : Director of collections at the CNC (Centre National du Cinéma et de l'image animée), Béatrice de Pastre is involved in the Safeguard and restoration of Heritage films programme of Film institutions in France. She is also a teacher, programmer and author of books and articles on film and photographic Heritage. For the past ten years she has supported Marcynéma's activities by taking part in the Rencontres and organizing annual courses on Heritage films.
BERNARD BASTIDE : Born in 1961 in Nîmes (Gard), Bernard Bastide lives in Paris. He has a Doctorate in film and audiovisual studies from the Université Paris 3- Sorbonne Nouvelle, and teaches and researches film history and aesthetics. His favourite subjects include French silent cinema, French cinema in the 1960s, the relationship between cinema and history, film conservation and restoration, and cinema in Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence. He has written or edited books on Louis Feuillade, Léonce Perret, Jacques de Baroncelli, Agnès Varda, Brigitte Bardot, Bernadette Lafont (Bernadette Lafont, une vie de cinéma) and co-authored a Dictionnaire du cinéma dans le Gard (Presses du Languedoc, 1999). Latest publication: François Truffaut. Correspondance avec des écrivains: 1948-1984 (Gallimard, 2022).
THE ‘LA CHIPS’ BRASS BAND : LA Chips, a four-musician brass band, is a quirky, mischievous acoustic brass band with no technical limits or barriers that appeal to all generations. With their good humour, energy and finesse, they adapt music from Africa, the Balkans and India. Their dynamic, multicultural repertoire includes Calypso and charming Italian melodies, energetic New Orleans funk and tunes from the Balkans and North Africa.
Programming
The films are projected in DCP or 35mm original version with French subtitles.
We suggest you take your time. Five days and five film themes that you can choose from, according to your inclinations and curiosity. A quiet stay in Marcigny during which you can suspend the mad rush of everyday work and town life to devote yourself fully to the cinema. At a time when films have become a consumer product so easily and quickly forgotten, we believe it is essential to preserve the memory of the 7th art, in one way by questioning what makes certain works beautiful and rare. This year, we have gone beyond the mere screening of films by accompanying each film and it’s specificity by a specialist and by providing time for discussion and debate, which makes our event so convivial.
Program - Lists of movies
GRILLE programme 53e VD en anglais.pdfFRIDAY 25th OCTOBER: A JOURNEY ACROSS COMEDIES WHERE DIRECTORS PLAY WITH THE CAMERA TO CREATE A NEW LANGUAGE OF COMEDY
In these three films from different eras, directors play with words and the camera to create a new language of comedy.
2:00 p.m. Le Roman d'un tricheur / Confessions of a Cheat (1936) by and starring Sacha Guitry. A young man discovers his talent for cheating. For Gilbert Salachas of Télérama, ‘Guitry's best film, at his funniest, lightest, most insolent and unusual’.
4:45 p.m. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) by Ernst Lubitsch. The affair between an American billionaire and a ruined aristocrat. The first film of the ‘Wilder Touch’, defined by J. L. Bourget as an art form in which ‘desire for wealth and sexual desire are in everyone's mind but are only shown on screen in an allusive or metaphorical way’.
8:45 p.m. L'Homme de Rio / That Man from Rio (1964) by Philippe de Broca. The adventures of a soldier on leave trying to rescue his kidnapped fiancée. A film of action and suspense starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Françoise Dorléac.
SATURDAY 26th OCTOBER: NATURE’S POWER IN JAPAN, THE ‘ANIMATED FILM’ CRAZE EXPLORES ECOLOGICAL CONCERNS IN JAPANESE CINEMA
The four films selected explore ecological issues specific to Japanese cinema.
9:30 a.m. Dersu Uzala (1975) by Akira Kurosawa. A lone hunter becomes the guide of a Russian explorer. A true declaration of love and respect for nature, the film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1976.
2:00 p.m. Charisma (1999) by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After an abject failure in a hostage situation, the policeman (Gora Yabuike) takes refuge in a forest where he discovers a mysterious tree called “Charisma”. A captivating and fascinating film that combines the themes of fear of immigration, greed, relationships with the environment and human redemption...
4:30 p.m. Spirited Away / 千と千尋の神隠し, Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) by Hayao Miyazaki. Young Chihiro finds herself plunged into the world of spirits. A journey through Japanese folklore, it won an Oscar for best animated film in 2003.
8:45 p.m. Princess Mononoke / もののけ姫, Mononoke-hime (1997) by Hayao Miyazaki. A young archer is drawn unwillingly into a war pitting Princess Mononoké and the fantasy forest in which she was raised against Lady Eboshi and her village of forges. This epic fresco tackles a wide range of themes: the protection of nature, the ravages of war, the status of women...
SUNDAY 27th OCTOBER: A LOOK AT THE CINEMA OF DIRECTOR
JULIE BERTUCCELLI IN HER PRESENCE
Julie Bertuccelli, who worked as an assistant director with Otar Iosseliani, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Rithy Panh and Bertrand Tavernier before directing documentaries for television, will be the guest of honour at the 53rd Rencontre Cinéma de Marcigny. She chairs the Cinémathèque du Documentaire, which she initiated, after having been President of the Scam (Société civile des auteurs multimédia), Co-President of the ARP (Société civile des auteurs, réalisateurs et producteurs) and Co-Director of the Directing Department at the Fémis (École nationale supérieure des métiers de l'image et du son in Paris). Julie Bertuccelli will present the different facets of her filmography with the screening of two documentaries and two dramas.
9:30 a.m. Dernières nouvelles du cosmos (2016, Audience Award at the Rencontres du Cinéma Documentaire de Montreuil). Hélène, who has no access to speech, never went to school becomes an artist under the name Babouillec. Autism seen not as a disability but as another way of thinking and being in the world.
2:00 p.m. La Cour de Babel (2013, film screened at numerous festivals including New York, Tokyo, Tel Aviv, Toronto and Cairo). A film that challenges many preconceived ideas about youth and integration and gives hope for the future through todays youth.
4:30 p.m. Since Otar Left (2003, César for Best First Film 2004). The Georgian Otar has gone to work in Paris. One day his family receives no news. A bittersweet comedy, a poignant film in which what is said and what is not said create a delicate and subtle framework.
8:45 p.m. The Tree (2010, closing film at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, won seven Australian Oscar nominations). When Peter disappears, everyone reacts in their own way and a majestic fig tree becomes a character in its own right. Charlotte Gainsbourg plays the role of a woman whose life is turned upside down in the immense setting of the Australian Bush.
MONDAY 28th OCTOBER: BERNARD BASTIDE, FILM HISTORIAN AND FELLOW TRAVELLER OF ACTRESS BERNADETTE LAFONT, RETRACES HER CAREER
Bernard Bastide, has a doctorate in film and audiovisual studies from the Université Paris 3-Sorbonne Nouvelle and is a lecturer and researcher in the history and aesthetics of cinema, will take the audience at the 53rd Rencontre on a tour of Bernadette Lafont's long career. His talk will be illustrated by four films.
9:30 a.m. L'Amour c'est gai, l'amour c'est triste (1971) by Jean-Daniel Pollet. Brother and sister Léon and Marie share a modest flat at the end of a cul-de-sac in Faubourg Saint-Antoine. Bernadette Lafont, the whimsical sister of the fabulous Claude Melki, rubs shoulders with the phrase-making Jean-Pierre Marielle and an unrecognizable Chantal Goya.
2:00 p.m. Les Bonnes femmes (1960) by Claude Chabrol. Four salesgirls are bored in a small electrical goods shop. When their work is done, they seek escape... Chabrol says that as always he shows ‘the interesting points and the weak points of an era’ and leaves it up to the viewer to make his or her own judgement. PROHIBITED -16 YEARS
4:30 p.m. Les Stances à Sophie (1971) by Moshé Mizrahi. A free, modern woman falls in love with a wealthy, rather conformist businessman. Moshé Mizrahi felt he had found the ideal actress in Bernadette Lafont because of her ‘rare naturalness and frankness in her behaviour and speech’. PROHIBITED -12 YEARS
8:45 p.m. Le Voleur / The Thief of Paris (1967) by Louis Malle. The long career of a thief played by Jean-Paul Belmondo and, in a more modest role, Bernadette Lafont. Le Voleur is first and foremost the work of an anarchist writer who describes one man's revolt against the established order.
TUESDAY 29th OCTOBER: SPOTLIGHTING A DAY OF DISCOVERY OF UNIQUE FILMS FROM A WIDE RANGE OF BACKGROUNDS.
The four films selected are full of surprises, innovation and emotion.
9:30 a.m. Flickorna (1969) by Swedish director Mai Zetterling. Three actresses go on tour and find in their characters disturbing echoes of their own lives... The film subtly unfolds the feminist themes at the heart of Mai Zetterling's work.
2:00 p.m. Come and See / Иди и смотри Idi i smotri (1985) by Elem Klimov. During the Second World War, a young boy from a village in Belarus occupied by Nazi troops joins the partisans... A hallucinatory journey through the Second World War. PROHIBITED -12 YEARS
4:30 p.m. Meek’s Cutoff (2010) by Kelly Reichardt. A caravan of three families hires trapper Stephen Meek to guide them through the Cascade Mountains.... A successful retelling of a page in the history of the American West minimalistic, without using the codes of the genre.
8:45 p.m. Belladonna of Sadness / 哀しみのベラドンナ Kanashimi no Beradonna (1973) by Japanese director Eiichi Yamamoto. A young peasant girl refuses the lord of the village...with terrible consequences. An original graphic adventure borrowing from Art Nouveau. PROHIBITED -12 YEARS
Exhibitions of photographs and film posters
Photo exhibition
BERNADETTE LAFONT
PORTRAITS IN METAMORPHOSIS
Comprising thirty on-set photographs, the exhibition retraces the major stages in the film career of the Gardoise actress Bernadette Lafont. These diverse portraits feature her in a wide range of film genres, from the most unbridled comedy to the darkest drama, and including detective and historical films. The collection highlights the physical metamorphoses of an actress who, from the late 1950s onwards, following in the footsteps of Bardot, overturned the conventions inherited from the theatre to invent a modern, spontaneous and popular style of acting. Exhibition from 14 October to 6 November 2024.
Marcigny Tourist Office, place des Halles. Opening on Monday 28 October - 6:45 pm.
Poster exhibition
BERNADETTE LAFONT AT THE TOP OF THE BILL
Serious, mischievous, seductive, sulky, teasing, thoughtful... Bernadette Lafont's many attitudes are revealed on the posters of the films she has starred in. All these posters are originals from the collections of the Marcynémathèque and the Association 7th Art in 42.
Exhibition throughout the Rencontre. Cinéma Vox, rue des écoles.
THE ASCENT OF THE STEPS
This year, for the first time, the Cannes Film Festival awarded a Palme d'honneur to a studio, Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli, highlighting cult animated films that offer an enchanting vision of nature. The Marcynémathèque and the Association 7e Art en 42 are exhibiting seven original posters from these films. Exhibition runs from early September to late December.
Marcigny Town Hall, 11 rue du Général de Gaulle.
How to join us in Marcigny
Geographic location
Marcigny (71110) is located on the D482 north of Roanne (Loire) 30 km, and south of Paray-le-Monial (Saône-et-Loire) 25 km.
Location of the Vox cinema Hall
12 rue des écoles, 71110 Marcigny
Burgundy, Saône-et-Loire, France
Access by train :
SNCF, Roanne station or Paray-le-Monial station, then connection by TER bus (journey time 40 min).
TGV, Le Creusot TGV station then connection by coach in front of the station (duration 1h15).
By road : N482 at 30km north of Roanne and D982 at 25km south of Paray-le-Monial.
By the Green Way : cycling between Roanne and Paray-le-Monial.
Option : Carpooling.
Disabled access or people with reduced mobility
Parking spaces for Reduced Mobility situated in front of the Vox cinema Hall.
The projection room is accessible by means of an access ramp at the front of the Hall. An elevator is situated in the lobby of the cinema.
Meals & Restaurants : Think of reserving your meals.
Available restaurants:
Two restaurants, on the Place du Cours, offer a "Special Meeting Formula" :
Restaurant crêperie pizzeria Côté Cours : 18 place du cours, +33 3 85 25 46 56
Restaurant Béatrice Héritier : 29 place du cours , +33 3 85 25 23 65.
Restaurant le Vieux Puits: 11 place du cours, +33 3 85 25 11 05
Weekly menu. Closed all day Sunday, Monday evening and Tuesday evening.
Kebab Bar Pizza: 5 place des Halles, +33 3 85 25 20 68
Sandwiches and menus. Meals on the premises. Takeaway sales.
Reserved specially for the Meeting : Room N°5 behind the Town Hall. 11 rue du Général de Gaulle, please ask directions.
In room N° 5 it’s possible to picnic for lunch and/or dinner.
Sleeping accomodation
Group accommodation to be booked via the organizers of MARCYNÉMA
Maison familiale rurale (MFR) du Charolais-Brionnais (6 km) Les Haires 71110 Anzy-le-Duc
8 rooms with 2 to 4 beds, including 1 PMR room. Small kitchen available. 16.50€ / night / person.
Bookings: +33 6 88 22 15 27 or franhugon@orange.fr
Gîte communal Le Corillier (10 km) 1 rue de la Grie 71340 Melay
8 rooms with 2 to 12 beds. 17.50€ / night / person. Reservations: +33 6 31 11 50 10 after 7pm.
Baugy’te Le Bourg 71110 Baugy (4 km). For bookings: +33 3 45 53 20 32
Specify name, surname, number of people, nights desired with a telephone number or email address to confirm your reservation. Indicate whether or not you agree to share a room with other people. Payment for the nights will be made directly to the accommodation.
Partner accommodation to be booked individually
Bed and Breakfast
La Musardière 50 rue de la Tour du Moulin 71110 Marcigny +33 3 85 25 38 54
La Thuillère 71110 Marcigny +33 3 85 25 10 31
La nuit Thé 7 rue des Ursulines 71110 Marcigny +33 6 23 62 20 84
Les Pergolas 18 rue des Récollets 71110 Marcigny +33 3 45 53 33 74
Chambres d’hôtes du Lac - Le Lac 71110 Anzy-le-Duc (6 km) +33 3 85 25 39 93
Le Charbonnet - Charbonnet 71110 Anzy-le-Duc (9,4 km) +33 6 11 60 68 00
J-J Charliot La Brosse du milieu 71110 Sainte-Foy (10 km) +33 6 32 23 66 84
La Vie en Roses Le Perret 71340 Iguerande (11 km) +33 6 23 83 38 60
Le Champ de l’Etre - Les Montées 71340 Iguerande (13 km) +33 3 85 84 09 69
La Bergerie du Bois Joannin Les Fleuriats 71340 Iguerande (13 km) +33 6 46 80 30 22
Gîtes
Mme Cariot 2 bis rue du four +33 6 36 65 65 25
Gîtes du Boulanger 3 rue des Récollets 71110 Marcigny +33 7 71 28 59 50
Maison brionnaise 63 rue de La Chenale 71110 Marcigny +33 6 62 35 14 37
Ô sans souci 71110 Semur-en-Brionnais (2 km) +33 6 12 43 97 58
Belle vue La Cray 71110 Semur (4 km) +33 6 42 70 03 89
La Petite maison 251 Chemin de la Fay 71110 Semur-en-Brionnais (5 km) +33 6 84 45 50 92
Au coq à l’âne Route de Marcigny 71110 St-Julien-de-Jonzy (8 km) +33 6 87 43 12 81
Moulin Bailly Le Moulin, 71340 Chenay-le-Châtel (12 km) +33 6 46 48 54 11
Hôtels
L' auberge de Saint Julien 150 Grande Rue 71110 Saint-Julien-de-Jonzy (10 km) +33 3 85 84 01 95
See also Marcigny Tourist Office: +33 3 85 25 39 06 , ot.marcigny-semur@wanadoo.fr
Rates
3 sessions €15
4 sessions €18
8 sessions €35 or €30 for members and students
12 sessions €45 or €40 for members and students
19 sessions €70 or €60 for members and students
Half price for children under 12.
Membership card (€10) entitling holders to reduced rates.
Passes on sale at reception,
Payment at reception by cash or cheque.
Support the Marcynéma association by becoming a Benefactor Member (donation from €40 with tax deduction receipt).
Contact us
Administrative address
Association Marcynéma
Office de Tourisme Marcigny Semur
Place des Halles
71110 Marcigny
FRANCE
Telephone:
+33 (0)7 67 48 37 60
Telephone during the film meeting :
+33 (0)6 72 64 08 07
Email
contact@marcynema.org
Association of the Marcigny Film Meetings and the Safeguarding of the Cinematographic Heritage
(Association law 1901 approved of popular education founded in 1976)
Other practical information
Tourist Office of Marcigny-Semur
The Tourist Office, located in an old hairdresser's salon dating back to the beginning of the 20th century. They can inform you about sites to discover : events, accommodation and restaurants, located in the area but also within a radius of 30 -50 kms. You can also purchase in the Tourist information office local products, handicrafts, books, hiking, cycling and mountain biking guides, postcards,... In addition, the Tourist Office provides tickets for certain concerts, the sale of fishing permits and free access to wifi.