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Synopsis
Synopsis
Films about families and their complications all too often pierce eardrums with shrieks of dysfunction. Amid the din, Claire Denis’s sublime 35 Shots of Rum stands out all the more for its soothing quiet, conveying the easy, frequently nonverbal intimacy between a widowed father, Lionel, and his university-student daughter, Joséphine. An homage to Yasujiro Ozu’s similarly themed Late Spring (1949), 35 Shots is Denis’s warmest, most radiant work, honoring a family of two’s extreme closeness while suggesting its potential for suffocation. 35 Shots is firmly rooted in place, several scenes unfolding in an apartment building in a run-down section of Paris’s 18th arrondissement, home to Lionel and Joséphine; Gabrielle, an ex of Lionel’s who still aches for him; and Noé, nursing a crush on Joséphine. Dyads align, shift, break, and regroup among the foursome, jealousy simmering during an unforgettable scene at a café, in which Noé cuts in on a sweetly dancing Lionel and Joséphine as the Commodores’ “Night Shift” plays. Nonsexual filial devotion is immediately supplanted by heat and desire. Father and daughter’s comfortable life together will need to end—an inevitability that even Lionel recognizes as necessary, no matter how painful.
Introduction Video
Introduction Video
Watch this introduction to 35 rhums from UWG French Professor Dr. Lisa Connell.
Post-film Discussion
Post-film Discussion
Watch this discussion with UWG French Professors, Dr. Lisa Connell and Dr. Robert Kilpatrick, for a deeper dive into the film.
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On-demand Screening
On-demand Screening
Anytime between February 7-10
This film screening is free to the UWG community, but registration for an access code is required. Please see the links below.
Distributor- The Cinema Guild
Platform- Vimeo
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Watch the trailer
Watch the trailer
Credits
Credits
DIRECTOR
Claire Denis
SCREENPLAY
Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau
PRODUCER
Soudaine Compagnie, Arena Films
CAST
Alex Descas
Mati Diop
Nicole Dogué
Grégoire Colin
Adèle Ado
Ingrid Caven
Julieth Mars
Jean-Christophe Folly
Jacqueline Andrieux
Thomas Murviel
Stéphane Pocrain
Jean-Luc Joseph
Giscard Bouchotte
David Saada
Adama Niane
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