MICHEL MERKT

IT MUST BE HEAVEN (2020)
Starring Elia Suleiman, Ali Suliman, François Girard, Gael García Bernal, Stephen McHattie, Kwasi Songui, Grégoire Colin, Holden Wong, Alain Dahan and Vincent Maraval. Directed by Elia Suleiman.

Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.

REVIEWS It Must Be Heaven - A lyrical and absurdist trip around the world

ZOMBI CHILD (2020)
Starring Louise Labeque, Wislanda Louimat, MacKenson Bijou, Adilé David, Louise Labèque, Katiana Milfort, Ninon François, Mathilde Riu, Ginite Popote and Néhémy Pierre-Dahomey. Directed by Bertrand Bonello.

A man is brought back from the dead to work in the hell of sugar cane plantations. 55 years later, a Haitian teenager tells her friends her family secret - not suspecting that it will push one of them to commit the irreparable.

REVIEWS Zombi Child - A subtle riff on the zombie genre

AQUARIUS (2017)
Starring Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings and Irandhir Santos. Directed by Kleber MendonÇa Filho.

Clara, a 65 year old widow and retired music critic, was born into a wealthy and traditional family in Recife, Brazil. She is the last resident of the Aquarius, an original two-story building, built in the 1940s, in the upper-class, seaside Boa Viagem Avenue, Recife. All the neighboring apartments have already been acquired by a company which has other plans for that plot. Clara has pledged to only leave her place upon her death, and will engage in a cold war of sorts with the company. This tension both disturbs Clara and gives her that edge on her daily routine. It also gets her thinking about her loved ones, her past and her future.

ELLE (2016)
Starring Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Judith Magre, Christian Berkel, Jonas Bloquet, Alice Isaaz and Vimala Pons. Directed by Paul Verhoeven.

Michèle seems indestructible. Head of a leading video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. Being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Michèle’s life forever. When she resolutely tracks the man down, they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game - a game that may, at any moment, spiral out of control.