SIDONIE DUMAS

ALINE (2022)
Starring Valérie Lemercier, Sylvain Marcel, Arnaud Préchac, Michel Drucker, Denis Lefrançois, Danielle Fichaud, Roc Lafortune, Antoine Vézina, Sonia Vachon and Pascale Desrochers. Directed by Valérie Lemercier.

It’s the 1980s and the music industry has a new star. A teenage girl from Quebec, Canada, has exploded onto the world stage to deliver stirring power-pop ballads with her once-in-a-lifetime singing voice, earning her millions of fans. Her name is Aline Dieu.

Inspired by the life, loves and legacy of real-life Quebecker singing sensation Céline Dion, Aline is bursting with music, drama and show-stopping performances that will sweep you off your feet. Following Aline’s evolution as a gifted child nurtured by her parents, to her early years being mentored by the producer who would one day also love her, to her global domination as a performer of breathtaking emotional intensity, this fictional biopic is a glorious tribute to the best-selling Canadian recording artist of all time.

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2018)
Starring Félix Bossuet, Tchéky Karyo, Clovis Cornillac, Thierry Neuvic, Margaux Châtelier, André Penvern, Anne Benoît, Lilou Fogli, Naëlle Thomas and Octave Bossuet. Directed by Clovis Cornillac.

A now 12 year-old Sebastian has decided not to follow his father and Angelina to Canada, deciding to stay in the alps to watch over Belle who has now become the mother of three beautiful pups. When a stranger arrives claiming to be Belle’s rightful owner, Sebastian will do all it takes to protect his best friend and her little ones.

THE NEON DEMON (2016)
Starring Elle Fanning, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Bella Heathcote, Christina Hendricks and Keanu Reeves. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.

Jesse turns sixteen and moves to Los Angeles to launch a career as a model. An innocent teenager with the elfin face to match, Jesse is told she has just the right look to succeed and become an in-demand star. But her immediate attainment of the top rung stokes jealousy in the other models around her, and attracts the most predatory type of man, and if Jesse is to survive the meat factory that is fashion, she’s going to have to become more cutthroat than everyone stacked against her.

REVIEWS The Neon Demon - A remarkable yet problematic fever dream

BELLE & SEBASTIAN: THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES (2016)
Starring Félix Bossuet, Tchéky Karyo, Thierry Neuvic, Margaux Châtelier, Urbain Cancelier, Thylane Blondeau, Joseph Malerba, Ludi Boeken, Jeffrey Noel and Frédéric Epaud. Directed by Christian Duguay.

The beloved story of a boy and his dog continues. All the village is celebrating the end of the war. Belle and Sebastian eagerly await the return of Angelina. When news reaches them that her plane has crashed in the forest, the village mourns her – except for Sebastian’s Grandfather, César.

Believing that Angelina is alive, he seeks out a man to help them find her. However, before they can rescue Angelina they will have to face great danger and confront a secret that will change Belle and Sebastian’s lives forever.

ONLY GOD FORGIVES (2013)
Starring Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Gordon Brown, Rhatha Phongam, Tom Burke, Byron Gibson, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Charlie Ruedpokanon and Wannisa Peungpa. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.

Julian is the manager of a Thai Boxing club that doubles as a front for his family’s drug smuggling operation, headed by his mother, Jenna. When his brother murders a prostitute and is turn killed by the girl’s father, Julian is charged with exacting revenge from those who allowed justice to be dealt in this way.

REVIEWS Only God Forgives - Time to meet the devil
Only God Forgives - A neon-lit nightmare