Established French Producer/Director Robert Guediguian brings you his new French film The Snows of Kilimanjaro. Shot in the wonderful backdrop of the French city of Marseille, like many of Guediguian other films The Snows of Kilimanjaro deals with many social issues such as sympathy with the poor and the insulted and the injured of working class.
Once more Guediguian brings in his regular, established cast thats full of experience with the lead actors of Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Ariane Ascarvide who have worked alongside Guediguian in his other film successes such as Marius et Jeannette and The Town is Quiet.
Guediguian has also looked towards the next generation of film stars with young talents such as Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet and winner of Best Female Newcomer at the Etoiles D'or festival Anais Demoustier. The Snows of Kilimanjaro really is a film that is bursting with quality and talent. Employing the classic style, The Snows of Kilimanjaro centre's around the moral tale of an aging couple dealing with the aftereffects of a robbery.
Michel (Darroussin) who lives with his wife Marie-Claire (Ascarvide) is a factory worker and shop steward who has taken early retirement after refusing redundancy. The couple are at home when they're robbed and held at gunpoint by armed robbers who escape with numerous valuables. Michel discovers one of the robbers is a young worker who recently lost his job however, the young man is struggling to support two young children. Even though the young man in question has no respect for the couple and regards them as 'pampered middle-class sell outs', Michel must decide whether if arresting the man is the right thing to do and if so what implications it will have on his own life and the lives of the young man and children.
The film and director Guediguian were nominated for a number of awards including the Un Certain Regard Award at Cannes and Winner of the Audience and Silver Spike Award at the Valladolid International Film Festival.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro is a beautiful film that's storyline deals with real and true issues which are portrayed to perfection with an outstanding cast.
*This beautifully performed film never takes shortcuts to get its message across*
Phelim O'Neill
*Shot in warm, summery tones, TSOK muses pertinently on justice and forgiveness while painting a moving portrait of an enduring marriage*
Tom Dawson
Watch the trailer here to see what you think:
The Snows of Kilimanjaro is showing at Gloucester Guildhall on Monday 15th October, Tuesday 16th October and Wednesday 17th October.
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