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The programme in 2009
The programme in 2010Films for children age 3 - Films for children age 7 - Films for children age 12
Recent films, previews, previously unreleased films
Dance
Suitable for children aged 7 and up
Funny Dancers
A programme of short films
1h13’
Double Crossin’ Little Rat !
Patrick Volve / France / 2005 / Fiction / 2’57’’ / Beta SP / No dialogues
A short choreography about American communism in the 1930s…
The Dancing Midget (La Danseuse microscopique)
Georges Méliès / France / 1902 / Fiction / 1’57’’ / Beta SP / No dialogues
A top-hatted magician conjures up a tiny ballerina who starts performing delightful dance steps…
Contact: Lobster Films
Fatal Footsteps
Charley Bowers / USA / 1926 / Fiction / 22’18’’ / Beta SP / Insert titles in French
Charley is obsessed with learning the Charleston, so he can enter and win a local contest, which promises a large prize and the hand in marriage of a beautiful woman.
Contact: Lobster Films
8 Dance Lessons (8 leçons de danse)
Philippe Decouflé / France / 1990 / Fiction / 5’30’’ / DVD / In French
A video mockery of dance lessons.
Contact: Compagnie DCA
The Musical Beauty Shop
Monty Banks / UK / 1930 / Fiction / 18’06’’ / Beta SP / No dialogues
In this beauty salon, customers are offered a live music hall show during their beauty care.
Contact: Lobster Films
Caramba
Philippe Decouflé / France / 1986 / Fiction / 8’ / DVD / In French
Otto goes to see "Caramba !", a pathetic cabaret show. There, he meets a decrepit cashier, three bald men, a magician, a fearful bowman, a housewife, a bouncer…
Contact: Compagnie DCA
The Dancing Pig (Le Cochon danseur)
A Pathé production / France / 1907 / Fiction / 3’56’’ / Beta SP / No dialogues
A pig dressed as a dancer !
Contact: Lobster Films
Swing Your Partners
Alfred Goulding / USA / 1918 / Fiction / 10’48’’ / Beta SP / Insert titles in French
Hijinx at a classical dance academy when two tramps take a stab at ballet.
Contact: Lobster Films
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Saturday 13 June, 11am / Sunday 14 June, 4:30pmIn the Video Room of the Casino, La Bourboule
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Suitable for children aged 8 and up
Billy Elliot
Stephen Daldry / UK / 1999 / Fiction / 1h50’ / 35mm / Original version with French subtitles
The heartwarming story of a young boy from a working-class family who discovers a passion that will change his life forever. Eleven-year-old miner's son Billy Elliot is on his way to boxing lessons when he stumbles upon a ballet class. Billy secretly joins the class, knowing that his blue-collar family would never understand. Under the guidance of his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson, Billy's raw talent takes flight. But when his father discovers his son's ambition, Billy must fight for his dreams and his destiny.
Contact: Studio Canal
Wednesday 17 June, 10am – At the Roxy Cinema in La Bourboule
Singin’ in the Rain
Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly / USA / 1952 / Fiction / 1h43’ / 35mm / Original version with French subtitles or In French
Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont, a celebrated on-screen romantic couple of the 1920s, are chosen to star in a musical. Don has the perfect voice for the songs. But Lina - well, even with the best efforts of a diction coach, they need to dub over her voice…
An unforgettable American musical masterpiece.
Contact: Les Films du Paradoxe
Saturday 13 June, 4:30pm, subtitled original version / Tuesday 16 June, 2pm, in French
Casino Screen, La Bourboule
Rumba
Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy / France / 2008 / Fiction / 1h17’ / 35mm / In French
Dom and Fiona hold day jobs as schoolteachers – but their passion is for rumba and the dance contests they compete in by night. They collect numerous trophies. Until one evening…
A colourful, absurd comedy in the great burlesque tradition.
Contact: MK2
Friday 12 June, 11am / Tuesday 16 June, 8:30pm
At the Roxy Cinema in La Bourboule
Suitable for children aged 10 and up
“Strange Bodies” (« Drôles de Corps »)
Carolyn Carlson, Philippe Decouflé, Jackie Chan, the Nicholas Brothers and all the others… A montage of film and choreography extracts made by the Cinémathèque de la danse exploring the tight links between dance and film.
A screening hosted by Sophie Roby, choreographer and teacher from the Compagnie Dakapo
Contact: Cinémathèque de la danse
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Sunday 14 June, 2:30pm – In the Video Room of the Casino, La Bourboule