A show of cultural identity

Lyna Mohamad

The Brunei Movie Blitz continued its screening of worldwide motion pictures at Stage 3, Plaza Athirah yesterday.

4 French movies had been featured: Antoinette Dans les Cévennes; The Rose Maker; Dew Moi; and De Gaulle.

The occasion was held in collaboration with the Alliance Française de Brunei Darussalam (AFBD), supported by the French Embassy in Brunei Darussalam. The movies had been supplied by the Institut Français.

French Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam Bernard Regnauld-Fabre was among the many attendees.

Antoinette Dans les Cévennes is directed by Caroline Vignal, that includes a romance-adventure movie a couple of instructor who units out on a stalking trip on the mountains solely to seek out herself on a trekking tour with a donkey.

The irresistible comedy is claimed to “evolve from mild farce to a journey of emotional development” by The Guardian.

The Rose Maker by Fierre Pinaud, which is described by the New York Occasions as a relaxed movie that permits the viewers to sit down again and, if not scent the roses, then not less than admire them.

In the meantime, Deux Moi, directed by Cédric Klapisch, tells of a fascinating French romantic drama about synchronicity. It explores city alienation within the “swipe proper” tradition and dropping contact with private connection, a theme relatable to majority of the youthful era right this moment.

Yesterday’s screening  concluded with Gabriel de Bomin’s De Gaulle, a historic biopic on a French military officer and statesman who led Free France towards the Nazi Germany in World Struggle II. A showcase of tradition and French culinary from the AFBD was additionally held.

Movies from the Philippines had been screened on Monday, that includes a Philippine Oscar entry in 2017, Ma’Rosa. The movie was additionally nominated for the Palm d’Or on the Cannes Movie Pageant whereas lead actress Jaclyn Jose gained the Finest Actress Award on the identical competition.  

Consul Common for the Philippine Embassy in Brunei Darussalam Pete Raymond V Delfin attended the screening.

The occasion additionally screened Isa Pa With Emotions, a field workplace hit directed by Prime Cruz to discover the theme of affection as a spot of solitude regardless of all its variations. 

In the meantime, two brief movies – Oppa-Wikan and Endlessly – themed round household and therapeutic fractured relationships had been additionally screened.  

The occasion was supported by the Philippine Embassy, Sentro Rizal Filipinas and the Movie Improvement Council of the Philippines (FDCP).  

The Brunei Movie Blitz supplied a uncommon alternative for movie-goers to expertise nationwide cinema. Not like globalised business cinema, nationwide cinema is indicative of the tradition, values and norms of a selected nation. Greater than 20 movies have been screened over the previous two weeks at Mahakarya Institute of the Arts Asia to showcase movies with robust nationwide id.