An (inflatable) evening with Christophe Bier
Feverishly flipping through the catalog, you search for your favorite rendez-vous. Fret no more, you’re on the right page. They will be here again this year! With this double bill hosted by Master Bier and his disciple Perret, with two rare and precious films. Two French movies (or Franco-Spanish, but no bickering, please) released a few months apart in 1974, and that feature an inflatable doll as their main character.
Lars and the real girl by Craig Gillespie, Monique by Valérie Guignabodet, or Air Doll by Hirokazu Koreeda: this “obscure object of desire” has often inspired filmmakers, more or less successfully. Here the directors use absurdity to subvert the transgressive aura of these humanoid dolls, to better shed a light on their protagonists' deep loneliness. One small note: if you plan to bring your own doll, she’ll have to buy a ticket like everyone else.
