A film festival for everyone!

This year, Lumière is back to offer a rich and diverse selection of events throughout the metropolitan area of Lyon. Here are a few suggestions to help you curate your own programme from the lineup...

For music lovers

Concerts, film-concerts, musicals and films about music 

        
Left Image : Ray de Taylor Hackford © Baldwin Entertainment / DR
Right image : Let's Get Lost by Bruce Weber © The Jokers

• Ray by Taylor Hackford (2004), major biopic on Ray Charles

• Film-concert accompanied on the organ: The Manxman by Alfred Hitchcock (1929)

• A musical journey through French cinema: A concert of film music, imagined by Bertrand Tavernier, performed by the National Orchestra of Lyon

• Film-concert accompanied by the National Orchestra of Lyon: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari by Robert Wiene (1920)

• Jeanne Cherhal sings: Wanda by Barbara Loden (1970)

• Disney musical comedies: Mary Poppins by Robert Stevenson (1964) and The Jungle Book by Wolfgang Reitherman (1967)

• Let's Get Lost by Bruce Weber (1988), documentary on jazzman Chet Baker

• Film-concerts accompanied on the piano: Dragnet Girl (1933), Le Nabab (1913), Adieu, Mascotte (1929)

• Nashville by Robert Altman (1975), a drama in the capital of Country music

• Buena Vista Social Club by Wim Wenders (1999), on the cult Cuban band

• White Nights by Taylor Hackford (1985), dance numbers in the midst of the Cold War

For animation addicts

An encounter, huge classics and new movies of animation  

       
Left Image: Alice in Wonderland by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske
Right Image:  Nezumikozo Jirokichi by Rintaro © Bac Films

• The Boy and the Heron by Hayao Miyazaki (2023), an exceptional premiere
  
  
• Meet with a Japanese master of animation, Rintaro and the first screening of his short film, a tribute to Sadao Yamanaka
  
  
• A trio of Disney classics: Alice in Wonderland, The Sword in the Stone, Cinderella
  
  
• Isle of Dogs by Wes Anderson (2018)
  
  
• Special screening for the Disney Centenary featuring short films that have shaped the studio's history, plus a previously unreleased work
  
  
• Gigantic screening at the Halle Tony Garnier of The Jungle Book

For comedy connoisseurs

Delectable humour and farcical film-concerts

          
Left Image: The Darjeeling Limited by Wes Anderson
Right Image: The Tattooed One by Denys de La Patellière

• M*A*S*H by Robert Altman (1970): wry humour guaranteed!

• La Classe américaine by Michel Hazanavicius (1993): a parody made from a mashup of dubbed movie archives
  
  
• The Apartment by Billy Wilder (1960), a classic of dramatic comedy
  
  
• The Tattooed One by Denys de La Patellière (1968) starring a classic, hilarious duo
  
  
• Buster Keaton: Spite Marriage (1929) and other shorts, for slapstick at its best
  
  
• Quirky comedies by Wes Anderson
  
  
• The Nature of Love by Monia Chokri (2023): exquisite Quebec humour
  
  
• Dear Mother by Laurent Lafitte (2020): a wacky psychoanalytical comedy
  
  
• It Happened One Night by Frank Capra (1934): the first screwball movie
  
  
• Maine-Océan by Jacques Rozier (1986, 2h15, VFSTA): lively drollery
  
  
• Adieu Chérie by Raymond Bernard (1946, 1h50, VFSTA): ironic dialogue and wit
  
  
• Second tour by Albert Dupontel (2023): a display of the director's typical dark humour

For investigation enthusiasts

Detective and crime flicks

        
Left Image: Cinq tulipes rouges by Jean Stelli © Pathé films
Right Image: I… For Icare by Henri Verneuil

• The Long Goodbye by Robert Altman (1973), or the adventures of private investigator Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould)
  
  
• Le Salaire du péché by Denys de La Patellière (1956), or a Hollywood film noir transposed to Rochefort
  
  
• The Name of the Rose by Jean-Jacques Annaud (1986), or the investigation of a monk (Sean Connery) of mysterious deaths in an abbey
  
  
• Cinq tulipes rouges by Jean Stelli (1949), or a series of murders in the midst of the Tour de France
  
  
• Dragnet Girl by Yasujiro Ozu (1933), or an American film noir relocated to Japan
  
  
• The American Friend by Wim Wenders (1977, Prohib. ages -12), or the movements of a hitman
  
  
• I… For Icarus by Henri Verneuil (1979), or the enquiry led by Prosecutor Volney (Yves Montand)
  
  

For adepts of thrills and chills

Psychological thrillers and horror films

       
Left Image: Peeping Tom by Michael Powell
Right Image: The Devil’s Backbone by Guillermo del Toro image

• The Silence of the Lambs by Jonathan Demme (1991, Prohib. ages -16)
  
  
• The Exorcist (director’s cut) by William Friedkin (1973, Prohib. ages -12)
  
  
• Peeping Tom by Micheal Powell (1960)
  
  
• The Devil’s Backbone by Guillermo del Toro (2001, Prohib. ages -12)
  
  
• In a Glass Cage by Agustí Villaronga (1986, Prohib. ages -16)
  
  

For adventurers

Westerns, sagas and classics of science fiction 

       
Left Image: Gladiator by Ridley Scott
Right Image:  The Empire Strikes Back by Irvin Kershner © Lucas films

• Kenji Misumi All-Nighter, The Sword Trilogy
  
  
• Star Wars All-Nighter
  
  
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl by Gore Verbinski (2003)
  
  
• Twelve Monkeys by Terry Gilliam (1995)
  
  
• Mad Max: Fury Road by George Miller (2015)
  
  
• Gladiator by Ridley Scott (2000)
  
  
• The Grand Duel by Giancarlo Santi (1972), one of Tarantino's favourite westerns
  
  
• Thieves Like Us by Robert Altman (1974)
  
  
• Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo by Sadao Yamanaka (1935), a beautiful samurai film

For documentary buffs

2023, the year of the documentary!

       
Left Image: Martin Scorsese, l’Italo-Américain by Yal Sadat et Camille Juza 
Right Image: Chambre 999 by Lubna Playoust

• 2023 Lumière Award: Wim Wenders, an acclaimed documentarist: Lightning Over Water (1980), Room 666 (1982), Tokyo-Ga (1985), Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
  
  
• Pictures of Ghosts by Kleber Mendonça Filho (2023), on the past of the city of Recife
  
  
• All the documentaries on the cinema
  
  
• Jane by Charlotte by Charlotte Gainsbourg (2021), a portrait of a mother by her daughter
  
  
• Chambre 999 by Lubna Playoust (2023), a modern transposition of Room 666 by Wim Wenders

For activist admirers 

Films and perspectives on social issues and History 

       
Left Image: Bushman by David Schickele
Right Image: Marée noire et colère rouge by René Vautier

• Marée noire et colère rouge by René Vautier (1978) on one of the world's biggest ecological disasters
  
  
• Bushman by David Schickele (1971) on racial tensions in 1968
  
  
• A Tale from the Past by Dhimitër Anagnosti (1987) on forced marriage in Albania
  
  
• White Nights by Taylor Hackford (1985) on the Soviet system
  
  
• Tabataba by Raymond Rajaonarivelo (1988) on the anti-colonial movement in Madagascar
  
  
• Con la vida hicieron fuego by Ana Mariscal (1959) on the Spanish Civil War
  
  
• I... For Icarus by Henri Verneuil (2h08) on the Milgram psychological experiment 

For fans of pensive poetry 

Aesthetic flourishes, cinematographic lyricism 

        
Left Image: Les Îles enchantées by Carlos Vilardebó
Right Image: Persona by Ingmar Bergman  © Svensk Filmindustri / DR

• Wings of Desire by Wim Wenders (1987), of magnificent beauty
  
  
• Days of Heaven by Terrence Malick (1978), the naturalist aesthetic
  
  
• Persona by Ingmar Bergman (1966), in stunning, unrivalled black and whit
  
  
• Dragon’s Return by Eduard Grečner (1968), of pure lyricism
  
  
• As Ilhas Encantadas by Carlos Vilardebó (1965), a journey into a beautiful reveri
  
  
• Le Jardin qui bascule by Guy Gilles (1975), of great poetic power
  
  
• The Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray, a superb and remarkable saga

For aficionados

In search of hidden gems and previously unreleased titles 

        
Left Image:  Dragnet Girl byYasujiro Ozu © 1933 / 2022 SHOCHIKU CO., LTD. TOUS DROITS RÉSERVÉS
Right image: Segundo López, aventurero urbano by Ana Mariscal © Filmoteca Española

• Ana Mariscal, one of Spain's first female filmmakers and a production pioneer is in the spotlight this year. A retrospective of four films to discover!
  
  
• Six films by the great director Yasujiro Ozu, rare and previously unseen works in restored versions to experience on the big screen
  
  
• Film-concert of the little-known silent movie Adieu, Mascotte by Wilhelm Thiele (1929). A real jewel!
  
  
• The entire “Treasures & Curiosities” section, new restorations presented by archives and rights holders from all over the world
  
  
• A rare print of Salaire du péché (1956) by Denys de La Patellière
  
  
• The brand-new restoration of The Name of the Rose, to rediscover on the giant screen at the Halle Tony Garnier