Invitation to Vanessa Paradis

A star of screen and song and a natural-born artist, she is capable of deploying both graceful sensitivity and inherent irony. From auteur films to more popular projects, she has distinguished herself in a variety of genres, ranging from drama to comedy. Currently recording her new album, she will be joining us at the festival for the very first time. Welcome!

Master class
Meet with Vanessa Paradis
Sunday, October 13 at 11am at Pathé Bellecour
With the support of 

Screenings

Girl on the Bridge by Patrice Leconte (La Fille sur le pont, 1999, 1h30) 
Standing on a bridge in Paris at night, Adèle is thinking of jumping into the Seine when Gabor calls out to her... An elegant black and white film with a dreamlike atmosphere. Vanessa Paradis delivers a powerful and haunting performance. Daniel Auteuil won the César award for Best Actor.
Lumière Terreaux Sun 13 9pm | UGC Confluence Mon 14 10:45am | Comœdia Tue 15 4:30pm

Heartbreaker by Pascal Chaumeil (L’Arnacœur, 2010, 1h45) 
Alex has a peculiar job: breaking up couples. He has ten days to prevent Juliette's wedding... A comedy with many twists and turns, carried off with humour and irony by Vanessa Paradis and Romain Duris.
Pathé Bellecour Sun 13 5:30pm | UGC Confluence Fri 18 7pm | Institut Lumière (Villa) Sun 20 7:15pm | Institut Lumière (Villa) Sun 20 7:30pm

Café de Flore by Jean-Marc Vallée (2011, 2h)
The parallel destinies of Jacqueline, a Parisian mother of a son with Down's syndrome, and Antoine, a recently-divorced Montreal DJ, torn between several women... Vanessa Paradis and Kevin Parent are astonishing in this intense, heartbreaking treatise on love that alternates between two distinct storylines until they eventually intertwine...
Comœdia Sun 13 3:45pm | Institut Lumière (Hangar) Mon 14 2:30pm