A perennial and much-loved highlight of the summer in Cannes, the annual outdoor Ciné Quartier film event returns this July.
Throughout the months of July and August Cannes Cinéma in association with the Mairie de Cannes presents Ciné Quartier, bringing open-air cinema to Marché de La Bocca and Place de la Castre. And the best part – it’s all for free!
PROGRAMME FOR THE SUMMER
PLACE DU MARCHÉ DE LA BOCCA | 22H00
8th July : En Fanfare | 1h43
Thibaut is an internationally renowned conductor who travels the world. When he learns he’s adopted, he discovers the existence of a brother, Jimmy, a school cafeteria worker who plays the trombone in a marching band in northern France. On the surface, everything separates them, except their love of music. Sensing his brother’s exceptional musical abilities, Thibaut makes it his mission to right the wrongs of fate. Jimmy then begins to dream of another life…
21st July : Sonic 3, Le Film | 1h49
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails find themselves facing a new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious and powerful enemy with unprecedented powers. Outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must form an unlikely alliance to stop Shadow and protect our planet.
28th July : Un P’tit Truc en Plus | 1h39
To escape the police, a son and his father on the run are forced to seek refuge in a summer camp for young adults with disabilities, posing as a resident and his special needs teacher. This is the beginning of a series of troubles and a wonderful human experience that will change them forever.
4th August : Le Secret de Khéops | 1h38
Was the treasure of Pharaoh Khufu, discovered during Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign, brought back to France, and then hidden in Paris? Christian Robinson, a flamboyant archaeologist with unorthodox methods, is convinced of it, ever since the discovery of a mysterious inscription during new excavations in Cairo. Determined to decipher the clues left by Dominique Vivant Denon, the first director of the Louvre, Christian Robinson then embarks on a quest for the extraordinary treasure across Paris, from the dusty archives of the Louvre to the secret chambers of Malmaison. He takes his daughter and grandson along on his adventure, in the mad hope of making the greatest archaeological discovery of the 21st century in Paris…
11th August : L’attachement | 1h45
Sandra, a fiercely independent woman in her fifties, suddenly and unwillingly shares the intimacy of her next-door neighbor and his two children. Against all odds, she gradually becomes attached to this adopted family.
18th August : Bridget Jones – Folle de Lui | 2h04
Bridget Jones is fifty-two years old and has two children. After the death of Mark Darcy, with whom she had lived a happy ten years, she is once again on the hunt for the perfect man. But it’s not so easy to get back on the single market. Bridget’s misadventures have lost none of their sting!
25th August : Ma Mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan | 1h45
In 1963, Esther gave birth to Roland, the youngest of a large family. Roland was born with a clubfoot that prevented him from standing. Against everyone’s wishes, she promised her son that he would walk like everyone else and have a fabulous life. From then on, Esther would do everything in her power to keep this promise. Through decades of life’s trials and miracles, this film tells a true, funny, and moving story, one of incredible destiny and the greatest love there is: that of a mother for her child.
PLACE DE LA CASTRE | 21h00
28th August : Opéra: La Fille du Régiment | 2h40
La Fille du Régiment is a comic opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. A precursor to Offenbach, this military opera about a vivandière, Marie, adopted at birth by a French regiment, doubles as a sentimental fable and a comical confrontation between two opposing worlds, those of the bivouac and the aristocracy. Laurent Pelly seizes this peak of bel canto with his usual vivacity. By transposing the work to the Franco-Prussian War rather than the Napoleonic Wars and by adapting the dialogue, the director modernises the work without sacrificing any of its brilliance. Note: the performance starts at 9pm.
Save these dates in your diary and come enjoy some blockbuster movies with friends and family under the summer evening skies of Cannes.
Doors open each night at 9pm and films start at 10pm (with the exception of 28th August). Free admission, subject to availability. Please note that screenings and performances are also subject to favourable weather conditions.
Lead image by RIVIERA BUZZ
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