75th Locarno Film Festival Line-up.

WORLD PREMIERE
Piazza Grande

Last Dance
Directed by Delphine Lehericey

Cast: François Berléand, Kacey Mottet Kein, La Ribot, Déborah Lukumuena,
Astrid Whettnall, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Sabine Timoteo, Anna Pieri,
Dominique Reymond, Lisa Harder, Luc Bruchez

2022 – Switzerland / Belgium – 84′ – v.o. French

Synopsis
Germain, an introspective retiree, abruptly becomes a widower at 75. He barely has the time to realize what has happened to him before his family forces their way into his daily life: non-stop phone calls and visits, meals and activities organized in advance – all meant to make his life as regular as clockwork. But Germain’s mind is elsewhere. Honoring a promise he made to his dear departed wife, he suddenly finds himself at the heart of a contemporary dance company’s newest work.

Screenings
Sunday 7 21:30-22:54 Teatro Kursaal P&I
Monday 8 21:30-22:54 Piazza Grande

WORLD PREMIERE
Concorso internazionale

Il Pataffio
Directed by Francesco Lagi

Cast: Lino Musella, Giorgio Tirabassi, Viviana Cangiano, Giovanni Ludeno,
Vincenzo Nemolato, Alessandro Gassmann, Valerio Mastandrea

Italy, Belgium – 2022 – 117’ – o.v. Itanian

Synopsis
An unlikely group of soldiers and courtiers led by Marcount Berlocchand his new bride Bernarda take possession of a distand fief. But their castle is a decrepit dump and their villages aren’t willing to be ruled. Profane appetites and sacred yearnings, sloppy guards and poor rascals, in a fantastic Middle Age tale of freedom, hunger, sex and power.

Screenings
Saturday 6 08:50-10:45 Teatro Kursaal P&I
Saturday 6 16:45-18:40 Fevi (intro + Q&A)
Sunday 7 11:15-13:10 l’altra sala
Sunday 7 15:30-17-25 Cinema Otello @ Ascona
Lundi 8 21:30-23:25 Palacinema 1

WORLD PREMIERE
Concorso internazionale

Stella est amoureuse / Stella in Love
Directed by Sylvie Verheyde

Cast: Marina Foïs, Benjamin Biolay, Flavie Delangle

France – 2022 – 110’ – o.v. French

Synopsis
For Stella, it’s her final year. But she says she doesn’t care! That year, she discovers the famous Parisian club, the Bains Douches, 80’s and its crazy nights. Her friends are just studying, her father has left with another woman and her mother is depressed. And then there is André who dances like a God… That year will decide her whole life. She pretends not to think about it…

Screenings
Saturday 6 14:00-15:50 Teatro Kursaal P&I
Sunday 7 14:00-15:50 Fevi (intro & Q&A)
Monday 8 10:30-12:20 Cinema Otelio @ Ascona
Monday 8 18:00-19:50 l’Altra Sala
Tuesday 9 21:00-22:50 La Sala

WORLD PREMIERE
Concorso Cineasti del presente

Petites / Little Ones
Directed by Julie Lerat-Gersant

Cast: Pili Groyne, Romane Bohringer, Victoire Du Bois, Lucie Charles-Alfred,
Suzanne Roy-Lerat, Bilel Chegrani

France – 2022 – 90’ – v.o. French

Synopsis
Pregnant, 16-year-old Camille is placed in a home for teen mothers by a family court judge. Separated from her own loving yet toxic mother, she strikes up a friendship with Alison, another rather immature underage mother, and rebels against the social worker Nadine, a passionate, albeit blasé authority figure. These encounters will radically change her destiny.

Screenings

Saturday 6 16:30-18:00 Teatro Kursaal P&I
Sunday 7 11:30-13:00 PalaCinema 1 (intro + Q&A)
Monday 8 18:30-20:00 Cinema Otello @Ascona (Q&A)
Monday 8 21:00-22:30 L’altra Sala (Q&A)
Tuesday 9 13:30-15:00 PalaCinema 2 & 3 (Q&A)