Family Nest
A screening that leaves room for the unexpected: the programming team saves this slot to present a film chosen at shorter notice, in response to current events, to seize an opportunity, or simply on a whim.
Winner of the Grand Prize, 1979 Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival
A young couple lives with the husband's parents in a tiny apartment in the suburbs. The close quarters cause intense tension between them. On the verge of despair, the wife makes repeated efforts to obtain an apartment from the authorities.
Béla Tarr
Béla Tarr was a Hungarian filmmaker. His films are distinguished by languid pacing, stark black-and-white visuals, extended long takes, and an absence of traditional plotting. They explore existential themes and often focus on marginalized, desperate characters in bleak landscapes. He became known as a founding figure of the slow cinema genre, most notably with his influential 1994 film Sátántangó. Debuting with the film Family Nest (1979), Tarr began his directorial career with a brief period of what he refers to as "social cinema", aimed at telling everyday stories about ordinary people, often in the style of cinema vérité. Damnation *(1988) was lauded for its languid and controlled camera movement, which Tarr would become known for internationally. *Sátántangó (1994) and Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) continued his bleak and desolate representations of reality, while incorporating apocalyptic overtones. After the release of the critically acclaimed The Turin Horse (2011), Tarr announced his retirement from feature-length film direction.
Photo: Jacques Dufresne | Collections de la Cinémathèque québécoise
