Gremlins
Giants, fairies, magicians, ghosts, dragons, and monsters of all kinds… Here’s what your Cinémathèque has in store this summer! Since Méliès, filmmakers have embraced the fanstastic potential of cinema, creating infinite phantasmagorias and extraordinary spectacles where the unreal becomes real. Step into a world of fantasy and boundless imagination: whatever your generation, the monsters and wonders that once filled your childhood dreams are back this summer 2025!
Preceded by Bob Clampet's short film, Falling Hare
Bugs Bunny tries to stop a gremlin from sabotaging American bombers.
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Part comedy, part horror film, and part wacky Christmas tale, Gremlins is Joe Dante's signature work, a timeless classic of fantasy cinema. In the small town of Kingston Falls, young Billy receives an adorable animal as a gift, a mogwai, a small furry ball with big eyes that must not be wet or given water, exposed to sunlight, or fed after midnight. When these three rules are unfortunately broken, the situation spirals out of control...
Joe Dante
Joe Dante is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and critic. Like many American filmmakers of his generation, he was trained at New World Pictures, a studio founded by Roger Corman in 1970. He gained recognition with Piranha (1978) and The Howling (1981), both horror films with a parodic or tragic tone, before achieving mainstream success with Gremlins (1984). Despite this, he was gradually sidelined by Hollywood studios due to his originality and irreverent tone. He then directed a few independent films, but devoted most of his time to television.
