Join the Atlanta Francophonie Festival for a screening of the movie La Ligne (2022) by Ursula Meier.
Refreshments will be served at 6:00pm, followed by the screening at 6:30pm.
This screening will be in French with English subtitles.
SYNOPSIS: After a violent argument with her mother, Margaret, 35 years old and with a long history of inflicting and suffering from violence, is subject to a strict restraining order before her trial: she’s no longer allowed to make contact with her mother or approach within 100 metres of the family home for three months. But this separation only exacerbates her desire to be closer to her family and so she returns every day to this invisible and impassable frontier.
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Of Swiss and French nationalities, Ursula Meier studied filmmaking in Belgium. The success of her short films allowed her to focus on her own fictions and documentaries. She was then chosen to participate in the Arte TV film series “Masculin Féminin” and directed “Des épaules solides” (“Strong Shoulders”) which screened worldwide in festivals. In 2008, her first feature film “Home” was selected for the Cannes Critics Week and received numerous awards and nominations worldwide (including three French César nominations). In 2012, “L’Enfant d’en haut” (“Sister”) received a Silver Bear-Special Prize at the Berlin Film Festival. It was also nominated for the Independent Spirit Awards-Best Foreign Film and the actor Kacey Mottet Klein was nominated at the French César for Best New Male Actor. The film was awarded, like “Home”, three Quartz at the Swiss Film Awards, including Best Feature Film, and represented Switzerland again at the Oscars. In 2014, she took part in the collective film “Les ponts de Sarajevo” (“Bridges of Sarajevo”) presented out of competition in the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2018, she directed Berlinale’s Panorama entry “Journal de ma tête” (“Diary of my mind”), a TV film she made as part of the “Ondes de choc” (“Shock Waves”) collection, inspired by Swiss news stories. The same year, she received the Suissimage grant for female directors for her English language debut project “Quiet Land” produced by Bandita Films. In 2021, she shot “The Line” starring Stéphanie Blanchoud, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Elli Spagnolo, India Hair, Dali Benssalah, and Benjamin Biolay. The film is part of Berlinale’s 2022 main competition.
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This event is made possible by the Consulate General of Switzerland in Atlanta
