Film, exhibition, comic. everything the editorial staff recommends to see and read this week.
Camille Cotin, with family.
A former TV star and legendary hit translator, Tony sings passionately in bars and bachelorette parties. It’s all she knows how to do, and all she has to feed her five children, whom she’s raising alone. But when his two elders are about to leave the nest, questions pour in. What does the woman behind mom really want? What if he went back to school to learn the job he really chose this time? It’s a very beautiful portrait of a woman that Nathan Ambrosio paints in his second film Tony with family At just 24 years old, the young filmmaker avoids many pitfalls for his heroine, who is never defined by romance or seduction, for example.
It’s a story of restoration at hand, a belated emancipation, directed by Paper flags. Without militant feminist discourse, with considerable force of history and example, it undoes many of the indications made by women over 40 who find a worthy representative in the irresistible Camille Cottin. Her energy and grace carry a sunny and exciting character whose questions and doubts resonate deeply with the audience. A feel-good comedy for the new school year, simple, exciting and terribly effective. ML:
Tony with familyWith Nathan Ambrosioni, Camille Cotin, Lea Lopez…
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Chai, a Japanese pop surprise!
The four Japanese singers of Chai group. Kana Tarumi
The four Japanese singers of the group Chai managed to unite the audience of fans in 2017 with the release of the disc titled: Pink. Praised by Gorillaz, their steamy, carefree and colorful pop is different from trendy Korean K-pop girl groups. Unlike these structured collectives, the members of Chai, seasoned musicians, have created a complex electronic soundscape, accompanying themselves with organic instruments: keyboards, guitar, bass and drums. Chai’s musical adventure began in high school in Nagoya, where twin sisters Mana and Kana founded the quartet in 2012 to develop the concept of kawaii, a word used to define Japan’s youthful and loose clothing and music culture.
Nagoya’s female feminists in pink release a new self-titled album. Tea is a deft mix of club music, pop songs and lively rhythmic pulsations, on which their voices dance with suppleness. Made on the road, between gigs in New York and Los Angeles, the album is at the crossroads of several cultures. If they borrow the sounds of jazz and funk, Chai singers stand out for their originality of style and recognizable identity. PG:
Tea, Sub-Pop. Concert on November 3 in Badabum, Paris.
Pavil’s face By Jeremy Perodeau
When Pavil’s plane crashes in the village of Lapiosa, our hero is forced to stay there until he can join the empire he came from. The council decides to integrate him into everyday affairs, keeping him away from sacred places… For this poetic fable in soft and simple colors, Jérémy Peraudeau has created a city with fascinating rituals that borrows from many cultures, from Japan to the Aztecs, without being rooted in any one. An explorer in spite of himself, Pavel leads us into a universe that lingers in the memory, where magic and anthropology, sensuality and spirituality, past and future go hand in hand; where science fiction becomes mystery and meditation. MTH:
Pavil’s face by Jérémy Perrodeau, Editions 2024, 160 p., €29.
Source: Le Figaro
