Films of a midsummer night:
the magic of cinema unfolds under the stars

FRIDAY 3 JULY

Parc du Heyritz – city centre

Thelma & Louise

Directed by Ridley Scott 

With Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Brad Pitt

USA · 1991 · 2hr10 · in English, subtitled in French

Two friends, Thelma and Louise, are frustrated by their monotonous lives and treat themselves to a weekend getaway. At their first stop, they have their first brush with trouble: a tragic event is about to change their lives.

A standout film in Ridley Scott’s career, Thelma & Louise is a powerful feminist statement that censures a sexist society by re-exploring the conventions of the road movie against the backdrop of the great American West.

How to Train Your Dragon

Directed by Dean DeBlois

With Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gerard Butler

USA · 2025 · 2hr05 · in French 

On the island of Berk, dragons are regarded as enemies. By growing close to a dragon as rare as he is feared, a young Viking calls his people’s beliefs into question. Together, they reveal the true nature of these creatures and pave the way for a reconciliation once thought impossible.

An epic adventure that celebrates tolerance and the courage to change things.

Persepolis

Directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud

Voices: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux

France · 2007 · 1hr36 · in French · animated

A young girl in Tehran in 1978, Marjane grows up with liberal-minded parents in an Iran that has lost its freedom. From revolution to exile, she searches for her place between a homeland that rejects her and a Europe that does not understand her.

By adapting her graphic novel in collaboration with Vincent Paronnaud (Winshluss), Marjane Satrapi paints an intimate portrait of a woman who refuses to choose between her roots and her freedom.

WALL-E 

Directed by Andrew Stanton

Voices: Philippe Bozo, Marie-Eugénie Maréchal, Emmanuel Jacomy

USA · 2008 · 1hr39 · in French · animated

Earth is covered with toxic garbage and the population evacuated to a giant spaceship. WALL-E the robot’s solitary mission is to clean things up. He discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a search robot named EVE, who realises that WALL-E has inadvertently found the key to the planet’s future. She races back to space to inform humans.

This romantic eco-fable that questions our consumerism is more pertinent than ever today.

E.T. The Extraterrestrial

Directed by Steven Spielberg

With Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote

USA · 1982 · 2hr01 · in French

Elliott is a solitary child. One evening, he meets a small creature from another world who has been abandoned on Earth. A secret and intense but fragile friendship develops between them and is under threat of destruction from the adult world. A race against time then begins to help E.T. return home.

Having won four Oscars, E.T. The Extraterrestrial is still one of the greatest films about friendship 40 years after its release. 

Lilo & Stitch

Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp

With Chris Sanders, Maia Kealoha, Sydney Agudong

USA · 2025 · 1hr48 · in French

Lilo, a young Hawaiian girl, takes in Stitch, a runaway extraterrestrial with erratic behavior. Amid galactic chases, an unexpected bond grows between them.

Lilo & Stitch is a tender and spectacular live-action adaptation of the Disney classic, which illustrates that “family” or ohana means that no one should be abandoned.

Rain Man

Directed by Barry Levinson

With Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino

USA · 1989 · 2hr15 · in English, subtitled in French

Charlie, arrogant and in debt, discovers that his father’s inheritance is going to a mysterious beneficiary. He meets Raymond, his older brother, who has autism. Charlie decides to take Raymond on a road trip across America, the purpose of which is get some of the money. But the affection he begins feel for his brother throws his plans into disarray.

A winner of four Oscars, Rain Man is a prime example of brotherly love.

Forrest Gump

Directed by Robert Zemeckis

With Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise

USA · 1994 · 2hr24 · in French

Forrest Gump, with a box of chocolates in his hand, waits for his bus and shares his life story with passers-by. Despite his limited physical and mental abilities, this simple man has rubbed shoulders with presidents, fought in wars and built an empire –  all without ever setting out to do so.

A deeply moving story that has left a mark on cinema forever, Forrest Gump reminds us that it is small actions that lead to great achievements.

One Upon a Time in the West (C’era una volta il West)

Directed by Sergio Leone

With Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Charles Bronson

Italy, USA · 1968 · 2hr47 · in French

Sergio Leone embarked on his American trilogy with the definitive spaghetti Western, a reflection on the birth of a nation coupled with an epic tale. Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale and Jason Robards come up against a barely recognisable Henry Fonda as a steely eyed villain.

Leone’s direction, magnificently complemented by Ennio Morricone’s heart-wrenching score, had never seemed so expansive and so ambitious.