CINEMANIA x YOUR FAVORITE BOOKSTORES
CINEMANIA is partnering with Montreal bookstores with a selection of ten films adapted from books.
Classics of literature, novels, comics, essays... books are a strong source of inspiration for cinematographic creation and CINEMANIA's 2021 program reflects this with ten book adaptations on the big screen!
Honoré de Balzac will be present twice during the festival, with an adaptation of EUGÉNIE GRANDET by Marc Dugain and an adaptation of ILLUSIONS PERDUES by Xavier Giannoli, which will be presented at the Festival's closing ceremony on November 14.
The writer Annie Ernaux also inspired cinema; two of her books were adapted for the screen the same year: PASSION SIMPLE, directed by Danielle Arbid. Her novel Je me suis faite engrossée comme une pauvre (“I got knocked up like a poor woman”) was adapted by Audrey Diwan under the title L'ÉVÉNEMENT. The film received the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Selected for the Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) at the Cannes Film Festival and presented in the documentary competition at CINEMANIA, RETOUR À REIMS is a retelling of the autobiographical essay by sociologist and philosopher Didier Eribon.
Find all the books behind the films in our partner bookstores, La Librairie Gallimard, La Librairie Du Square and La Librairie Le Port de Tête.
⇢ For the purchase of one of these books in La Librairie Du Square and La Librairie Gallimard, get a 20% discount for the movie of your choice, in theaters or online, among the selection (starting october 29).
Complete list of films:
1. EUGENIE GRANDET by Marc Dugain (adapted from the novel by Honoré de Balzac)
2. SIMPLE PASSION by Danielle Arbid (adapted from the novel by Annie Ernaux)
3. APPEARANCES by Marc Fitoussi (freely adapted from the novel Trahie by Karin Alvtegen)
4. PLAYLIST by Nine Antico (first film by the illustrator and comic book author)
5. FAITHFUL by Hélier Cisterne (adapted from the novel by Joseph Andras)
Classics of literature, novels, comics, essays... books are a strong source of inspiration for cinematographic creation and CINEMANIA's 2021 program reflects this with ten book adaptations on the big screen!
Honoré de Balzac will be present twice during the festival, with an adaptation of EUGÉNIE GRANDET by Marc Dugain and an adaptation of ILLUSIONS PERDUES by Xavier Giannoli, which will be presented at the Festival's closing ceremony on November 14.
The writer Annie Ernaux also inspired cinema; two of her books were adapted for the screen the same year: PASSION SIMPLE, directed by Danielle Arbid. Her novel Je me suis faite engrossée comme une pauvre (“I got knocked up like a poor woman”) was adapted by Audrey Diwan under the title L'ÉVÉNEMENT. The film received the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Selected for the Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) at the Cannes Film Festival and presented in the documentary competition at CINEMANIA, RETOUR À REIMS is a retelling of the autobiographical essay by sociologist and philosopher Didier Eribon.
Find all the books behind the films in our partner bookstores, La Librairie Gallimard, La Librairie Du Square and La Librairie Le Port de Tête.
⇢ For the purchase of one of these books in La Librairie Du Square and La Librairie Gallimard, get a 20% discount for the movie of your choice, in theaters or online, among the selection (starting october 29).
Complete list of films:
1. EUGENIE GRANDET by Marc Dugain (adapted from the novel by Honoré de Balzac)
2. SIMPLE PASSION by Danielle Arbid (adapted from the novel by Annie Ernaux)
3. APPEARANCES by Marc Fitoussi (freely adapted from the novel Trahie by Karin Alvtegen)
4. PLAYLIST by Nine Antico (first film by the illustrator and comic book author)
5. FAITHFUL by Hélier Cisterne (adapted from the novel by Joseph Andras)
6. SUZANNA ANDLER by Benoît Jacquot (adapted from the novel by Marguerite Duras)
7. LOST ILLUSIONS by Xavier Giannoli (adapted from the novel by Honoré de Balzac)
8. HAPPENING by Audrey Diwan (adapted from the novel Je me suis faite engrossée comme une pauvre by Annie Ernaux)
9. RETURNING TO REIMS by Jean-Gabriel Périot (adapted from the essay by Didier Eribon)
10. THE SPEECH by Laurent Tirard (adapted from the novel by Fabcaro)
⇢ Watch this selection of films in theaters or on CINEMANIA's online platform.
8. HAPPENING by Audrey Diwan (adapted from the novel Je me suis faite engrossée comme une pauvre by Annie Ernaux)
9. RETURNING TO REIMS by Jean-Gabriel Périot (adapted from the essay by Didier Eribon)
10. THE SPEECH by Laurent Tirard (adapted from the novel by Fabcaro)
⇢ Watch this selection of films in theaters or on CINEMANIA's online platform.
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