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BADEN BADEN

Rachel Lang  •  Belgium/France  • ​  2016
98 mins  •  HD  •   M sex scenes, offensive language, nudity
 ​In English, German and French, with English subtitles

 First-time director Rachel Lang delivers an utterly distinctive and lively coming-of-age comedy about a flaky French 20-something searching for meaning in her life.

“Very fresh and often very funny”
– NY Times
With: Salomé Richard (Ana), Claude Gensac (grandmother), Lazare Gousseau (Grégoire) Swann Arlaud (Simon), Olivier Chantreau (Boris), Jorijn Vriesendorp (Mira), Noémie Rosset (Meriem), Zabou Breitman (Ana’s mother)
Director/Screenplay: Rachel Lang
Producers: Valérie Bournonville, Pierre-Louis Cassou, Jeremy Forni, Joseph Rouschop
Production co: Tarantula, ChevalDeuxTrois, RTBF
Photography: Fiona Braillon

Editor: Sophie Vercruysse


REVIEWS

“A coming-of-age comedy about a ditzy French twenty-something looking for meaning in her life sounds like nothing new – but first time director Rachel Lang’s Baden Baden is utterly distinctive.  Ana (Salomé Richard) is a chaotically disorganised driver on a movie shoot who ‘borrows’ one of the swanky hire cars and returns to her home town of Strasbourg where she flits between old flames and decides to renovate her grandma’s bathroom – despite knowing nothing about plumbing or tiling. 

The brilliant editing always leaving us guessing where this woman or the next shot will take us.  The overall effect is beguiling yet slightly bonkers.  It will drive some viewers up the wall, but fans will feel the rush of discovering a unique new director and, in Richard, a gawky yet captivating screen presence.”

— Trevor Johnston, Time Out


FILM SOCIETY SCREENINGS

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Friday, 6 July, 7:30pm


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Wednesday, 18 July, 7:30pm


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Tuesday, 24 July, 7:00pm


Nelson
Thursday, 2 August, 6:00pm


Whanganui
Monday, 13 August, 7:00pm


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Monday, 20 August, 6:15pm


Waitati
Tuesday, 28 August, 8:00pm


Canterbury
Monday, 3 September, 7:30pm


Queenstown
Tuesday, 11 September, 8:15pm


Palmerston North
Monday, 17 September, 6:00pm


Hamilton
Monday, 24 September, 8:00pm

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