A Curator
Léa Mercier
French & FrancophonePost-New Wave through the present; the Dardennes, Claire Denis, Assayas, Sciamma, Mati Diop, Triet
"My grandmother ran a cinema in Marseille for forty years. She showed Truffaut on Tuesdays. I have inherited her opinions about which day of the week is correct for which kind of film, and I will not be argued out of them."
"My slate runs from the Dardennes to Claire Denis to Céline Sciamma to Mati Diop. I send a lot of films directed by women, not because of a quota but because the territory I work in is genuinely shaped by their work. I send films that take their time. I send films that are not afraid of bodies."
— Léa
From recent slates
Claire Denis. Beau Travail, if you have not seen it. If you have, then her Friday Night, which is the one I show people who think they do not like Claire Denis.
Céline Sciamma. The fire one — Portrait of a Lady on Fire. I am sure you have heard about it. I would still like you to watch it the way I watched it the first time, knowing nothing.
An Olivier Assayas film from the mid-2010s. He has had several phases. This is the one where he made a film about an assistant. Watch what the assistant is allowed to see and what she is not.
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