Yamina Rignault, president of the Tremblaysienne Association for Cinema (ATC) for her second term, presents the season's program. The ATC, founded in 1983 with 393 members, collaborates with the City of Tremblay-en-France to offer thematic cycles chosen by its members.
The first cycle, focused on the 90th anniversary of the Popular Front, aims to provide a cinematic testimony of this key period in French history. The opening evening, on Monday, October 5th, featured Jean Renoir's La Vie est à nous (1936) and the documentary Grèves d’occupations, hosted by researcher Tangui Perron. Two other classics will complete this cycle: Jean Duvivier's La Belle Équipe (1936) on November 23rd, hosted by Noël Herpe, and Jean Renoir's La Règle du jeu (1939), with the date to be confirmed in December.
The second cycle will be dedicated to the work of British director Ken Loach, with screenings of five of his films: The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), The Navigators (2001), Just a Kiss (2004), Riff-Raff (1990), and Carla’s Song (1996).
The third cycle will explore cinematic adaptations of literary works, including Jean-Pierre Melville's Army of Shadows (1969) based on Joseph Kessel's novel, Volker Schlöndorff's The Tin Drum (1979) based on Günter Grass's novel, Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans (1992) based on James Fenimore Cooper's novel, Max Ophuls' Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) based on Stefan Zweig's novella, and Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1957) based on Humphrey Cobb's novel.
Each cycle initially proposes five films, from which three will be selected for the final program, a flexibility that has become important due to the increasing difficulty in programming heritage films, particularly regarding their availability, distribution conditions, or cost.
