EIFF 2016 | Look Again: A Celebration of Cinema Du Look

The ‘Cinéma du Look’ retrospective marks 30 years since EIFF opened with the UK premiere of Jean Jaques Beineix’s iconic Betty Blue.

The programme features powerful, provocative and poignant tales told from daring new perspectives, invested with a bold, colourful escapism and haunting style. These visually stunning films imbued French cinema of the time with exciting new directions and possibilities, showcasing performances by French stars such as Jean Reno, Christophe Lambert, Michel Piccoli, Isabelle Adjani, Juliette Binoche, Jeanne Moreau, Dominique Pinon and Julie Delpy, becoming a cinematic influence that is still clearly apparent today. A number of these iconic stars are expected to attend this year’s festival.

Focusing on the work of Jean Jaques Beineix, Luc Besson, and Leos Carax, the three directors around which this seminal movement revolved, titles in this strand will include Beineix’s Betty Blue (1986) and Diva (1981), Besson’s Subway (1985), The Big Blue (1988) and La Femme Nikita (1990) and Carax’s Mauvais Sang (1986) and Les Amants Du Pont-Neuf (1991).