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Accédez à une sélection d'ouvrages choisis en coup de cœur par les collaborateurs de la Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg.
Découvrez mensuellement les sélections de la Médiathèque et du fonds non luxembourgeois. Les sélections de Luxemburgensia et de la Réserve précieuse sont régulièrement mises à jour en fonction des coups de cœur de leurs collaborateurs.
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Alam laysa lana [Film] = A world not ours
written and dir. by Mahdi Fleifel« A festival favourite with critics and audiences all over the world, A World Not Ours is an intimate, humorous portrait of three generations in exile in the refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh in southern Lebanon. Based on a wealth of personal recordings, family archives, and historical footage, the film is a sensitive and illuminating study of belonging, friendship and family. Filmed over more than 20 years by multiple generations of director Mahdi Fleifel’s family, A World Not Ours is more than just a family portrait; it is an attempt to record what is being forgotten, and mark what should not be erased from collective memory. »
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Hockney [Film]
dir. by Randall Wright« Hockney is the definitive exploration of one of the most significant artists of his generation. For the first time, David Hockney has given access to his personal archive of photographs and film, resulting in an unparalleled visual diary of a long life. The film chronicles his vast career, from his early life in working-class Bradford--where his love for pictures was developed through his admiration for cinema--to his relocation to Hollywood, where his lifelong struggle to escape labels (‘queer’, ‘working class’, ‘figurative artist’) was fully realised. Paradoxically, this escape to live the American Dream did not break the ties to the childhood that formed him. We see his upbringing and life experiences give him the willpower to survive relationship problems, and later the AIDS epidemic, and also allow him to create some of the most renowned works of the past century. »
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Nice places to die
Regie Bernd Schaarmann ; Konzept Heike Fink« Für seinen letzten Dokumentarfilm reiste der 2014 verstorbene Filmemacher Bernd Schaarmann auf drei Kontinente, um dort Riten und Traditionen im Umgang mit Verstorbenen zu studieren. In der argentinischen Bergwelt, der brodelnden philippinischen Großstadt Manila, der ägyptischen Metropole Kairo und dem indonesischen Inselparadies Sulawesi lernte er einen positiven Umgang der Menschen mit Tod, Sterben und Trauer kennen, der sich teils radikal von den Traditionen der westlichen Welt unterscheidet. »
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I capture the castle
dir. by Tim Fywell ; screenplay by Heidi Thomas ; based on the novel by Dodie Smith« Set in 1930s Suffolk, it revolves around the struggles of an eccentric family to hang on to their decaying castle, seen through the eyes of the 17-year-old younger daughter. The film is shot with that green British palette that makes everything look damp and makes us imagine the sheets will be clammy. The countryside is unspeakably picturesque, and the girls flourish here. Cassandra’s frequent narration – taken from her diary entries – introduces us to her shambling, bohemian family: the father, a novelist who, 10 years on, has yet to follow up his one, wildly successful book; the stepmother, an artist given to stripping naked in the countryside in an effort to contact her muse; a younger brother; and an older sister named Rose (Byrne), a ravishing redhead going a little batty from their intensely isolated, intensely impoverished existence at a crumbling Suffolk castle. That all changes when two American brothers – the plainspoken, cowboyish Neil and the elder, more serious-minded Simon – stumble onto their property one rainy night. »
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Fed Up [Film] = Du bist, was du isst
written by Mark Monroe, Stephanie Soechtig ; directed by Stephanie Soechtig« An examination of America's obesity epidemic and the food industry's role in aggravating it. The film blows the lid off everything that was known about food and exercise, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public. Exposing the hidden truths contributing to one of the largest health epidemics in history, it follows a group of families battling to lead healthier lives and reveals why the conventional wisdom of 'exercise and eat right' is not ringing true for millions of people. In den späten 1970ern wird Amerika grassierender Fettleibigkeit gewahr. Die Antwort darauf sind fettreduzierte Speisen der Industrie, die Joggingwelle, und der Siegeszug von Aerobic. Trotzdem vervielfacht sich die Zahl adipöser Menschen und darunter besonders vieler Kinder in den kommenden Jahren drastisch. Der Grund dafür ist Zucker, der in rauen Mengen Junk Food wie Fertigessen, Dosenfutter, Soft Drinks, Chips oder Cornflakes beigemengt wird. Als sich Widerstand dagegen regt, schickt die Industrie ihre Trickser und Lobbyisten. »
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Song from the forest
von Michael Obert« 25 years ago, Louis Sarno, an American, heard a song on the radio and followed its melody into the Central Africa Jungle and stayed. He than recorded over 1000 hours of original BaAka music. Now he is part of the BaAka community and raises his pygmy son, Samedi. Fulfilling an old promise, Louis takes Samedi to America. On this journey Louis realizes he is not part of this globalized world anymore but globalization has also arrived in the rainforest. »
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Staatsdiener
Regie Marie Wilke« Der Dokumentarfilm begleitet Studenten der Polizeischule Sachsen-Anhalt während ihres ersten Ausbildungsjahres und ihres Praktikums auf Streife. Dort werden die Menschen geformt, die Recht und Ordnung verteidigen sollen. Nicht alle Polizeianwärter sind dem Druck der Entscheidungen gewachsen, die der Berufsalltag mit sich bringt. Häufig weicht anfänglicher Idealismus der Ernüchterung, wenn sich die Studenten mit rechtsradikalen Demonstranten oder häuslicher Gewalt herumschlagen müssen. »
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Güeros
dirección Alonso Ruiz Palacios ; guión Alonso Ruiz Palacios, Gibrán Portela«The indie movie’s title is Mexican slang for those with light skin, such as the middle-class protagonists featured. It's set in 1999, in Mexico City, when the students rebel against the university. It opens in the coastal city of Vera Cruz, as the light-skinned 13-year-old Tomás has dropped a water balloon from his rooftop onto the head of a passing stranger. His dark-skinned mom thereby sends the troubled kid to Mexico City to live with his more mature university student older brother Sombra. Sombra is a withdrawn scholar, who refuses to aid his fellow students in their demonstrations against the school administration. He lives in a filthy high-rise apartment with his roommate, Santos. Ana is the politically committed to the student cause radio DJ Tomás has a futile crush on, as he welcomes the protest movement with open arms to impress her. These three are all gueros and are curious about the legendary (fictional) Bob Dylan-like protest singer Epigmenio Cruz of the 1960s, who has mysteriously vanished. His music was soothing to Tomás as a child.The melodrama turns into a road movie, as during the student strike the foursome of Ana, the roommates and the brothers, drive aimlessly around at a leisurely pace hoping to track down the reclusive legend.»
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Thule Tuvalu [Film]
Regie Matthias von Gunten« Documentary about global warming and two regions united by a gloomily common destiny despite being 20,000km apart, isn’t the aggressive polemic you might have hoped for—but is, perhaps, all the better for it. Dividing his time equally between the inhabitants of Thule, Greenland, and those of Tuvalu in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, von Gunten accumulates two absorbing pictures of daily life, highlighting cultural similarities between the people residing in these appreciably contrasting paradises. »
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The lost prince
written and dir. by Stephen Poliakoff« Stephen Poliakoff's BBC drama telling the story of Prince John, the autistic and epileptic son of Queen Mary and King George V who spent his whole life hidden away from public view. Covering the period leading up to and including the First World War, the film bears witness to many major historic events through the eyes of the young prince, and dramatises such important royal occasions as Edward VII's funeral and the visitation of the nine Kings of Europe in 1910. A marvellous reinvention of the costume epic, it is an absorbing study of the turbulent years leading up to and during the First World War, seen through the percipient eyes of a scarcely remembered royal child. Extensively researched, impeccably cast, beautifully filmed, written and directed with masterly economy and restraint, this is a timely reminder that a fiction film can teach complicated world politics in an entertaining way. »
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The propaganda game [Film] = The Korean dream
dir. by Álvaro Longoria« The Hermit Kingdom is a nickname inspired by North Korea's secrecy and withdrawal from the wider world. The last remaining stronghold of Communism, it is a country reviled and lampooned in the West, where its mystery inspires ridicule and anxiety in equal measure. This documentary portrays a highly regimented visit organised through the unexpected figure of a forty-year-old Spaniard who is the government's only foreign employee, Special Delegate Foreign Relations DPRK. Over the course of Longoria's stay, he goes from being an affable curiosity to revealing the depth of his devotion to the party line ; he speaks to a group of school children and tells them how Kim Jong-un is revered across the globe and how North Korea is - effectively - the centre of the world. Another official, however, admits to Longoria's quietly probing camera that the DPRK's understanding of how the world sees it is actually very limited. The aim is to highlight the propaganda wars being embarked upon both within the country's borders and on the international stage. »
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The promise
written and dir. by Peter Kosminsky« Just as 18-year-old Londoner sets off to spend summer in Israel with her best friend Eliza, beginning her two year stint of National Service, she unearths an old diary belonging to her seriously ill grandfather. Intrigued by the life a man she barely knows, she takes the diary with her, and is stunned to learn of his part in the post-WWII British peace-keeping force in what was then Palestine. Left to her own devices when Eliza begins National Service in the Israeli army, Erin witnesses the complexities of life--for both Jews and Arabs--in this troubled land. And as her grandfather's story comes to life from the pages of the diary, Erin discovers the disturbing truths about his time in Palestine and the atrocities he witnessed during this time of the birth of Israel. As she learns more about her grandfather's experiences, she also starts to witness the complexities of life for both Jews and Arabs alike, but ultimately finds herself retracing his steps in order to fulfill a promise that he was unable to. »
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Spies of Warsaw
directed by Coky Giedroyć, Weronika Migon, Kiaran Murray-Smith« This two-part series is based on an Alan Furst novel of the same title, and it is true to the original in story and in spirit: it’s an enjoyable, straightforward espionage tale. “Spies of Warsaw,” which begins in 1937, is set amid candelabras and barbed-wire fences in Poland, France and Germany, and brackets Polish demimondaines, German industrialists, SS officers, Bolsheviks, Jewish refugees and French military officers. Col. Jean-François Mercier (David Tennant) is a French military attaché in Warsaw, a widower and wounded World War I hero who in 1920 also fought in a Polish unit against the Red Army. Mercier is modeled closely on de Gaulle, though he is much more handsome, and single and available. Mercier has a front-row view of Germany’s preparations for war, and they are hard to miss — the border keeps getting closer. Mercier knows that war is imminent, but he has to fight denial — or indifference — inside the French Embassy and even back in Paris, where top officers in the Deuxième Bureau ignore or dispute his reports. There is nothing more satisfying than a prewar espionage story that shows, up close and told-you-so, how most of Europe slept through Hitler’s rise. »
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The substance : Albert Hofmann's LSD
Martin Witz« Three drops of this colorless, odorless, tasteless liquid would put you out of your mind for hours! – If you haven’t heard of LSD, you will”. Mitten in den Wirren des Zweiten Weltkriegs entdeckt der Schweizer Chemiker Albert Hofmann zufällig eine bislang unbekannte Substanz: LSD. Ein riskanter Selbstversuch lässt ihn das ungeheure Potenzial dieses neuen Wirkstoffs erkennen, der die Welt verändern wird. Hippies, Geheimdienste und das Militär erliegen seinem Rätsel. Selbst Mediziner streiten um die Verwendbarkeit von LSD als Heilmittel. "The Substance" ist ein filmischer Trip durch sechs Jahrzehnte und erzählt die Geschichte einer Droge, die bis heute nichts von ihrer Mysteriösität verloren hat. »
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Le fils de l'autre = Der Sohn der Anderen
réal. Lorraine Lévy« Alors qu'il s'apprête à intégrer l'armée israélienne pour effectuer son service militaire, Joseph découvre qu'il n'est pas le fils biologique de ses parents et qu'il a été échangé à la naissance avec Yacine, l'enfant d'une famille palestinienne de Cisjordanie. La vie de ces deux familles est brutalement bouleversée par cette révélation qui les oblige à reconsidérer leurs identités respectives, leurs valeurs et leurs convictions. »
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Hora de los Hornos - Heartbeat Parade
« Il est des groupes qui proposent à travers leur musique un discours engagé ou tout du moins, contestataire... Un parti pris qui, souvent, magnifie admirablement l'instrumental pour lui conférer une belle profondeur. HeartBeat Parade, un trio belgo-luxembourgeois nous présente son album Hora De Los Hornos, dans lequel il propose des compositions très personnelles, instrumentales et parsemées d'extraits de films ou d'émissions radiophoniques. HeartBeat Parade arrive à captiver l'auditeur de bout en bout avec ce Hora De Los Hornos, de l'énergie brute, engagée, passionnée et qui prend aux tripes pour faire passer une pensée qui mérite d'être exposée sur le devant de la scène tant elle est criante de vérité. »
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Angélique Kidjo & the OPL conducted by Gast Waltzing
Sings finds the great Beninese vocalist Angélique Kidjo fronting the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, conducted by Gast Waltzing. This is a studio offering that reflects the highlights of a series of legendary concerts between them. Recorded at the Philharmonie Luxembourg, in New York, and in France, the program is a lively and unusual retrospective from Kidjo's career. Along with the orchestra, Kidjo is joined by her own band and guest musicians including guitarist Lionel Loueke, bassist Christian McBride, and backing vocalists. Arranged by Waltzing and guitarist David Laborier, the material comprises thorough revisionings of songs central to Kidjo's catalog, including dramatic presentations of Malaika, Loloye, Kelele, the traditional Otishe, Nanae, and her gorgeous Naima (not to be confused with John Coltrane's tune of the same title).
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Path of Decision-Maxime Bender
Maxime BenderPath Of Decision est tout acoustique, et bien ancré dans l’esthétique post-bop d’aujourd’hui. Le groupe de Maxime Bender joue de manière assez dense, et c’est sur une rythmique mouvante et inventive que s’expriment le saxophoniste et Simon Seidl, jeune pianiste allemand qui s’illustre ici par un jeu dynamique et enveloppant. Olivier Lutz, contrebassiste luxembourgeois qu’on a pu entendre aux côtés de Sébastien Jarrousse, Anne Paceo ou Manu Codjia, apporte pour sa part ce qu’il faut de rondeur et relance sans cesse, conjointement à Morger, ce quartet dont l’enthousiasme est pour le moins communicatif. Les modes de jeu privilégiés sont ceux qui servent l’élan plus que la sophistication ou la déconstruction. Lorsque l’accent est mis sur des mises en place précises, la musicalité et l’interaction restent au cœur du propos.
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Plastic Love – Say Yes Dog
With the release of Plastic Love, the Berlin based trio are proving that they’re not one hit wonders and have provided the world with 12 songs that can only be categorised as electro synth with an edge. While most of the tracks sound the same, songs like A Friend, Girlfriend and, Before I Go have a distinct edge: there’s some funky keystrokes and some echo choruses that make these stand out a bit more above the rest. Now you might think that this is an entirely computer made product, but no that’s not a robot you’re hearing that’s the vocalists dry, monotonous and digitally reworked vocals. The entire feel is kind of robotic, but in a funky android dance party kind of way. The combination of rhythmic drumbeats and intoxicating vocals means you’ll be reprogramming yourself for movement. Say Yes Dog definitely has an ear for a good melody and knows how to produce some killer electro, indie synth that makes them so hard to label. Listening to their debut Plastic Love is definitely a wild experience that’s going to have you lose control of your limbs, as they’ll be moving along to each track all on their own. The beats are infectious, the vocals are refreshing and the tempo is pretty much spot on.
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Les aventuriers de l'art moderne [Film] = Die Abenteurer der modernen Kunst
réal. Amélie Harrault, Pauline Gaillard, Valérie Loiseleux ; scénario et texte Dan Franck« Mêlant documents d’archive et techniques d’animation traditionnelle (peinture sur verre, papiers découpés, encre, gouache...), Les aventuriers de l'art moderne raconte la vie intime des artistes et des intellectuels de la première moitié du XXe siècle. Par son approche audacieuse, novatrice et visuellement splendide, la série révolutionne le documentaire d'art : les peintures en mouvement, les dessins, les archives animées servent le propos, ajoutant une émotion visuelle à celle de l'histoire. Scandales, célébrations, tragédies et triomphes : sous le pinceau, le documentaire se transforme en tableau vivant. À travers ces photos animées et ces peintures mouvantes, Picasso, Apollinaire, Soutine, Breton et les autres aventuriers de l'art moderne ressuscitent, d'une manière troublante et magnifique. »