Ceau, Cinema! 13
SPECIAL GUEST – SOPHIE LETOURNEUR
French director Sophie Letourneur is the special guest of the 13th edition. She will receive an honorary trophy and will be celebrated through a four-film focus, organized together with the French Institute in Romania.
The Adventure / L’aventura
+12
Q&A with director Sophie Letourneur and producer Tristan Vaslot
Director: Sophie Letourneur
Cast: Bérénice Vernet, Esteban Melero, Philippe Katerine
Comedy, Drama – France — 2025 — 1h 47min
Language: French
Subtitles: Romanian, English
Synopsis:
Summer holidays. Sardinia, Italy. A family (road) trip. Claudine, soon to be 11 years old, decides to tell the story of their adventures as they go along. When Raoul, her 3-year old brother, doesn’t bother her.
Festivals: Cannes – ACID, Rio de Janeiro
Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 6:30 PM
Timiș Cinema, Timișoara
Travel in Italy / Voyages en Italie
+12
Q&A with director Sophie Letourneur
Director: Sophie Letourneur
Cast: Philippe Katerine, Sophie Letourneur, Guillemette Coutellier
Comedy, Romance – France — 2023 — 1h 31min
Language: French
Subtitles: Romanian, English
Synopsis:
Sophie and Jean-Philippe, a couple from Paris, want to escape the daily grind and routine of their family life and rekindle their relationship on a couples trip. Although Jean-Philippe doesn’t actually want to go to Sicily, as he associates Italy with his past relationships, their journey takes them there. Between arguments and reconciliations the two experience a rollercoaster of emotions.
Festivals: Rotterdam, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
Thursday, July 16, 2026, 7:00 PM
Studio Cinema, Timișoara
Chicks / La vie au ranch
+15
The film will be presented by director Sophie Letourneur
Director: Sophie Letourneur
Cast: Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain, Eulalie Juster, Mahault Mollaret
Comedy, Drama – France — 2009 — 1h 30min
Language: French
Subtitles: Romanian, English
Synopsis:
Pam is twenty. She and her girlfriends hang out together on the couch at The Ranch, the apartment she shares with Manon. Sitting around chatting, drinking, smoking, and dancing is part of life at their age. But there comes a time when you need to cut loose from the group and go your own way…
Festivals: Rotterdam, Cannes – ACID, Angers, Viennale
Friday, July 17, 2026, 9:30 PM
Studio Cinema Terrace, Timișoara
In case of bad weather, the screening will be moved indoors.
Enormous / Énorme
+15
The film will be presented by director Sophie Letourneur
Director: Sophie Letourneur
Cast: Marina Foïs, Jonathan Cohen, Jacqueline Kakou
Comedy – France — 2019 — 1h 38min
Language: French
Subtitles: Romanian, English
Synopsis:
Claire is a famous pianist whose life is constantly controlled by her husband Frédéric, who also acts as her agent, coach, and minder. For the sake of Claire’s career, the two have decided not to have children, but Frédéric changes his mind after witnessing a baby unexpectedly being delivered in public. Obsessed with the idea of becoming a father, he secretly tampers with Claire’s birth control pills so that she becomes pregnant without knowing it.
Festivals: Rotterdam; Jean Vigo Award; César Awards – Nomination for Best Actor (Jonathan Cohen); Cahiers du Cinéma Top Ten 2019
Sunday, July 19, 2026, 9:30 PM
Studio Cinema Terrace, Timișoara
In case of bad weather, the screening will be moved indoors.